The first table below looks at the demand for Capacity Management skills in IT contracts advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Capacity Management over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Processes & Methodologies category 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.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Capacity Management
Rank 344 363 388
Rank change year-on-year
+19 +25
Contract jobs citing Capacity Management 195 185 197
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.451% 0.349% 0.344%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.630% 0.507% 0.508%
Number of daily rates quoted 135 117 126
Average daily rate £413 £425 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.94% -5.55%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £237 £279 £273
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £525 £523
UK excluding London average daily rate £275 £375 £323
% change year-on-year
-26.66% +16.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 4 5
Average hourly rate £40.00 £23.75 £34.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+68.42% -31.15%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £40.00 £23.75 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+68.42% -20.83%
All Processes & Methodologies
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
30962 36467 38788
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 71.55% 68.86% 67.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 18973 21328 22498
Average daily rate £420 £408 £440
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.06% -7.38%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £273 £275 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £588 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
+1.36% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 918 1180 1380
Average hourly rate £31.00 £25.74 £28.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+20.43% -9.68%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.50 £13.00 £13.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £48.84 £47.50 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%
Capacity Management
UK

Capacity Management
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Capacity Management across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

England Capacity Management Jobs Demand Trend

Capacity Management
Daily Rate Trend

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

England Capacity Management Daily Rate Trend

Capacity Management
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Capacity Management across the England region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

England Capacity Management Daily Rate Histogram

Capacity Management
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England Capacity Management Hourly Rate Trend

Capacity Management
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Capacity Management within the England region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
London +50 110 £435 +2.35% 11
Yorkshire +31 31 £250 +1.01% 1
South East +12 23 £375 -6.30% 6
North West +16 13 £282 -28.67% 5
East Midlands +4 6 £245 +11.36% 1
East of England +15 4 £350 -6.66% 1
West Midlands +4 4 £400 +6.66% 1
South West +20 3 £423 +16.55% 2
North East - - - - 1
Capacity Management
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Capacity Management
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing Capacity Management 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 Capacity Management.

1 166 (46.89%) Windows
2 138 (38.98%) ITIL
3 97 (27.40%) Linux
4 96 (27.12%) UNIX
5 81 (22.88%) Oracle
6 77 (21.75%) SQL
7 72 (20.34%) Change Management
8 66 (18.64%) Problem Management
9 62 (17.51%) SQL Server
10 59 (16.67%) Incident Management
11 55 (15.54%) Microsoft
12 53 (14.97%) Migration
13 52 (14.69%) SAN
14 51 (14.41%) Perl
15 50 (14.12%) Service Management
16 49 (13.84%) VMware
17 48 (13.56%) Project Management
18 47 (13.28%) Finance
18 47 (13.28%) Banking
19 46 (12.99%) Configuration Management
20 41 (11.58%) Python
21 39 (11.02%) MS Excel
21 39 (11.02%) Windows Server 2003
21 39 (11.02%) Windows Server 2008
22 38 (10.73%) EMC
22 38 (10.73%) Middleware
22 38 (10.73%) Service Delivery
23 36 (10.17%) Release Management
24 35 (9.887%) NetApp
25 34 (9.605%) Citrix

