The first table below looks at the demand for Cisco ASA skills in IT jobs advertised for the Berkshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Cisco ASA over the 3 months to 20 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 Berkshire region.

Location
3 months to
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA)
Rank 106 91 188
Rank change year-on-year
-15 +97
Permanent jobs citing Cisco ASA 127 138 18
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Berkshire 2.360% 2.265% 0.332%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 8.063% 8.028% 1.664%
Number of salaries quoted 91 130 17
Average salary £45,000 £42,500 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.88% -5.55%
90% offered a salary of more than £31,250 £37,500 £36,400
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £55,000 £62,000
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £42,500 £39,000
% change year-on-year
- +8.97%
All Communications & Networking
Berkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
1575 1719 1082
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Berkshire 29.27% 28.22% 19.98%
Number of salaries quoted 1196 1338 863
Average salary £40,000 £42,500 £42,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.88% +1.19%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £31,000 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £60,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
Cisco ASA
South East

Cisco ASA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Berkshire Cisco ASA Jobs Demand Trend

Cisco ASA
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Cisco ASA across the Berkshire region.

Berkshire Cisco ASA Salary Trend

Cisco ASA
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Cisco ASA across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 20 June 2013.

Berkshire Cisco ASA Salary Histogram

Cisco ASA
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cisco ASA within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 20 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Find
Job
Vacancies
Reading +45 55 £55,000 +22.22% 1
Bracknell -3 24 £31,500 -3.07% 1
Slough -16 22 £45,000 +5.88% 1
Newbury - 7 £39,000 -
Maidenhead +5 3 £75,000 +66.66% 1
Cisco ASA
South East

Cisco ASA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the Berkshire 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 IT job ads sampled that cited Cisco ASA.

1 172 (100.00%) Cisco
2 126 (73.26%) Firewall
3 85 (49.42%) Juniper
4 83 (48.26%) Cisco Certification
5 75 (43.60%) Cisco PIX
6 70 (40.70%) VPN
7 61 (35.47%) Network Security
8 59 (34.30%) CCNP
9 58 (33.72%) CheckPoint
10 53 (30.81%) Windows
10 53 (30.81%) F5
11 50 (29.07%) FWSM
12 49 (28.49%) VMware
13 48 (27.91%) DNS
14 46 (26.74%) LAN
15 44 (25.58%) WAN
16 43 (25.00%) TCP/IP
17 40 (23.26%) Microsoft
18 38 (22.09%) HP
19 37 (21.51%) Windows Server 2008
20 36 (20.93%) SNMP
20 36 (20.93%) ITIL
21 35 (20.35%) CCIE
22 34 (19.77%) Telecoms
23 33 (19.19%) VMware Infrastructure
24 32 (18.60%) Blue Coat
24 32 (18.60%) MPLS
24 32 (18.60%) BGP
24 32 (18.60%) SSL
24 32 (18.60%) DHCP

