The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Brocade products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the East Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Brocade over the 3 months to 24 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 East Midlands 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Brocade
Rank 80 79 77
Rank change year-on-year
-1 -2
Contract jobs citing Brocade 3 1 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East Midlands 0.239% 0.073% 0.502%
As % of the Vendors category 0.519% 0.173% 1.171%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 1
Average daily rate - £425 £215
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +97.67%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £375 £388
% change year-on-year
-13.33% -3.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £45.00 £32.00
% change year-on-year
- +40.62%
All Vendors
East Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
578 578 598
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East Midlands 46.09% 42.16% 42.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 226 276 217
Average daily rate £325 £338 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.70% +3.84%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £227 £175 £160
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £475 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 62 51 70
Average hourly rate £18.00 £15.00 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+20.00% -25.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.09 £8.50 £11.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £30.00 £55.00 £34.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
Brocade
England

Brocade
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East Midlands 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 East Midlands region.

East Midlands 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 East Midlands region.

East Midlands Brocade Hourly Rate Trend

Brocade
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Brocade within the East Midlands region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Derbyshire - 2 - -
Northamptonshire - 1 - -
Brocade
England

Brocade
Top 27 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands 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 7 (87.50%) IBM
2 6 (75.00%) Cisco
2 6 (75.00%) VMware
3 5 (62.50%) Riverbed
3 5 (62.50%) Marketing
3 5 (62.50%) Nortel
3 5 (62.50%) Microsoft
3 5 (62.50%) Sun
3 5 (62.50%) HP
3 5 (62.50%) Oracle
4 3 (37.50%) SAN
5 2 (25.00%) NetApp
5 2 (25.00%) Replication
5 2 (25.00%) EMC
5 2 (25.00%) NAS
6 1 (12.50%) EMC Navisphere
6 1 (12.50%) Symmetrix DMX
6 1 (12.50%) 3PAR
6 1 (12.50%) Security Cleared
6 1 (12.50%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (12.50%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (12.50%) UNIX
6 1 (12.50%) Windows
6 1 (12.50%) AIX
6 1 (12.50%) Linux
6 1 (12.50%) Migration
6 1 (12.50%) Red Hat

Brocade
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands 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.

Communications & Networking
1 3 (37.50%) SAN
2 2 (25.00%) NAS
General
1 5 (62.50%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 5 (62.50%) Sales Manager
1 5 (62.50%) Account Manager
2 1 (12.50%) Storage Architect
2 1 (12.50%) SAN Storage Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Storage Administrator
2 1 (12.50%) Storage Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) SAN Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Administrator
2 1 (12.50%) Architect
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) Replication
2 1 (12.50%) Symmetrix DMX
Operating Systems
1 1 (12.50%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 1 (12.50%) UNIX
1 1 (12.50%) Windows
1 1 (12.50%) AIX
1 1 (12.50%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (12.50%) Migration
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (12.50%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (12.50%) EMC Navisphere
Vendors
1 7 (87.50%) IBM
2 6 (75.00%) Cisco
2 6 (75.00%) VMware
3 5 (62.50%) Riverbed
3 5 (62.50%) Nortel
3 5 (62.50%) Microsoft
3 5 (62.50%) Sun
3 5 (62.50%) HP
3 5 (62.50%) Oracle
4 2 (25.00%) NetApp
4 2 (25.00%) EMC
5 1 (12.50%) 3PAR
5 1 (12.50%) Red Hat