The first table below looks at the demand for Cisco ASA skills in IT jobs advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs 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 England region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA)
Rank 292 356 473
Rank change year-on-year
+64 +117
Permanent jobs citing Cisco ASA 901 712 429
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 0.891% 0.628% 0.364%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 4.566% 3.565% 2.277%
Number of salaries quoted 688 609 365
Average salary £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +5.88%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £32,000 £32,500
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £60,000 £62,500
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £42,500 £39,000
% change year-on-year
- +8.97%
All Communications & Networking
England
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
19732 19973 18837
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 19.51% 17.62% 15.99%
Number of salaries quoted 16042 16804 15735
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +6.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £27,500 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £65,000 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
Cisco ASA
UK

Cisco ASA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England 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 England region.

England Cisco ASA Salary Trend

Cisco ASA
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Cisco ASA across the England region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

England 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 England 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
South East +30 335 £45,000 +5.88%
London +79 321 £51,000 +2.00%
Yorkshire +35 60 £32,500 -18.75%
East of England +22 55 £40,000 -
North West +16 44 £40,000 -
West Midlands -11 30 £40,000 +14.28%
South West +4 25 £39,500 -1.25%
North East +20 21 £40,000 +23.07%
East Midlands -5 11 £42,500 +54.54%
Midlands - 3 - -
Cisco ASA
UK

Cisco ASA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the England 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 1790 (100.00%) Cisco
2 1461 (81.62%) Firewall
3 1180 (65.92%) Cisco Certification
4 942 (52.63%) CheckPoint
5 823 (45.98%) CCNP
6 758 (42.35%) VPN
7 734 (41.01%) Cisco PIX
8 692 (38.66%) Network Security
9 647 (36.15%) Juniper
10 602 (33.63%) WAN
11 541 (30.22%) LAN
12 509 (28.44%) Wireless
13 505 (28.21%) BGP
14 467 (26.09%) CCNA
15 463 (25.87%) OSPF
16 450 (25.14%) Windows
17 446 (24.92%) F5
18 387 (21.62%) VMware
19 382 (21.34%) MPLS
19 382 (21.34%) Cisco Nexus
20 381 (21.28%) CCIE
21 378 (21.12%) TCP/IP
22 358 (20.00%) Microsoft
23 349 (19.50%) EIGRP
24 348 (19.44%) DNS
25 297 (16.59%) VoIP
26 294 (16.42%) Finance
27 289 (16.15%) FWSM
28 282 (15.75%) Linux
29 268 (14.97%) HP

Cisco ASA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the England 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 53 (2.961%) CSS
2 20 (1.117%) XML
3 18 (1.006%) HTML
4 11 (0.615%) Middleware
4 11 (0.615%) .NET
5 6 (0.335%) WebSphere
5 6 (0.335%) HTML5
6 4 (0.223%) ASP
6 4 (0.223%) COM
7 3 (0.168%) Memcached
7 3 (0.168%) J2EE
7 3 (0.168%) ASP.NET
7 3 (0.168%) Web Services
8 1 (0.056%) COM+
8 1 (0.056%) .NET Framework
8 1 (0.056%) Windows SharePoint Services
8 1 (0.056%) XMPP
8 1 (0.056%) LAMP
Application Platforms
1 132 (7.374%) MS Exchange
2 85 (4.749%) Exchange Server 2010
3 62 (3.464%) IIS
3 62 (3.464%) Apache
4 51 (2.849%) Exchange Server 2007
