The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Sourcefire 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 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 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 Sourcefire, Inc.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Sourcefire
Rank 482 552 566
Rank change year-on-year
+70 +14
Contract jobs citing Sourcefire 28 6 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.067% 0.011% 0.011%
As % of the Vendors category 0.145% 0.024% 0.023%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 2 0
Average daily rate £450 £388 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+16.12% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £450 £275 -
% change year-on-year
+63.63% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 0
Average hourly rate £42.50 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £43.75 - -
All Vendors
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
19343 24682 25994
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 46.53% 46.26% 46.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 10648 13062 13369
Average daily rate £400 £400 £420
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -4.76%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £235 £238 £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 1121 1209 1513
Average hourly rate £19.63 £20.00 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-1.87% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.25 £11.99 £11.50
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%
Sourcefire
UK

Sourcefire
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England 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 England region.

England Sourcefire Daily Rate Trend

Sourcefire
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Sourcefire across the England region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

England Sourcefire Daily Rate Histogram

Sourcefire
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England Sourcefire Hourly Rate Trend

Sourcefire
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Sourcefire within the England region over the 3 months to 17 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
South East +35 12 £575 -
London +28 9 £383 -23.50%
East Midlands - 5 £450 -
South West +25 2 £350 -
Sourcefire
UK

Sourcefire
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England 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 29 (61.70%) Cisco
1 29 (61.70%) Juniper
2 26 (55.32%) Firewall
3 22 (46.81%) Security Cleared
4 20 (42.55%) F5
5 19 (40.43%) VPN
5 19 (40.43%) Network Security
6 18 (38.30%) SC Cleared
6 18 (38.30%) LAN
6 18 (38.30%) WAN
7 17 (36.17%) Blue Coat
8 15 (31.91%) CheckPoint
9 14 (29.79%) VLAN
9 14 (29.79%) Cisco ASA
10 13 (27.66%) SSL
11 12 (25.53%) ProxySG
12 11 (23.40%) Fortinet
12 11 (23.40%) CISSP
12 11 (23.40%) ArcSight
13 10 (21.28%) Cisco Certification
14 9 (19.15%) OSPF
14 9 (19.15%) BGP
14 9 (19.15%) DNS
14 9 (19.15%) IP Telephony
14 9 (19.15%) Wireless
14 9 (19.15%) IPsec
14 9 (19.15%) Finance
14 9 (19.15%) Cisco Nexus
14 9 (19.15%) FortiGate
14 9 (19.15%) Network Architecture

Sourcefire
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England 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.

