East of England Nortel Contracts

This section looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Nortel products and/or services in IT contracts within the East of England region with a comparison to our Vendors category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited Nortel over the 3 months to 4 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Andover Basildon Berkshire Birmingham Bootle Borehamwood Bournemouth Bracknell City of London Coventry Docklands, London Dorset Dundee East Midlands East of England Edinburgh England Essex Glasgow Hampshire Herefordshire Hertfordshire Home Counties Ipswich Kent Leeds Liverpool London Manchester Merseyside Midlands Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne North East North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Reading Scotland Solihull South East South West Suffolk Swindon Tunbridge Wells Tyne and Wear UK Warwickshire Watford West Midlands West Yorkshire Wiltshire York Yorkshire	3 months to 4 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	132	124
Rank change on same period last year	-8
Matching contract IT job ads	19	20
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.025 %	0.021 %
As % of the category below	1.084 %	1.125 %
Daily rates quoted	12	9
Average minimum daily rate	£357	£288
Average daily rate	£374	£318
% change on same period last year	+17.54 %
Average maximum daily rate	£390	£347
UK excluding London average daily rate	£320	£326
% change on same period last year	-1.91 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	1
Average minimum hourly rate	-	£38.00
Average hourly rate	-	£38.00
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	£38.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£21.00	£34.09
% change on same period last year	-38.40 %
Vendors East of England
Matching contract IT job ads	1752	1778
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	2.310 %	1.886 %
Daily rates quoted	499	527
Average minimum daily rate	£338	£337
Average daily rate	£358	£359
% change on same period last year	-0.07 %
Average maximum daily rate	£379	£380
UK excluding London average daily rate	£360	£356
% change on same period last year	+1.15 %
Hourly rates quoted	231	256
Average minimum hourly rate	£20.98	£23.33
Average hourly rate	£22.18	£24.78
% change on same period last year	-10.47 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£23.38	£26.23
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£22.91	£25.10
% change on same period last year	-8.72 %
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We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

These figures represent the IT job market and are NOT representative of employment within the Nortel Networks Corporation.

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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Nortel across the East of England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

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Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Nortel across the East of England region.

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Nortel across the East of England region over the 3 months to 4 July 2008.

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Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Nortel across the East of England region.

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Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT job ads citing Nortel within the East of England region over the 3 months to 4 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
Essex	+4	9	£350	-
Hertfordshire	-9	8	£407	+34.01 %
Suffolk	-	2	-	-

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region citing Nortel 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 Nortel.

1 27 (64.29 %) Cisco 2 19 (45.24 %) Cisco Certification 3 18 (42.86 %) LAN 4 16 (38.10 %) CCNA 4 16 (38.10 %) Telecoms 5 12 (28.57 %) VoIP 5 12 (28.57 %) Firewall 6 10 (23.81 %) Unix 7 9 (21.43 %) WAN 7 9 (21.43 %) VPN 7 9 (21.43 %) Nokia 8 8 (19.05 %) CheckPoint 8 8 (19.05 %) GSM 9 7 (16.67 %) Solaris 9 7 (16.67 %) Linux

10 6 (14.29 %) Windows 2000 10 6 (14.29 %) Windows 10 6 (14.29 %) Perl 10 6 (14.29 %) XML 10 6 (14.29 %) WLAN 10 6 (14.29 %) SNMP 10 6 (14.29 %) OpenView 10 6 (14.29 %) HP 10 6 (14.29 %) CiscoWorks 10 6 (14.29 %) Wireless 10 6 (14.29 %) TACACS 10 6 (14.29 %) Tivoli 10 6 (14.29 %) Tivoli NetView 10 6 (14.29 %) Shell Script 10 6 (14.29 %) NNM

