The first table below looks at the demand for Cisco ASA skills in IT jobs advertised for the North West 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 North West region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA)
Rank 199 215 220
Rank change year-on-year
+16 +5
Permanent jobs citing Cisco ASA 44 32 14
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 0.612% 0.451% 0.204%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.843% 3.086% 1.377%
Number of salaries quoted 30 31 12
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £32,000 £31,150
10% offered a salary of more than £60,250 £42,500 £44,500
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £42,500 £39,000
% change year-on-year
- +8.97%
All Communications & Networking
North West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
1145 1037 1017
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 15.94% 14.61% 14.81%
Number of salaries quoted 926 908 866
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +7.69%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £24,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £75,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
Cisco ASA
England

Cisco ASA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West 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 North West region.

North West Cisco ASA Salary Trend

Cisco ASA
Salary Histogram

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

North West 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 North West 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
Manchester -12 24 £47,500 +18.75%
Lancashire - 9 £35,000 -
Cheshire +1 4 £34,000 +2.25%
Merseyside +21 3 £45,000 +20.00%
Cisco ASA
England

Cisco ASA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West 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 77 (100.00%) Cisco
2 70 (90.91%) Cisco Certification
3 65 (84.42%) Firewall
4 57 (74.03%) CCNP
5 56 (72.73%) Cisco PIX
6 47 (61.04%) Network Security
7 44 (57.14%) CheckPoint
8 38 (49.35%) LAN
9 37 (48.05%) Juniper
10 31 (40.26%) WAN
10 31 (40.26%) F5
11 29 (37.66%) VPN
12 26 (33.77%) Cisco Nexus
12 26 (33.77%) CCSE
13 25 (32.47%) Finance
14 24 (31.17%) Wireless
15 21 (27.27%) Telecoms
15 21 (27.27%) Blue Coat
16 19 (24.68%) JNCIS
16 19 (24.68%) Websense
16 19 (24.68%) WLAN
17 18 (23.38%) MPLS
18 17 (22.08%) CCIE
18 17 (22.08%) HP
19 15 (19.48%) ITIL
19 15 (19.48%) Disaster Recovery
20 14 (18.18%) VMware
20 14 (18.18%) CCNA
20 14 (18.18%) VLAN
21 11 (14.29%) VoIP

