The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Brocade products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Cambridge region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Brocade over the 3 months to 20 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 Cambridge 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 Brocade Communications Systems, Inc.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Brocade
Rank 37 42 -
Rank change year-on-year
+5 -
Contract jobs citing Brocade 2 7 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridge 0.595% 1.687% -
As % of the Vendors category 1.290% 4.094% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 4 0
Average daily rate - £320 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £375 £395
% change year-on-year
-13.33% -5.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Average hourly rate - £42.50 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £45.00 -
All Vendors
Cambridge
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
155 171 83
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridge 46.13% 41.20% 34.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 63 81 36
Average daily rate £300 £303 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-0.82% -6.92%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £200 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £425 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 17 15
Average hourly rate £24.95 £41.25 £13.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-39.51% +205.55%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.88 £10.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.25 £47.50 £31.80
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
Brocade
Cambridgeshire

Brocade
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cambridge Brocade Jobs Demand Trend

Brocade
Daily Rate Trend

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

Cambridge Brocade Daily Rate Trend

Brocade
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Cambridge Brocade Hourly Rate Trend

Brocade
Top 18 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridge region citing Brocade 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 Brocade.

1 8 (100.00%) Cisco
1 8 (100.00%) EMC
1 8 (100.00%) NetApp
1 8 (100.00%) Replication
1 8 (100.00%) VMware
1 8 (100.00%) VMware ESX
1 8 (100.00%) EMC NetWorker
1 8 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 6 (75.00%) ITIL
2 6 (75.00%) Infrastructure Management
3 2 (25.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
3 2 (25.00%) NCIE
3 2 (25.00%) Exchange Server 2010
3 2 (25.00%) SQL
3 2 (25.00%) Configuration Management
3 2 (25.00%) SharePoint
3 2 (25.00%) MS Exchange
3 2 (25.00%) IBM

Brocade
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Platforms
1 2 (25.00%) SharePoint
1 2 (25.00%) MS Exchange
1 2 (25.00%) Exchange Server 2010
Job Titles
1 8 (100.00%) Administrator
2 5 (62.50%) Systems Administrator
3 3 (37.50%) Storage Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 8 (100.00%) Replication
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (75.00%) ITIL
1 6 (75.00%) Infrastructure Management
2 2 (25.00%) Configuration Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (25.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (25.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
1 2 (25.00%) NCIE
System Software
1 8 (100.00%) VMware ESX
1 8 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 8 (100.00%) EMC NetWorker
Vendors
1 8 (100.00%) Cisco
1 8 (100.00%) EMC
1 8 (100.00%) NetApp
1 8 (100.00%) VMware
2 2 (25.00%) IBM