4 51 (2.849%) Lync
5 42 (2.346%) SharePoint
6 37 (2.067%) Exchange Server 2003
7 34 (1.899%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
7 34 (1.899%) Office Communications Server
8 30 (1.676%) SAS
9 11 (0.615%) Tomcat
10 10 (0.559%) CMS
11 5 (0.279%) BizTalk Server
11 5 (0.279%) Exchange Server 2000
12 4 (0.223%) SharePoint Server
12 4 (0.223%) Amazon AWS
12 4 (0.223%) Escenic
13 3 (0.168%) Confluence
14 1 (0.056%) Adobe CQ
Applications
1 146 (8.156%) MS Excel
2 30 (1.676%) MS Visio
3 17 (0.950%) MS Office
4 5 (0.279%) Office 365
5 4 (0.223%) Google Apps
Business Applications
1 4 (0.223%) assyst
2 2 (0.112%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (0.056%) Sage 200
3 1 (0.056%) Oracle Financials
3 1 (0.056%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 1461 (81.62%) Firewall
2 758 (42.35%) VPN
3 734 (41.01%) Cisco PIX
4 692 (38.66%) Network Security
5 602 (33.63%) WAN
6 541 (30.22%) LAN
7 509 (28.44%) Wireless
8 505 (28.21%) BGP
9 463 (25.87%) OSPF
10 382 (21.34%) MPLS
10 382 (21.34%) Cisco Nexus
11 378 (21.12%) TCP/IP
12 349 (19.50%) EIGRP
13 348 (19.44%) DNS
14 297 (16.59%) VoIP
15 289 (16.15%) FWSM
16 222 (12.40%) DHCP
17 200 (11.17%) SSL
18 197 (11.01%) WLAN
19 191 (10.67%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 64 (3.575%) SQL Server
2 41 (2.291%) MySQL
3 19 (1.061%) SQL Server 2008
4 18 (1.006%) SQL Server 2005
5 17 (0.950%) TOAD
6 9 (0.503%) PostgreSQL
7 7 (0.391%) Informix
8 6 (0.335%) SQL Server 2000
9 5 (0.279%) SQL Server 2012
10 1 (0.056%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 1 (0.056%) DB2
10 1 (0.056%) Data Mining
10 1 (0.056%) Data Warehouse
10 1 (0.056%) Oracle 8/8i
10 1 (0.056%) RDBMS
10 1 (0.056%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 1 (0.056%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 23 (1.285%) VSS/SourceSafe
2 12 (0.670%) JIRA
3 6 (0.335%) Subversion
4 5 (0.279%) Git (software)
4 5 (0.279%) Team Foundation Server
4 5 (0.279%) WebLOAD
5 3 (0.168%) ClearQuest
5 3 (0.168%) ClearCase
6 1 (0.056%) FishEye
6 1 (0.056%) Visual Studio
General
1 294 (16.42%) Finance
2 202 (11.28%) Telecoms
3 60 (3.352%) Banking
4 34 (1.899%) Back Office
5 32 (1.788%) Retail
6 30 (1.676%) Advertising
7 14 (0.782%) Law
8 13 (0.726%) Investment Banking
9 12 (0.670%) Billing
10 11 (0.615%) Multimedia
11 8 (0.447%) Games
11 8 (0.447%) Front Office
11 8 (0.447%) Manufacturing
12 7 (0.391%) International Banking
12 7 (0.391%) Publishing
13 6 (0.335%) Legal
13 6 (0.335%) Marketing
14 4 (0.223%) Financial Institution
15 2 (0.112%) Aerospace
16 1 (0.056%) German Language
Job Titles
1 734 (41.01%) Network Engineer
2 291 (16.26%) Security Engineer
3 272 (15.20%) Consultant
4 220 (12.29%) Network Security Engineer
5 163 (9.106%) Analyst
6 149 (8.324%) Network Consultant
7 136 (7.598%) Senior Network Engineer
8 113 (6.313%) Firewall Engineer
9 110 (6.145%) Support Engineer
10 109 (6.089%) Cisco Network Engineer
11 105 (5.866%) Cisco Engineer
12 99 (5.531%) Network Analyst
13 92 (5.140%) Cisco Consultant
14 79 (4.413%) Network Manager
14 79 (4.413%) Network Support
15 77 (4.302%) Architect
16 70 (3.911%) Administrator
17 66 (3.687%) Security Consultant
18 61 (3.408%) Security Analyst
19 55 (3.073%) Network Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 40 (2.235%) Video Conferencing
2 38 (2.123%) SecurID
3 34 (1.899%) Management Information System
4 32 (1.788%) Handset
5 31 (1.732%) Digital Media
6 28 (1.564%) Clustering
7 27 (1.508%) PKI
8 26 (1.453%) Computer Science
9 25 (1.397%) Replication
10 22 (1.229%) SaaS
11 17 (0.950%) IVR
