The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of NetApp 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 NetApp 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 the Network Appliance Corporation.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
NetApp
Rank 112 132 120
Rank change year-on-year
+20 -12
Contract jobs citing NetApp 8 3 9
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 0.334% 0.095% 0.302%
As % of the Vendors category 0.657% 0.191% 0.580%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 5
Average daily rate £393 £318 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+23.62% -20.62%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £227 £318 £350
10% offered a daily rate of more than £559 £318 £440
UK excluding London average daily rate £340 £400 £350
% change year-on-year
-15.00% +14.28%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £18.46 £30.00 £20.75
% change year-on-year
-38.46% +44.57%
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%
NetApp
South East

NetApp
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Berkshire NetApp Jobs Demand Trend

NetApp
Daily Rate Trend

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

Berkshire NetApp Daily Rate Trend

NetApp
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Berkshire NetApp Daily Rate Histogram

NetApp
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Berkshire NetApp Hourly Rate Trend

NetApp
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing NetApp 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
Bracknell - 5 - -
Reading +12 1 £185 -41.73%
Slough - 1 £600 -
NetApp
South East

NetApp
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 18 (85.71%) VMware
2 16 (76.19%) Windows Server 2008
2 16 (76.19%) Windows
3 15 (71.43%) Windows Server 2003
3 15 (71.43%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (52.38%) SAN
5 9 (42.86%) VPN
5 9 (42.86%) ITIL
6 8 (38.10%) Linux
6 8 (38.10%) Symantec
6 8 (38.10%) VMware Workstation
6 8 (38.10%) Clustering
6 8 (38.10%) NetBackup
6 8 (38.10%) Release Management
6 8 (38.10%) NAS
7 6 (28.57%) Active Directory
7 6 (28.57%) Oracle
7 6 (28.57%) SQL Server
7 6 (28.57%) SC Cleared
7 6 (28.57%) Security Cleared
8 5 (23.81%) Test Scripting
8 5 (23.81%) SQL
8 5 (23.81%) Migration
9 4 (19.05%) Business Continuity
9 4 (19.05%) LAN
9 4 (19.05%) WAN
9 4 (19.05%) EMC
10 3 (14.29%) Citrix
10 3 (14.29%) HP
10 3 (14.29%) LoadRunner

NetApp
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 1 (4.762%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 3 (14.29%) Tomcat
1 3 (14.29%) IIS
2 2 (9.524%) Lotus Notes
Communications & Networking
1 11 (52.38%) SAN
2 9 (42.86%) VPN
3 8 (38.10%) NAS
4 4 (19.05%) LAN
4 4 (19.05%) WAN
5 1 (4.762%) DNS
5 1 (4.762%) TCP/IP
5 1 (4.762%) Firewall
5 1 (4.762%) IGMP
5 1 (4.762%) VLAN
5 1 (4.762%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (28.57%) SQL Server
2 3 (14.29%) Oracle 8/8i
Development Applications
1 3 (14.29%) LoadRunner
General
1 1 (4.762%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 7 (33.33%) Desktop Support
2 3 (14.29%) Tester
2 3 (14.29%) Desktop Support Engineer
2 3 (14.29%) Desktop Engineer
2 3 (14.29%) Support Engineer
3 2 (9.524%) Analyst
3 2 (9.524%) Test Manager
3 2 (9.524%) Network Engineer
3 2 (9.524%) Solutions Architect
3 2 (9.524%) Architect
4 1 (4.762%) Systems Support
4 1 (4.762%) Consultant
4 1 (4.762%) Systems Administrator
4 1 (4.762%) Infrastructure Analyst
4 1 (4.762%) 2nd Line Support
4 1 (4.762%) Administrator
4 1 (4.762%) Cisco Engineer
4 1 (4.762%) Storage Consultant
4 1 (4.762%) Cisco Network Engineer
4 1 (4.762%) Applications Architect
Miscellaneous
1 8 (38.10%) Clustering
2 1 (4.762%) Blackberry
2 1 (4.762%) Thin Client
2 1 (4.762%) Fat Client
Operating Systems
1 16 (76.19%) Windows Server 2008
1 16 (76.19%) Windows
2 15 (71.43%) Windows Server 2003
3 8 (38.10%) Linux
4 3 (14.29%) Windows XP
4 3 (14.29%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (42.86%) ITIL
2 8 (38.10%) Release Management
3 5 (23.81%) Test Scripting
3 5 (23.81%) Migration
4 4 (19.05%) Business Continuity
5 3 (14.29%) Regression Testing
5 3 (14.29%) Test Automation
5 3 (14.29%) Non-Functional Testing
6 2 (9.524%) Disaster Recovery
6 2 (9.524%) Validation
7 1 (4.762%) Reverse Engineering
Programming Languages
1 5 (23.81%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (28.57%) SC Cleared
1 6 (28.57%) Security Cleared
2 1 (4.762%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (4.762%) CCIE
2 1 (4.762%) CCNP
2 1 (4.762%) CCDP
System Software
1 15 (71.43%) VMware Infrastructure
2 8 (38.10%) VMware Workstation
3 6 (28.57%) Active Directory
4 3 (14.29%) VMware ESX
5 1 (4.762%) VMware Server
5 1 (4.762%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 8 (38.10%) NetBackup
2 3 (14.29%) HP Quality Center
3 1 (4.762%) Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors
1 18 (85.71%) VMware
2 8 (38.10%) Symantec
3 6 (28.57%) Oracle
4 4 (19.05%) EMC
5 3 (14.29%) Citrix
5 3 (14.29%) HP
5 3 (14.29%) Cisco
6 2 (9.524%) Lotus
7 1 (4.762%) IBM