The first table below looks at the demand for GroupWise 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 GroupWise 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 of the Application Platforms 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Novell GroupWise
Rank 501 552 540
Rank change year-on-year
+51 -12
Contract jobs citing GroupWise 9 6 32
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.022% 0.011% 0.057%
As % of the Application Platforms category 0.118% 0.068% 0.336%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 2 12
Average daily rate £275 £306 £260
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-10.20% +17.78%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £268 £261 £152
10% offered a daily rate of more than £328 £351 £350
UK excluding London average daily rate £275 - £260
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 1 14
Average hourly rate £21.00 £18.50 £14.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+13.51% +32.14%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.20 £18.50 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £24.63 £18.50 £19.85
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.45 £18.50 £16.50
% change year-on-year
+15.94% +12.12%
All Application Platforms
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
7610 8762 9528
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 18.31% 16.42% 16.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 4375 4958 5146
Average daily rate £360 £350 £388
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.85% -9.67%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £225 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £523 £500 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £350
% change year-on-year
- -7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 426 395 531
Average hourly rate £21.34 £20.00 £19.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+6.67% +5.26%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £12.00 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.20 £40.00 £41.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £20.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.00% -
GroupWise
UK

GroupWise
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England GroupWise Jobs Demand Trend

GroupWise
Daily Rate Trend

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

England GroupWise Daily Rate Trend

GroupWise
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England GroupWise Hourly Rate Trend

GroupWise
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing GroupWise within the England region over the 3 months to 17 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 +27 4 £275 -
London +22 3 £363 +18.36%
East of England +13 1 - -
East Midlands - 1 - -
GroupWise
UK

GroupWise
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 20 (68.97%) Novell
2 16 (55.17%) Active Directory
3 13 (44.83%) Windows
4 11 (37.93%) Microsoft
5 10 (34.48%) Migration
6 8 (27.59%) MS Exchange
7 7 (24.14%) MS Office
7 7 (24.14%) Microsoft Certification
7 7 (24.14%) Exchange Server 2007
7 7 (24.14%) Exchange Server 2010
8 6 (20.69%) MS Excel
8 6 (20.69%) NetWare
9 5 (17.24%) CNA
9 5 (17.24%) Novell Certification
9 5 (17.24%) Citrix
10 4 (13.79%) SAN
10 4 (13.79%) VMware
10 4 (13.79%) Windows Server 2008
11 3 (10.34%) Windows 2000 Server
11 3 (10.34%) NAS
11 3 (10.34%) Windows 7
11 3 (10.34%) Network Design
11 3 (10.34%) Stakeholder Management
11 3 (10.34%) Windows Server 2003
11 3 (10.34%) Linux
11 3 (10.34%) Windows 2000
12 2 (6.897%) TCP/IP
12 2 (6.897%) Windows XP
12 2 (6.897%) ZENworks
12 2 (6.897%) SCCM

GroupWise
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Platforms
1 8 (27.59%) MS Exchange
2 7 (24.14%) Exchange Server 2007
2 7 (24.14%) Exchange Server 2010
3 1 (3.448%) Lotus Notes
3 1 (3.448%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (24.14%) MS Office
2 6 (20.69%) MS Excel
3 1 (3.448%) MS PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 4 (13.79%) SAN
2 3 (10.34%) NAS
3 2 (6.897%) TCP/IP
4 1 (3.448%) DNS
4 1 (3.448%) VoIP
4 1 (3.448%) DHCP
4 1 (3.448%) NetScaler
4 1 (3.448%) 3G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.448%) MS Access
General
1 2 (6.897%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 6 (20.69%) Analyst
2 4 (13.79%) Service Analyst
2 4 (13.79%) Service Desk Analyst
3 3 (10.34%) 2nd Line Support
3 3 (10.34%) Technical Architect
3 3 (10.34%) Architect
4 2 (6.897%) Help Desk Analyst
4 2 (6.897%) Migration Engineer
4 2 (6.897%) Novell Engineer
4 2 (6.897%) Support Engineer
4 2 (6.897%) Help Desk Support
5 1 (3.448%) Junior Analyst
5 1 (3.448%) Junior Support Analyst
5 1 (3.448%) 1st Line Support Analyst
5 1 (3.448%) Junior Help Desk Analyst
5 1 (3.448%) IT Trainer
5 1 (3.448%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 1 (3.448%) Help Desk Support Analyst
5 1 (3.448%) Senior Network Engineer
5 1 (3.448%) Project Support Officer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.448%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 13 (44.83%) Windows
2 6 (20.69%) NetWare
3 4 (13.79%) Windows Server 2008
4 3 (10.34%) Windows 2000 Server
4 3 (10.34%) Windows Server 2003
4 3 (10.34%) Linux
4 3 (10.34%) Windows 2000
4 3 (10.34%) Windows 7
5 2 (6.897%) Windows XP
6 1 (3.448%) SUSE
6 1 (3.448%) openSUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (34.48%) Migration
2 3 (10.34%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (10.34%) Network Design
3 1 (3.448%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (3.448%) Test Scripting
3 1 (3.448%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.448%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (24.14%) Microsoft Certification
2 5 (17.24%) CNA
2 5 (17.24%) Novell Certification
3 1 (3.448%) MOS
System Software
1 16 (55.17%) Active Directory
2 2 (6.897%) XenDesktop
2 2 (6.897%) vSphere
3 1 (3.448%) Novell eDirectory
Systems Management
1 2 (6.897%) ZENworks
1 2 (6.897%) SCCM
2 1 (3.448%) Novell Identity Manager
Vendors
1 20 (68.97%) Novell
2 11 (37.93%) Microsoft
3 5 (17.24%) Citrix
4 4 (13.79%) VMware
5 1 (3.448%) Cisco
5 1 (3.448%) Lotus
5 1 (3.448%) Red Hat
5 1 (3.448%) McAfee