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The table below looks at the demand for Sourcefire Snort skills within the Manchester region with a comparison to our System Software category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Snort over the 3 months to 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSourcefire Snort
Location
3 months to
5 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank75-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads10
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.000 %
As % of the category below1.124 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate-£326
% change on same period last year-
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
Manchester
Matching contract IT job ads8989
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.120 %0.088 %
Daily rates quoted1418
Average minimum daily rate£271£294
Average daily rate£297£326
% change on same period last year-8.71 %
Average maximum daily rate£323£357
UK excluding London average daily rate£320£324
% change on same period last year-1.19 %
Hourly rates quoted2516
Average minimum hourly rate£21.30£17.16
Average hourly rate£22.45£18.75
% change on same period last year+19.74 %
Average maximum hourly rate£23.61£20.34
UK excluding London average hourly rate£21.21£21.89
% change on same period last year-3.08 %
Snort North WestSnort
North 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.

Snort
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Snort across the Manchester region as a proportion of the total demand within the System Software category.

Manchester Snort Demand Trend

Snort
Top 15 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester 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.

11 (100.00 %)C
11 (100.00 %)Java
11 (100.00 %)Linux
11 (100.00 %)PPP
11 (100.00 %)VPN
11 (100.00 %)SSL
11 (100.00 %)PPTP
11 (100.00 %)Firewall
11 (100.00 %)IPsec
11 (100.00 %)Cryptography
11 (100.00 %)Nessus
11 (100.00 %)SSH
11 (100.00 %)Intrusion Detection
11 (100.00 %)Degree
11 (100.00 %)Network Security

Snort
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester 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.

Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (100.00 %)PPP
11 (100.00 %)VPN
11 (100.00 %)SSL
11 (100.00 %)PPTP
11 (100.00 %)Firewall
11 (100.00 %)IPsec
11 (100.00 %)SSH
11 (100.00 %)Intrusion Detection
11 (100.00 %)Network Security
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11 (100.00 %)Security Engineer
11 (100.00 %)Linux Engineer
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (100.00 %)Cryptography
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (100.00 %)Linux
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (100.00 %)C
11 (100.00 %)Java
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (100.00 %)Degree
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
11 (100.00 %)Nessus