The first table below looks at the demand for Cisco ASA skills in IT contracts advertised for the South East region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Cisco ASA over the 3 months to 24 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Communications & Networking category for the South East region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA)
Rank 184 143 203
Rank change year-on-year
-41 +60
Contract jobs citing Cisco ASA 40 97 50
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.513% 0.956% 0.482%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.690% 4.526% 2.604%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 22 17
Average daily rate £318 £350 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-9.28% +16.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £289 £308 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £445 £413 £339
UK excluding London average daily rate £313 £313 £315
% change year-on-year
- -0.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 4 9
Average hourly rate £19.63 £25.00 £23.36
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-21.50% +7.02%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.63 £25.00 £23.36
% change year-on-year
-21.50% +7.02%
All Communications & Networking
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
1487 2143 1920
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 19.08% 21.12% 18.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 573 627 668
Average daily rate £320 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.53% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £165 £188 £203
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £440 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £338 £325
% change year-on-year
-6.66% +3.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 160 187 236
Average hourly rate £25.00 £32.50 £26.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-23.07% +22.64%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.00 £13.50 £13.20
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £45.00 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.75 £25.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-17.00% -9.09%
Cisco ASA
England

Cisco ASA
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Cisco ASA across the South East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

South East Cisco ASA Jobs Demand Trend

Cisco ASA
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Cisco ASA across the South East region.

South East Cisco ASA Daily Rate Trend

Cisco ASA
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Cisco ASA across the South East region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

South East Cisco ASA Daily Rate Histogram

Cisco ASA
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Cisco ASA across the South East region.

South East Cisco ASA Hourly Rate Trend

Cisco ASA
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cisco ASA within the South East region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Hampshire -2 15 £315 -16.00%
Berkshire -35 10 £288 -17.85%
West Sussex +26 8 £325 -
Kent -1 4 £400 +30.08%
Surrey +7 2 £330 -20.00%
Middlesex +6 1 - -
Cisco ASA
England

Cisco ASA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing Cisco ASA also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Cisco ASA.

1 67 (100.00%) Cisco
2 59 (88.06%) Firewall
3 40 (59.70%) CheckPoint
4 36 (53.73%) Cisco Certification
5 28 (41.79%) VPN
6 20 (29.85%) CCNA
7 19 (28.36%) BGP
8 18 (26.87%) OSPF
9 17 (25.37%) CCNP
9 17 (25.37%) Juniper
10 13 (19.40%) LAN
10 13 (19.40%) Telecoms
10 13 (19.40%) Cisco PIX
10 13 (19.40%) Network Security
10 13 (19.40%) F5
11 12 (17.91%) VoIP
11 12 (17.91%) Windows
12 11 (16.42%) ITIL
12 11 (16.42%) WAN
12 11 (16.42%) Blue Coat
12 11 (16.42%) Cisco Nexus
13 10 (14.93%) VLAN
13 10 (14.93%) IPsec
13 10 (14.93%) VMware
13 10 (14.93%) SNMP
13 10 (14.93%) Nokia
14 9 (13.43%) EIGRP
14 9 (13.43%) Active Directory
14 9 (13.43%) DNS
14 9 (13.43%) Mitel

