The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of McAfee products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the South West region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited McAfee 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 South West 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 McAfee, Inc.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
McAfee
Rank 105 132 112
Rank change year-on-year
+27 -20
Contract jobs citing McAfee 10 7 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 0.488% 0.211% 0.179%
As % of the Vendors category 1.119% 0.495% 0.411%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 3 1
Average daily rate £315 £375 £175
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-16.00% +114.28%
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £345 £265
% change year-on-year
+8.69% +30.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £42.50 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £26.25 £34.69 £21.00
% change year-on-year
-24.32% +65.17%
All Vendors
South West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
894 1413 1218
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 43.65% 42.64% 43.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 519 817 555
Average daily rate £375 £400 £370
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.25% +8.10%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £263 £210
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 52 98 118
Average hourly rate £13.95 £25.00 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-44.20% +25.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.00 £12.90 £13.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.50 £50.00 £31.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
McAfee
England

McAfee
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South West McAfee Jobs Demand Trend

McAfee
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing McAfee across the South West region.

South West McAfee Daily Rate Trend

McAfee
Daily Rate Histogram

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

South West McAfee Daily Rate Histogram

McAfee
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South West McAfee Hourly Rate Trend

McAfee
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing McAfee within the South West 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
Somerset - 5 - -
Wiltshire +6 2 £383 +17.69%
Bristol - 2 £393 -
Gloucestershire +28 1 £265 -
McAfee
England

McAfee
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West region citing McAfee 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 McAfee.

1 16 (72.73%) Windows
2 11 (50.00%) Active Directory
3 9 (40.91%) SCCM
4 8 (36.36%) Windows XP
4 8 (36.36%) Kaspersky
5 7 (31.82%) Windows 7
5 7 (31.82%) Security Cleared
5 7 (31.82%) MS Office
5 7 (31.82%) Apple
5 7 (31.82%) Blackberry
6 6 (27.27%) DHCP
6 6 (27.27%) DNS
7 5 (22.73%) Cisco
7 5 (22.73%) Firewall
7 5 (22.73%) VMware
7 5 (22.73%) VMware Infrastructure
7 5 (22.73%) Cisco ASA
8 4 (18.18%) SC Cleared
8 4 (18.18%) Sophos
8 4 (18.18%) Juniper
9 3 (13.64%) UNIX
9 3 (13.64%) S/MIME
9 3 (13.64%) HTTP
9 3 (13.64%) TCP/IP
9 3 (13.64%) SMTP
9 3 (13.64%) MIMEsweeper
9 3 (13.64%) Symantec
9 3 (13.64%) Windows Server 2003
9 3 (13.64%) Telecoms
9 3 (13.64%) DV Cleared

McAfee
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West region citing McAfee 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 McAfee. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (4.545%) CSS
Application Platforms
1 1 (4.545%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (31.82%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 6 (27.27%) DHCP
1 6 (27.27%) DNS
2 5 (22.73%) Firewall
2 5 (22.73%) Cisco ASA
3 3 (13.64%) S/MIME
3 3 (13.64%) HTTP
3 3 (13.64%) TCP/IP
3 3 (13.64%) SMTP
4 2 (9.091%) SAN
5 1 (4.545%) Cisco Nexus
5 1 (4.545%) Cisco PIX
5 1 (4.545%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.545%) GIS
General
1 3 (13.64%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 8 (36.36%) Support Engineer
1 8 (36.36%) 2nd Line Support
2 7 (31.82%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
3 5 (22.73%) Architect
4 4 (18.18%) Security Engineer
5 3 (13.64%) Security Specialist
5 3 (13.64%) Server Analyst
5 3 (13.64%) Firewall Specialist
5 3 (13.64%) Analyst
5 3 (13.64%) Consultant
5 3 (13.64%) Design Engineer
6 2 (9.091%) Server Support
6 2 (9.091%) Technical Architect
6 2 (9.091%) Support Analyst
6 2 (9.091%) Server Support Analyst
6 2 (9.091%) Wintel Analyst
6 2 (9.091%) Wintel Server Analyst
7 1 (4.545%) Wintel Support Analyst
7 1 (4.545%) Help Desk Support Technician
7 1 (4.545%) 3rd Line Server Support
Miscellaneous
1 7 (31.82%) Blackberry
2 1 (4.545%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 16 (72.73%) Windows
2 8 (36.36%) Windows XP
3 7 (31.82%) Windows 7
4 3 (13.64%) UNIX
4 3 (13.64%) Windows Server 2003
4 3 (13.64%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (9.091%) Migration
Qualifications
1 7 (31.82%) Security Cleared
2 4 (18.18%) SC Cleared
3 3 (13.64%) DV Cleared
System Software
1 11 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 5 (22.73%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (9.091%) Xen
4 1 (4.545%) Citrix Presentation Server
4 1 (4.545%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 9 (40.91%) SCCM
2 3 (13.64%) MIMEsweeper
3 2 (9.091%) Norton AntiVirus
4 1 (4.545%) SCOM
4 1 (4.545%) HP Data Protector
4 1 (4.545%) Backup Exec
4 1 (4.545%) Tivoli
4 1 (4.545%) ARCserve
Vendors
1 8 (36.36%) Kaspersky
2 7 (31.82%) Apple
3 5 (22.73%) Cisco
3 5 (22.73%) VMware
4 4 (18.18%) Juniper
4 4 (18.18%) Sophos
5 3 (13.64%) Symantec
5 3 (13.64%) M86 Security
6 2 (9.091%) Microsoft
7 1 (4.545%) HP
7 1 (4.545%) Citrix
7 1 (4.545%) F5