The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Sourcefire products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the South East region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Sourcefire 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 South East 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Sourcefire
Rank 212 238 -
Rank change year-on-year
+26 -
Contract jobs citing Sourcefire 12 1 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.154% 0.010% -
As % of the Vendors category 0.305% 0.020% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Average daily rate £575 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £450 £275 -
% change year-on-year
+63.63% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 0
Average hourly rate £42.50 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £42.50 - -
All Vendors
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
3939 4993 5071
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 50.54% 49.21% 48.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 1932 2185 1996
Average daily rate £350 £360 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.77% +2.85%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £220 £240
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £500 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 315 378 421
Average hourly rate £19.63 £17.50 £21.79
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+12.14% -19.68%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.44 £11.48 £11.30
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £45.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
Sourcefire
England

Sourcefire
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East 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 South East region.

South East Sourcefire Daily Rate Trend

Sourcefire
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South East 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 South East 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
Hampshire - 11 - -
Berkshire +15 1 £575 -
Sourcefire
England

Sourcefire
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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 11 (68.75%) Security Cleared
2 8 (50.00%) VPN
2 8 (50.00%) ArcSight
3 7 (43.75%) SIEM
3 7 (43.75%) CISSP
3 7 (43.75%) SC Cleared
3 7 (43.75%) Blue Coat
4 6 (37.50%) Juniper
4 6 (37.50%) Cisco
5 5 (31.25%) Internet
5 5 (31.25%) Snort
5 5 (31.25%) VLAN
6 4 (25.00%) Degree
6 4 (25.00%) Computer Science
6 4 (25.00%) DV Cleared
6 4 (25.00%) IronPort
6 4 (25.00%) Firewall
6 4 (25.00%) GIAC
6 4 (25.00%) McAfee
6 4 (25.00%) LAN
6 4 (25.00%) WAN
6 4 (25.00%) GCIA
7 3 (18.75%) F5
7 3 (18.75%) Windows
7 3 (18.75%) SSL
7 3 (18.75%) CheckPoint
7 3 (18.75%) Law
7 3 (18.75%) CCSA
7 3 (18.75%) IPsec
7 3 (18.75%) ProxySG

Sourcefire
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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 Platforms
1 1 (6.250%) MS Exchange
Communications & Networking
1 8 (50.00%) VPN
2 5 (31.25%) Internet
2 5 (31.25%) VLAN
3 4 (25.00%) Firewall
3 4 (25.00%) LAN
3 4 (25.00%) WAN
4 3 (18.75%) SSL
4 3 (18.75%) IPsec
4 3 (18.75%) Network Security
5 2 (12.50%) TCP/IP
6 1 (6.250%) tcpdump
6 1 (6.250%) Radio Access Network
6 1 (6.250%) SMTP
6 1 (6.250%) FTP
6 1 (6.250%) HTTP
6 1 (6.250%) LDAP
6 1 (6.250%) DNS
6 1 (6.250%) NetScreen
6 1 (6.250%) Wireshark
General
1 3 (18.75%) Law
2 2 (12.50%) Military
3 1 (6.250%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 7 (43.75%) Analyst
2 6 (37.50%) Security Analyst
3 5 (31.25%) Network Engineer
4 4 (25.00%) Security Consultant
4 4 (25.00%) Consultant
5 3 (18.75%) Network Consultant
5 3 (18.75%) Network Security Consultant
6 2 (12.50%) Network Administrator
6 2 (12.50%) Installations Engineer
6 2 (12.50%) Operations Analyst
6 2 (12.50%) Administrator
6 2 (12.50%) Security Operations Analyst
7 1 (6.250%) Security Technical Architect
7 1 (6.250%) Technical Consultant
7 1 (6.250%) Technical Architect
7 1 (6.250%) Architect
7 1 (6.250%) Security Architect
7 1 (6.250%) Security Technical Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 4 (25.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (6.250%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 3 (18.75%) Windows
2 2 (12.50%) VMS
3 1 (6.250%) Solaris
3 1 (6.250%) Linux
3 1 (6.250%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (43.75%) SIEM
2 3 (18.75%) Information Assurance
2 3 (18.75%) Use Case
3 1 (6.250%) Change Control
3 1 (6.250%) Change Management
3 1 (6.250%) Incident Management
Qualifications
1 11 (68.75%) Security Cleared
2 7 (43.75%) CISSP
2 7 (43.75%) SC Cleared
3 4 (25.00%) Degree
3 4 (25.00%) DV Cleared
3 4 (25.00%) GIAC
3 4 (25.00%) GCIA
4 3 (18.75%) CCSA
System Software
1 5 (31.25%) Snort
2 3 (18.75%) ProxySG
3 2 (12.50%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (6.250%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (12.50%) Nessus
2 1 (6.250%) Splunk
Vendors
1 8 (50.00%) ArcSight
2 7 (43.75%) Blue Coat
3 6 (37.50%) Juniper
3 6 (37.50%) Cisco
4 4 (25.00%) IronPort
4 4 (25.00%) McAfee
5 3 (18.75%) F5
5 3 (18.75%) CheckPoint
6 1 (6.250%) Tufin
6 1 (6.250%) Microsoft
6 1 (6.250%) Oracle
6 1 (6.250%) SAP
6 1 (6.250%) Alcatel-Lucent
6 1 (6.250%) Apple
6 1 (6.250%) Google
6 1 (6.250%) Fortinet
6 1 (6.250%) Imperva
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Contract Network Engineer/ Network Design Engineer - MoD. Switches (Layer 2/3), Routers, VLAN, VPN circa £40 per hour Southern Hampshire near Southampton & Portsmouth British MoD client seeking 2...
Spectrum IT Recruitment (South) Ltd
Rate: £40 per hour
Posted: 24 May 2013