Cisco ASA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing Cisco ASA also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Cisco ASA. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 7 (10.45%) CSS
2 2 (2.985%) COM
Application Platforms
1 2 (2.985%) IIS
Applications
1 2 (2.985%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 59 (88.06%) Firewall
2 28 (41.79%) VPN
3 19 (28.36%) BGP
4 18 (26.87%) OSPF
5 13 (19.40%) LAN
5 13 (19.40%) Cisco PIX
5 13 (19.40%) Network Security
6 12 (17.91%) VoIP
7 11 (16.42%) WAN
7 11 (16.42%) Cisco Nexus
8 10 (14.93%) VLAN
8 10 (14.93%) IPsec
8 10 (14.93%) SNMP
9 9 (13.43%) EIGRP
9 9 (13.43%) DNS
10 8 (11.94%) BIG-IP
10 8 (11.94%) TCP/IP
11 7 (10.45%) DHCP
11 7 (10.45%) SSL
12 6 (8.955%) Junos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (4.478%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.493%) SAP BW
General
1 13 (19.40%) Telecoms
2 4 (5.970%) Finance
3 2 (2.985%) Back Office
3 2 (2.985%) Manufacturing
4 1 (1.493%) Banking
4 1 (1.493%) Retail
4 1 (1.493%) Billing
4 1 (1.493%) Military
4 1 (1.493%) Avionics
Job Titles
1 34 (50.75%) Network Engineer
2 13 (19.40%) Security Engineer
3 12 (17.91%) Cisco Engineer
4 10 (14.93%) Firewall Engineer
4 10 (14.93%) Analyst
5 8 (11.94%) IP Engineer
6 6 (8.955%) Cisco Network Engineer
7 5 (7.463%) Network Analyst
7 5 (7.463%) Design Engineer
7 5 (7.463%) Infrastructure Analyst
7 5 (7.463%) Cisco Security Engineer
8 4 (5.970%) Network Security Engineer
8 4 (5.970%) Support Engineer
9 3 (4.478%) Network Support Engineer
9 3 (4.478%) Security Analyst
9 3 (4.478%) Network Support
9 3 (4.478%) Network Security Analyst
10 2 (2.985%) Consultant
10 2 (2.985%) Firewall Analyst
10 2 (2.985%) Network Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 5 (7.463%) SecurID
2 4 (5.970%) IVR
3 2 (2.985%) SaaS
4 1 (1.493%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 12 (17.91%) Windows
2 5 (7.463%) Linux
2 5 (7.463%) Windows 7
3 4 (5.970%) Windows Server 2003
4 3 (4.478%) VMS
5 2 (2.985%) Windows Server 2008
5 2 (2.985%) Debian
5 2 (2.985%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (16.42%) ITIL
2 7 (10.45%) Migration
3 5 (7.463%) PRINCE2
3 5 (7.463%) Network Design
3 5 (7.463%) Project Management
4 4 (5.970%) Load Balancing
4 4 (5.970%) Network Management
5 3 (4.478%) Service Delivery
5 3 (4.478%) ITSM
6 2 (2.985%) Network Architecture
6 2 (2.985%) Performance Management
6 2 (2.985%) Mobile Device Management
6 2 (2.985%) ERP
7 1 (1.493%) PRINCE
7 1 (1.493%) CRM
7 1 (1.493%) E-Commerce
7 1 (1.493%) Network Security Management
7 1 (1.493%) Security Management
7 1 (1.493%) High Availability
7 1 (1.493%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (7.463%) PowerShell
2 1 (1.493%) C
Qualifications
1 36 (53.73%) Cisco Certification
2 20 (29.85%) CCNA
3 17 (25.37%) CCNP
4 9 (13.43%) Security Cleared
4 9 (13.43%) SC Cleared
5 8 (11.94%) CCSP
6 7 (10.45%) CCIE
7 5 (7.463%) ITIL Certification
8 3 (4.478%) CISSP
9 2 (2.985%) CCDP
10 1 (1.493%) CCIP
10 1 (1.493%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 1 (1.493%) Check Point Certification
10 1 (1.493%) JNCIS
10 1 (1.493%) CCVP
10 1 (1.493%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.493%) SLA
1 1 (1.493%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 9 (13.43%) Active Directory
2 7 (10.45%) vSphere
3 6 (8.955%) ProxySG
4 5 (7.463%) VMware ESXi
4 5 (7.463%) XenApp
5 2 (2.985%) Hyper-V
6 1 (1.493%) ISA Server
Systems Management
1 6 (8.955%) SCOM
2 5 (7.463%) NetBackup
3 2 (2.985%) Cisco IPCC
4 1 (1.493%) CiscoWorks
4 1 (1.493%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 67 (100.00%) Cisco
2 40 (59.70%) CheckPoint
3 17 (25.37%) Juniper
4 13 (19.40%) F5
5 11 (16.42%) Blue Coat
6 10 (14.93%) VMware
6 10 (14.93%) Nokia
7 9 (13.43%) Mitel
8 8 (11.94%) Microsoft
9 6 (8.955%) SolarWinds
10 5 (7.463%) NetApp
10 5 (7.463%) Symantec
10 5 (7.463%) Citrix
10 5 (7.463%) HP
10 5 (7.463%) LANDesk
11 3 (4.478%) Nortel
11 3 (4.478%) NetScout
11 3 (4.478%) 3Com
11 3 (4.478%) Crossbeam
11 3 (4.478%) TippingPoint
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