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 of England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Brocade over the 3 months to 22 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 of England 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Brocade
Rank 114 102 117
Rank change year-on-year
-12 +15
Contract jobs citing Brocade 2 29 13
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 0.092% 0.973% 0.498%
As % of the Vendors category 0.206% 2.209% 1.065%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 9 0
Average daily rate - £320 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £375 £388
% change year-on-year
-13.33% -3.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 0
Average hourly rate - £37.50 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £45.00 -
All Vendors
East of England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
972 1313 1221
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 44.65% 44.05% 46.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 444 575 482
Average daily rate £335 £325 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.07% +8.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £181 £160
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 135 128 180
Average hourly rate £22.66 £26.64 £25.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-14.93% +3.45%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £12.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.50 £42.50 £37.50
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 of England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

East of England 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 of England region.

East of England 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 of England region.

East of England 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 of England region over the 3 months to 22 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
Cambridgeshire +9 2 - -
Brocade
England

Brocade
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England 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 19 (90.48%) Cisco
2 12 (57.14%) ITIL
3 10 (47.62%) SAN
3 10 (47.62%) NetApp
3 10 (47.62%) VMware
4 9 (42.86%) EMC NetWorker
4 9 (42.86%) NAS
4 9 (42.86%) EMC
4 9 (42.86%) VMware Infrastructure
5 8 (38.10%) Replication
5 8 (38.10%) VMware ESX
6 7 (33.33%) Firewall
6 7 (33.33%) LAN
6 7 (33.33%) VoIP
6 7 (33.33%) WAN
6 7 (33.33%) WAAS
7 6 (28.57%) Infrastructure Management
7 6 (28.57%) Cisco Certification
7 6 (28.57%) Wireless
8 5 (23.81%) PRINCE
8 5 (23.81%) ITIL Certification
8 5 (23.81%) PRINCE2
8 5 (23.81%) CCNP
9 4 (19.05%) HP
10 3 (14.29%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 3 (14.29%) CCIP
10 3 (14.29%) CCDP
10 3 (14.29%) SQL
10 3 (14.29%) MS Exchange
10 3 (14.29%) SLA

Brocade
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England 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.

Application Platforms
1 3 (14.29%) MS Exchange
1 3 (14.29%) Exchange Server 2010
2 2 (9.524%) SharePoint
3 1 (4.762%) Exchange Server 2007
3 1 (4.762%) IIS
Communications & Networking
1 10 (47.62%) SAN
2 9 (42.86%) NAS
3 7 (33.33%) Firewall
3 7 (33.33%) LAN
3 7 (33.33%) VoIP
3 7 (33.33%) WAN
3 7 (33.33%) WAAS
4 6 (28.57%) Wireless
5 1 (4.762%) Network Security
5 1 (4.762%) DNS
General
1 2 (9.524%) Telecoms
2 1 (4.762%) Finance
Job Titles
1 8 (38.10%) Administrator
2 5 (23.81%) Systems Administrator
3 4 (19.05%) Consultant
3 4 (19.05%) Storage Consultant
4 3 (14.29%) Storage Administrator
4 3 (14.29%) Network Specialist
4 3 (14.29%) Network Engineer
5 1 (4.762%) Cisco Engineer
5 1 (4.762%) Storage Engineer
5 1 (4.762%) Senior Storage Consultant
5 1 (4.762%) Cisco Network Engineer
5 1 (4.762%) Storage Architect
5 1 (4.762%) HP Storage Consultant
5 1 (4.762%) Architect
5 1 (4.762%) Senior Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 8 (38.10%) Replication
2 2 (9.524%) NHS
3 1 (4.762%) Management Information System
3 1 (4.762%) Symmetrix DMX
3 1 (4.762%) Fat Client
3 1 (4.762%) Thin Client
3 1 (4.762%) Enterprise Storage
Operating Systems
1 3 (14.29%) Windows
1 3 (14.29%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (57.14%) ITIL
2 6 (28.57%) Infrastructure Management
3 5 (23.81%) PRINCE
3 5 (23.81%) PRINCE2
4 2 (9.524%) Capacity Planning
4 2 (9.524%) Change Control
4 2 (9.524%) Root Cause Analysis
4 2 (9.524%) Configuration Management
4 2 (9.524%) Project Management
5 1 (4.762%) Programme Office Management
5 1 (4.762%) Service Delivery
5 1 (4.762%) Change Management
5 1 (4.762%) Load Balancing
5 1 (4.762%) Release Management
5 1 (4.762%) Build Automation
Programming Languages
1 3 (14.29%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (28.57%) Cisco Certification
2 5 (23.81%) ITIL Certification
2 5 (23.81%) CCNP
3 3 (14.29%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
3 3 (14.29%) CCIP
3 3 (14.29%) CCDP
4 2 (9.524%) NCIE
4 2 (9.524%) CCIE
5 1 (4.762%) Degree
5 1 (4.762%) SC Cleared
5 1 (4.762%) Security Cleared
5 1 (4.762%) CCA
5 1 (4.762%) Citrix Certification
5 1 (4.762%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (14.29%) SLA
System Software
1 9 (42.86%) VMware Infrastructure
2 8 (38.10%) VMware ESX
3 1 (4.762%) Active Directory
3 1 (4.762%) Forefront TMG
3 1 (4.762%) UAG
3 1 (4.762%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 9 (42.86%) EMC NetWorker
2 1 (4.762%) NetBackup
2 1 (4.762%) Tivoli
2 1 (4.762%) Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors
1 19 (90.48%) Cisco
2 10 (47.62%) NetApp
2 10 (47.62%) VMware
3 9 (42.86%) EMC
4 4 (19.05%) HP
5 3 (14.29%) 3PAR
6 2 (9.524%) Guidewire
6 2 (9.524%) IBM
7 1 (4.762%) Veritas