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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Sophos
Rank 465 517 511
Rank change year-on-year
+52 -6
Contract jobs citing Sophos 48 42 60
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.115% 0.079% 0.107%
As % of the Vendors category 0.248% 0.170% 0.232%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 25 22
Average daily rate £363 £258 £318
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+40.77% -18.89%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £176 £120 £240
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £371 £398
UK excluding London average daily rate £463 £250 £335
% change year-on-year
+85.00% -25.37%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 2 6
Average hourly rate £17.88 £19.25 £34.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-7.14% -43.38%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.28 £19.05 £26.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £20.50 £19.45 £41.44
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.50 £19.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+7.89% -45.71%
All Vendors
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
19388 24654 25908
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 46.63% 46.22% 46.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 10664 13039 13321
Average daily rate £400 £400 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -5.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £230 £235 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £550 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 1105 1232 1516
Average hourly rate £19.63 £19.63 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -1.87%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.35 £11.50 £11.38
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £41.50 £39.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
Sophos
UK

Sophos
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England Sophos Jobs Demand Trend

Sophos
Daily Rate Trend

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

England Sophos Daily Rate Trend

Sophos
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Sophos across the England region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

England Sophos Daily Rate Histogram

Sophos
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Sophos across the England region.

England Sophos Hourly Rate Trend

Sophos
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Sophos within the England 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
London +41 22 £360 +30.90%
South West - 9 £500 -
South East +21 8 £275 +30.95%
East of England +22 5 £180 -5.26%
West Midlands +9 2 £200 -
Yorkshire +2 2 £500 +119.78%
Sophos
UK

Sophos
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing Sophos 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 Sophos.

1 91 (91.00%) Windows
2 62 (62.00%) VMware
3 58 (58.00%) Windows Server 2008
4 55 (55.00%) Active Directory
5 53 (53.00%) Windows Server 2003
6 46 (46.00%) Microsoft
7 43 (43.00%) HP
7 43 (43.00%) DHCP
7 43 (43.00%) DNS
8 42 (42.00%) vSphere
8 42 (42.00%) VMware Infrastructure
9 41 (41.00%) Citrix
10 34 (34.00%) SCOM
11 33 (33.00%) MS Exchange
11 33 (33.00%) Firewall
12 32 (32.00%) McAfee
12 32 (32.00%) Windows XP
12 32 (32.00%) Cisco
13 31 (31.00%) VMware ESX
14 28 (28.00%) SAN
15 27 (27.00%) VPN
16 26 (26.00%) Backup Exec
16 26 (26.00%) Symantec
16 26 (26.00%) SCCM
16 26 (26.00%) Security Cleared
16 26 (26.00%) Exchange Server 2010
17 25 (25.00%) XenApp
17 25 (25.00%) NetBackup
18 24 (24.00%) Exchange Server 2007
18 24 (24.00%) Norton AntiVirus

