The first part of the table below looks at the demand for Cisco ASA skills in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Cisco ASA over the 3 months to 21 May 2012 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Communications & Networking category.

Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA)
Location
3 months to
21 May 2012
Same period 2011Same period 2010
Rank367474429
Rank change year-on-year
Up+107Down-45
Matching permanent IT job ads754445367
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK0.622 %0.365 %0.385 %
As % of the Communications & Networking category3.552 %2.324 %2.495 %
Number of salaries quoted638377316
Average salary£45,000£42,500£46,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.88 %-8.10 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£32,000£32,500£30,250
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£60,000£61,500£63,000
UK excluding London average salary£42,500£39,500£42,500
% change year-on-year
+7.59 %-7.05 %
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryAll Communications & Networking
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
212291914414709
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK17.52 %15.69 %15.45 %
Number of salaries quoted176921585812156
Average salary£42,500£40,000£40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.25 %-
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£27,500£26,000£25,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£65,000£61,900£65,000
UK excluding London average salary£40,000£37,500£37,500
% change year-on-year
+6.66 %-

Cisco ASA
Demand Trend

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

Cisco ASA Demand Trend

Cisco ASA
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Cisco ASA within the UK.

Cisco ASA Salary Trend

Cisco ASA
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Cisco ASA over the 3 months to 21 May 2012 within the UK.

Cisco ASA Salary Histogram

Cisco ASA
Top 30 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 UK over the 3 months to 21 May 2012. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EnglandUp+121701£45,000+5.88 %
South EastUp+138282£42,500-
LondonUp+23259£50,000+8.69 %
BerkshireUp+59117£45,000-14.28 %
SurreyUp+5676£34,250-19.41 %
City of LondonUp+1361£57,500+6.97 %
HampshireUp+3146£50,000-
SloughNew entry-37£42,500-
East of EnglandUp+1434£41,250-21.42 %
North WestUp+432£40,000+6.66 %
YorkshireUp+129£45,000+12.50 %
ScotlandUp+2324£40,000+11.11 %
West YorkshireDown-824£45,000+12.50 %
South WestDown-720£40,000-
West MidlandsDown-4420£36,500-2.66 %
EdinburghUp+1917£40,000+17.64 %
KentUp+1817£37,500-1.31 %
East MidlandsUp+1017£27,500-19.11 %
WalesDown-317£35,000-7.89 %
ManchesterUp+616£40,000+6.66 %
LeedsDown-1116£42,500+6.25 %
South WalesNo change015£35,000-7.89 %
EssexDown-314£45,000-14.28 %
ReadingDown-813£50,000+11.11 %
BoltonNew entry-13£40,000-
DerbyNew entry-12£26,250-
DerbyshireNew entry-12£26,250-
BuckinghamshireUp+1211£38,500-26.66 %
StainesUp+611£67,500+58.82 %
West SussexUp+119£45,000+80.00 %

Cisco ASA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2012, IT jobs within the UK 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.

11490 (100.00 %)Cisco
21177 (78.99 %)Firewall
3909 (61.01 %)Cisco Certification
4696 (46.71 %)CheckPoint
5643 (43.15 %)Cisco PIX
6557 (37.38 %)CCNP
7516 (34.63 %)Juniper
8513 (34.43 %)VPN
9439 (29.46 %)CCNA
10425 (28.52 %)Network Security
11412 (27.65 %)OSPF
12410 (27.52 %)Windows
13407 (27.32 %)WAN
14391 (26.24 %)LAN
15365 (24.50 %)BGP
16305 (20.47 %)F5
17299 (20.07 %)EIGRP
18270 (18.12 %)VMware
19255 (17.11 %)CCSP
20254 (17.05 %)CCIE
20254 (17.05 %)Microsoft
21249 (16.71 %)TCP/IP
22241 (16.17 %)Finance
23235 (15.77 %)Load Balancing
24230 (15.44 %)Active Directory
25228 (15.30 %)DNS
26225 (15.10 %)MPLS
27222 (14.90 %)Linux
28217 (14.56 %)FWSM
29214 (14.36 %)Cisco IOS

Cisco ASA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2012, IT jobs within the UK 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.

IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
170 (4.698 %)CSS
220 (1.342 %)CodeIgniter
220 (1.342 %)HTML
220 (1.342 %)LAMP
313 (0.872 %)Forefront TMG
45 (0.336 %)JSP
45 (0.336 %)COM
54 (0.268 %)FIX Protocol
54 (0.268 %).NET
54 (0.268 %)XML
63 (0.201 %)MAPI
63 (0.201 %)Flash
72 (0.134 %)jQuery
72 (0.134 %)Web Services
72 (0.134 %)ASP.NET
72 (0.134 %)WinForms
72 (0.134 %).NET Framework
81 (0.067 %)ASP
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
1186 (12.48 %)MS Exchange
288 (5.906 %)Exchange Server 2010
372 (4.832 %)Exchange Server 2007
464 (4.295 %)Exchange Server 2003
550 (3.356 %)SharePoint
644 (2.953 %)IIS
722 (1.477 %)Apache
819 (1.275 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
915 (1.007 %)Tomcat
1014 (0.940 %)Lync
1111 (0.738 %)BizTalk Server
129 (0.604 %)CMS
137 (0.470 %)Office Communications Server
145 (0.336 %)SAS
153 (0.201 %)Live Communications Server
153 (0.201 %)SharePoint Server
153 (0.201 %)Flash Media Server
162 (0.134 %)SharePoint 2010
162 (0.134 %)Amazon S3
162 (0.134 %)Amazon AWS
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
1133 (8.926 %)MS Excel
233 (2.215 %)MS Office
329 (1.946 %)MS Visio
46 (0.403 %)MS PowerPoint
53 (0.201 %)InfoPath
53 (0.201 %)MS Project
62 (0.134 %)Google Apps
IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
14 (0.268 %)Line 500
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
11177 (78.99 %)Firewall
2643 (43.15 %)Cisco PIX
3513 (34.43 %)VPN
4425 (28.52 %)Network Security
5412 (27.65 %)OSPF
6407 (27.32 %)WAN
7391 (26.24 %)LAN
8365 (24.50 %)BGP
9299 (20.07 %)EIGRP
10249 (16.71 %)TCP/IP
11228 (15.30 %)DNS
12225 (15.10 %)MPLS
13217 (14.56 %)FWSM
14214 (14.36 %)Cisco IOS
15210 (14.09 %)SSL
16205 (13.76 %)Wireless
17196 (13.15 %)IPsec
18180 (12.08 %)Cisco Nexus
19173 (11.61 %)VoIP
20169 (11.34 %)VLAN
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
1120 (8.054 %)SQL Server
264 (4.295 %)MySQL
328 (1.879 %)SQL Server 2005
425 (1.678 %)SQL Server 2008
512 (0.805 %)SQL Server 2000
68 (0.537 %)Oracle 10g
77 (0.470 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
77 (0.470 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
85 (0.336 %)Oracle 8/8i
85 (0.336 %)DB2
93 (0.201 %)MS Access
101 (0.067 %)PostgreSQL
101 (0.067 %)GIS
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
120 (1.342 %)PEAR
120 (1.342 %)Subversion
22 (0.134 %)Visual Studio
31 (0.067 %)Team Foundation Server
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
1241 (16.17 %)Finance
2192 (12.89 %)Telecoms
398 (6.577 %)Banking
423 (1.544 %)Marketing
521 (1.409 %)Pharmaceutical
619 (1.275 %)Retail
718 (1.208 %)Advertising
815 (1.007 %)Back Office
913 (0.872 %)German Language
1011 (0.738 %)Law
1110 (0.671 %)Financial Institution
126 (0.403 %)Italian Language
126 (0.403 %)French Language
126 (0.403 %)Games
126 (0.403 %)Investment Banking
126 (0.403 %)Retail Banking
135 (0.336 %)Legal
143 (0.201 %)Local Government
143 (0.201 %)Manufacturing
152 (0.134 %)Multimedia
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1533 (35.77 %)Network Engineer
2206 (13.83 %)Security Engineer
3194 (13.02 %)Analyst
4151 (10.13 %)Cisco Engineer
5132 (8.859 %)Consultant
6124 (8.322 %)Network Security Engineer
7121 (8.121 %)Network Analyst
888 (5.906 %)Support Engineer
986 (5.772 %)Network Support
1084 (5.638 %)Architect
1182 (5.503 %)Cisco Network Engineer
1278 (5.235 %)Administrator
1376 (5.101 %)Design Engineer
1474 (4.966 %)Senior Network Engineer
1572 (4.832 %)Network Architect
1665 (4.362 %)Support Analyst
1764 (4.295 %)Network Consultant
1859 (3.960 %)IP Engineer
1859 (3.960 %)Security Analyst
1950 (3.356 %)Network Manager
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
122 (1.477 %)SecurID
221 (1.409 %)Video Conferencing
319 (1.275 %)Clustering
319 (1.275 %)Blackberry
418 (1.208 %)Open Source
418 (1.208 %)Replication
515 (1.007 %)SaaS
613 (0.872 %)Firmware
710 (0.671 %)Computer Science
710 (0.671 %)Cloud Computing
89 (0.604 %)IVR
89 (0.604 %)Management Information System
96 (0.403 %)Client/Server
