The first table below looks at the demand for Cisco ASA skills in IT jobs advertised for the South Wales region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Cisco ASA over the 3 months to 23 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 South Wales region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA)
Rank 66 78 75
Rank change year-on-year
+12 -3
Permanent jobs citing Cisco ASA 24 14 11
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in South Wales 2.328% 1.430% 1.193%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.96% 5.983% 10.58%
Number of salaries quoted 21 14 8
Average salary £50,000 £35,000 £38,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+42.85% -7.89%
90% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £33,500 £34,700
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £45,000 £42,500
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £42,500 £39,000
% change year-on-year
- +8.97%
All Communications & Networking
South Wales
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
219 234 104
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in South Wales 21.24% 23.90% 11.28%
Number of salaries quoted 206 197 97
Average salary £35,500 £35,000 £36,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+1.42% -2.77%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,600 £27,000 £23,950
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £45,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
Cisco ASA
Wales

Cisco ASA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South Wales 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 South Wales region.

South Wales Cisco ASA Salary Trend

Cisco ASA
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Cisco ASA across the South Wales region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

South Wales 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 South Wales region over the 3 months to 23 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
Cardiff -8 11 £55,000 +15.78%
Caerphilly -3 4 £52,500 +56.71%
Cisco ASA
Wales

Cisco ASA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the South Wales 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 31 (100.00%) Cisco
2 27 (87.10%) Firewall
3 24 (77.42%) Cisco Certification
4 19 (61.29%) VPN
5 18 (58.06%) CCNP
6 17 (54.84%) Cisco Nexus
7 16 (51.61%) Cisco PIX
7 16 (51.61%) CCIE
8 15 (48.39%) WAN
8 15 (48.39%) VMware
9 14 (45.16%) Load Balancing
10 13 (41.94%) LAN
10 13 (41.94%) BGP
11 12 (38.71%) EIGRP
11 12 (38.71%) F5
12 10 (32.26%) OSPF
12 10 (32.26%) CheckPoint
12 10 (32.26%) ITIL
13 8 (25.81%) Linux
13 8 (25.81%) TCP/IP
13 8 (25.81%) MPLS
13 8 (25.81%) Network Security
14 7 (22.58%) Network Design
14 7 (22.58%) Cloud Computing
14 7 (22.58%) Wireless
14 7 (22.58%) CCDP
14 7 (22.58%) SLA
15 6 (19.35%) IPsec
15 6 (19.35%) VMware Infrastructure
15 6 (19.35%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)

