The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Aruba products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Aruba over the 3 months to 24 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 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 Aruba Networks.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Aruba
Rank 497 538 558
Rank change year-on-year
+41 +20
Contract jobs citing Aruba 16 21 13
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.038% 0.039% 0.023%
As % of the Vendors category 0.083% 0.085% 0.050%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 15 13
Average daily rate £240 £550 £365
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-56.36% +50.68%
UK excluding London average daily rate £240 £325 £365
% change year-on-year
-26.15% -10.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Vendors
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
19388 24654 25908
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 46.63% 46.22% 46.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 10664 13039 13321
Average daily rate £400 £400 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -5.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £230 £235 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £550 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 1105 1232 1516
Average hourly rate £19.63 £19.63 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -1.87%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.35 £11.50 £11.38
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £41.50 £39.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
Aruba
UK

Aruba
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England Aruba Jobs Demand Trend

Aruba
Daily Rate Trend

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

England Aruba Daily Rate Trend

Aruba
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Aruba across the England region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

England Aruba Daily Rate Histogram

Aruba
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England Aruba Hourly Rate Trend

Aruba
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Aruba within the England region over the 3 months to 24 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
South East +21 9 £240 -26.15%
London +24 4 £350 -37.77%
North West - 2 - -
East of England - 1 £200 -
Aruba
UK

Aruba
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing Aruba 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 Aruba.

1 24 (88.89%) Cisco Certification
1 24 (88.89%) Wireless
2 20 (74.07%) Cisco
3 19 (70.37%) OSPF
4 18 (66.67%) BGP
5 17 (62.96%) Juniper
6 16 (59.26%) CCNP
6 16 (59.26%) DHCP
6 16 (59.26%) DNS
7 15 (55.56%) MPLS
7 15 (55.56%) HP
8 11 (40.74%) LAN
8 11 (40.74%) VoIP
8 11 (40.74%) Internet
9 10 (37.04%) Legal
9 10 (37.04%) IPv6
9 10 (37.04%) Microsoft Certification
9 10 (37.04%) JNCIP
10 9 (33.33%) Degree
10 9 (33.33%) RHCE
10 9 (33.33%) MCSE
10 9 (33.33%) Change Management
11 8 (29.63%) Firewall
11 8 (29.63%) Cisco ASA
11 8 (29.63%) Network Management
12 7 (25.93%) WAN
13 6 (22.22%) ITIL
13 6 (22.22%) Junos
14 5 (18.52%) Polycom
14 5 (18.52%) Video Conferencing

Aruba
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing Aruba 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 Aruba. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 1 (3.704%) Lync
Applications
1 1 (3.704%) MS Office
1 1 (3.704%) AutoCAD
Communications & Networking
1 24 (88.89%) Wireless
2 19 (70.37%) OSPF
3 18 (66.67%) BGP
4 16 (59.26%) DHCP
4 16 (59.26%) DNS
5 15 (55.56%) MPLS
6 11 (40.74%) LAN
6 11 (40.74%) VoIP
6 11 (40.74%) Internet
7 10 (37.04%) IPv6
8 8 (29.63%) Firewall
8 8 (29.63%) Cisco ASA
9 7 (25.93%) WAN
10 6 (22.22%) Junos
11 5 (18.52%) VLAN
11 5 (18.52%) IP Telephony
12 4 (14.81%) Ethernet
12 4 (14.81%) SNMP
12 4 (14.81%) TCP/IP
12 4 (14.81%) VPN
General
1 10 (37.04%) Legal
2 5 (18.52%) Finance
3 2 (7.407%) Telecoms
4 1 (3.704%) Retail
Job Titles
1 10 (37.04%) Analyst
1 10 (37.04%) Network Analyst
2 8 (29.63%) Network Engineer
3 4 (14.81%) Firewall Engineer
4 3 (11.11%) Network Manager
5 2 (7.407%) Project Engineer
5 2 (7.407%) Consultant
6 1 (3.704%) Cisco Security Specialist
6 1 (3.704%) Network Specialist
6 1 (3.704%) Cisco Engineer
6 1 (3.704%) Security Specialist
6 1 (3.704%) Cisco Specialist
6 1 (3.704%) Architect
6 1 (3.704%) Solutions Architect
6 1 (3.704%) Network Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 5 (18.52%) Video Conferencing
2 3 (11.11%) Statistics
3 1 (3.704%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 3 (11.11%) Windows
2 2 (7.407%) Windows Server 2003
2 2 (7.407%) Linux
3 1 (3.704%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (3.704%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (3.704%) Windows 7
3 1 (3.704%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (33.33%) Change Management
2 8 (29.63%) Network Management
3 6 (22.22%) ITIL
4 5 (18.52%) Project Planning
4 5 (18.52%) Project Management
5 4 (14.81%) Network Architecture
6 3 (11.11%) Capacity Planning
6 3 (11.11%) Data Protection
6 3 (11.11%) PRINCE
6 3 (11.11%) Migration
6 3 (11.11%) Agile Software Development
7 2 (7.407%) Programme Management
8 1 (3.704%) Load Balancing
8 1 (3.704%) Network Design
8 1 (3.704%) WAN Optimisation
8 1 (3.704%) Mobile Device Management
8 1 (3.704%) Service Management
8 1 (3.704%) Configuration Management
Qualifications
1 24 (88.89%) Cisco Certification
2 16 (59.26%) CCNP
3 10 (37.04%) Microsoft Certification
3 10 (37.04%) JNCIP
4 9 (33.33%) Degree
4 9 (33.33%) RHCE
4 9 (33.33%) MCSE
5 5 (18.52%) CCIE
6 4 (14.81%) CCNA
6 4 (14.81%) CCDP
6 4 (14.81%) JNCIE
7 1 (3.704%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (14.81%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 4 (14.81%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (14.81%) FortiGate
2 1 (3.704%) SolarWinds Orion
2 1 (3.704%) Cisco CUCM
2 1 (3.704%) Tivoli
2 1 (3.704%) Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors
1 20 (74.07%) Cisco
2 17 (62.96%) Juniper
3 15 (55.56%) HP
4 5 (18.52%) Polycom
5 4 (14.81%) CheckPoint
5 4 (14.81%) VMware
5 4 (14.81%) Sourcefire
5 4 (14.81%) Fortinet
5 4 (14.81%) Riverbed
5 4 (14.81%) SolarWinds
5 4 (14.81%) F5
6 3 (11.11%) Infoblox
7 2 (7.407%) Microsoft
8 1 (3.704%) Brocade
8 1 (3.704%) Nortel
8 1 (3.704%) Citrix
8 1 (3.704%) Red Hat
8 1 (3.704%) Apple
8 1 (3.704%) Avaya
8 1 (3.704%) 3Com
City, London
Ideal candidates will have a background in Network engineering ideally with experience in a Cisco environment with the following technical skills: * Cisco LAN technology (6500, 3750, layer 2...
Randstad Technologies
Rate: £250 per day
Posted: 22 May 2013