The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Altiris products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the City of London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Altiris over the 3 months to 17 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 City of London 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 Altiris.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Altiris
Rank 189 180 220
Rank change year-on-year
-9 +40
Contract jobs citing Altiris 12 33 26
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 0.191% 0.424% 0.264%
As % of the Vendors category 0.423% 1.004% 0.632%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 26 21
Average daily rate £435 £350 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+24.28% -6.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £354 £316 £338
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £538 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £223 £280 £225
% change year-on-year
-20.53% +24.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 1
Average hourly rate - £25.00 £41.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -39.39%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.74 £32.50 £22.63
% change year-on-year
-48.50% +43.64%
All Vendors
City of London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
2834 3288 4112
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 45.02% 42.26% 41.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 2006 2250 2837
Average daily rate £430 £425 £488
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.17% -12.82%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £285 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £588 £600 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 102 97 125
Average hourly rate £23.75 £20.00 £21.45
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+18.75% -6.75%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.00 £12.50 £13.54
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £135.00 £38.60 £41.85
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
Altiris
London

Altiris
Jobs Demand Trend

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

City of London Altiris Jobs Demand Trend

Altiris
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Altiris across the City of London region.

City of London Altiris Daily Rate Trend

Altiris
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Altiris across the City of London region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

City of London Altiris Daily Rate Histogram

Altiris
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Altiris across the City of London region.

City of London Altiris Hourly Rate Trend

Altiris
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing Altiris 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 Altiris.

1 18 (64.29%) Citrix
2 15 (53.57%) Windows
3 13 (46.43%) Microsoft
3 13 (46.43%) SCCM
4 11 (39.29%) VMware
5 10 (35.71%) Microsoft App-V
6 9 (32.14%) AppSense
7 8 (28.57%) MS Excel
7 8 (28.57%) Windows 7
8 7 (25.00%) Active Directory
8 7 (25.00%) InstallShield
9 6 (21.43%) MSI
9 6 (21.43%) Firewall
9 6 (21.43%) Banking
9 6 (21.43%) MCITP
10 5 (17.86%) PowerShell
10 5 (17.86%) Windows Server 2008
10 5 (17.86%) Degree
10 5 (17.86%) HP
10 5 (17.86%) Oracle
11 4 (14.29%) SQL
11 4 (14.29%) Windows XP
11 4 (14.29%) Windows Server 2003
11 4 (14.29%) Middleware
11 4 (14.29%) Application Packaging
11 4 (14.29%) Investment Banking
11 4 (14.29%) Clustering
11 4 (14.29%) IBM
11 4 (14.29%) Front Office
11 4 (14.29%) VMware Infrastructure

Altiris
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing Altiris 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 Altiris. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 4 (14.29%) Middleware
1 4 (14.29%) Application Packaging
2 3 (10.71%) Software Packaging
3 1 (3.571%) COM
Application Platforms
1 1 (3.571%) IIS
1 1 (3.571%) MS Exchange
1 1 (3.571%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 8 (28.57%) MS Excel
2 3 (10.71%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 6 (21.43%) Firewall
2 2 (7.143%) HTTP
3 1 (3.571%) DNS
3 1 (3.571%) SAN
3 1 (3.571%) Internet
3 1 (3.571%) SMS
3 1 (3.571%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (10.71%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 7 (25.00%) InstallShield
2 6 (21.43%) MSI
3 1 (3.571%) Team Foundation Server
3 1 (3.571%) Wise Package Studio
General
1 6 (21.43%) Banking
2 4 (14.29%) Investment Banking
2 4 (14.29%) Front Office
3 3 (10.71%) Finance
4 1 (3.571%) Law
4 1 (3.571%) Legal
Job Titles
1 6 (21.43%) Analyst
2 4 (14.29%) Applications Packager
2 4 (14.29%) Windows Engineer
3 3 (10.71%) Wintel Analyst
4 2 (7.143%) Desktop Analyst
5 1 (3.571%) Citrix Engineer
5 1 (3.571%) Windows Support Analyst
5 1 (3.571%) Service Management Consultant
5 1 (3.571%) PC Engineer
5 1 (3.571%) VMware Specialist
5 1 (3.571%) Architect
5 1 (3.571%) Management Consultant
5 1 (3.571%) Infrastructure Analyst
5 1 (3.571%) Administrator
5 1 (3.571%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 1 (3.571%) IT Consultant
5 1 (3.571%) Consultant
5 1 (3.571%) Support Analyst
5 1 (3.571%) VMware Architect
5 1 (3.571%) Citrix Architect
Miscellaneous
1 4 (14.29%) Clustering
2 1 (3.571%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 15 (53.57%) Windows
2 8 (28.57%) Windows 7
3 5 (17.86%) Windows Server 2008
4 4 (14.29%) Windows XP
4 4 (14.29%) Windows Server 2003
5 1 (3.571%) Linux
5 1 (3.571%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (14.29%) Capacity Management
2 2 (7.143%) Software Distribution
2 2 (7.143%) Change Management
2 2 (7.143%) ITIL
2 2 (7.143%) Integration Testing
3 1 (3.571%) ITIL V3
3 1 (3.571%) Configuration Management
3 1 (3.571%) Service Management
3 1 (3.571%) ITSM
3 1 (3.571%) Migration
3 1 (3.571%) Load Balancing
3 1 (3.571%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 5 (17.86%) PowerShell
2 4 (14.29%) SQL
3 3 (10.71%) VB
4 2 (7.143%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 6 (21.43%) MCITP
2 5 (17.86%) Degree
3 1 (3.571%) SC Cleared
3 1 (3.571%) Security Cleared
3 1 (3.571%) VCDX
3 1 (3.571%) CCIA
3 1 (3.571%) Citrix Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.571%) QA
System Software
1 10 (35.71%) Microsoft App-V
2 7 (25.00%) Active Directory
3 4 (14.29%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (10.71%) Hyper-V
4 3 (10.71%) XenApp
4 3 (10.71%) XenDesktop
5 2 (7.143%) vSphere
5 2 (7.143%) VMware ESX
6 1 (3.571%) MetaFrame
6 1 (3.571%) Terminal Server
6 1 (3.571%) Citrix Presentation Server
Systems Management
1 13 (46.43%) SCCM
2 3 (10.71%) SCOM
3 2 (7.143%) BladeLogic
4 1 (3.571%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 1 (3.571%) AppDNA
Vendors
1 18 (64.29%) Citrix
2 13 (46.43%) Microsoft
3 11 (39.29%) VMware
4 9 (32.14%) AppSense
5 5 (17.86%) HP
5 5 (17.86%) Oracle
6 4 (14.29%) IBM
7 3 (10.71%) Dell
7 3 (10.71%) Symantec
8 2 (7.143%) NetApp
9 1 (3.571%) Novell
9 1 (3.571%) LANDesk
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