The first table below looks at the demand for Cisco ASA skills in IT contracts advertised for the Surrey region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Cisco ASA over the 3 months to 17 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 Surrey 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA)
Rank 75 88 97
Rank change year-on-year
+13 +9
Contract jobs citing Cisco ASA 2 12 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Surrey 0.176% 0.729% 0.213%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.042% 4.380% 1.333%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 8 0
Average daily rate £330 £413 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-20.00% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £310 £313
% change year-on-year
+1.61% -0.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.63 £25.00 £23.36
% change year-on-year
-21.50% +7.02%
All Communications & Networking
Surrey
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
192 274 300
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Surrey 16.86% 16.65% 16.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 82 117 143
Average daily rate £330 £320 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.12% -8.57%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £133 £150 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £313 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-5.30% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 33 19
Average hourly rate £37.50 £37.50 £26.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +40.18%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.95 £14.15 £14.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £47.50 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.50 £26.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-21.15% -5.45%
Cisco ASA
South East

Cisco ASA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Surrey 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 Surrey region.

Surrey Cisco ASA Daily Rate Trend

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 Surrey region.

Surrey 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 Surrey region over the 3 months to 17 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
Guildford - 1 £330 -
Cisco ASA
South East

Cisco ASA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Surrey 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 7 (100.00%) Cisco
2 6 (85.71%) Cisco Certification
2 6 (85.71%) Firewall
3 4 (57.14%) CheckPoint
4 3 (42.86%) Blue Coat
4 3 (42.86%) ProxySG
4 3 (42.86%) Crossbeam
4 3 (42.86%) Nokia
4 3 (42.86%) ITSM
4 3 (42.86%) 3Com
4 3 (42.86%) CCNA
4 3 (42.86%) VPN
4 3 (42.86%) CSS
4 3 (42.86%) ITIL
5 2 (28.57%) Juniper
6 1 (14.29%) Nortel
6 1 (14.29%) DNS
6 1 (14.29%) SSL
6 1 (14.29%) CCIE
6 1 (14.29%) CCNP
6 1 (14.29%) E-Commerce
6 1 (14.29%) LAN
6 1 (14.29%) WAN
6 1 (14.29%) SMTP
6 1 (14.29%) HTTP
6 1 (14.29%) TCP/IP
6 1 (14.29%) Internet
6 1 (14.29%) BGP
6 1 (14.29%) Cisco PIX
6 1 (14.29%) F5

Cisco ASA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Surrey 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 3 (42.86%) CSS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (85.71%) Firewall
2 3 (42.86%) VPN
3 1 (14.29%) DNS
3 1 (14.29%) SSL
3 1 (14.29%) Internet
3 1 (14.29%) BGP
3 1 (14.29%) LAN
3 1 (14.29%) WAN
3 1 (14.29%) SMTP
3 1 (14.29%) HTTP
3 1 (14.29%) TCP/IP
3 1 (14.29%) BIG-IP
3 1 (14.29%) Cisco PIX
3 1 (14.29%) FWSM
3 1 (14.29%) Cisco Nexus
Job Titles
1 5 (71.43%) Network Engineer
2 4 (57.14%) Cisco Engineer
3 3 (42.86%) Cisco Network Engineer
4 1 (14.29%) Network Design Engineer
4 1 (14.29%) Design Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) ITIL
1 3 (42.86%) ITSM
2 1 (14.29%) Network Design
2 1 (14.29%) High Availability
2 1 (14.29%) E-Commerce
Qualifications
1 6 (85.71%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (42.86%) CCNA
3 1 (14.29%) CCIE
3 1 (14.29%) CCNP
System Software
1 3 (42.86%) ProxySG
Vendors
1 7 (100.00%) Cisco
2 4 (57.14%) CheckPoint
3 3 (42.86%) 3Com
3 3 (42.86%) Blue Coat
3 3 (42.86%) Crossbeam
3 3 (42.86%) Nokia
4 2 (28.57%) Juniper
5 1 (14.29%) Nortel
5 1 (14.29%) F5