The first table below looks at the demand for Opalis skills in IT contracts advertised for the Buckinghamshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Opalis over the 3 months to 18 June 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 Buckinghamshire 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Opalis
Rank - - -
Contract jobs citing Opalis 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire - - -
As % of the Systems Management category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £342 £288 -
% change year-on-year
+18.95% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Systems Management
Buckinghamshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Systems Management category
91 110 66
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire 9.891% 11.45% 6.022%
Number of daily rates quoted 40 44 24
Average daily rate £315 £275 £215
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+14.54% +27.90%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £210 £165 £142
10% offered a daily rate of more than £418 £320 £367
UK excluding London average daily rate £338 £325 £315
% change year-on-year
+3.84% +3.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 3 1
Average hourly rate £27.00 £32.50 £12.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-16.92% +170.83%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £17.50 £24.00
% change year-on-year
+25.71% -27.08%
Opalis
South East

Opalis
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Buckinghamshire Opalis Jobs Demand Trend

Opalis
Top 9 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Buckinghamshire region citing Opalis 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 Opalis.

1 6 (100.00%) ITIL
1 6 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 6 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 6 (100.00%) SCOM
1 6 (100.00%) SC Cleared
2 4 (66.67%) DV Cleared
2 4 (66.67%) SCCM
3 3 (50.00%) ITIL V3
4 1 (16.67%) MS Excel

Opalis
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Buckinghamshire region citing Opalis 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 Opalis. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications
1 1 (16.67%) MS Excel
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) Consultant
2 3 (50.00%) Microsoft Consultant
3 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Specialist
3 1 (16.67%) SCCM Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) ITIL
2 3 (50.00%) ITIL V3
Qualifications
1 6 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 6 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 4 (66.67%) DV Cleared
Systems Management
1 6 (100.00%) SCOM
2 4 (66.67%) SCCM
Vendors
1 6 (100.00%) Microsoft
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