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region citing Nortel 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 Nortel. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 6 (14.29 %) XML	Application Platforms 1 3 (7.143 %) ArcGIS
Applications 1 3 (7.143 %) MATLAB	Communications & Networking 1 18 (42.86 %) LAN 2 12 (28.57 %) VoIP 2 12 (28.57 %) Firewall 3 9 (21.43 %) WAN 3 9 (21.43 %) VPN 4 8 (19.05 %) GSM 5 6 (14.29 %) Wireless 5 6 (14.29 %) TACACS 5 6 (14.29 %) SNMP 5 6 (14.29 %) WLAN 6 5 (11.90 %) SDH 6 5 (11.90 %) ATM 6 5 (11.90 %) NetScreen 7 4 (9.524 %) 2G 7 4 (9.524 %) Symposium 7 4 (9.524 %) Nortel Meridian 7 4 (9.524 %) DECT 7 4 (9.524 %) GPRS 7 4 (9.524 %) PBX 7 4 (9.524 %) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence 1 3 (7.143 %) MS Access 2 1 (2.381 %) Datawarehouse	General 1 16 (38.10 %) Telecoms 2 4 (9.524 %) Retail 3 2 (4.762 %) Education 4 1 (2.381 %) Health
Job Titles 1 8 (19.05 %) Network Engineer 2 4 (9.524 %) Architect 2 4 (9.524 %) Analyst 2 4 (9.524 %) Network Specialist 2 4 (9.524 %) Telecoms Analyst 3 3 (7.143 %) Radio Access Network Engineer 3 3 (7.143 %) Consultant 4 2 (4.762 %) Project Manager 4 2 (4.762 %) Tester 4 2 (4.762 %) Solutions Architect 4 2 (4.762 %) Design Engineer 4 2 (4.762 %) Network Support 5 1 (2.381 %) Telecoms Engineer 5 1 (2.381 %) Performance Engineer 5 1 (2.381 %) Cisco Specialist 5 1 (2.381 %) Deployment Engineer 5 1 (2.381 %) Network Technician 5 1 (2.381 %) Test Engineer 5 1 (2.381 %) Network Support Engineer 5 1 (2.381 %) Network Designer	Miscellaneous 1 1 (2.381 %) IVR 1 1 (2.381 %) German Language
Operating Systems 1 10 (23.81 %) Unix 2 7 (16.67 %) Solaris 2 7 (16.67 %) Linux 3 6 (14.29 %) Windows 2000 3 6 (14.29 %) Windows	Processes & Methodologies 1 4 (9.524 %) Project Management 1 4 (9.524 %) Disaster Recovery 1 4 (9.524 %) SC Cleared 1 4 (9.524 %) Security Cleared 2 2 (4.762 %) Network Design 2 2 (4.762 %) Network Planning 3 1 (2.381 %) WFM 3 1 (2.381 %) Load Balancing 3 1 (2.381 %) Performance Management 3 1 (2.381 %) ITIL 3 1 (2.381 %) Configuration Management
Programming Languages 1 6 (14.29 %) Perl 1 6 (14.29 %) Shell Script	Qualifications 1 19 (45.24 %) Cisco Certification 2 16 (38.10 %) CCNA 3 5 (11.90 %) CCSA 4 4 (9.524 %) Degree 5 2 (4.762 %) CCDP 5 2 (4.762 %) CCIE 5 2 (4.762 %) CCIP
Systems Management 1 6 (14.29 %) OpenView 1 6 (14.29 %) CiscoWorks 1 6 (14.29 %) Tivoli 1 6 (14.29 %) Tivoli NetView 1 6 (14.29 %) NNM	Vendors 1 27 (64.29 %) Cisco 2 9 (21.43 %) Nokia 3 8 (19.05 %) CheckPoint 4 6 (14.29 %) HP 5 5 (11.90 %) BT 5 5 (11.90 %) Ericsson 6 3 (7.143 %) Mapinfo 6 3 (7.143 %) IBM 6 3 (7.143 %) Genesys 7 2 (4.762 %) Siemens 8 1 (2.381 %) Lucent 8 1 (2.381 %) Alcatel 8 1 (2.381 %) Avaya 8 1 (2.381 %) Juniper 8 1 (2.381 %) Huawei