Application Development
1 1 (2.128%) CSS
1 1 (2.128%) Middleware
Application Platforms
1 1 (2.128%) MS Exchange
Communications & Networking
1 26 (55.32%) Firewall
2 19 (40.43%) VPN
2 19 (40.43%) Network Security
3 18 (38.30%) LAN
3 18 (38.30%) WAN
4 14 (29.79%) Cisco ASA
4 14 (29.79%) VLAN
5 13 (27.66%) SSL
6 9 (19.15%) DNS
6 9 (19.15%) OSPF
6 9 (19.15%) BGP
6 9 (19.15%) Wireless
6 9 (19.15%) IPsec
6 9 (19.15%) IP Telephony
6 9 (19.15%) Cisco Nexus
7 7 (14.89%) Junos
7 7 (14.89%) Internet
7 7 (14.89%) MPLS
7 7 (14.89%) DHCP
7 7 (14.89%) SNMP
General
1 9 (19.15%) Finance
2 5 (10.64%) Telecoms
3 3 (6.383%) Law
4 2 (4.255%) Manufacturing
4 2 (4.255%) Military
4 2 (4.255%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 23 (48.94%) Network Engineer
2 10 (21.28%) Analyst
3 9 (19.15%) Security Analyst
3 9 (19.15%) Firewall Engineer
4 8 (17.02%) Consultant
4 8 (17.02%) Security Consultant
5 5 (10.64%) Network Consultant
5 5 (10.64%) Security Engineer
5 5 (10.64%) Network Security Consultant
6 4 (8.511%) Network Security Engineer
7 2 (4.255%) Administrator
7 2 (4.255%) Installations Engineer
7 2 (4.255%) Operations Analyst
7 2 (4.255%) Network Administrator
7 2 (4.255%) Architect
7 2 (4.255%) Implementation Engineer
7 2 (4.255%) Designer
7 2 (4.255%) Security Operations Analyst
8 1 (2.128%) Network Implementation Engineer
8 1 (2.128%) Security Technical Architect
Miscellaneous
1 4 (8.511%) Computer Science
1 4 (8.511%) Video Conferencing
2 2 (4.255%) SaaS
3 1 (2.128%) Social Media
3 1 (2.128%) Fat Client
3 1 (2.128%) Thin Client
3 1 (2.128%) Management Information System
3 1 (2.128%) Handset
Operating Systems
1 4 (8.511%) Windows
2 2 (4.255%) Linux
2 2 (4.255%) VMS
3 1 (2.128%) Android
3 1 (2.128%) Solaris
3 1 (2.128%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (19.15%) Network Architecture
2 8 (17.02%) Network Management
2 8 (17.02%) Migration
3 7 (14.89%) Project Planning
3 7 (14.89%) SIEM
4 3 (6.383%) Information Assurance
4 3 (6.383%) Use Case
4 3 (6.383%) Network Security Management
4 3 (6.383%) Security Management
5 2 (4.255%) ITIL
5 2 (4.255%) ERP
5 2 (4.255%) Load Balancing
5 2 (4.255%) Information Security
5 2 (4.255%) Change Control
6 1 (2.128%) Build Automation
6 1 (2.128%) Cyber Security
6 1 (2.128%) Security Architecture
6 1 (2.128%) Capacity Planning
6 1 (2.128%) Network Design
6 1 (2.128%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (4.255%) C
2 1 (2.128%) SQL
Qualifications
1 22 (46.81%) Security Cleared
2 18 (38.30%) SC Cleared
3 11 (23.40%) CISSP
4 10 (21.28%) Cisco Certification
5 8 (17.02%) CCIE
5 8 (17.02%) CCSA
6 7 (14.89%) JNCIE
7 6 (12.77%) DV Cleared
7 6 (12.77%) CCNP
8 5 (10.64%) Degree
9 4 (8.511%) GCIA
9 4 (8.511%) GIAC
10 3 (6.383%) CCNA
10 3 (6.383%) JNCIP
11 1 (2.128%) CCSP
11 1 (2.128%) MCSE
11 1 (2.128%) Microsoft Certification
11 1 (2.128%) CCSE
11 1 (2.128%) JNCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (14.89%) PCI DSS
2 1 (2.128%) SLA
System Software
1 12 (25.53%) ProxySG
2 8 (17.02%) Snort
3 6 (12.77%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (4.255%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (2.128%) NFS
5 1 (2.128%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 9 (19.15%) FortiGate
2 2 (4.255%) Nessus
3 1 (2.128%) SolarWinds Orion
3 1 (2.128%) Splunk
Vendors
1 29 (61.70%) Cisco
1 29 (61.70%) Juniper
2 20 (42.55%) F5
3 17 (36.17%) Blue Coat
4 15 (31.91%) CheckPoint
5 11 (23.40%) ArcSight
5 11 (23.40%) Fortinet
6 6 (12.77%) VMware
6 6 (12.77%) HP
7 5 (10.64%) McAfee
8 4 (8.511%) Aruba
8 4 (8.511%) IronPort
8 4 (8.511%) Polycom
9 3 (6.383%) Citrix
10 2 (4.255%) IBM
10 2 (4.255%) Oracle
10 2 (4.255%) SAP
10 2 (4.255%) Crossbeam
11 1 (2.128%) SolarWinds
11 1 (2.128%) Imperva
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