Capacity Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing Capacity Management 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 Capacity Management. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 38 (10.73%) Middleware
2 20 (5.650%) .NET
3 16 (4.520%) Web Services
3 16 (4.520%) Node.js
4 15 (4.237%) Rendezvous
5 9 (2.542%) WebSphere
5 9 (2.542%) WebSphere MQ
6 7 (1.977%) Java EE
7 6 (1.695%) ASP.NET
8 4 (1.130%) Windows SharePoint Services
8 4 (1.130%) .NET Framework
9 3 (0.847%) WCF
9 3 (0.847%) XML
10 2 (0.565%) HTML
10 2 (0.565%) Application Packaging
11 1 (0.282%) HTML5
11 1 (0.282%) Memcached
11 1 (0.282%) RabbitMQ
11 1 (0.282%) Gearman
11 1 (0.282%) LAMP
Application Platforms
1 21 (5.932%) Apache
1 21 (5.932%) MS Exchange
2 18 (5.085%) IIS
3 16 (4.520%) SharePoint
3 16 (4.520%) nginx
3 16 (4.520%) Amazon EC2
3 16 (4.520%) Amazon S3
3 16 (4.520%) Amazon AWS
3 16 (4.520%) Route 53
4 11 (3.107%) Lync
5 10 (2.825%) Exchange Server 2010
6 8 (2.260%) Exchange Server 2007
7 7 (1.977%) IBM HTTP Server
7 7 (1.977%) WebSphere Application Server
8 6 (1.695%) WebLogic
8 6 (1.695%) Exchange Server 2003
9 5 (1.412%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
10 4 (1.130%) Tomcat
10 4 (1.130%) SharePoint 2010
11 2 (0.565%) Oracle Application Server
Applications
1 39 (11.02%) MS Excel
2 13 (3.672%) MS Office
3 5 (1.412%) MS Project
4 3 (0.847%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.282%) InfoPath
Business Applications
1 8 (2.260%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (0.565%) SmartPlant
3 1 (0.282%) SimCorp Dimension
3 1 (0.282%) Remedy ITSM
Communications & Networking
1 52 (14.69%) SAN
2 32 (9.040%) Firewall
3 31 (8.757%) TCP/IP
4 26 (7.345%) Internet
5 24 (6.780%) DNS
6 22 (6.215%) DHCP
7 20 (5.650%) LAN
8 17 (4.802%) NAS
9 16 (4.520%) SSL
10 15 (4.237%) WAN
11 14 (3.955%) MPLS
12 13 (3.672%) 3G
13 11 (3.107%) VLAN
14 10 (2.825%) Intrusion Detection
15 8 (2.260%) VoIP
15 8 (2.260%) Broadband
15 8 (2.260%) QSIG
15 8 (2.260%) H.323
15 8 (2.260%) MGCP
15 8 (2.260%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 62 (17.51%) SQL Server
2 22 (6.215%) MySQL
3 16 (4.520%) MongoDB
3 16 (4.520%) Redis
3 16 (4.520%) Amazon RDS
4 15 (4.237%) SQL Server 2008
5 14 (3.955%) SQL Server 2005
6 8 (2.260%) Oracle 8/8i
7 7 (1.977%) SQL Server 2000
8 6 (1.695%) MS Access
9 5 (1.412%) RDBMS
10 4 (1.130%) TOAD
10 4 (1.130%) Data Warehouse
10 4 (1.130%) Oracle Reports
10 4 (1.130%) Oracle 11g
10 4 (1.130%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 3 (0.847%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 3 (0.847%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 3 (0.847%) DTS
11 3 (0.847%) Oracle 10g
Development Applications
1 7 (1.977%) Introscope
2 2 (0.565%) Team Foundation Server
3 1 (0.282%) Subversion
3 1 (0.282%) Oracle Forms
General
1 47 (13.28%) Finance
1 47 (13.28%) Banking
2 32 (9.040%) Front Office
3 27 (7.627%) Telecoms
4 13 (3.672%) Investment Banking
5 9 (2.542%) Back Office
6 8 (2.260%) Billing
7 6 (1.695%) Retail
8 4 (1.130%) Financial Institution
8 4 (1.130%) Spanish Language
8 4 (1.130%) Corporate Banking
9 3 (0.847%) Advertising
10 1 (0.282%) Wholesale Banking
10 1 (0.282%) Retail Banking
10 1 (0.282%) Marketing
10 1 (0.282%) Local Government
10 1 (0.282%) French Language
