The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Novell 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 Novell 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 Novell, Inc.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Novell
Rank 199 207 242
Rank change year-on-year
+8 +35
Contract jobs citing Novell 2 6 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 0.032% 0.077% 0.041%
As % of the Vendors category 0.071% 0.182% 0.097%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 4 3
Average daily rate £283 £363 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-22.06% -9.37%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £169 £280 £240
10% offered a daily rate of more than £397 £375 £520
UK excluding London average daily rate £263 £378 £263
% change year-on-year
-30.46% +43.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £13.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £9.50 £16.00
% change year-on-year
+100.00% -40.62%
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%
Novell
London

Novell
Jobs Demand Trend

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

City of London Novell Jobs Demand Trend

Novell
Daily Rate Trend

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

City of London Novell Daily Rate Trend

Novell
Daily Rate Histogram

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

City of London Novell Daily Rate Histogram

Novell
Hourly Rate Trend

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

City of London Novell Hourly Rate Trend

Novell
Top 22 Related IT Skills

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

1 2 (66.67%) Windows
1 2 (66.67%) Windows 7
2 1 (33.33%) Windows Server 2012
2 1 (33.33%) Windows XP
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (33.33%) Active Directory
2 1 (33.33%) HP
2 1 (33.33%) Citrix
2 1 (33.33%) NetApp
2 1 (33.33%) Terminal Services
2 1 (33.33%) Migration
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft App-V
2 1 (33.33%) AppSense
2 1 (33.33%) Altiris
2 1 (33.33%) PDA
2 1 (33.33%) Application Packaging
2 1 (33.33%) Load Balancing
2 1 (33.33%) Citrix Presentation Server
2 1 (33.33%) SCCM
2 1 (33.33%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (33.33%) XenApp
2 1 (33.33%) XenDesktop

Novell
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 1 (33.33%) Application Packaging
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Support Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Field Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Field Support Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Citrix Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Novell Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) PDA
Operating Systems
1 2 (66.67%) Windows
1 2 (66.67%) Windows 7
2 1 (33.33%) Windows Server 2012
2 1 (33.33%) Windows XP
2 1 (33.33%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Migration
1 1 (33.33%) Load Balancing
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Active Directory
1 1 (33.33%) Terminal Services
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft App-V
1 1 (33.33%) Citrix Presentation Server
1 1 (33.33%) XenApp
1 1 (33.33%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) SCCM
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
1 1 (33.33%) HP
1 1 (33.33%) Citrix
1 1 (33.33%) NetApp
1 1 (33.33%) AppSense
1 1 (33.33%) Altiris