The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Sophos products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Oxfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Sophos over the 3 months to 21 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 Oxfordshire 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Sophos
Rank 50 51 -
Rank change year-on-year
+1 -
Contract jobs citing Sophos 1 1 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 0.226% 0.159% -
As % of the Vendors category 0.444% 0.272% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
Average daily rate £500 £163 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+207.69% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £463 £250 £335
% change year-on-year
+85.00% -25.37%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.50 £19.00 £34.00
% change year-on-year
+7.89% -44.11%
All Vendors
Oxfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
225 368 233
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 50.90% 58.51% 51.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 126 176 103
Average daily rate £328 £413 £308
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-20.60% +34.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £238 £253 £180
10% offered a daily rate of more than £498 £525 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 59 32
Average hourly rate £14.63 £17.05 £15.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-14.23% +13.68%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.50 £11.00 £11.36
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £23.75 £27.50 £25.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year
- -7.31%
Sophos
South East

Sophos
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region.

Oxfordshire Sophos Daily Rate Trend

Sophos
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Oxfordshire Sophos Hourly Rate Trend

Sophos
Top 4 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire 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 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) CheckPoint
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Penetration Testing

Sophos
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire 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.

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Architect
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) CheckPoint