12 16 (0.894%) Enterprise Storage
13 15 (0.838%) Cloud Computing
13 15 (0.838%) Statistics
14 13 (0.726%) Blackberry
14 13 (0.726%) Firmware
15 8 (0.447%) Enterprise Software
16 7 (0.391%) Mathematics
17 6 (0.335%) e-Health
17 6 (0.335%) EqualLogic
Operating Systems
1 450 (25.14%) Windows
2 282 (15.75%) Linux
3 199 (11.12%) Windows Server 2008
4 170 (9.497%) Windows Server 2003
5 136 (7.598%) UNIX
6 61 (3.408%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 43 (2.402%) Solaris
8 34 (1.899%) Windows 7
9 30 (1.676%) CentOS
10 25 (1.397%) Windows 2000
11 20 (1.117%) Windows XP
12 18 (1.006%) Ubuntu
13 16 (0.894%) Windows 2000 Server
14 11 (0.615%) Windows 8
14 11 (0.615%) Windows Server 2012
15 10 (0.559%) Fedora
16 8 (0.447%) Windows Vista
17 6 (0.335%) AIX
18 5 (0.279%) Debian
19 3 (0.168%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 252 (14.08%) Network Design
2 244 (13.63%) ITIL
3 162 (9.050%) Load Balancing
4 158 (8.827%) Network Management
5 143 (7.989%) Project Management
6 129 (7.207%) Change Management
7 83 (4.637%) E-Commerce
8 81 (4.525%) Disaster Recovery
9 80 (4.469%) Capacity Planning
10 75 (4.190%) Service Delivery
11 54 (3.017%) Information Security
12 52 (2.905%) Customer Engagement
13 38 (2.123%) SIEM
13 38 (2.123%) Problem Management
14 36 (2.011%) Performance Management
15 35 (1.955%) Migration
15 35 (1.955%) Service Management
16 34 (1.899%) Network Load Balancing
17 32 (1.788%) Change Control
18 30 (1.676%) WAN Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 93 (5.196%) SQL
2 30 (1.676%) Java
3 29 (1.620%) PowerShell
4 23 (1.285%) Perl
5 15 (0.838%) C
6 11 (0.615%) PHP
7 5 (0.279%) Bash shell
8 4 (0.223%) C#
8 4 (0.223%) Tcl
8 4 (0.223%) Shell Script
9 2 (0.112%) VBScript
9 2 (0.112%) VB
10 1 (0.056%) C++
10 1 (0.056%) Python
Qualifications
1 1180 (65.92%) Cisco Certification
2 823 (45.98%) CCNP
3 467 (26.09%) CCNA
4 381 (21.28%) CCIE
5 243 (13.58%) CCSE
6 219 (12.23%) CCSP
7 167 (9.330%) CCSA
8 124 (6.927%) JNCIS
9 123 (6.872%) CCDP
10 116 (6.480%) Degree
11 105 (5.866%) Microsoft Certification
12 104 (5.810%) Security Cleared
13 93 (5.196%) MCSE
14 79 (4.413%) CCIP
15 77 (4.302%) SC Cleared
16 69 (3.855%) CISSP
17 62 (3.464%) JNCIA
18 58 (3.240%) CCVP
19 42 (2.346%) Check Point Certification
20 35 (1.955%) JNCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 118 (6.592%) SLA
2 87 (4.860%) PCI DSS
3 62 (3.464%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 15 (0.838%) ISO 9000
5 13 (0.726%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 9 (0.503%) QA
7 8 (0.447%) ISO 9001
8 6 (0.335%) COBIT
9 1 (0.056%) BS7799
9 1 (0.056%) GAMP
9 1 (0.056%) GxP
System Software
1 236 (13.18%) VMware Infrastructure
2 171 (9.553%) Active Directory
3 108 (6.034%) vSphere
4 63 (3.520%) ProxySG
5 55 (3.073%) Hyper-V
6 50 (2.793%) XenApp
7 45 (2.514%) VMware ESX
8 42 (2.346%) VMware ESXi
9 30 (1.676%) XenServer
10 18 (1.006%) XenDesktop
11 16 (0.894%) UAG
11 16 (0.894%) Forefront TMG
12 14 (0.782%) Varnish
13 12 (0.670%) ISA Server
14 9 (0.503%) NFS
14 9 (0.503%) Squid
14 9 (0.503%) Samba
15 8 (0.447%) Terminal Services
15 8 (0.447%) Oracle RAC
16 7 (0.391%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 119 (6.648%) CiscoWorks
2 72 (4.022%) SolarWinds Orion
3 66 (3.687%) Cisco CUCM
4 55 (3.073%) FortiGate
5 54 (3.017%) Nagios
6 49 (2.737%) Cisco UCCX
7 37 (2.067%) Norton AntiVirus
8 31 (1.732%) SCCM
8 31 (1.732%) OpenView
9 26 (1.453%) Backup Exec
10 23 (1.285%) WSUS
11 22 (1.229%) NetBackup
12 21 (1.173%) Cisco IPCC
13 20 (1.117%) Puppet
14 18 (1.006%) MIMEsweeper
15 17 (0.950%) Cacti
