The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of SolarWinds 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 SolarWinds 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 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 SolarWinds.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SolarWinds
Rank 83 - 73
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing SolarWinds 1 0 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East Midlands 0.079% - 0.146%
As % of the Vendors category 0.173% - 0.339%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
Average daily rate £350 - £125
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £300 £274
% change year-on-year
+16.66% +9.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £20.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £17.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -12.50%
All Vendors
East Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
579 564 590
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East Midlands 45.92% 41.32% 43.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 232 271 209
Average daily rate £325 £331 £335
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.81% -1.19%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £245 £180 £160
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £475 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 61 49 68
Average hourly rate £17.50 £16.25 £19.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+7.69% -14.47%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.03 £8.50 £11.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £30.00 £57.50 £35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
SolarWinds
England

SolarWinds
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East Midlands SolarWinds Jobs Demand Trend

SolarWinds
Daily Rate Trend

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

East Midlands SolarWinds Daily Rate Trend

SolarWinds
Hourly Rate Trend

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

East Midlands SolarWinds Hourly Rate Trend

SolarWinds
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SolarWinds within the East Midlands region over the 3 months to 17 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
Nottinghamshire - 1 £350 -
SolarWinds
England

SolarWinds
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands region citing SolarWinds 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 SolarWinds.

1 6 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 6 (100.00%) Firewall
1 6 (100.00%) SolarWinds Orion
2 5 (83.33%) LAN
2 5 (83.33%) WAN
2 5 (83.33%) TCP/IP
2 5 (83.33%) Cisco
2 5 (83.33%) CCNA
3 4 (66.67%) VPN
3 4 (66.67%) WLAN
3 4 (66.67%) MPLS
3 4 (66.67%) Wireless
4 2 (33.33%) CCNP
5 1 (16.67%) Handset
5 1 (16.67%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (16.67%) Network Management
5 1 (16.67%) F5
5 1 (16.67%) FWSM
5 1 (16.67%) Sourcefire
5 1 (16.67%) Wireshark
5 1 (16.67%) Load Balancing
5 1 (16.67%) FirePass
5 1 (16.67%) Cisco PIX
5 1 (16.67%) Network Security
5 1 (16.67%) Cisco ASA
5 1 (16.67%) Websense
5 1 (16.67%) Avaya
5 1 (16.67%) Juniper
5 1 (16.67%) CheckPoint
5 1 (16.67%) Dell

SolarWinds
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands region citing SolarWinds 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 SolarWinds. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 6 (100.00%) Firewall
2 5 (83.33%) LAN
2 5 (83.33%) WAN
2 5 (83.33%) TCP/IP
3 4 (66.67%) VPN
3 4 (66.67%) MPLS
3 4 (66.67%) WLAN
3 4 (66.67%) Wireless
4 1 (16.67%) Wireshark
4 1 (16.67%) FirePass
4 1 (16.67%) Cisco PIX
4 1 (16.67%) Network Security
4 1 (16.67%) Cisco ASA
4 1 (16.67%) FWSM
4 1 (16.67%) Wi-Fi
Job Titles
1 5 (83.33%) Analyst
1 5 (83.33%) Network Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Cisco Network Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Handset
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (16.67%) Load Balancing
1 1 (16.67%) Network Management
Qualifications
1 6 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 5 (83.33%) CCNA
3 2 (33.33%) CCNP
4 1 (16.67%) CCIE
Systems Management
1 6 (100.00%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 5 (83.33%) Cisco
2 1 (16.67%) IBM
2 1 (16.67%) Dell
2 1 (16.67%) Nortel
2 1 (16.67%) Avaya
2 1 (16.67%) Juniper
2 1 (16.67%) CheckPoint
2 1 (16.67%) Websense
2 1 (16.67%) Sourcefire
2 1 (16.67%) F5
Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
Ideal candidate must have one or more of the Qualifications, and at least the items in the one or more key areas: Qualifications *CCNA *CCNP *CCIE KEY Areas...
Harvey Nash plc
Rate: £350 per day
Posted: 14 May 2013