The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Novell products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Edinburgh region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Novell 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 Edinburgh 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 Novell, Inc.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Novell
Rank 51 64 63
Rank change year-on-year
+13 -1
Contract jobs citing Novell 5 1 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Edinburgh 0.617% 0.090% 0.448%
As % of the Vendors category 1.730% 0.283% 1.361%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 4
Average daily rate - - £375
UK excluding London average daily rate £263 £378 £263
% change year-on-year
-30.46% +43.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £9.50 £16.00
% change year-on-year
+100.00% -40.62%
All Vendors
Edinburgh
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
289 353 441
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Edinburgh 35.68% 31.92% 32.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 103 154 176
Average daily rate £375 £356 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.26% -5.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £202 £250 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £518 £445 £488
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 4 18
Average hourly rate £20.00 £16.00 £15.29
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+25.00% +4.64%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.29 £14.75 £13.80
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £70.00 £23.75 £21.35
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
Novell
Scotland

Novell
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Edinburgh Novell Jobs Demand Trend

Novell
Daily Rate Trend

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

Edinburgh Novell Daily Rate Trend

Novell
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Edinburgh Novell Hourly Rate Trend

Novell
Top 28 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Edinburgh region citing Novell 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 Novell.

1 6 (100.00%) Migration
2 4 (66.67%) Windows
2 4 (66.67%) Windows 7
3 3 (50.00%) Wise Package Studio
3 3 (50.00%) Software Deployment
3 3 (50.00%) Microsoft App-V
3 3 (50.00%) Banking
3 3 (50.00%) SCCM
3 3 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (50.00%) PowerShell
3 3 (50.00%) XenApp
3 3 (50.00%) Windows XP
3 3 (50.00%) VBScript
3 3 (50.00%) VB
3 3 (50.00%) Citrix
3 3 (50.00%) ZENworks
3 3 (50.00%) VMware
3 3 (50.00%) Finance
3 3 (50.00%) MSI
3 3 (50.00%) InstallShield
4 2 (33.33%) Active Directory
4 2 (33.33%) Blackberry
4 2 (33.33%) NetBackup
4 2 (33.33%) MS Exchange
4 2 (33.33%) Data Migration
4 2 (33.33%) PureDisk
5 1 (16.67%) NetWare
5 1 (16.67%) GroupWise

Novell
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Platforms
1 2 (33.33%) MS Exchange
2 1 (16.67%) GroupWise
Development Applications
1 3 (50.00%) MSI
1 3 (50.00%) InstallShield
1 3 (50.00%) Wise Package Studio
General
1 3 (50.00%) Finance
1 3 (50.00%) Banking
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Applications Packager
2 1 (16.67%) Exchange Consultant
2 1 (16.67%) Messaging Consultant
2 1 (16.67%) Wintel Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Novell Specialist
2 1 (16.67%) Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 4 (66.67%) Windows
1 4 (66.67%) Windows 7
2 3 (50.00%) Windows XP
3 1 (16.67%) NetWare
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Migration
2 3 (50.00%) Software Deployment
3 2 (33.33%) Data Migration
Programming Languages
1 3 (50.00%) VBScript
1 3 (50.00%) VB
1 3 (50.00%) PowerShell
System Software
1 3 (50.00%) Microsoft App-V
1 3 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 3 (50.00%) XenApp
2 2 (33.33%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (50.00%) ZENworks
1 3 (50.00%) SCCM
2 2 (33.33%) PureDisk
2 2 (33.33%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 3 (50.00%) Citrix
1 3 (50.00%) VMware