Gloucestershire Sophos Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Sophos products and/or services in IT contracts within the Gloucestershire region with a comparison to our Vendors category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Sophos over the 3 months to 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Berkshire Birmingham Bracknell Cheltenham City of London East Midlands East of England Edinburgh England Essex Gloucester Gloucestershire Hampshire Havant Lincolnshire London Manchester Middlesex North East North West Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxfordshire Scotland Shropshire South East South Wales South West Swindon Telford UK Uxbridge Wales West Midlands Wiltshire	3 months to 5 Sep 2008	Same period last year
Rank	29	42
Rank change on same period last year	+13
Matching contract IT job ads	30	15
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.041 %	0.015 %
As % of the category below	11.36 %	5.769 %
Daily rates quoted	12	15
Average minimum daily rate	£331	£406
Average daily rate	£334	£411
% change on same period last year	-18.79 %
Average maximum daily rate	£336	£416
UK excluding London average daily rate	£326	£352
% change on same period last year	-7.28 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum hourly rate	-	-
Average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£24.15	£19.08
% change on same period last year	+26.55 %
Vendors Gloucestershire
Matching contract IT job ads	264	260
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.357 %	0.256 %
Daily rates quoted	61	71
Average minimum daily rate	£356	£361
Average daily rate	£367	£383
% change on same period last year	-4.26 %
Average maximum daily rate	£378	£405
UK excluding London average daily rate	£361	£358
% change on same period last year	+0.59 %
Hourly rates quoted	25	36
Average minimum hourly rate	£19.90	£23.55
Average hourly rate	£20.97	£24.95
% change on same period last year	-15.93 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£22.05	£26.35
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£24.29	£24.78
% change on same period last year	-1.97 %
Sophos South West

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

These figures represent the IT job market and are NOT representative of employment within Sophos PLC.

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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Sophos across the Gloucestershire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

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Daily Rate Trend

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

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Sophos across the Gloucestershire region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008.

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

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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 Gloucestershire region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
Cheltenham	+6	20	£335	-18.77 %
Gloucester	-	1	-	-

Sophos South West

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Gloucestershire 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 33 (100.00 %) Security Cleared 2 28 (84.85 %) Windows 3 23 (69.70 %) DV Cleared 4 18 (54.55 %) Active Directory 5 14 (42.42 %) Symantec 6 12 (36.36 %) FTP 7 11 (33.33 %) HP 8 10 (30.30 %) SNMP 8 10 (30.30 %) LANDesk 8 10 (30.30 %) Tripwire 9 9 (27.27 %) Windows 2000 10 7 (21.21 %) LAN 10 7 (21.21 %) WAN 10 7 (21.21 %) Government 11 6 (18.18 %) Change Management

11 6 (18.18 %) Norton AntiVirus 11 6 (18.18 %) Tru64 11 6 (18.18 %) UNIX 12 5 (15.15 %) HPUX 12 5 (15.15 %) Microsoft 13 4 (12.12 %) McAfee Security 13 4 (12.12 %) SC Cleared 14 3 (9.091 %) Linux 15 2 (6.061 %) Solaris 15 2 (6.061 %) Windows NT 15 2 (6.061 %) HTTP 15 2 (6.061 %) Intrusion Detection 15 2 (6.061 %) Test Scripting 16 1 (3.030 %) Application Packaging 16 1 (3.030 %) Telecoms

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Gloucestershire 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 1 (3.030 %) Application Packaging	Communications & Networking 1 12 (36.36 %) FTP 2 10 (30.30 %) SNMP 3 7 (21.21 %) LAN 3 7 (21.21 %) WAN 4 2 (6.061 %) HTTP 4 2 (6.061 %) Intrusion Detection
General 1 7 (21.21 %) Government 2 1 (3.030 %) Telecoms	Job Titles 1 21 (63.64 %) Consultant 2 10 (30.30 %) Systems Administrator 2 10 (30.30 %) Administrator 3 9 (27.27 %) Technical Consultant 4 5 (15.15 %) Systems Engineer 5 4 (12.12 %) Windows Technical Consultant 6 3 (9.091 %) UNIX Consultant 7 2 (6.061 %) Windows Systems Administrator 7 2 (6.061 %) Windows Administrator 7 2 (6.061 %) UNIX Systems Administrator 7 2 (6.061 %) UNIX Administrator 7 2 (6.061 %) UNIX Systems Engineer 7 2 (6.061 %) UNIX Engineer 8 1 (3.030 %) Applications Packager 8 1 (3.030 %) Support Consultant
Operating Systems 1 28 (84.85 %) Windows 2 9 (27.27 %) Windows 2000 3 6 (18.18 %) Tru64 3 6 (18.18 %) UNIX 4 5 (15.15 %) HPUX 5 3 (9.091 %) Linux 6 2 (6.061 %) Solaris 6 2 (6.061 %) Windows NT	Processes & Methodologies 1 33 (100.00 %) Security Cleared 2 23 (69.70 %) DV Cleared 3 6 (18.18 %) Change Management 4 4 (12.12 %) SC Cleared 5 2 (6.061 %) Test Scripting
System Software 1 18 (54.55 %) Active Directory	Systems Management 1 6 (18.18 %) Norton AntiVirus
Vendors 1 14 (42.42 %) Symantec 2 11 (33.33 %) HP 3 10 (30.30 %) Tripwire 3 10 (30.30 %) LANDesk 4 5 (15.15 %) Microsoft 5 4 (12.12 %) McAfee Security