10 1 (0.282%) German Language
10 1 (0.282%) Publishing
10 1 (0.282%) Law
Job Titles
1 50 (14.12%) Analyst
2 35 (9.887%) Support Analyst
3 30 (8.475%) Applications Support
4 23 (6.497%) Administrator
5 21 (5.932%) Support Engineer
6 20 (5.650%) Linux Engineer
7 19 (5.367%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 19 (5.367%) Service Manager
8 17 (4.802%) DBA
9 15 (4.237%) Network Engineer
10 14 (3.955%) Applications Support Analyst
11 12 (3.390%) Systems Administrator
11 12 (3.390%) Storage Engineer
12 11 (3.107%) Production Support Analyst
12 11 (3.107%) Windows Support Analyst
13 10 (2.825%) Operations Engineer
13 10 (2.825%) Desktop Analyst
14 9 (2.542%) Desktop Support
14 9 (2.542%) Design Engineer
14 9 (2.542%) Desktop Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 34 (9.605%) Clustering
2 24 (6.780%) Fixed Income
3 16 (4.520%) Client/Server
4 11 (3.107%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 9 (2.542%) Credit Risk
5 9 (2.542%) Blackberry
5 9 (2.542%) Management Information System
6 7 (1.977%) Derivative
7 6 (1.695%) Replication
7 6 (1.695%) SWIFT
8 5 (1.412%) Symmetrix DMX
8 5 (1.412%) Celerra
8 5 (1.412%) Computer Science
8 5 (1.412%) CLARiiON
8 5 (1.412%) Symmetrix
9 4 (1.130%) Firmware
10 3 (0.847%) Enterprise Storage
10 3 (0.847%) Enterprise Software
10 3 (0.847%) Mathematics
10 3 (0.847%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 166 (46.89%) Windows
2 97 (27.40%) Linux
3 96 (27.12%) UNIX
4 39 (11.02%) Windows Server 2003
4 39 (11.02%) Windows Server 2008
5 32 (9.040%) Solaris
6 28 (7.910%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 9 (2.542%) AIX
8 8 (2.260%) Windows XP
9 5 (1.412%) Windows Server 2012
10 4 (1.130%) Windows 2000 Server
11 3 (0.847%) HPUX
12 2 (0.565%) Windows 7
12 2 (0.565%) CentOS
13 1 (0.282%) Oracle Linux
13 1 (0.282%) Windows Vista
13 1 (0.282%) Tru64
13 1 (0.282%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 138 (38.98%) ITIL
2 72 (20.34%) Change Management
3 66 (18.64%) Problem Management
4 59 (16.67%) Incident Management
5 53 (14.97%) Migration
6 50 (14.12%) Service Management
7 48 (13.56%) Project Management
8 46 (12.99%) Configuration Management
9 38 (10.73%) Service Delivery
10 36 (10.17%) Release Management
11 34 (9.605%) Disaster Recovery
12 32 (9.040%) Data Migration
13 31 (8.757%) Load Balancing
14 27 (7.627%) Data Management
15 26 (7.345%) Data Analysis
16 18 (5.085%) Business Intelligence
16 18 (5.085%) Performance Testing
16 18 (5.085%) Performance Management
17 16 (4.520%) Test Automation
17 16 (4.520%) Kanban
Programming Languages
1 77 (21.75%) SQL
2 51 (14.41%) Perl
3 41 (11.58%) Python
4 31 (8.757%) VB
5 30 (8.475%) Java
6 24 (6.780%) Ruby
6 24 (6.780%) C++
7 19 (5.367%) PowerShell
7 19 (5.367%) Bash shell
8 17 (4.802%) Shell Script
9 16 (4.520%) PHP
10 10 (2.825%) VBA
11 8 (2.260%) PL/SQL
11 8 (2.260%) C#
12 7 (1.977%) C
13 5 (1.412%) T-SQL
14 4 (1.130%) VBScript
15 2 (0.565%) VB.NET
15 2 (0.565%) JavaScript
15 2 (0.565%) Korn
Qualifications
1 22 (6.215%) NCDA
2 20 (5.650%) Microsoft Certification
3 11 (3.107%) Security Cleared
4 10 (2.825%) Degree
5 8 (2.260%) Cisco Certification
5 8 (2.260%) MCITP
6 7 (1.977%) MCSE
6 7 (1.977%) ITIL Certification
7 6 (1.695%) HP AIS
7 6 (1.695%) HP ASE
7 6 (1.695%) MCTS
