The first table below looks at the demand for SolarWinds Orion skills 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 SolarWinds Orion 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 of the Systems Management category 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.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SolarWinds Orion
Rank - 130 -
Contract jobs citing SolarWinds Orion 0 1 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England - 0.034% -
As % of the Systems Management category - 0.505% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £301 £275
% change year-on-year
+16.18% +9.54%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £12.50 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £12.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
- -64.28%
All Systems Management
East of England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Systems Management category
177 198 206
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 8.130% 6.642% 7.887%
Number of daily rates quoted 85 78 81
Average daily rate £300 £288 £213
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.34% +35.29%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £90 £99 £75
10% offered a daily rate of more than £413 £475 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £325 £300
% change year-on-year
+1.53% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 21 42
Average hourly rate £19.00 £22.88 £29.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-16.93% -21.79%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.60 £12.50 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £27.35 £35.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.00 £17.50 £24.40
% change year-on-year
+14.28% -28.27%
SolarWinds Orion
England

SolarWinds Orion
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East of England SolarWinds Orion Jobs Demand Trend

SolarWinds Orion
Daily Rate Trend

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

East of England SolarWinds Orion Daily Rate Trend

SolarWinds Orion
Hourly Rate Trend

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

East of England SolarWinds Orion Hourly Rate Trend

SolarWinds Orion
Top 10 Related IT Skills

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

1 2 (100.00%) UNIX
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco
1 2 (100.00%) CCNP
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (100.00%) MPLS
1 2 (100.00%) BGP
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
1 2 (100.00%) IPsec
1 2 (100.00%) VMware
2 1 (50.00%) SQL

SolarWinds Orion
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region citing SolarWinds Orion 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 Orion. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) MPLS
1 2 (100.00%) BGP
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
1 2 (100.00%) IPsec
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Network Engineer
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) UNIX
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) CCNP
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco
1 2 (100.00%) VMware