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

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA)
Rank 171 159 164
Rank change year-on-year
-12 +5
Permanent jobs citing Cisco ASA 23 16 9
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Manchester 0.567% 0.441% 0.228%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.879% 2.680% 1.664%
Number of salaries quoted 13 15 8
Average salary £47,500 £40,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+18.75% +6.66%
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £42,500 £39,500
% change year-on-year
- +7.59%
All Communications & Networking
Manchester
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
593 597 541
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Manchester 14.61% 16.46% 13.71%
Number of salaries quoted 491 534 470
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +7.69%
90% offered a salary of more than £23,000 £23,500 £22,000
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £75,000 £52,050
UK excluding London average salary £39,750 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-0.62% +6.66%
Cisco ASA
North West

Cisco ASA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Manchester 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 Manchester region.

Manchester Cisco ASA Salary Trend

Cisco ASA
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Cisco ASA across the Manchester region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Manchester 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 Manchester 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Wigan - 1 £37,500 -
Cisco ASA
North West

Cisco ASA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Manchester 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 56 (100.00%) Cisco
2 50 (89.29%) Cisco Certification
3 47 (83.93%) Firewall
4 46 (82.14%) Network Security
5 42 (75.00%) CCNP
6 40 (71.43%) CheckPoint
6 40 (71.43%) Cisco PIX
7 33 (58.93%) Juniper
8 27 (48.21%) CCSE
8 27 (48.21%) F5
9 25 (44.64%) Finance
10 22 (39.29%) Blue Coat
11 21 (37.50%) Wireless
11 21 (37.50%) LAN
12 20 (35.71%) Websense
12 20 (35.71%) Telecoms
12 20 (35.71%) JNCIS
13 19 (33.93%) VPN
14 17 (30.36%) HP
15 16 (28.57%) WLAN
16 15 (26.79%) WAN
16 15 (26.79%) Cisco Nexus
17 14 (25.00%) CCIE
18 13 (23.21%) VMware
19 10 (17.86%) Fortinet
20 9 (16.07%) EIGRP
20 9 (16.07%) SSL
21 8 (14.29%) CCNA
21 8 (14.29%) ITIL
21 8 (14.29%) MPLS

