The first table below looks at the demand for Snort skills in IT contracts advertised for the City of London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Snort over the 3 months to 20 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 System Software category for the City of London 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.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Sourcefire Snort
Rank 200 219 232
Rank change year-on-year
+19 +13
Contract jobs citing Snort 1 1 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 0.016% 0.013% 0.041%
As % of the System Software category 0.194% 0.167% 0.766%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Average daily rate £500 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £450 £250 -
% change year-on-year
+80.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £45.00 - -
All System Software
City of London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
516 599 522
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 8.166% 7.671% 5.398%
Number of daily rates quoted 321 358 309
Average daily rate £400 £375 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.66% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £248 £220
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £483 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £305
% change year-on-year
- +6.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 61 73
Average hourly rate £23.38 £21.50 £20.60
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+8.72% +4.36%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.45 £12.50 £13.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £135.00 £37.00 £41.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £16.50 £17.13
% change year-on-year
-3.03% -3.64%
Snort
London

Snort
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Snort across the City of London region as a proportion of the total demand within the System Software category.

City of London Snort Jobs Demand Trend

Snort
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Snort across the City of London region.

City of London Snort Daily Rate Trend

Snort
Top 29 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing Snort 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 Snort.

1 1 (100.00%) UNIX
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) MCSE
1 1 (100.00%) LDAP
1 1 (100.00%) RIP
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Mac OS X
1 1 (100.00%) 802.11
1 1 (100.00%) OSPF
1 1 (100.00%) EIGRP
1 1 (100.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Wireless
1 1 (100.00%) Legal
1 1 (100.00%) GIAC
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) GCIA
1 1 (100.00%) GCIH
1 1 (100.00%) Nmap
1 1 (100.00%) COBIT
1 1 (100.00%) Wireshark
1 1 (100.00%) PCI DSS
1 1 (100.00%) HIPAA
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Forensics

Snort
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing Snort 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 Snort. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) LDAP
1 1 (100.00%) RIP
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
1 1 (100.00%) 802.11
1 1 (100.00%) OSPF
1 1 (100.00%) EIGRP
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Wireless
1 1 (100.00%) Wireshark
General
1 1 (100.00%) Legal
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Forensic Analyst
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) UNIX
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Forensics
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) MCSE
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (100.00%) GIAC
1 1 (100.00%) GCIA
1 1 (100.00%) GCIH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
1 1 (100.00%) COBIT
1 1 (100.00%) PCI DSS
1 1 (100.00%) HIPAA
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Nmap
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft