The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Sophos products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Wiltshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Sophos 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 Wiltshire 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Sophos
Rank 49 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Sophos 3 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wiltshire 0.656% - -
As % of the Vendors category 1.402% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
Average daily rate £383 - -
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 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+7.89% -45.71%
All Vendors
Wiltshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
214 315 221
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wiltshire 46.83% 51.39% 40.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 158 175 112
Average daily rate £416 £405 £405
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.77% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £279 £290 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £475 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 28 29
Average hourly rate £15.50 £23.75 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-34.73% +18.75%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.00 £14.65 £14.75
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £28.20 £42.20 £30.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
Sophos
South West

Sophos
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Wiltshire 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 Wiltshire region.

Wiltshire Sophos Daily Rate Trend

Sophos
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Sophos across the Wiltshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Wiltshire Sophos Daily Rate Histogram

Sophos
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Wiltshire Sophos Hourly Rate Trend

Sophos
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 Wiltshire 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
Swindon - 2 £450 -
Sophos
South West

Sophos
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wiltshire 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 5 (100.00%) Windows
2 4 (80.00%) Active Directory
3 3 (60.00%) SAN
3 3 (60.00%) DHCP
3 3 (60.00%) DNS
3 3 (60.00%) Windows Server 2003
3 3 (60.00%) McAfee
3 3 (60.00%) Windows Server 2008
4 2 (40.00%) Xen
4 2 (40.00%) Exchange Server 2007
4 2 (40.00%) Fat Client
4 2 (40.00%) SC Cleared
4 2 (40.00%) Security Cleared
4 2 (40.00%) Thin Client
4 2 (40.00%) VMware
4 2 (40.00%) NetBackup
4 2 (40.00%) MS Exchange
4 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
4 2 (40.00%) HP
4 2 (40.00%) Dell
5 1 (20.00%) EMC
5 1 (20.00%) Citrix
5 1 (20.00%) Juniper
5 1 (20.00%) NetApp
5 1 (20.00%) Nokia
5 1 (20.00%) Novell
5 1 (20.00%) Cisco
5 1 (20.00%) MS Excel
5 1 (20.00%) SharePoint
5 1 (20.00%) VBScript

Sophos
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wiltshire 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.

Application Platforms
1 2 (40.00%) Exchange Server 2007
1 2 (40.00%) MS Exchange
2 1 (20.00%) SharePoint
2 1 (20.00%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 1 (20.00%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (20.00%) assyst
Communications & Networking
1 3 (60.00%) SAN
1 3 (60.00%) DHCP
1 3 (60.00%) DNS
2 1 (20.00%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (20.00%) SQL Server 2005
1 1 (20.00%) SQL Server 2008
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Analyst
1 3 (60.00%) Server Analyst
2 2 (40.00%) Wintel Analyst
2 2 (40.00%) Server Support Analyst
2 2 (40.00%) Wintel Server Analyst
2 2 (40.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 2 (40.00%) Server Support
2 2 (40.00%) Support Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) 3rd Line Support
3 1 (20.00%) Wintel Support Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) 3rd Line Server Support
3 1 (20.00%) Windows Support Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) Wintel Support
3 1 (20.00%) 3rd Line Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Fat Client
1 2 (40.00%) Thin Client
2 1 (20.00%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 5 (100.00%) Windows
2 3 (60.00%) Windows Server 2003
2 3 (60.00%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (20.00%) ITIL
1 1 (20.00%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) VBScript
1 1 (20.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (40.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 4 (80.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (40.00%) Xen
3 1 (20.00%) Microsoft App-V
3 1 (20.00%) VMware ESX
3 1 (20.00%) XenApp
3 1 (20.00%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 2 (40.00%) NetBackup
2 1 (20.00%) Tivoli
2 1 (20.00%) ARCserve
2 1 (20.00%) ZENworks
2 1 (20.00%) Backup Exec
2 1 (20.00%) Norton AntiVirus
2 1 (20.00%) SCCM
2 1 (20.00%) SCOM
2 1 (20.00%) HP Data Protector
2 1 (20.00%) HP SIM
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) McAfee
2 2 (40.00%) VMware
2 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (40.00%) HP
2 2 (40.00%) Dell
3 1 (20.00%) EMC
3 1 (20.00%) Citrix
3 1 (20.00%) Juniper
3 1 (20.00%) NetApp
3 1 (20.00%) Nokia
3 1 (20.00%) Novell
3 1 (20.00%) Cisco
3 1 (20.00%) Wyse
3 1 (20.00%) Symantec