Cisco ASA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West 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 6 (7.792%) CSS
Application Platforms
1 7 (9.091%) MS Exchange
2 5 (6.494%) Exchange Server 2010
2 5 (6.494%) Exchange Server 2000
2 5 (6.494%) Exchange Server 2003
3 2 (2.597%) SAS
3 2 (2.597%) IIS
3 2 (2.597%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
3 2 (2.597%) Exchange Server 2007
4 1 (1.299%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (6.494%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 65 (84.42%) Firewall
2 56 (72.73%) Cisco PIX
3 47 (61.04%) Network Security
4 38 (49.35%) LAN
5 31 (40.26%) WAN
6 29 (37.66%) VPN
7 26 (33.77%) Cisco Nexus
8 24 (31.17%) Wireless
9 19 (24.68%) WLAN
10 18 (23.38%) MPLS
11 14 (18.18%) VLAN
12 11 (14.29%) VoIP
12 11 (14.29%) SSL
13 10 (12.99%) Frame Relay
13 10 (12.99%) IPsec
14 9 (11.69%) EIGRP
14 9 (11.69%) TCP/IP
15 8 (10.39%) OSPF
15 8 (10.39%) FWSM
16 7 (9.091%) BGP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.299%) SQL Server
1 1 (1.299%) Informix
Development Applications
1 3 (3.896%) VSS/SourceSafe
General
1 25 (32.47%) Finance
2 21 (27.27%) Telecoms
3 2 (2.597%) Retail
4 1 (1.299%) Marketing
4 1 (1.299%) Law
4 1 (1.299%) Legal
4 1 (1.299%) Manufacturing
4 1 (1.299%) Banking
Job Titles
1 39 (50.65%) Network Engineer
2 22 (28.57%) Security Engineer
3 21 (27.27%) Network Security Engineer
4 19 (24.68%) Firewall Engineer
5 15 (19.48%) Consultant
6 11 (14.29%) Senior Network Engineer
7 10 (12.99%) Network Consultant
7 10 (12.99%) Cisco Consultant
8 8 (10.39%) Cisco Network Consultant
9 6 (7.792%) Cisco Engineer
10 5 (6.494%) Cisco Network Engineer
10 5 (6.494%) Architect
10 5 (6.494%) Security Consultant
11 4 (5.195%) Solutions Architect
11 4 (5.195%) Support Engineer
11 4 (5.195%) Data Architect
11 4 (5.195%) Communications Engineer
11 4 (5.195%) Data Centre Architect
11 4 (5.195%) Senior Communications Engineer
12 3 (3.896%) Network Security Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 5 (6.494%) SWIFT
1 5 (6.494%) Replication
2 2 (2.597%) Blackberry
3 1 (1.299%) Mathematics
3 1 (1.299%) Computer Science
3 1 (1.299%) Video Conferencing
3 1 (1.299%) SecurID
Operating Systems
1 9 (11.69%) Windows
2 8 (10.39%) Windows Server 2008
3 5 (6.494%) Windows 2000 Server
3 5 (6.494%) Windows Server 2003
3 5 (6.494%) AIX
3 5 (6.494%) Windows XP
4 3 (3.896%) Linux
5 1 (1.299%) UNIX
5 1 (1.299%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (19.48%) ITIL
1 15 (19.48%) Disaster Recovery
2 10 (12.99%) Load Balancing
3 8 (10.39%) Project Management
4 7 (9.091%) Customer Engagement
4 7 (9.091%) Network Design
4 7 (9.091%) Change Management
5 5 (6.494%) Information Security
6 4 (5.195%) PRINCE2
6 4 (5.195%) Requirements Analysis
6 4 (5.195%) Continuous Improvement
6 4 (5.195%) Network Management
7 3 (3.896%) Waterfall
8 2 (2.597%) E-Commerce
8 2 (2.597%) Communications Security
9 1 (1.299%) Capacity Management
9 1 (1.299%) Time Management
9 1 (1.299%) Vulnerability Assessment
9 1 (1.299%) Systems Analysis
9 1 (1.299%) Business Continuity
Programming Languages
1 2 (2.597%) SQL
2 1 (1.299%) C
Qualifications
1 70 (90.91%) Cisco Certification
2 57 (74.03%) CCNP
3 26 (33.77%) CCSE
4 19 (24.68%) JNCIS
5 17 (22.08%) CCIE
6 14 (18.18%) CCNA
7 8 (10.39%) CCSP
8 7 (9.091%) Check Point Certification
9 6 (7.792%) CCDE
10 4 (5.195%) JNCIA
11 3 (3.896%) CCDP
11 3 (3.896%) PRINCE2 Certification
12 2 (2.597%) MCSE
12 2 (2.597%) CCIP
12 2 (2.597%) Citrix Certification
12 2 (2.597%) CISSP
12 2 (2.597%) Microsoft Certification
12 2 (2.597%) CCSA
12 2 (2.597%) CCVP
12 2 (2.597%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.597%) ISO 9000
1 2 (2.597%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (1.299%) PCI DSS
2 1 (1.299%) SLA
System Software
1 9 (11.69%) VMware Infrastructure
2 7 (9.091%) Active Directory
3 5 (6.494%) vSphere
4 4 (5.195%) VMware Workstation
4 4 (5.195%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 2 (2.597%) XenApp
5 2 (2.597%) XenServer
Systems Management
1 5 (6.494%) WSUS
1 5 (6.494%) Tivoli
1 5 (6.494%) Tivoli Storage Manager
2 3 (3.896%) Cisco UCCX
3 2 (2.597%) CiscoWorks
4 1 (1.299%) Cisco CUCM
4 1 (1.299%) Cisco UCCE
4 1 (1.299%) MOM
4 1 (1.299%) Nagios
Vendors
1 77 (100.00%) Cisco
2 44 (57.14%) CheckPoint
3 37 (48.05%) Juniper
4 31 (40.26%) F5
5 21 (27.27%) Blue Coat
6 19 (24.68%) Websense
7 17 (22.08%) HP
8 14 (18.18%) VMware
9 10 (12.99%) Fortinet
10 9 (11.69%) Microsoft
11 8 (10.39%) ProCurve
12 7 (9.091%) WatchGuard
12 7 (9.091%) Sourcefire
13 6 (7.792%) IBM
14 5 (6.494%) Veeam
14 5 (6.494%) NetApp
15 4 (5.195%) Citrix
16 3 (3.896%) SolarWinds
16 3 (3.896%) Avaya
17 2 (2.597%) Symantec
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