Cisco ASA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the Berkshire 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 IT job ads sampled that cited Cisco ASA. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 19 (11.05%) HTML
1 19 (11.05%) XML
2 4 (2.326%) Middleware
3 1 (0.581%) HTML5
3 1 (0.581%) CSS
Application Platforms
1 19 (11.05%) SAS
2 17 (9.884%) MS Exchange
3 16 (9.302%) Exchange Server 2010
4 14 (8.140%) Apache
4 14 (8.140%) IIS
5 6 (3.488%) Exchange Server 2007
6 3 (1.744%) Exchange Server 2003
7 1 (0.581%) Lync
7 1 (0.581%) SharePoint 2010
7 1 (0.581%) SharePoint
Applications
1 12 (6.977%) MS Excel
2 5 (2.907%) MS Office
3 1 (0.581%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.581%) Sage 200
Communications & Networking
1 126 (73.26%) Firewall
2 75 (43.60%) Cisco PIX
3 70 (40.70%) VPN
4 61 (35.47%) Network Security
5 50 (29.07%) FWSM
6 48 (27.91%) DNS
7 46 (26.74%) LAN
8 44 (25.58%) WAN
9 43 (25.00%) TCP/IP
10 36 (20.93%) SNMP
11 32 (18.60%) MPLS
11 32 (18.60%) BGP
11 32 (18.60%) SSL
11 32 (18.60%) DHCP
12 29 (16.86%) VoIP
13 28 (16.28%) OSPF
14 26 (15.12%) IPsec
15 25 (14.53%) Intrusion Detection
16 23 (13.37%) Internet
17 22 (12.79%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.581%) SQL Server
General
1 34 (19.77%) Telecoms
2 16 (9.302%) Back Office
3 13 (7.558%) Billing
4 12 (6.977%) Retail
5 11 (6.395%) Finance
5 11 (6.395%) Multimedia
6 1 (0.581%) Banking
Job Titles
1 50 (29.07%) Network Engineer
2 38 (22.09%) Security Engineer
3 28 (16.28%) Support Engineer
4 24 (13.95%) IP Engineer
5 23 (13.37%) Consultant
6 17 (9.884%) Network Consultant
7 16 (9.302%) Technical Engineer
8 15 (8.721%) Technical Support Engineer
8 15 (8.721%) Network Manager
8 15 (8.721%) Technical Support
9 10 (5.814%) Network Security Engineer
10 7 (4.070%) Operations Engineer
10 7 (4.070%) Design Engineer
10 7 (4.070%) Senior Support Engineer
11 6 (3.488%) Security Consultant
12 5 (2.907%) Network Security Consultant
12 5 (2.907%) Cisco Network Engineer
12 5 (2.907%) Systems Administrator
12 5 (2.907%) Cisco Engineer
13 4 (2.326%) Operations Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 11 (6.395%) Firmware
2 10 (5.814%) Digital Media
3 1 (0.581%) SecurID
3 1 (0.581%) Cloud Computing
Operating Systems
1 53 (30.81%) Windows
2 37 (21.51%) Windows Server 2008
3 30 (17.44%) Linux
4 23 (13.37%) Windows Server 2003
5 14 (8.140%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 11 (6.395%) Solaris
6 11 (6.395%) Windows 2000 Server
7 6 (3.488%) UNIX
8 4 (2.326%) Windows 2000
9 1 (0.581%) Windows Vista
9 1 (0.581%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (20.93%) ITIL
2 30 (17.44%) Change Management
3 25 (14.53%) Project Management
4 19 (11.05%) Web Development
5 17 (9.884%) Network Management
6 12 (6.977%) Load Balancing
6 12 (6.977%) CRM
6 12 (6.977%) Service Delivery
7 11 (6.395%) Problem Management
7 11 (6.395%) Network Design
8 9 (5.233%) Mobile Device Management
8 9 (5.233%) Content Management
9 7 (4.070%) Risk Analysis
9 7 (4.070%) Stakeholder Management
9 7 (4.070%) Data Security
10 5 (2.907%) Release Management
10 5 (2.907%) Validation
11 4 (2.326%) Database Security
12 2 (1.163%) E-Commerce
12 2 (1.163%) Network Architecture
Programming Languages
1 19 (11.05%) PowerShell
1 19 (11.05%) Java
1 19 (11.05%) Perl
2 14 (8.140%) SQL
3 2 (1.163%) C
Qualifications
1 83 (48.26%) Cisco Certification
2 59 (34.30%) CCNP
3 35 (20.35%) CCIE
4 29 (16.86%) Degree
5 23 (13.37%) CCNA
6 16 (9.302%) CCSA
7 15 (8.721%) JNCIA
8 13 (7.558%) CCSE
9 11 (6.395%) CCSP
9 11 (6.395%) Microsoft Certification
10 7 (4.070%) MCSE
11 4 (2.326%) CCDP
11 4 (2.326%) CCIP
12 3 (1.744%) JNCIS
12 3 (1.744%) CCDE
12 3 (1.744%) CCA
12 3 (1.744%) Citrix Certification
13 2 (1.163%) Check Point Certification
13 2 (1.163%) ITIL Certification
13 2 (1.163%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (13.37%) SLA
2 8 (4.651%) PCI DSS
3 7 (4.070%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 2 (1.163%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 33 (19.19%) VMware Infrastructure
2 19 (11.05%) ProxySG
3 16 (9.302%) vSphere
4 14 (8.140%) VMware ESXi
5 10 (5.814%) Active Directory
6 9 (5.233%) XenApp
6 9 (5.233%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 4 (2.326%) Cisco UCCX
1 4 (2.326%) Cisco CUCM
2 2 (1.163%) Cisco UCCE
Vendors
1 172 (100.00%) Cisco
2 85 (49.42%) Juniper
3 58 (33.72%) CheckPoint
4 53 (30.81%) F5
5 49 (28.49%) VMware
6 40 (23.26%) Microsoft
7 38 (22.09%) HP
8 32 (18.60%) Blue Coat
9 22 (12.79%) Red Hat
10 19 (11.05%) Fortinet
10 19 (11.05%) Nortel
11 13 (7.558%) Citrix
12 12 (6.977%) ProCurve
13 11 (6.395%) Sun
13 11 (6.395%) Egenera
13 11 (6.395%) Foundry
14 9 (5.233%) Websense
15 7 (4.070%) ServiceNow
15 7 (4.070%) Avaya
16 5 (2.907%) ZyXEL
Maidenhead, Berkshire
Checkpoint, CCSA, CCSE, Firewall-1, VSX, Provider-1, Nexus Cisco, CCNA, ASA/PIX, Firewall, Switches, Routers, F5 Load Balancing, NOC, SOC... The Checkpoint Security/Networking Analyst would ideally...
Millshill Recruitment Ltd
Salary: From £35,000 to £45,000 per annum + Bonus + Bens
Posted: 14 June 2013
Slough, Berkshire
Knowledge of Cisco wireless products. Knowledge of Cisco Unified Communications products... Cisco ASA, Juniper Firewalls... CCNP level with strong routing and switching skills... CCVP... Cisco Works LMS/UOM.....
FT Select
Salary: From £35,000 to £40,000 per annum plus oncall, overtime, pension
Posted: 17 June 2013
Bracknell, Thames Valley
This role is best suited to a candidate with a solid technical background, able to interpret and discuss technical documents and requirements, with an understanding of project management...
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum
Posted: 6 June 2013
Reading, Berkshire
An in depth knowledge of network security technologies - Firewalls (Checkpoint, Juniper & CISCO ASA). * A good general knowledge of network technologies and protocols, such as TCP/IP, Ethernet, , Etherchannel/...
Nationwide People Ltd
Salary: £60000 - 80000 Per Annum plus bonus plus benefits
Posted: 18 June 2013