The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Sourcefire products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Bristol region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Sourcefire 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 Vendors for the Bristol region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are NOT representative of contractor rates within Sourcefire, Inc.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Sourcefire
Rank 49 60 -
Rank change year-on-year
+11 -
Contract jobs citing Sourcefire 1 1 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bristol 0.187% 0.118% -
As % of the Vendors category 0.461% 0.377% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Average daily rate £350 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £450 £275 -
% change year-on-year
+63.63% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £43.75 - -
All Vendors
Bristol
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
217 265 243
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bristol 40.64% 31.18% 37.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 125 169 110
Average daily rate £325 £313 £348
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.00% -10.07%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £252 £160 £213
10% offered a daily rate of more than £515 £425 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 20 19
Average hourly rate £17.00 £22.50 £16.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-24.44% +40.62%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £9.00 £16.25 £11.10
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £25.20 £40.50 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
Sourcefire
South West

Sourcefire
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Sourcefire across the Bristol region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

Bristol Sourcefire Jobs Demand Trend

Sourcefire
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Sourcefire across the Bristol region.

Bristol Sourcefire Daily Rate Trend

Sourcefire
Top 9 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol region citing Sourcefire 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 contract IT job ads sampled that cited Sourcefire.

1 5 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 5 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 4 (80.00%) VLAN
2 4 (80.00%) VPN
2 4 (80.00%) ArcSight
3 1 (20.00%) Internet
3 1 (20.00%) Security Testing
3 1 (20.00%) Social Media
3 1 (20.00%) Cyber Security

Sourcefire
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol region citing Sourcefire also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Sourcefire. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 4 (80.00%) VPN
1 4 (80.00%) VLAN
2 1 (20.00%) Internet
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Network Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Security Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (20.00%) Security Testing
1 1 (20.00%) Cyber Security
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 5 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 4 (80.00%) ArcSight