15 17 (0.950%) Cisco UCCE
15 17 (0.950%) SCOM
16 9 (0.503%) Zenoss
17 8 (0.447%) HP Operations Orchestration
Vendors
1 1790 (100.00%) Cisco
2 942 (52.63%) CheckPoint
3 647 (36.15%) Juniper
4 446 (24.92%) F5
5 387 (21.62%) VMware
6 358 (20.00%) Microsoft
7 268 (14.97%) HP
8 204 (11.40%) Blue Coat
9 164 (9.162%) Citrix
10 148 (8.268%) SolarWinds
11 144 (8.045%) Fortinet
12 110 (6.145%) Websense
13 90 (5.028%) Red Hat
14 82 (4.581%) Symantec
15 67 (3.743%) McAfee
16 63 (3.520%) Brocade
17 61 (3.408%) Nokia
18 58 (3.240%) NetApp
18 58 (3.240%) Riverbed
18 58 (3.240%) Aruba
East London
Network Security Engineer - Docklands, East London - up to £35,000 plus £4,800 on call allowance. The Ashdown Group has been engaged by a leading technology organisation to...
Ashdown IT
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum + £4,800 on-call allowance
Posted: 24 May 2013
City of London
CCNA. CCNP. Cisco. LAN/WAN... The duties of the network engineer will be include: Cisco networking Routing and switching Cisco ASA Cisco certifications (CCNA / CCNP) 3+ Years networking /...
Argyll Scott International
Salary: £55000 - £60000 per annum
Posted: 22 May 2013
City, London
The role that has arisen has come through growth and as such they are seeking a talented Network Engineer (Cisco Wireless) to work within a demanding environment. With...
Austin Fraser
Salary: £35000 - £40000.00 per annum + Package
Posted: 24 May 2013
Coventry, West Midlands (County)
Cisco, CCNA, CCNP, Switching/Routing, ASA, Pix, Firewall, Checkpoint, Juniper, Wireless, Network Management, Unified Communications... The Cisco Networking Consultant will have relevant industry certifications such as CCNP and...
Millshill Recruitment Ltd
Salary: From £45,000 to £50,000 per annum + Car Allowance + Bonus + Bens
Posted: 24 May 2013
Bristol, South West
The ideal candidate will have a skill set to include as many of the following: CCNP, CCNA, Cisco, Routing, Switching, Firewalls, Cisco Security (PIX and ASA Firewalls, IDS/...
Computer Futures
Salary: £45000 - £46000 per annum + Pension
Posted: 15 May 2013
Bristol, South West
The ideal candidate will have a skill set to include as many of the following: CCNP, CCNA, Cisco, Routing, Switching, Firewalls, Cisco Security (PIX and ASA Firewalls, IDS/...
Computer Futures
Salary: £40000 - £41000 per annum + Pension
Posted: 15 May 2013
Bristol, South West
The ideal candidate will have a skill set to include as many of the following: CCNP, CCNA, Cisco, Routing, Switching, Firewalls, Cisco Security (PIX and ASA Firewalls, IDS/...
Computer Futures
Salary: £40000 - £45000 per annum + Training & On Call Allowance.
Posted: 15 May 2013
Bristol, South West
The ideal candidate will have a skill set to include as many of the following: CCNP, CCNA, Cisco, Routing, Switching, Firewalls, Cisco Security (PIX and ASA Firewalls, IDS/...
Computer Futures
Salary: £40000 - £45000 per annum + Training & On Call Allowance.
Posted: 16 May 2013
Bristol, South West
The ideal candidate will have a skill set to include as many of the following: CCNP, CCNA, Cisco, Routing, Switching, Firewalls, Cisco Security (PIX and ASA Firewalls, IDS/...
Computer Futures
Salary: £38000 - £42000 per annum + Pension
Posted: 15 May 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
The Network Manager will have strong network and security experience covering Cisco Networking and Firewalls (Checkpoint, ASA, PIX) , and strong communication and influencing skills with the ability to...
4it Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £Excellent Salary and £Excellent Benefits!
