The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Sophos products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire 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 108 110 -
Rank change year-on-year
+2 -
Contract jobs citing Sophos 2 2 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Yorkshire 0.108% 0.090% -
As % of the Vendors category 0.232% 0.195% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 0
Average daily rate £500 £228 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+119.78% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £463 £250 £335
% change year-on-year
+85.00% -25.37%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £15.25 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.50 £19.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+7.89% -45.71%
All Vendors
Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
863 1027 734
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Yorkshire 46.45% 45.97% 40.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 432 516 301
Average daily rate £320 £310 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.22% -4.61%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £213 £175 £195
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 62 76 74
Average hourly rate £13.71 £16.50 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-16.90% -17.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £9.48 £10.30 £10.25
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £34.00 £32.75 £36.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
Sophos
England

Sophos
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region.

Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region.

Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire 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
West Yorkshire - 2 £500 -
Sophos
England

Sophos
Top 13 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Yorkshire 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 (50.00%) Windows
1 1 (50.00%) MS Exchange
1 1 (50.00%) IBM
1 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (50.00%) HP
1 1 (50.00%) Dell
1 1 (50.00%) Windows Server 2003
1 1 (50.00%) Symantec
1 1 (50.00%) Norton AntiVirus
1 1 (50.00%) NetBackup
1 1 (50.00%) Exchange Server 2007
1 1 (50.00%) Windows Server 2008
1 1 (50.00%) Symantec Enterprise Vault

Sophos
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Yorkshire 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 1 (50.00%) MS Exchange
1 1 (50.00%) Exchange Server 2007
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) Support Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) 2nd Line Support
1 1 (50.00%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
1 1 (50.00%) Windows Server 2003
1 1 (50.00%) Windows Server 2008
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) Norton AntiVirus
1 1 (50.00%) NetBackup
1 1 (50.00%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) IBM
1 1 (50.00%) HP
1 1 (50.00%) Dell
1 1 (50.00%) Symantec