7 6 (1.695%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 5 (1.412%) SC Cleared
8 5 (1.412%) DV Cleared
8 5 (1.412%) CCNP
9 4 (1.130%) MCSA
10 3 (0.847%) APMP
10 3 (0.847%) CCNA
11 2 (0.565%) MCP
12 1 (0.282%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (9.322%) SLA
2 8 (2.260%) QA
3 2 (0.565%) ISO 9001
3 2 (0.565%) COBIT
4 1 (0.282%) FATCA
System Software
1 21 (5.932%) Active Directory
2 20 (5.650%) VMware Infrastructure
3 18 (5.085%) EMC RecoverPoint
4 13 (3.672%) VMware ESX
5 9 (2.542%) XenApp
6 6 (1.695%) vSphere
7 4 (1.130%) NFS
8 3 (0.847%) Citrix Presentation Server
8 3 (0.847%) NDS
9 2 (0.565%) Oracle RMAN
9 2 (0.565%) NLBS
9 2 (0.565%) Veritas Cluster Server
9 2 (0.565%) Postfix
10 1 (0.282%) Varnish
10 1 (0.282%) ProxySG
10 1 (0.282%) Snort
10 1 (0.282%) Xen
10 1 (0.282%) Hyper-V
10 1 (0.282%) Veritas File System
10 1 (0.282%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 29 (8.192%) NetBackup
2 25 (7.062%) EMC NetWorker
3 21 (5.932%) Puppet
4 18 (5.085%) BladeLogic
5 13 (3.672%) WMI
6 12 (3.390%) Control-M
7 10 (2.825%) Cisco UCCX
8 7 (1.977%) HP SiteScope
8 7 (1.977%) Tivoli
9 5 (1.412%) SCOM
10 4 (1.130%) Legato
10 4 (1.130%) Backup Exec
10 4 (1.130%) SCCM
11 3 (0.847%) Cisco CUCM
11 3 (0.847%) SolarWinds Orion
12 2 (0.565%) ARCserve
12 2 (0.565%) Oracle Statspack
12 2 (0.565%) Data Guard
12 2 (0.565%) McAfee ePO
13 1 (0.282%) HP SIM
Vendors
1 81 (22.88%) Oracle
2 55 (15.54%) Microsoft
3 49 (13.84%) VMware
4 38 (10.73%) EMC
5 35 (9.887%) NetApp
6 34 (9.605%) Citrix
7 33 (9.322%) Red Hat
8 31 (8.757%) Cisco
9 26 (7.345%) HP
10 20 (5.650%) Altiris
11 18 (5.085%) Veritas
12 16 (4.520%) Reuters
13 15 (4.237%) MarketAxess
13 15 (4.237%) TIBCO
13 15 (4.237%) eSpeed
14 12 (3.390%) IBM
15 10 (2.825%) Percona
16 8 (2.260%) Sybase
16 8 (2.260%) Brocade
16 8 (2.260%) F5
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ComputAppoint
Rate: £400 - £470 per day
Posted: 14 June 2013
London
Maintenance of Active Directory functions such as; Schema changes, Domain policies, promotion and demotion of domain controllers. Provide 3rd line support for VMWare, Hyper V, Citrix, IIS, Exchange...
Nicoll Curtin
Rate: £300 - £350 per day
Posted: 18 June 2013
London
Microsoft Exchange - SAN \ NAS Storage Skills - Knowledge of the principals of LAN/WAN operation - Excellent knowledge of the use of TCP/IP on a Microsoft platform Desired - Working...
SJ Berwin
Rate: Competitive
Posted: 18 June 2013
Hampshire, South East
Working knowledge of Tivoli Scheduler of benefit... Experience of these performance monitoring tools: AIX nmon tool, Unix monitoring - utilising standard iostat, vmstat and mpstat commands... UNIX (AIX,) skills,...
IT Human Resources
Rate: £250 - £290 per day
Posted: 14 June 2013
London
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Harvey Nash plc
Rate: £300 - £350 per day
Posted: 17 June 2013
London
GSA Techsource
Rate: GBP300 - GBP340 per day
Posted: 20 May 2013
Yorkshire and the Humber
Real Staffing
Rate: £200 - £250 per day
Posted: 10 June 2013
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Sanderson
Rate: £350 - £380 per day
Posted: 18 June 2013
South West
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Rate: £350.00 - £380.00 per annum
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