The first table below looks at the demand for Cisco ASA skills in IT contracts advertised for the West Midlands 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 June 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 West Midlands 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 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA)
Rank 90 109 87
Rank change year-on-year
+19 -22
Contract jobs citing Cisco ASA 7 3 14
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.411% 0.133% 0.737%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.632% 1.024% 4.861%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 2 3
Average daily rate £225 £219 £330
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.85% -33.71%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £162 £184 £282
10% offered a daily rate of more than £375 £254 £366
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £348 £325
% change year-on-year
-6.47% +6.92%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
Average hourly rate - - £25.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.31 £30.75 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-27.43% +23.00%
All Communications & Networking
West Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
266 293 288
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 15.61% 12.95% 15.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 116 108 132
Average daily rate £283 £290 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.58% -10.76%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £127 £140 £152
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £375 £440
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-4.54% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 38 34 36
Average hourly rate £20.00 £22.50 £24.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-11.11% -6.25%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £12.50 £13.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £29.20 £35.00 £26.30
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £25.00 £25.00
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 West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region.

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region over the 3 months to 17 June 2013.

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region.

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region over the 3 months to 17 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Birmingham +9 1 - - 1
Warwickshire -8 1 £225 +28.57%
Coventry - 1 - - 3
Shropshire - - - -
Staffordshire - - - - 2
Cisco ASA
England

Cisco ASA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands 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 10 (100.00%) Cisco
2 8 (80.00%) LAN
2 8 (80.00%) Cisco Certification
2 8 (80.00%) Firewall
3 7 (70.00%) WAN
4 6 (60.00%) CCNP
4 6 (60.00%) CCNA
5 5 (50.00%) Cisco PIX
6 4 (40.00%) Juniper
6 4 (40.00%) VPN
7 3 (30.00%) MPLS
7 3 (30.00%) Windows
7 3 (30.00%) VLAN
7 3 (30.00%) Windows Server 2003
7 3 (30.00%) VMware
8 2 (20.00%) Wireless
8 2 (20.00%) S-PLUS
8 2 (20.00%) WatchGuard
8 2 (20.00%) SonicWALL
8 2 (20.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 2 (20.00%) iSCSI
8 2 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
8 2 (20.00%) Windows Server 2008
8 2 (20.00%) Veeam
8 2 (20.00%) Microsoft
8 2 (20.00%) CCIE
8 2 (20.00%) TCP/IP
8 2 (20.00%) CheckPoint
8 2 (20.00%) SAN
8 2 (20.00%) Active Directory

Cisco ASA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands 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 Platforms
1 1 (10.00%) IIS
Applications
1 2 (20.00%) S-PLUS
2 1 (10.00%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 8 (80.00%) LAN
1 8 (80.00%) Firewall
2 7 (70.00%) WAN
3 5 (50.00%) Cisco PIX
4 4 (40.00%) VPN
5 3 (30.00%) MPLS
5 3 (30.00%) VLAN
6 2 (20.00%) Wireless
6 2 (20.00%) iSCSI
6 2 (20.00%) SAN
6 2 (20.00%) TCP/IP
7 1 (10.00%) LDAP
7 1 (10.00%) VoIP
7 1 (10.00%) Ethernet
7 1 (10.00%) FTP
7 1 (10.00%) HTTP
7 1 (10.00%) SNMP
7 1 (10.00%) Extranet
7 1 (10.00%) SSL
7 1 (10.00%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (10.00%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (10.00%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 5 (50.00%) Network Engineer
2 2 (20.00%) Support Engineer
2 2 (20.00%) Technical Consultant
2 2 (20.00%) Network Support Engineer
2 2 (20.00%) Network Support
2 2 (20.00%) VMware Consultant
2 2 (20.00%) VMware Engineer
2 2 (20.00%) VMware Technical Consultant
2 2 (20.00%) Consultant
3 1 (10.00%) Security Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Senior Network Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Cisco Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (20.00%) EqualLogic
Operating Systems
1 3 (30.00%) Windows
1 3 (30.00%) Windows Server 2003
2 2 (20.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (10.00%) Windows Server 2012
3 1 (10.00%) UNIX
3 1 (10.00%) Debian
3 1 (10.00%) Ubuntu
3 1 (10.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (20.00%) Network Management
2 1 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (10.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (10.00%) E-business
2 1 (10.00%) Security Management
2 1 (10.00%) Network Design
2 1 (10.00%) Network Architecture
Qualifications
1 8 (80.00%) Cisco Certification
2 6 (60.00%) CCNP
2 6 (60.00%) CCNA
3 2 (20.00%) CCIE
3 2 (20.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
3 2 (20.00%) VCP4
4 1 (10.00%) SC Cleared
4 1 (10.00%) Security Cleared
4 1 (10.00%) CCSA
4 1 (10.00%) CCSE
4 1 (10.00%) CCSP
System Software
1 2 (20.00%) Active Directory
1 2 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (10.00%) XenServer
Vendors
1 10 (100.00%) Cisco
2 4 (40.00%) Juniper
3 3 (30.00%) VMware
4 2 (20.00%) WatchGuard
4 2 (20.00%) SonicWALL
4 2 (20.00%) Veeam
4 2 (20.00%) Microsoft
4 2 (20.00%) HP
4 2 (20.00%) Dell
4 2 (20.00%) CheckPoint
5 1 (10.00%) Nokia
5 1 (10.00%) Citrix
5 1 (10.00%) SolarWinds
5 1 (10.00%) Twitter
Walsall, West Midlands
You will be provided with the training where and when required including VMware for VMware enterprise partner status, Cisco and Microsoft.Experience*The candidate will be capable of...
Hudson
Rate: £140 - £148 per day
Posted: 5 June 2013
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