The first table below looks at the demand for Snort skills in IT jobs advertised for the Berkshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Snort 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 of the System Software category for the Berkshire region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Sourcefire Snort
Rank 211 219 -
Rank change year-on-year
+8 -
Permanent jobs citing Snort 8 3 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Berkshire 0.154% 0.049% -
As % of the System Software category 1.207% 0.647% -
Number of salaries quoted 8 3 0
Average salary £33,000 £39,000 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
-15.38% -
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £39,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year
-5.06% -16.84%
All System Software
Berkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
663 464 428
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Berkshire 12.73% 7.531% 8.229%
Number of salaries quoted 519 376 312
Average salary £41,000 £40,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.50% -
90% offered a salary of more than £27,650 £27,850 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £67,500 £65,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £39,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.28% +4.00%
Snort
South East

Snort
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Snort across the Berkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the System Software category.

Berkshire Snort Jobs Demand Trend

Snort
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Snort across the Berkshire region.

Berkshire Snort Salary Trend

Snort
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Snort within the Berkshire 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Reading - 5 £33,000 -
Slough - 3 £30,000 -
Snort
South East

Snort
Top 8 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Berkshire region citing Snort 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 IT job ads sampled that cited Snort.

1 10 (100.00%) Linux
2 5 (50.00%) Firewall
2 5 (50.00%) TCP/IP
2 5 (50.00%) UNIX
2 5 (50.00%) Use Case
2 5 (50.00%) Network Security
2 5 (50.00%) SIEM
2 5 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement

Snort
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Berkshire region citing Snort also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited Snort. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 5 (50.00%) Firewall
1 5 (50.00%) TCP/IP
1 5 (50.00%) Network Security
Job Titles
1 10 (100.00%) Security Analyst
1 10 (100.00%) Analyst
2 5 (50.00%) Junior
2 5 (50.00%) Operations Analyst
2 5 (50.00%) Security Engineer
2 5 (50.00%) Junior Analyst
2 5 (50.00%) Security Operations Analyst
Operating Systems
1 10 (100.00%) Linux
2 5 (50.00%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (50.00%) Use Case
1 5 (50.00%) SIEM
1 5 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement