Sourcefire Snort
UK
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring Snort skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Snort over the 6 months leading up to 8 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 8 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | 582 | 690 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | +108 | +176 |
| Contract jobs citing Snort | 0 | 5 | 4 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | - | 0.012% | 0.007% |
| As % of the System Software category | - | 0.11% | 0.052% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 5 | 2 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £330 | £426 |
| 25th Percentile | - | £505 | £433 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | £510 | £465 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +9.68% | -30.60% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £515 | £496 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £536 | £502 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | - | £550 | £488 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +12.82% | - |
All System Software Skills
UK
Snort falls under the System Software category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring system software skills.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills | 3,609 | 4,632 | 7,709 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 12.40% | 10.74% | 13.15% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 2,457 | 3,170 | 5,501 |
| 10th Percentile | £213 | £200 | £204 |
| 25th Percentile | £400 | £340 | £400 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £513 | £500 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +2.50% | -4.76% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £613 | £600 | £638 |
| 90th Percentile | £700 | £688 | £725 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £475 | £463 | £481 |
| % change year-on-year | +2.70% | -3.76% | +6.79% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 87 | 233 | 276 |
| 10th Percentile | £14.99 | £14.06 | £15.25 |
| 25th Percentile | £15.44 | £15.50 | £18.25 |
| Median hourly rate | £27.94 | £22.50 | £54.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +24.18% | -58.33% | +170.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £64.50 | £60.75 | £66.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £88.00 | £79.60 | £75.25 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £28.00 | £20.98 | £46.11 |
| % change year-on-year | +33.49% | -54.51% | +154.51% |
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Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing Snort as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Snort.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Snort.