Wales Sophos Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Sophos products and/or services in IT contracts within the Wales 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 16 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Berkshire Birmingham Bracknell Bradford Cheltenham City of London East of England Edinburgh England Essex Gloucester Gloucestershire Hampshire London Manchester Middlesex North West Oxfordshire Scotland Shropshire South East South Wales South West Southampton Swindon Telford Trowbridge UK Wales West Midlands West Yorkshire Wiltshire Witham Yorkshire	3 months to 16 Oct 2008	Same period last year
Rank	57	-
Rank change on same period last year	-
Matching contract IT job ads	2	0
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.003 %	0.000 %
As % of the category below	0.536 %	0.000 %
Daily rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum daily rate	-	-
Average daily rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	-	-
UK excluding London average daily rate	£290	£317
% change on same period last year	-8.40 %
Hourly rates quoted	2	0
Average minimum hourly rate	£40.00	-
Average hourly rate	£40.00	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	£40.00	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£24.85	£17.97
% change on same period last year	+38.29 %
Vendors Wales
Matching contract IT job ads	373	420
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.532 %	0.434 %
Daily rates quoted	107	100
Average minimum daily rate	£359	£365
Average daily rate	£375	£393
% change on same period last year	-4.48 %
Average maximum daily rate	£391	£420
UK excluding London average daily rate	£361	£353
% change on same period last year	+2.27 %
Hourly rates quoted	53	53
Average minimum hourly rate	£28.31	£21.41
Average hourly rate	£29.91	£22.91
% change on same period last year	+30.56 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£31.51	£24.40
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£24.32	£24.16
% change on same period last year	+0.65 %
Sophos UK

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 Wales region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

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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 Wales region.

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Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Sophos across the Wales region over the 3 months to 16 October 2008.

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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 Wales region over the 3 months to 16 October 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
South Wales	-	2	-	-

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Top 14 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 16 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Wales 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 3 (100.00 %) Symantec 1 3 (100.00 %) McAfee Security 1 3 (100.00 %) Norton AntiVirus 1 3 (100.00 %) Government 1 3 (100.00 %) Security Cleared 2 2 (66.67 %) Local Government 2 2 (66.67 %) Electric 2 2 (66.67 %) Windows 2 2 (66.67 %) Citrix 2 2 (66.67 %) MetaFrame 2 2 (66.67 %) Terminal Services 2 2 (66.67 %) Intranet 2 2 (66.67 %) Internet 3 1 (33.33 %) SC Cleared

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 16 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Wales 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 2 (66.67 %) Intranet 1 2 (66.67 %) Internet	General 1 3 (100.00 %) Government 2 2 (66.67 %) Local Government 2 2 (66.67 %) Electric
Job Titles 1 3 (100.00 %) Server Support 1 3 (100.00 %) Support Engineer 1 3 (100.00 %) Server Engineer 1 3 (100.00 %) Server Support Engineer	Operating Systems 1 2 (66.67 %) Windows
Processes & Methodologies 1 3 (100.00 %) Security Cleared 2 1 (33.33 %) SC Cleared	System Software 1 2 (66.67 %) MetaFrame 1 2 (66.67 %) Terminal Services
Systems Management 1 3 (100.00 %) Norton AntiVirus	Vendors 1 3 (100.00 %) Symantec 1 3 (100.00 %) McAfee Security 2 2 (66.67 %) Citrix