The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Dell 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 Dell 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 Dell, Inc.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Dell
Rank 104 110 114
Rank change year-on-year
+6 +4
Contract jobs citing Dell 16 25 15
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 0.668% 0.795% 0.504%
As % of the Vendors category 1.314% 1.593% 0.966%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 10 3
Average daily rate £325 £293 £138
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+11.11% +112.72%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £300 £325
% change year-on-year
+8.33% -7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 8 4
Average hourly rate £14.50 £19.50 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-25.64% -44.28%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.30 £14.65 £26.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.70 £22.25 £43.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.25 £15.58 £15.13
% change year-on-year
-2.08% +2.97%
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%
Dell
South East

Dell
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Berkshire Dell Jobs Demand Trend

Dell
Daily Rate Trend

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

Berkshire Dell Daily Rate Trend

Dell
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Berkshire Dell Daily Rate Histogram

Dell
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Berkshire Dell Hourly Rate Trend

Dell
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Dell 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
Maidenhead -3 5 £325 -
Reading +10 4 £210 -55.55%
Bracknell -16 2 - -
Slough - 1 - -
Newbury - 1 - -
Dell
South East

Dell
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 29 (85.29%) Windows
2 19 (55.88%) Microsoft
3 18 (52.94%) Active Directory
4 15 (44.12%) Windows 7
5 14 (41.18%) VMware
6 11 (32.35%) HP
6 11 (32.35%) Windows Server 2003
7 10 (29.41%) MS Exchange
8 9 (26.47%) SAN
9 8 (23.53%) McAfee
9 8 (23.53%) Windows XP
9 8 (23.53%) Windows Server 2008
9 8 (23.53%) Exchange Server 2010
10 7 (20.59%) vSphere
10 7 (20.59%) LAN
10 7 (20.59%) VPN
11 6 (17.65%) EMC
11 6 (17.65%) Citrix
11 6 (17.65%) SQL Server
11 6 (17.65%) VMware Infrastructure
12 5 (14.71%) Clustering
12 5 (14.71%) Exchange Server 2007
12 5 (14.71%) PowerShell
12 5 (14.71%) SQL Server 2008
12 5 (14.71%) MS Office
12 5 (14.71%) DNS
12 5 (14.71%) Internet
13 4 (11.76%) CheckPoint
13 4 (11.76%) Symantec
13 4 (11.76%) B2B

Dell
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 4 (11.76%) ADSI
1 4 (11.76%) XML
Application Platforms
1 10 (29.41%) MS Exchange
2 8 (23.53%) Exchange Server 2010
3 5 (14.71%) Exchange Server 2007
4 4 (11.76%) IIS
5 3 (8.824%) Lync
6 2 (5.882%) Lotus Domino
7 1 (2.941%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (14.71%) MS Office
2 4 (11.76%) MS Excel
3 1 (2.941%) Office 365
Communications & Networking
1 9 (26.47%) SAN
2 7 (20.59%) LAN
2 7 (20.59%) VPN
3 5 (14.71%) DNS
3 5 (14.71%) Internet
4 4 (11.76%) WAN
4 4 (11.76%) DHCP
4 4 (11.76%) iSCSI
5 3 (8.824%) Firewall
5 3 (8.824%) ADSL
5 3 (8.824%) Ethernet
5 3 (8.824%) TCP/IP
6 2 (5.882%) Junos
6 2 (5.882%) Wireless
7 1 (2.941%) PSTN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (17.65%) SQL Server
2 5 (14.71%) SQL Server 2008
3 4 (11.76%) SQL Server 2005
General
1 4 (11.76%) Telecoms
2 1 (2.941%) Retail
Job Titles
1 10 (29.41%) Desktop Support
2 8 (23.53%) Support Engineer
2 8 (23.53%) Desktop Engineer
3 6 (17.65%) Desktop Support Engineer
4 5 (14.71%) Systems Engineer
4 5 (14.71%) Senior Systems Engineer
5 3 (8.824%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 3 (8.824%) Analyst
5 3 (8.824%) Support Analyst
5 3 (8.824%) 2nd Line Support
6 2 (5.882%) Field Engineer
6 2 (5.882%) Technical Consultant
6 2 (5.882%) Technical Support
6 2 (5.882%) Field Service Engineer
6 2 (5.882%) Applications Packager
6 2 (5.882%) Support Technician
6 2 (5.882%) Consultant
6 2 (5.882%) Desktop Technician
6 2 (5.882%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
6 2 (5.882%) Desktop Support Technician
Miscellaneous
1 5 (14.71%) Clustering
2 2 (5.882%) Data Integration
3 1 (2.941%) Management Information System
3 1 (2.941%) PKI
3 1 (2.941%) EqualLogic
Operating Systems
1 29 (85.29%) Windows
2 15 (44.12%) Windows 7
3 11 (32.35%) Windows Server 2003
4 8 (23.53%) Windows XP
4 8 (23.53%) Windows Server 2008
5 3 (8.824%) Linux
6 2 (5.882%) Windows Vista
7 1 (2.941%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (11.76%) B2B
2 3 (8.824%) Migration
3 1 (2.941%) Asset Management
3 1 (2.941%) ERP
3 1 (2.941%) PRINCE2
3 1 (2.941%) PRINCE
3 1 (2.941%) Change Management
3 1 (2.941%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 5 (14.71%) PowerShell
2 4 (11.76%) VBScript
3 3 (8.824%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (5.882%) A+ Certification
1 2 (5.882%) DCSE
2 1 (2.941%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 1 (2.941%) VCP5
2 1 (2.941%) Dell Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.941%) SLA
System Software
1 18 (52.94%) Active Directory
2 7 (20.59%) vSphere
3 6 (17.65%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (11.76%) VMware ESX
5 2 (5.882%) Terminal Services
5 2 (5.882%) Microsoft App-V
6 1 (2.941%) Citrix Presentation Server
Systems Management
1 3 (8.824%) SCCM
2 2 (5.882%) ChangeBASE
3 1 (2.941%) NetBackup
3 1 (2.941%) Backup Exec
3 1 (2.941%) SCOM
3 1 (2.941%) Tivoli
3 1 (2.941%) Tivoli Storage Manager
3 1 (2.941%) ARCserve
3 1 (2.941%) Legato
Vendors
1 19 (55.88%) Microsoft
2 14 (41.18%) VMware
3 11 (32.35%) HP
4 8 (23.53%) McAfee
5 6 (17.65%) EMC
5 6 (17.65%) Citrix
6 4 (11.76%) CheckPoint
6 4 (11.76%) Symantec
6 4 (11.76%) Brocade
7 3 (8.824%) LANDesk
8 2 (5.882%) Lotus
8 2 (5.882%) Compaq
9 1 (2.941%) 3Com
9 1 (2.941%) SonicWALL
9 1 (2.941%) Juniper
9 1 (2.941%) Cisco
9 1 (2.941%) IBM
9 1 (2.941%) Informatica
9 1 (2.941%) Remedy
9 1 (2.941%) Sophos