The first table below looks at the demand for Cisco ASA skills in IT contracts advertised for the West Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Cisco ASA over the 3 months to 19 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 Yorkshire 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA)
Rank 72 92 80
Rank change year-on-year
+20 -12
Contract jobs citing Cisco ASA 23 5 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 1.676% 0.287% 0.250%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 9.091% 2.222% 2.679%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 4 1
Average daily rate £338 £310 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+8.87% +3.33%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £350 £325
% change year-on-year
-7.14% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
Average hourly rate £34.00 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £23.50 £31.25 £26.00
% change year-on-year
-24.80% +20.19%
All Communications & Networking
West Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
253 225 112
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 18.44% 12.93% 9.333%
Number of daily rates quoted 144 124 30
Average daily rate £275 £298 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.56% -0.83%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £176 £160
10% offered a daily rate of more than £350 £420 £453
UK excluding London average daily rate £319 £325 £325
% change year-on-year
-1.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 19 15
Average hourly rate £20.75 £13.00 £24.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+59.61% -46.93%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.33 £11.70 £11.75
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £36.00 £35.00 £31.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £25.00 £25.00
Cisco ASA
Yorkshire

Cisco ASA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region.

West Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

West Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region.

West Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 19 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
Leeds +7 17 £338 +8.87% 5
Wakefield - - - -
Cisco ASA
Yorkshire

Cisco ASA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Yorkshire 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 28 (100.00%) Cisco
2 24 (85.71%) Firewall
3 16 (57.14%) F5
4 15 (53.57%) Cisco Certification
5 14 (50.00%) Windows
5 14 (50.00%) Windows Server 2008
6 13 (46.43%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 13 (46.43%) Linux
6 13 (46.43%) CCNP
6 13 (46.43%) Red Hat
7 11 (39.29%) CentOS
7 11 (39.29%) Windows Server 2012
7 11 (39.29%) BIG-IP
8 10 (35.71%) Perforce
8 10 (35.71%) HP
9 9 (32.14%) Configuration Management
10 8 (28.57%) BGP
10 8 (28.57%) CheckPoint
10 8 (28.57%) CCNA
10 8 (28.57%) Cisco Nexus
11 6 (21.43%) Microsoft
11 6 (21.43%) WLAN
11 6 (21.43%) EIGRP
11 6 (21.43%) Lisp
11 6 (21.43%) BMC
12 5 (17.86%) Motorola
12 5 (17.86%) SQL
12 5 (17.86%) Cisco CUCM
12 5 (17.86%) DMVPN
12 5 (17.86%) TippingPoint

Cisco ASA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Yorkshire 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 2 (7.143%) CSS
2 1 (3.571%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 1 (3.571%) IIS
1 1 (3.571%) Apache
Applications
1 2 (7.143%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (14.29%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 24 (85.71%) Firewall
2 11 (39.29%) BIG-IP
3 8 (28.57%) BGP
3 8 (28.57%) Cisco Nexus
4 6 (21.43%) WLAN
4 6 (21.43%) EIGRP
5 5 (17.86%) DMVPN
6 4 (14.29%) VLAN
6 4 (14.29%) Cisco PIX
7 3 (10.71%) Internet
8 2 (7.143%) HSRP
8 2 (7.143%) Network Security
8 2 (7.143%) Cisco IOS
8 2 (7.143%) SAN
8 2 (7.143%) MPLS
8 2 (7.143%) OSPF
8 2 (7.143%) VRRP
8 2 (7.143%) NetScreen
8 2 (7.143%) Wireless
8 2 (7.143%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.571%) Data Mining
General
1 4 (14.29%) Banking
2 3 (10.71%) Retail
3 2 (7.143%) Investment Banking
3 2 (7.143%) Telecoms
3 2 (7.143%) Finance
Job Titles
1 9 (32.14%) Network Engineer
2 4 (14.29%) Software Manager
2 4 (14.29%) Network Specialist
2 4 (14.29%) Analyst
3 3 (10.71%) Infrastructure Specialist
3 3 (10.71%) Network Analyst
4 2 (7.143%) Security Engineer
4 2 (7.143%) Infrastructure Support Specialist
4 2 (7.143%) Server Engineer
4 2 (7.143%) Systems Analyst
4 2 (7.143%) Network Security Engineer
4 2 (7.143%) Support Specialist
4 2 (7.143%) Infrastructure Analyst
5 1 (3.571%) Configuration Manager
5 1 (3.571%) Support Engineer
5 1 (3.571%) Server Support
5 1 (3.571%) Network Infrastructure Analyst
5 1 (3.571%) Network Infrastructure Specialist
5 1 (3.571%) Cisco Network Specialist
5 1 (3.571%) Configuration Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (14.29%) Reference Data
2 2 (7.143%) Device Driver
3 1 (3.571%) Firmware
3 1 (3.571%) EqualLogic
Operating Systems
1 14 (50.00%) Windows
1 14 (50.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 13 (46.43%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 13 (46.43%) Linux
3 11 (39.29%) CentOS
3 11 (39.29%) Windows Server 2012
4 4 (14.29%) Windows Server 2003
5 1 (3.571%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (32.14%) Configuration Management
2 4 (14.29%) Migration
2 4 (14.29%) Test Scripting
2 4 (14.29%) CRM
3 2 (7.143%) Network Management
3 2 (7.143%) Test Management
3 2 (7.143%) E-Commerce
4 1 (3.571%) ITIL
4 1 (3.571%) Change Management
4 1 (3.571%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (21.43%) Lisp
2 5 (17.86%) SQL
3 2 (7.143%) C
4 1 (3.571%) PHP
Qualifications
1 15 (53.57%) Cisco Certification
2 13 (46.43%) CCNP
3 8 (28.57%) CCNA
4 5 (17.86%) Security Cleared
5 2 (7.143%) CCDP
6 1 (3.571%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (3.571%) CCIE
6 1 (3.571%) CCSP
6 1 (3.571%) MCSE
6 1 (3.571%) MCP
6 1 (3.571%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (7.143%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 3 (10.71%) Active Directory
1 3 (10.71%) vSphere
2 2 (7.143%) VMware ESX
3 1 (3.571%) XenServer
Systems Management
1 5 (17.86%) Cisco CUCM
2 1 (3.571%) FortiGate
2 1 (3.571%) PureDisk
Vendors
1 28 (100.00%) Cisco
2 16 (57.14%) F5
3 13 (46.43%) Red Hat
4 10 (35.71%) Perforce
4 10 (35.71%) HP
5 8 (28.57%) CheckPoint
6 6 (21.43%) Microsoft
6 6 (21.43%) BMC
7 5 (17.86%) Motorola
7 5 (17.86%) TippingPoint
7 5 (17.86%) OPNET
7 5 (17.86%) VMware
8 4 (14.29%) Nokia
8 4 (14.29%) Juniper
9 2 (7.143%) Veeam
9 2 (7.143%) SolarWinds
10 1 (3.571%) Dell
10 1 (3.571%) Citrix
10 1 (3.571%) SonicWALL
10 1 (3.571%) Syncsort
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