Cisco ASA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the South Wales 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 (6.452%) CSS
Application Platforms
1 3 (9.677%) CMS
1 3 (9.677%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
2 1 (3.226%) Apache
Applications
1 2 (6.452%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 27 (87.10%) Firewall
2 19 (61.29%) VPN
3 17 (54.84%) Cisco Nexus
4 16 (51.61%) Cisco PIX
5 15 (48.39%) WAN
6 13 (41.94%) LAN
6 13 (41.94%) BGP
7 12 (38.71%) EIGRP
8 10 (32.26%) OSPF
9 8 (25.81%) TCP/IP
9 8 (25.81%) MPLS
9 8 (25.81%) Network Security
10 7 (22.58%) Wireless
11 6 (19.35%) IPsec
12 5 (16.13%) Cisco IOS
12 5 (16.13%) FWSM
13 3 (9.677%) HSRP
13 3 (9.677%) SAN
14 2 (6.452%) ADSL
14 2 (6.452%) ISDN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.226%) MySQL
General
1 5 (16.13%) Advertising
2 3 (9.677%) Finance
3 1 (3.226%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 21 (67.74%) Network Engineer
2 8 (25.81%) Support Engineer
2 8 (25.81%) Network Support Engineer
2 8 (25.81%) Network Support
3 7 (22.58%) Senior Network Engineer
3 7 (22.58%) Architect
4 5 (16.13%) Network Design Engineer
4 5 (16.13%) Design Engineer
5 4 (12.90%) Infrastructure Architect
6 3 (9.677%) Network Architect
7 2 (6.452%) Network Consultant
7 2 (6.452%) Network Security Engineer
7 2 (6.452%) Consultant
7 2 (6.452%) Cisco Network Consultant
7 2 (6.452%) Senior Network Support
7 2 (6.452%) Senior Network Support Engineer
7 2 (6.452%) Cisco Consultant
7 2 (6.452%) Security Engineer
7 2 (6.452%) Senior Support Engineer
7 2 (6.452%) Network Manager
Miscellaneous
1 7 (22.58%) Cloud Computing
2 3 (9.677%) iSeries
2 3 (9.677%) Blackberry
3 2 (6.452%) Firmware
3 2 (6.452%) SaaS
4 1 (3.226%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 8 (25.81%) Linux
2 4 (12.90%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 2 (6.452%) UNIX
3 2 (6.452%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (45.16%) Load Balancing
2 10 (32.26%) ITIL
3 7 (22.58%) Network Design
4 5 (16.13%) Capacity Planning
4 5 (16.13%) Project Planning
4 5 (16.13%) PRINCE2
5 4 (12.90%) Network Architecture
6 3 (9.677%) Network Management
6 3 (9.677%) Capacity Management
7 2 (6.452%) Stakeholder Management
8 1 (3.226%) Incident Management
8 1 (3.226%) Asset Management
Qualifications
1 24 (77.42%) Cisco Certification
2 18 (58.06%) CCNP
3 16 (51.61%) CCIE
4 7 (22.58%) CCDP
5 6 (19.35%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 5 (16.13%) CCNA
7 3 (9.677%) CCDA
7 3 (9.677%) CCIP
8 2 (6.452%) CCSP
8 2 (6.452%) CCSE
8 2 (6.452%) JNCIA
8 2 (6.452%) JNCIS
8 2 (6.452%) CCSA
8 2 (6.452%) CCVP
9 1 (3.226%) Degree
9 1 (3.226%) Security Cleared
9 1 (3.226%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (22.58%) SLA
2 1 (3.226%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (3.226%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 6 (19.35%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (12.90%) VMware ESX
Systems Management
1 2 (6.452%) CiscoWorks
Vendors
1 31 (100.00%) Cisco
2 15 (48.39%) VMware
3 12 (38.71%) F5
4 10 (32.26%) CheckPoint
5 4 (12.90%) Red Hat
5 4 (12.90%) Juniper
6 3 (9.677%) Avaya
6 3 (9.677%) Progress
6 3 (9.677%) Nortel
6 3 (9.677%) IBM
7 2 (6.452%) Radware
7 2 (6.452%) Nokia
7 2 (6.452%) Brocade
8 1 (3.226%) TippingPoint
8 1 (3.226%) Twitter
8 1 (3.226%) NetApp
8 1 (3.226%) McAfee
8 1 (3.226%) SAP
8 1 (3.226%) Microsoft
Caerphilly, Mid Glamorgan
Key Skills: Network, Security, Solutions, Engineer, Cisco, Firewall, Routers, Switches, VMware, ITIL, TCP/IP, UDP, VPN... VMware and Cisco virtualisation; Good communication skills; Strong organisational and planning skills;...
Computer Recruiter Ltd
Salary: To £50K (incl. Bonus) + Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
South Wales
Requirements: ?Extensive experience supporting or building Client Solutions with Cisco technologies (ASA Firewalls, Routers, IOS switches, ACE Contexts). Experience within an ITIL environment ?Good TCP/IP and UDP...
Intapeople
Salary: £50000 per annum + great benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013
Cardiff, South Glamorgan
NETWORK Design ** NETWORK Architecture ** NETWORK implementation ** CCDA ** CCIE ** TDA ** Managed Service Professional ** CISCO ** Network Architect is needed by one of the UK's fastest growing Hosted Infrastructure Managed...
Randstad Technologies
Salary: £55000 - £60000 per annum + 20% Bonus + Health + Pension
Posted: 20 May 2013