96 (0.403 %)PKI
96 (0.403 %)Statistics
105 (0.336 %)CLARiiON
105 (0.336 %)CESG
105 (0.336 %)Thin Client
105 (0.336 %)Fat Client
114 (0.268 %)Celerra
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
1410 (27.52 %)Windows
2222 (14.90 %)Linux
3204 (13.69 %)Windows Server 2003
4178 (11.95 %)Windows Server 2008
5106 (7.114 %)UNIX
676 (5.101 %)Windows XP
764 (4.295 %)Windows 7
857 (3.826 %)Solaris
938 (2.550 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1030 (2.013 %)CentOS
1119 (1.275 %)Windows 2000
1212 (0.805 %)Windows 2000 Server
1212 (0.805 %)Debian
1212 (0.805 %)Ubuntu
137 (0.470 %)Windows Vista
144 (0.268 %)Android
153 (0.201 %)SUSE
153 (0.201 %)VMS
162 (0.134 %)AIX
171 (0.067 %)Windows NT
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
1235 (15.77 %)Load Balancing
2191 (12.82 %)ITIL
3156 (10.47 %)Network Design
493 (6.242 %)Network Management
572 (4.832 %)Project Management
667 (4.497 %)Disaster Recovery
764 (4.295 %)Change Management
856 (3.758 %)E-Commerce
953 (3.557 %)Service Delivery
1048 (3.221 %)PRINCE2
1143 (2.886 %)Service Management
1236 (2.416 %)Capacity Planning
1324 (1.611 %)Business Continuity
1420 (1.342 %)Direct Marketing
1519 (1.275 %)ITSM
1618 (1.208 %)Information Management
1717 (1.141 %)Incident Management
1717 (1.141 %)Data Security
1717 (1.141 %)Configuration Management
1717 (1.141 %)WAN Optimisation
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
192 (6.174 %)SQL
223 (1.544 %)PHP
320 (1.342 %)C
320 (1.342 %)Java
416 (1.074 %)Perl
514 (0.940 %)Shell Script
68 (0.537 %)Bash shell
77 (0.470 %)PowerShell
83 (0.201 %)Python
92 (0.134 %)VBA
92 (0.134 %)JavaScript
101 (0.067 %)Korn
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
1909 (61.01 %)Cisco Certification
2557 (37.38 %)CCNP
3439 (29.46 %)CCNA
4255 (17.11 %)CCSP
5254 (17.05 %)CCIE
6175 (11.74 %)CCSE
7135 (9.060 %)JNCIA
8129 (8.658 %)CCDP
9124 (8.322 %)Security Cleared
10101 (6.779 %)CCSA
1197 (6.510 %)SC Cleared
1290 (6.040 %)Microsoft Certification
1377 (5.168 %)CCIP
1475 (5.034 %)MCSE
1567 (4.497 %)JNCIS
1665 (4.362 %)Degree
1761 (4.094 %)MCITP
1858 (3.893 %)CCVP
1944 (2.953 %)MCSA
2039 (2.617 %)CISSP
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
187 (5.839 %)SLA
253 (3.557 %)ISO/IEC 27001
327 (1.812 %)PCI DSS
416 (1.074 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
58 (0.537 %)COBIT
67 (0.470 %)QA
74 (0.268 %)TickIT
83 (0.201 %)ISO 9001
83 (0.201 %)BS7799
92 (0.134 %)HIPAA
IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
1230 (15.44 %)Active Directory
2127 (8.523 %)VMware Infrastructure
377 (5.168 %)Hyper-V
476 (5.101 %)vSphere
533 (2.215 %)XenApp
631 (2.081 %)VMware ESX
727 (1.812 %)UAG
821 (1.409 %)VMware ESXi
916 (1.074 %)Sendmail
1013 (0.872 %)qmail
1013 (0.872 %)Postfix
1110 (0.671 %)XenServer
129 (0.604 %)Terminal Services
138 (0.537 %)NFS
147 (0.470 %)Xen
154 (0.268 %)SpamAssassin
154 (0.268 %)EMC RecoverPoint
154 (0.268 %)Citrix Presentation Server
154 (0.268 %)Squid
163 (0.201 %)ProxySG
IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
152 (3.490 %)CiscoWorks
245 (3.020 %)SCCM
332 (2.148 %)Cisco CUCM
430 (2.013 %)Nagios
526 (1.745 %)SolarWinds Orion
623 (1.544 %)Cacti
719 (1.275 %)WSUS
719 (1.275 %)NetBackup
719 (1.275 %)SCOM
818 (1.208 %)vCenter
818 (1.208 %)Cisco UCCX
916 (1.074 %)Tivoli
1014 (0.940 %)Zenoss
1014 (0.940 %)Backup Exec
1113 (0.872 %)OpenView
1211 (0.738 %)Cisco IPCC
1211 (0.738 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
1211 (0.738 %)McAfee ePO
1310 (0.671 %)Netcool
148 (0.537 %)Norton AntiVirus
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
11490 (100.00 %)Cisco
2696 (46.71 %)CheckPoint
3516 (34.63 %)Juniper
4305 (20.47 %)F5
5270 (18.12 %)VMware
6254 (17.05 %)Microsoft
7196 (13.15 %)Blue Coat
8183 (12.28 %)Nokia
9169 (11.34 %)HP
1091 (6.107 %)Citrix
1163 (4.228 %)Red Hat
1261 (4.094 %)SolarWinds
1356 (3.758 %)Fortinet
1450 (3.356 %)Oracle
1546 (3.087 %)ProCurve
1644 (2.953 %)Crossbeam
1741 (2.752 %)McAfee
1741 (2.752 %)Sun
1741 (2.752 %)Foundry
1839 (2.617 %)Riverbed