Posted: 23 May 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
As a senior network analyst (cisco) you should have a cisco certification such as CCNA or CCNP, as well as the following technical skills: - Maintenance of server infrastructure...
Integrity IT Solutions
Salary: Unspecified Excellent plus benefits
Posted: 23 May 2013
London
Network Engineer, 2nd Line Support, LAN Engineer, Support EngineerA Large IT Service Provider is looking for a Level 2 LAN Support Engineer to work on a customer site...
Fulcrum Telecom
Salary: £31000.00 - £38000.00 per annum + Bonus
Posted: 21 May 2013
Bristol, South West
The ideal candidate will have a skill set to include as many of the following: CCNP & CCNA Accreditations, Cisco, Routing, Switching, Firewalls, Cisco Security (PIX and ASA Firewalls,...
Computer Futures
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum + Training & Benefits.
Posted: 15 May 2013
City, London
Network Design & Implementation Engineer with excellent experience of Cisco products... Skills & Experience required: CCNP Routing and Switching - 3750/6500s/Nexus Cisco Design & Implementation - Across WAN & LAN Environments Client...
Stott & May
Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum + Bens
Posted: 23 May 2013
East London
Network & Security Engineer - Market leading organisation!... Key skills: Network & Security Support Engineer, Cisco (layer 2 & layer 3), Check Point, SPLAT, Cisco ASA, Load Balancer, Netscaler, Riverbed, DDoS, IPS.
Understanding Recruitment
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum + bens - on call, pens, health+more
Posted: 19 May 2013
Oxfordshire
A deep understanding of Cisco technologies, MPLS, LAN/WAN design, BGP, VoIP, and protocol analysis are highly desirable... * Provides integration and interaction of all supported systems including Cisco...
Roc Search
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum
Posted: 22 May 2013
London
Essential: Juniper JunOs Configuration including SRX and EX. Good Working Knowledge of Cisco ASA Firewalls. Site to site VPN tunnels... Exposure to network design. Network monitoring protocols such...
Epsilium Recruitment
Salary: From £50,000 to £65,000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Health + 23-28 D
Posted: 20 May 2013
City, London
You will responsible for writing the code to replace SNORT Based protocols over to Cisco and to test the entire network for errors specifically through the penetration testing...
Austin Fraser
Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum
Posted: 20 May 2013
City, London
The skills they are interested in for the role are as follows: Cisco Network Engineer (BGP, VRF, OSPF, TCP/IP, DNS, SNMP) - London... Switching: VLAN, gateway redundancy (HSRP...
Morgan Cassidy UK Ltd
Salary: From £45,000 to £50,000 per annum + excellent benefits
Posted: 24 May 2013
City, London
Cisco & Juniper Network Security Manager | Consultancy | CCNP... Senior technical support skill for Security products: Juniper JunOS, Netscreen Blue Coat Juniper SA, SRX, EX, MAG with SAM CISCO ASA...
Jam Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £45000 - £50000 per annum + Benefits + OOH
Posted: 24 May 2013
North London
Firewall Engineer - Checkpoint, Juniper, Sonicwall - Bounds Green, North London - Up to £52,000 plus £10,000 - £12,000 in site allowances... To be suitable for this position you...
Ashdown IT
Salary: £50000 - £52000 per annum + Bonus
Posted: 20 May 2013
London
The Senior Cisco Network Engineer - Wireless/Network/Firewall is required to head up a major Wireless design and implementation BYOD project for a global media entertainment company... Wireless...
TEKsystems
Salary: £40000 - £450000 per annum
Posted: 22 May 2013
Bristol, South West
The ideal candidate will have a skill set to include as many of the following; - CCNP - CCNA - Cisco Routing, Switching & Firewalls - Cisco Security (PIX and ASA Firewalls, IDS/...
Computer Futures
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum + Training & Benefits.
Posted: 15 May 2013
Bristol, South West
The ideal candidate will have a skill set to include as many of the following: CCNP, CCNA, Cisco, Routing, Switching, Firewalls, Cisco Security (PIX and ASA Firewalls, IDS/...
Computer Futures
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum + Training & Benefits.
Posted: 15 May 2013
Bristol, South West
The ideal candidate will have a skill set to include as many of the following; - CCNP - CCNA - Cisco Routing, Switching & Firewalls - Cisco Security (PIX and ASA Firewalls, IDS/...
Computer Futures
Salary: £40000 - £45000 per annum + Training & Benefits.
Posted: 15 May 2013