The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of CA 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 CA 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 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 CA Technologies.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
CA
Rank 93 130 111
Rank change year-on-year
+37 -19
Contract jobs citing CA 27 5 18
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 1.127% 0.159% 0.605%
As % of the Vendors category 2.217% 0.319% 1.159%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 2 11
Average daily rate £300 £500 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-40.00% +17.64%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £140 £420 £338
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £580 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £320 £288 £338
% change year-on-year
+11.30% -14.81%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.04 £47.50 £21.00
% change year-on-year
-59.91% +126.19%
All Vendors
Berkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
1218 1569 1553
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 50.86% 49.89% 52.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 485 537 551
Average daily rate £363 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.57% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £165 £225 £217
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 49 81 90
Average hourly rate £20.50 £20.00 £32.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+2.50% -37.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.85 £11.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £41.80 £45.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
CA
South East

CA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Berkshire CA Jobs Demand Trend

CA
Daily Rate Trend

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

Berkshire CA Daily Rate Trend

CA
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Berkshire CA Daily Rate Histogram

CA
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Berkshire CA Hourly Rate Trend

CA
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CA 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Reading +32 19 £140 -
Bracknell - 7 £300 -
CA
South East

CA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing CA 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 CA.

1 19 (61.29%) Security Cleared
2 17 (54.84%) SC Cleared
3 15 (48.39%) Oracle
3 15 (48.39%) Windows
3 15 (48.39%) Active Directory
4 13 (41.94%) Windows XP
4 13 (41.94%) Microsoft
5 12 (38.71%) SCCM
6 11 (35.48%) SQL
6 11 (35.48%) Internet
6 11 (35.48%) VMware
7 10 (32.26%) Citrix
7 10 (32.26%) Blackberry
8 9 (29.03%) Finance
8 9 (29.03%) Tivoli
8 9 (29.03%) Network Security
8 9 (29.03%) PCI DSS
8 9 (29.03%) Windows 7
8 9 (29.03%) Firewall
8 9 (29.03%) Information Security
8 9 (29.03%) CESG
8 9 (29.03%) TOGAF
8 9 (29.03%) Ethical Hacking
8 9 (29.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 8 (25.81%) VMware Infrastructure
9 8 (25.81%) PowerShell
10 7 (22.58%) Change Control
10 7 (22.58%) FrontRange
10 7 (22.58%) Technical Architecture
10 7 (22.58%) Remedy

CA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing CA 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 CA. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (3.226%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 3 (9.677%) Oracle UPK
Applications
1 7 (22.58%) MS Office
2 3 (9.677%) Open Workbench
3 2 (6.452%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (12.90%) CA Clarity
2 2 (6.452%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (3.226%) HFM
3 1 (3.226%) Hyperion Planning
Communications & Networking
1 11 (35.48%) Internet
2 9 (29.03%) Network Security
2 9 (29.03%) Firewall
3 6 (19.35%) LAN
3 6 (19.35%) WAN
3 6 (19.35%) Ethernet
3 6 (19.35%) TCP/IP
3 6 (19.35%) VPN
3 6 (19.35%) SAN
4 4 (12.90%) Intrusion Detection
General
1 9 (29.03%) Finance
2 1 (3.226%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 14 (45.16%) Analyst
2 7 (22.58%) Service Desk Analyst
2 7 (22.58%) Service Analyst
3 5 (16.13%) Security Architect
3 5 (16.13%) Architect
4 4 (12.90%) Security Analyst
5 3 (9.677%) Technical Security Analyst
5 3 (9.677%) Technical Analyst
5 3 (9.677%) Integration Engineer
5 3 (9.677%) Server Engineer
5 3 (9.677%) Clarity Consultant
5 3 (9.677%) 3rd Line Server Engineer
5 3 (9.677%) 3rd Line Support
5 3 (9.677%) Consultant
6 2 (6.452%) Network Engineer
6 2 (6.452%) Server Support
6 2 (6.452%) Support Analyst
6 2 (6.452%) Network Support Analyst
6 2 (6.452%) Support Engineer
6 2 (6.452%) Network Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 10 (32.26%) Blackberry
2 9 (29.03%) CESG
3 5 (16.13%) CESG CLAS
4 3 (9.677%) Management Information System
4 3 (9.677%) RMADS
5 2 (6.452%) e-Health
Operating Systems
1 15 (48.39%) Windows
2 13 (41.94%) Windows XP
3 9 (29.03%) Windows 7
4 6 (19.35%) Mac OS X
5 2 (6.452%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (29.03%) Information Security
1 9 (29.03%) TOGAF
1 9 (29.03%) Ethical Hacking
2 7 (22.58%) Change Control
2 7 (22.58%) Technical Architecture
3 6 (19.35%) Service Delivery
3 6 (19.35%) Incident Management
3 6 (19.35%) Software Distribution
4 4 (12.90%) Project Management
4 4 (12.90%) Project Planning
4 4 (12.90%) Security Testing
5 3 (9.677%) Security Architecture
5 3 (9.677%) Configuration Management
6 2 (6.452%) ITIL
6 2 (6.452%) Service Management
6 2 (6.452%) SIEM
6 2 (6.452%) ITSM
7 1 (3.226%) Release Management
7 1 (3.226%) Stakeholder Management
7 1 (3.226%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 11 (35.48%) SQL
2 8 (25.81%) PowerShell
3 6 (19.35%) VB
4 1 (3.226%) Java
Qualifications
1 19 (61.29%) Security Cleared
2 17 (54.84%) SC Cleared
3 5 (16.13%) CISA
3 5 (16.13%) CISM
3 5 (16.13%) CISSP
4 3 (9.677%) Cisco Certification
4 3 (9.677%) Microsoft Certification
4 3 (9.677%) CCNA
4 3 (9.677%) MCSE
5 2 (6.452%) DV Cleared
6 1 (3.226%) CIPFA
6 1 (3.226%) CIMA
6 1 (3.226%) ACCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (29.03%) PCI DSS
1 9 (29.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 15 (48.39%) Active Directory
2 8 (25.81%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (19.35%) Microsoft App-V
4 4 (12.90%) Xen
5 2 (6.452%) Terminal Services
5 2 (6.452%) VMware ESX
5 2 (6.452%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 12 (38.71%) SCCM
2 9 (29.03%) Tivoli
3 7 (22.58%) Unicenter
4 6 (19.35%) SCOM
5 4 (12.90%) MIMEsweeper
6 3 (9.677%) Opalis
Vendors
1 15 (48.39%) Oracle
2 13 (41.94%) Microsoft
3 11 (35.48%) VMware
4 10 (32.26%) Citrix
5 7 (22.58%) FrontRange
5 7 (22.58%) Remedy
5 7 (22.58%) Royalblue
5 7 (22.58%) HP
6 4 (12.90%) Niku
7 3 (9.677%) MicroStrategy
8 2 (6.452%) Symantec
9 1 (3.226%) Ab Initio
9 1 (3.226%) Hyperion