The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Brocade products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Berkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Brocade over the 3 months to 22 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 Berkshire 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 Brocade Communications Systems, Inc.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Brocade
Rank 119 128 120
Rank change year-on-year
+9 -8
Contract jobs citing Brocade 3 8 10
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 0.122% 0.249% 0.342%
As % of the Vendors category 0.243% 0.499% 0.653%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 10
Average daily rate £325 £338 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.70% -20.58%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £375 £388
% change year-on-year
-13.33% -3.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 6 0
Average hourly rate - £45.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £45.00 -
All Vendors
Berkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
1233 1604 1531
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 50.26% 50.00% 52.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 486 539 543
Average daily rate £357 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.00% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £165 £225 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £475 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 52 81 90
Average hourly rate £20.00 £20.00 £30.77
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -34.99%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.50 £11.00 £10.70
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £33.95 £45.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
Brocade
South East

Brocade
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Berkshire Brocade Jobs Demand Trend

Brocade
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Brocade across the Berkshire region.

Berkshire Brocade Daily Rate Trend

Brocade
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Berkshire Brocade Hourly Rate Trend

Brocade
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Brocade within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 22 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
Maidenhead - 2 £325 -
Reading +10 1 - -
Brocade
South East

Brocade
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing Brocade 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 Brocade.

1 11 (91.67%) Windows
1 11 (91.67%) HP
1 11 (91.67%) SAN
1 11 (91.67%) VMware
2 10 (83.33%) Active Directory
3 9 (75.00%) vSphere
4 8 (66.67%) Windows Server 2003
4 8 (66.67%) EMC
5 7 (58.33%) Windows Server 2008
6 5 (41.67%) Microsoft
7 4 (33.33%) XML
7 4 (33.33%) Dell
7 4 (33.33%) Internet
7 4 (33.33%) MPLS
7 4 (33.33%) VBScript
7 4 (33.33%) SQL Server
7 4 (33.33%) IIS
7 4 (33.33%) MS Exchange
7 4 (33.33%) LAN
7 4 (33.33%) WAN
7 4 (33.33%) SMTP
7 4 (33.33%) ADSI
7 4 (33.33%) HTTP
7 4 (33.33%) VPN
7 4 (33.33%) DNS
7 4 (33.33%) B2B
7 4 (33.33%) SQL Server 2008
7 4 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2007
7 4 (33.33%) SCCM
7 4 (33.33%) iSCSI

Brocade
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing Brocade 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 Brocade. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 4 (33.33%) XML
1 4 (33.33%) ADSI
Application Platforms
1 4 (33.33%) IIS
1 4 (33.33%) MS Exchange
1 4 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2007
1 4 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 1 (8.333%) MS Project
Communications & Networking
1 11 (91.67%) SAN
2 4 (33.33%) Internet
2 4 (33.33%) MPLS
2 4 (33.33%) LAN
2 4 (33.33%) WAN
2 4 (33.33%) SMTP
2 4 (33.33%) HTTP
2 4 (33.33%) VPN
2 4 (33.33%) DNS
2 4 (33.33%) iSCSI
2 4 (33.33%) Fibre Channel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (33.33%) SQL Server
1 4 (33.33%) SQL Server 2008
1 4 (33.33%) SQL Server 2005
General
1 2 (16.67%) Marketing
2 1 (8.333%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 4 (33.33%) Architect
1 4 (33.33%) Technical Architect
1 4 (33.33%) Systems Engineer
1 4 (33.33%) Senior Systems Engineer
2 3 (25.00%) Technical Manager
3 2 (16.67%) Delivery Manager
3 2 (16.67%) UNIX Engineer
3 2 (16.67%) Technical Delivery Manager
3 2 (16.67%) Linux Engineer
4 1 (8.333%) Project Manager
4 1 (8.333%) SAN Storage Engineer
4 1 (8.333%) Technical Project Manager
4 1 (8.333%) Storage Engineer
4 1 (8.333%) SAN Engineer
4 1 (8.333%) Infrastructure Architect
4 1 (8.333%) Technical Infrastructure Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (8.333%) CLARiiON
Operating Systems
1 11 (91.67%) Windows
2 8 (66.67%) Windows Server 2003
3 7 (58.33%) Windows Server 2008
4 4 (33.33%) Windows 7
5 2 (16.67%) Windows 2000 Server
5 2 (16.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (16.67%) HPUX
5 2 (16.67%) Solaris
5 2 (16.67%) Linux
5 2 (16.67%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (33.33%) B2B
2 2 (16.67%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 4 (33.33%) VBScript
1 4 (33.33%) PowerShell
2 1 (8.333%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (8.333%) SC Cleared
1 1 (8.333%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 10 (83.33%) Active Directory
2 9 (75.00%) vSphere
3 4 (33.33%) VMware ESX
4 2 (16.67%) Veritas Volume Manager
4 2 (16.67%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (8.333%) XenServer
5 1 (8.333%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 4 (33.33%) SCCM
2 2 (16.67%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 11 (91.67%) HP
1 11 (91.67%) VMware
2 8 (66.67%) EMC
3 5 (41.67%) Microsoft
4 4 (33.33%) Dell
4 4 (33.33%) CheckPoint
4 4 (33.33%) Blue Coat
5 2 (16.67%) Red Hat
6 1 (8.333%) Citrix
6 1 (8.333%) Hitachi