The first table below looks at the demand for Netcool skills in IT contracts advertised for the Berkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Netcool 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 of the Systems Management category 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.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IBM Tivoli Netcool
Rank 115 123 79
Rank change year-on-year
+8 -44
Contract jobs citing Netcool 5 12 51
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 0.209% 0.382% 1.714%
As % of the Systems Management category 2.370% 6.936% 19.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 4 19
Average daily rate £400 £288 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+39.13% -4.16%
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £300
% change year-on-year
- +25.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £30.00
All Systems Management
Berkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Systems Management category
211 173 263
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 8.810% 5.501% 8.837%
Number of daily rates quoted 85 72 102
Average daily rate £357 £323 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+10.69% -0.76%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £163 £249 £209
10% offered a daily rate of more than £465 £450 £495
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £328 £300
% change year-on-year
+0.76% +9.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 11 12
Average hourly rate £20.50 £30.00 £40.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-31.66% -25.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.50 £15.58 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £32.50 £45.00 £41.98
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.00 £17.50 £24.00
% change year-on-year
+14.28% -27.08%
Netcool
South East

Netcool
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Berkshire Netcool Jobs Demand Trend

Netcool
Daily Rate Trend

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

Berkshire Netcool Daily Rate Trend

Netcool
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Berkshire Netcool Hourly Rate Trend

Netcool
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Netcool 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
Newbury -1 1 £400 -
Slough -10 1 - -
Maidenhead - 1 - -
Netcool
South East

Netcool
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 20 (74.07%) Telecoms
2 14 (51.85%) Project Management
2 14 (51.85%) Remedy
2 14 (51.85%) BMC
2 14 (51.85%) Remedy ITSM
2 14 (51.85%) Nokia NetAct
3 13 (48.15%) Degree
3 13 (48.15%) Nokia
3 13 (48.15%) HP
3 13 (48.15%) EMC
4 12 (44.44%) TOGAF
4 12 (44.44%) Fault Management
4 12 (44.44%) Performance Management
5 11 (40.74%) Ionix
5 11 (40.74%) Continuous Improvement
5 11 (40.74%) ITSM
5 11 (40.74%) Service Management
6 6 (22.22%) Radio Access Network
7 5 (18.52%) LTE
7 5 (18.52%) SAN
7 5 (18.52%) Netcool/OMNIbus
8 4 (14.81%) 3G
8 4 (14.81%) Ericsson
8 4 (14.81%) LDAP
8 4 (14.81%) 2G
9 3 (11.11%) Oracle
9 3 (11.11%) UNIX
9 3 (11.11%) RDBMS
10 2 (7.407%) OpenView
10 2 (7.407%) CGI

Netcool
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 2 (7.407%) CGI
2 1 (3.704%) HTML
2 1 (3.704%) XML
Business Applications
1 14 (51.85%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (3.704%) Metrica
Communications & Networking
1 14 (51.85%) Nokia NetAct
2 6 (22.22%) Radio Access Network
3 5 (18.52%) LTE
3 5 (18.52%) SAN
4 4 (14.81%) 3G
4 4 (14.81%) LDAP
4 4 (14.81%) 2G
5 2 (7.407%) BSS
6 1 (3.704%) 4G
6 1 (3.704%) CDMA
6 1 (3.704%) GPRS
6 1 (3.704%) GSM
6 1 (3.704%) UMTS
6 1 (3.704%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (11.11%) RDBMS
General
1 20 (74.07%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 15 (55.56%) Architect
2 10 (37.04%) Solutions Architect
2 10 (37.04%) OSS Architect
3 5 (18.52%) Systems Architect
3 5 (18.52%) Integration Engineer
4 2 (7.407%) Consultant
5 1 (3.704%) Senior Architect
5 1 (3.704%) OSS Consultant
5 1 (3.704%) OSS Engineer
5 1 (3.704%) Senior Solutions Architect
5 1 (3.704%) Technical Consultant
5 1 (3.704%) Developer
Operating Systems
1 3 (11.11%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (51.85%) Project Management
2 12 (44.44%) TOGAF
2 12 (44.44%) Fault Management
2 12 (44.44%) Performance Management
3 11 (40.74%) Continuous Improvement
3 11 (40.74%) ITSM
3 11 (40.74%) Service Management
4 2 (7.407%) Migration
5 1 (3.704%) Business Transformation
5 1 (3.704%) Network Management
5 1 (3.704%) Data Migration
5 1 (3.704%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (3.704%) Service Delivery
5 1 (3.704%) PRINCE2
5 1 (3.704%) Configuration Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (7.407%) Perl
1 2 (7.407%) SQL
2 1 (3.704%) Java
2 1 (3.704%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 13 (48.15%) Degree
2 1 (3.704%) PMP
2 1 (3.704%) PMI Certification
Systems Management
1 11 (40.74%) Ionix
2 5 (18.52%) Netcool/OMNIbus
3 2 (7.407%) OpenView
3 2 (7.407%) Netcool/Webtop
4 1 (3.704%) TeMIP
4 1 (3.704%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 14 (51.85%) Remedy
1 14 (51.85%) BMC
2 13 (48.15%) Nokia
2 13 (48.15%) HP
2 13 (48.15%) EMC
3 4 (14.81%) Ericsson
4 3 (11.11%) Oracle
5 2 (7.407%) NetCracker
5 2 (7.407%) Cramer
6 1 (3.704%) Greenplum
6 1 (3.704%) OPNET
6 1 (3.704%) Citrix
6 1 (3.704%) Alcatel-Lucent