Cisco ASA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Manchester 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 2 (3.571%) CSS
Application Platforms
1 6 (10.71%) MS Exchange
2 5 (8.929%) Exchange Server 2000
2 5 (8.929%) Exchange Server 2003
2 5 (8.929%) Exchange Server 2010
3 1 (1.786%) IIS
3 1 (1.786%) Exchange Server 2007
3 1 (1.786%) SAS
3 1 (1.786%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 5 (8.929%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 47 (83.93%) Firewall
2 46 (82.14%) Network Security
3 40 (71.43%) Cisco PIX
4 21 (37.50%) Wireless
4 21 (37.50%) LAN
5 19 (33.93%) VPN
6 16 (28.57%) WLAN
7 15 (26.79%) WAN
7 15 (26.79%) Cisco Nexus
8 9 (16.07%) EIGRP
8 9 (16.07%) SSL
9 8 (14.29%) MPLS
9 8 (14.29%) OSPF
9 8 (14.29%) IPsec
10 7 (12.50%) BGP
10 7 (12.50%) VoIP
10 7 (12.50%) FWSM
11 6 (10.71%) DNS
11 6 (10.71%) SAN
12 5 (8.929%) Internet
Development Applications
1 3 (5.357%) VSS/SourceSafe
General
1 25 (44.64%) Finance
2 20 (35.71%) Telecoms
3 1 (1.786%) Legal
3 1 (1.786%) Manufacturing
3 1 (1.786%) Banking
Job Titles
1 26 (46.43%) Network Engineer
2 21 (37.50%) Network Security Engineer
2 21 (37.50%) Security Engineer
3 20 (35.71%) Firewall Engineer
4 12 (21.43%) Consultant
5 9 (16.07%) Network Consultant
5 9 (16.07%) Cisco Consultant
6 7 (12.50%) Cisco Network Consultant
7 6 (10.71%) Architect
8 5 (8.929%) Project Manager
8 5 (8.929%) Data Architect
8 5 (8.929%) Security Consultant
8 5 (8.929%) Solutions Architect
8 5 (8.929%) Cisco Engineer
8 5 (8.929%) Data Centre Architect
9 4 (7.143%) Cisco Network Engineer
10 3 (5.357%) Network Security Consultant
10 3 (5.357%) Infrastructure Manager
10 3 (5.357%) Infrastructure Project Manager
11 2 (3.571%) Pre Sales Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 5 (8.929%) Replication
1 5 (8.929%) SWIFT
2 1 (1.786%) Blackberry
2 1 (1.786%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 6 (10.71%) Windows
1 6 (10.71%) Windows Server 2008
2 5 (8.929%) Windows 2000 Server
2 5 (8.929%) AIX
2 5 (8.929%) Windows XP
2 5 (8.929%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (14.29%) ITIL
2 7 (12.50%) Change Management
2 7 (12.50%) Project Management
2 7 (12.50%) Customer Engagement
3 6 (10.71%) Network Design
3 6 (10.71%) Disaster Recovery
3 6 (10.71%) PRINCE2
4 5 (8.929%) Waterfall
5 4 (7.143%) Information Security
5 4 (7.143%) Continuous Improvement
6 3 (5.357%) Load Balancing
7 1 (1.786%) Network Management
7 1 (1.786%) Vulnerability Assessment
7 1 (1.786%) Service Management
7 1 (1.786%) E-Commerce
7 1 (1.786%) BCP
7 1 (1.786%) Risk Management
7 1 (1.786%) Stakeholder Management
7 1 (1.786%) Business Continuity
7 1 (1.786%) Capacity Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.786%) C
1 1 (1.786%) SQL
Qualifications
1 50 (89.29%) Cisco Certification
2 42 (75.00%) CCNP
3 27 (48.21%) CCSE
4 20 (35.71%) JNCIS
5 14 (25.00%) CCIE
6 8 (14.29%) CCNA
7 7 (12.50%) CCSP
7 7 (12.50%) Check Point Certification
8 6 (10.71%) CCDE
9 5 (8.929%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 2 (3.571%) CCDP
11 1 (1.786%) Citrix Certification
11 1 (1.786%) Microsoft Certification
11 1 (1.786%) CCIP
11 1 (1.786%) MCSE
11 1 (1.786%) CCSA
11 1 (1.786%) CCVP
11 1 (1.786%) HP ASE
11 1 (1.786%) VCAP
11 1 (1.786%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.786%) ISO 9000
1 1 (1.786%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 8 (14.29%) VMware Infrastructure
2 6 (10.71%) Active Directory
3 5 (8.929%) vSphere
4 4 (7.143%) VMware Workstation
4 4 (7.143%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 1 (1.786%) XenApp
5 1 (1.786%) XenServer
Systems Management
1 5 (8.929%) Tivoli
1 5 (8.929%) Tivoli Storage Manager
1 5 (8.929%) WSUS
2 2 (3.571%) Cisco UCCX
3 1 (1.786%) Cisco CUCM
3 1 (1.786%) CiscoWorks
3 1 (1.786%) Cisco UCCE
Vendors
1 56 (100.00%) Cisco
2 40 (71.43%) CheckPoint
3 33 (58.93%) Juniper
4 27 (48.21%) F5
5 22 (39.29%) Blue Coat
6 20 (35.71%) Websense
7 17 (30.36%) HP
8 13 (23.21%) VMware
9 10 (17.86%) Fortinet
10 8 (14.29%) ProCurve
11 7 (12.50%) Microsoft
11 7 (12.50%) Sourcefire
12 5 (8.929%) WatchGuard
12 5 (8.929%) IBM
12 5 (8.929%) NetApp
12 5 (8.929%) Veeam
13 3 (5.357%) Citrix
14 2 (3.571%) Symantec
14 2 (3.571%) Brocade
15 1 (1.786%) IronPort
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