Sophos
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing Sophos 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 Sophos. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 18 (18.00%) .NET
2 17 (17.00%) Web Services
2 17 (17.00%) ADSI
3 15 (15.00%) ASP.NET
4 1 (1.000%) .NET Framework
4 1 (1.000%) XML
4 1 (1.000%) ASP
Application Platforms
1 33 (33.00%) MS Exchange
2 26 (26.00%) Exchange Server 2010
3 24 (24.00%) Exchange Server 2007
4 22 (22.00%) IIS
5 18 (18.00%) Apache
5 18 (18.00%) Exchange Server 2003
6 17 (17.00%) SharePoint
7 14 (14.00%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
7 14 (14.00%) SharePoint Server
8 7 (7.000%) Oracle Application Server
9 4 (4.000%) Lotus Notes
10 3 (3.000%) Lotus Domino
11 2 (2.000%) SharePoint 2010
11 2 (2.000%) Zimbra
Applications
1 20 (20.00%) MS Office
2 10 (10.00%) MS Excel
3 1 (1.000%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 6 (6.000%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.000%) assyst
Communications & Networking
1 43 (43.00%) DHCP
1 43 (43.00%) DNS
2 33 (33.00%) Firewall
3 28 (28.00%) SAN
4 27 (27.00%) VPN
5 20 (20.00%) Internet
5 20 (20.00%) NAS
6 19 (19.00%) TCP/IP
7 16 (16.00%) FTP
8 7 (7.000%) BIG-IP
9 5 (5.000%) Cisco Nexus
10 3 (3.000%) IP Telephony
10 3 (3.000%) WAN
10 3 (3.000%) LAN
10 3 (3.000%) SSL
11 2 (2.000%) VoIP
11 2 (2.000%) ADSL
11 2 (2.000%) Broadband
12 1 (1.000%) Unified Communications
12 1 (1.000%) Fibre Channel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (21.00%) SQL Server
2 18 (18.00%) SQL Server 2008
3 15 (15.00%) SQL Server 2005
4 8 (8.000%) SQL Server 2000
5 3 (3.000%) MySQL
6 1 (1.000%) GIS
Development Applications
1 1 (1.000%) MSI
General
1 12 (12.00%) Banking
2 6 (6.000%) Telecoms
2 6 (6.000%) Finance
3 2 (2.000%) Law
3 2 (2.000%) Legal
3 2 (2.000%) Advertising
4 1 (1.000%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 22 (22.00%) 3rd Line Support
2 17 (17.00%) Analyst
3 16 (16.00%) Wintel Engineer
4 15 (15.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 12 (12.00%) Support Engineer
6 9 (9.000%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
6 9 (9.000%) Support Analyst
7 8 (8.000%) Systems Engineer
7 8 (8.000%) Build Engineer
8 7 (7.000%) Systems Administrator
8 7 (7.000%) Administrator
9 6 (6.000%) 2nd Line Support
9 6 (6.000%) Windows Administrator
9 6 (6.000%) Windows Systems Administrator
10 5 (5.000%) Wintel Infrastructure Engineer
10 5 (5.000%) Service Desk Analyst
10 5 (5.000%) Service Analyst
11 4 (4.000%) Wintel Analyst
11 4 (4.000%) 3rd Line Support Analyst
12 3 (3.000%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 20 (20.00%) Clustering
2 14 (14.00%) Blackberry
3 10 (10.00%) Thin Client
3 10 (10.00%) Fat Client
4 6 (6.000%) Hedge funds
5 5 (5.000%) Computer Science
6 3 (3.000%) NHS
7 1 (1.000%) iPad
7 1 (1.000%) HP StorageWorks
7 1 (1.000%) Mobile App
7 1 (1.000%) iPhone
7 1 (1.000%) PKI
7 1 (1.000%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 91 (91.00%) Windows
2 58 (58.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 53 (53.00%) Windows Server 2003
4 32 (32.00%) Windows XP
5 23 (23.00%) Windows 2000
6 18 (18.00%) Linux
7 16 (16.00%) Windows 7
8 15 (15.00%) Windows NT
9 14 (14.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 4 (4.000%) Windows 8
11 3 (3.000%) Windows Vista
12 2 (2.000%) Mac OS X
13 1 (1.000%) Windows 2000 Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (12.00%) ITIL
2 7 (7.000%) Asset Management
3 6 (6.000%) CRM
4 5 (5.000%) Disaster Recovery
5 3 (3.000%) Migration
6 2 (2.000%) Change Management
6 2 (2.000%) Root Cause Analysis
6 2 (2.000%) Mobile Device Management
7 1 (1.000%) Data Protection
7 1 (1.000%) Performance Management
7 1 (1.000%) Network Load Balancing
7 1 (1.000%) Project Planning
7 1 (1.000%) Business Continuity
7 1 (1.000%) Incident Management
7 1 (1.000%) Penetration Testing
7 1 (1.000%) PRINCE2
7 1 (1.000%) Configuration Management
7 1 (1.000%) PRINCE
7 1 (1.000%) Service Delivery
7 1 (1.000%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 13 (13.00%) VBScript
2 12 (12.00%) SQL
3 11 (11.00%) VB
4 9 (9.000%) C
5 5 (5.000%) PowerShell
6 1 (1.000%) Perl
Qualifications
1 26 (26.00%) Security Cleared
2 16 (16.00%) SC Cleared
3 8 (8.000%) DV Cleared
4 7 (7.000%) Degree
5 5 (5.000%) MCITP
6 3 (3.000%) MCSE
6 3 (3.000%) MCSA
6 3 (3.000%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (2.000%) MCDST
8 1 (1.000%) VCAP
8 1 (1.000%) VCP5
8 1 (1.000%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 1 (1.000%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (1.000%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (7.000%) SLA
2 3 (3.000%) Solvency II
3 1 (1.000%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 55 (55.00%) Active Directory
2 42 (42.00%) vSphere
2 42 (42.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 31 (31.00%) VMware ESX
4 25 (25.00%) XenApp
5 20 (20.00%) Citrix Presentation Server
6 9 (9.000%) VMware Workstation
7 8 (8.000%) UAG
8 7 (7.000%) ProxySG
9 6 (6.000%) ISA Server
10 4 (4.000%) Terminal Services
10 4 (4.000%) Hyper-V
11 3 (3.000%) Postfix
11 3 (3.000%) NDS
12 2 (2.000%) Xen
12 2 (2.000%) VMware ESXi
13 1 (1.000%) Forefront TMG
13 1 (1.000%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 34 (34.00%) SCOM
2 26 (26.00%) Backup Exec
2 26 (26.00%) SCCM
3 25 (25.00%) NetBackup
4 24 (24.00%) Norton AntiVirus
5 16 (16.00%) Legato
6 12 (12.00%) HP SIM
7 8 (8.000%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
8 5 (5.000%) WSUS
9 4 (4.000%) Tivoli Storage Manager
10 3 (3.000%) HP Data Protector
11 2 (2.000%) ARCserve
11 2 (2.000%) Tivoli
11 2 (2.000%) FortiGate
11 2 (2.000%) WhatsUp Gold
11 2 (2.000%) SolarWinds Orion
12 1 (1.000%) OpenView
12 1 (1.000%) MOM
12 1 (1.000%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
12 1 (1.000%) ZENworks
Vendors
1 62 (62.00%) VMware
2 46 (46.00%) Microsoft
3 43 (43.00%) HP
4 41 (41.00%) Citrix
5 32 (32.00%) McAfee
5 32 (32.00%) Cisco
6 26 (26.00%) Symantec
7 20 (20.00%) Dell
8 18 (18.00%) IBM
9 17 (17.00%) BMC
10 16 (16.00%) Veritas
11 15 (15.00%) Leostream
11 15 (15.00%) PlateSpin
11 15 (15.00%) Juniper
12 14 (14.00%) Red Hat
13 10 (10.00%) EMC
14 8 (8.000%) NetApp
14 8 (8.000%) Lumension
15 7 (7.000%) Blue Coat
15 7 (7.000%) F5
London
Microsoft Exchange 2010. *Microsoft SQL Server 2005/08/12. *Microsoft Sharepoint 2010. *Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager / LanDesk... *Brocade Fibre Channel Switches. *Blackberry Enterprise Server... *DNS, WINS, DHCP.
Harvey Nash plc
Rate: £320 - £400 per day
Posted: 21 May 2013