The first table below looks at the demand for Netcool skills 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 Netcool over the 3 months to 23 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 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.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IBM Tivoli Netcool
Rank 197 215 236
Rank change year-on-year
+18 +21
Contract jobs citing Netcool 2 4 9
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 0.031% 0.051% 0.090%
As % of the Systems Management category 0.560% 0.943% 1.883%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 8
Average daily rate £190 £325 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-41.53% -27.77%
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £373 £300
% change year-on-year
+0.67% +24.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £30.00
All Systems Management
City of London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Systems Management category
357 424 478
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 5.620% 5.386% 4.793%
Number of daily rates quoted 257 268 304
Average daily rate £400 £383 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.57% -10.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £265 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £500 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £325 £300
% change year-on-year
+1.53% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 11 33
Average hourly rate £30.50 £22.50 £21.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+35.55% +7.14%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £16.90 £16.60 £17.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £41.60 £34.20 £41.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.00 £17.50 £24.00
% change year-on-year
+14.28% -27.08%
Netcool
London

Netcool
Jobs Demand Trend

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

City of London 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 City of London region.

City of London 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 City of London region.

City of London Netcool Hourly Rate Trend

Netcool
Top 21 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London 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 2 (66.67%) VoIP
1 2 (66.67%) VMS
1 2 (66.67%) SLA
1 2 (66.67%) Sun
1 2 (66.67%) Nortel
1 2 (66.67%) DPNSS
1 2 (66.67%) MGCP
1 2 (66.67%) SS7
1 2 (66.67%) Megaco
1 2 (66.67%) Q.931
1 2 (66.67%) H.323
1 2 (66.67%) HND
1 2 (66.67%) BT
1 2 (66.67%) Softswitch
1 2 (66.67%) Network Management
1 2 (66.67%) Digital Media
1 2 (66.67%) Huawei
1 2 (66.67%) Degree
2 1 (33.33%) German Language
2 1 (33.33%) Banking
2 1 (33.33%) UNIX

Netcool
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London 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.

Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) VoIP
1 2 (66.67%) DPNSS
1 2 (66.67%) MGCP
1 2 (66.67%) SS7
1 2 (66.67%) Megaco
1 2 (66.67%) Q.931
1 2 (66.67%) H.323
1 2 (66.67%) Softswitch
General
1 1 (33.33%) German Language
1 1 (33.33%) Banking
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Support Engineer
1 2 (66.67%) Voice Engineer
1 2 (66.67%) Voice Support Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Digital Media
Operating Systems
1 2 (66.67%) VMS
2 1 (33.33%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Network Management
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) HND
1 2 (66.67%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) SLA
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Sun
1 2 (66.67%) Nortel
1 2 (66.67%) BT
1 2 (66.67%) Huawei