The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Hitachi 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 Hitachi over the 3 months to 23 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 Hitachi Ltd.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Hitachi
Rank 493 523 470
Rank change year-on-year
+30 -53
Contract jobs citing Hitachi 25 39 103
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.060% 0.073% 0.180%
As % of the Vendors category 0.129% 0.158% 0.391%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 20 76
Average daily rate £425 £438 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.85% +9.37%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £236 £296 £255
10% offered a daily rate of more than £565 £563 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £444 £390 £375
% change year-on-year
+13.78% +4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 3
Average hourly rate - £40.00 £17.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +135.29%
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £40.00 £32.00
% change year-on-year
- +25.00%
All Vendors
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
19381 24681 26342
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 46.68% 46.22% 46.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 10660 13056 13559
Average daily rate £400 £400 £420
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -4.76%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £235 £238 £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 1103 1234 1535
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 £11.31 £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 £20.25
% change year-on-year
- -6.17%
Hitachi
UK

Hitachi
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England Hitachi Jobs Demand Trend

Hitachi
Daily Rate Trend

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

England Hitachi Daily Rate Trend

Hitachi
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Hitachi across the England region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

England Hitachi Daily Rate Histogram

Hitachi
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England Hitachi Hourly Rate Trend

Hitachi
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Hitachi within the England region over the 3 months to 23 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
London +34 14 £425 -10.52%
South East +12 4 £506 +22.72%
North West +8 4 £180 -44.61%
Yorkshire -2 2 £500 -
East Midlands +1 1 £290 -31.76%
Hitachi
UK

Hitachi
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing Hitachi 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 Hitachi.

1 25 (60.98%) SAN
2 17 (41.46%) EMC
3 15 (36.59%) Oracle
4 14 (34.15%) Brocade
5 13 (31.71%) NAS
6 12 (29.27%) NetApp
7 11 (26.83%) HP
7 11 (26.83%) Windows
7 11 (26.83%) VMware
8 10 (24.39%) Migration
8 10 (24.39%) UNIX
8 10 (24.39%) IBM
9 9 (21.95%) AIX
9 9 (21.95%) VMware Infrastructure
10 8 (19.51%) Cisco
11 7 (17.07%) Finance
12 6 (14.63%) NetBackup
12 6 (14.63%) Linux
12 6 (14.63%) Firmware
12 6 (14.63%) Windows Server 2003
12 6 (14.63%) Shell Script
13 5 (12.20%) Veritas
13 5 (12.20%) Microsoft
13 5 (12.20%) MS Exchange
13 5 (12.20%) Solaris
13 5 (12.20%) Banking
13 5 (12.20%) Exchange Server 2010
13 5 (12.20%) Fibre Channel
14 4 (9.756%) Windows Server 2008
14 4 (9.756%) TOGAF

Hitachi
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing Hitachi 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 Hitachi. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (7.317%) .NET
2 1 (2.439%) Middleware
2 1 (2.439%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 5 (12.20%) MS Exchange
1 5 (12.20%) Exchange Server 2010
2 3 (7.317%) SharePoint
2 3 (7.317%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 2 (4.878%) MS Office
2 1 (2.439%) MS Project
2 1 (2.439%) MS Visio
2 1 (2.439%) Office 365
Business Applications
1 2 (4.878%) Oracle EBS R12
2 1 (2.439%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (2.439%) Oracle ASCP
Communications & Networking
1 25 (60.98%) SAN
2 13 (31.71%) NAS
3 5 (12.20%) Fibre Channel
4 3 (7.317%) TCP/IP
4 3 (7.317%) iSCSI
5 2 (4.878%) HTTP
6 1 (2.439%) Internet
6 1 (2.439%) Firewall
6 1 (2.439%) Wireless
6 1 (2.439%) LAN
6 1 (2.439%) VoIP
6 1 (2.439%) WAN
6 1 (2.439%) DHCP
6 1 (2.439%) VPN
6 1 (2.439%) DNS
6 1 (2.439%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (7.317%) Oracle 8/8i
1 3 (7.317%) SQL Server
General
1 7 (17.07%) Finance
2 5 (12.20%) Banking
3 3 (7.317%) Manufacturing
4 2 (4.878%) Telecoms
4 2 (4.878%) Investment Banking
5 1 (2.439%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 11 (26.83%) Storage Engineer
2 10 (24.39%) Consultant
3 5 (12.20%) Architect
4 4 (9.756%) SAN Storage Engineer
4 4 (9.756%) SAN Engineer
4 4 (9.756%) Administrator
5 3 (7.317%) AIX Engineer
5 3 (7.317%) Microsoft Consultant
5 3 (7.317%) Storage Specialist
5 3 (7.317%) Storage Consultant
5 3 (7.317%) Oracle Consultant
5 3 (7.317%) Migration Engineer
5 3 (7.317%) Solutions Architect
6 2 (4.878%) Microsoft Solutions Architect
6 2 (4.878%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 2 (4.878%) Storage Administrator
6 2 (4.878%) Enterprise Architect
6 2 (4.878%) Solutions Consultant
6 2 (4.878%) Project Manager
6 2 (4.878%) Management Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 6 (14.63%) Firmware
2 3 (7.317%) Hedge funds
3 2 (4.878%) CLARiiON
3 2 (4.878%) Clustering
3 2 (4.878%) Replication
3 2 (4.878%) HACMP
4 1 (2.439%) SaaS
4 1 (2.439%) LPAR
4 1 (2.439%) Symmetrix DMX
4 1 (2.439%) Equities
4 1 (2.439%) Enterprise Storage
4 1 (2.439%) HP StorageWorks
Operating Systems
1 11 (26.83%) Windows
2 10 (24.39%) UNIX
3 9 (21.95%) AIX
4 6 (14.63%) Linux
4 6 (14.63%) Windows Server 2003
5 5 (12.20%) Solaris
6 4 (9.756%) Windows Server 2008
6 4 (9.756%) HPUX
7 3 (7.317%) Windows XP
7 3 (7.317%) Windows 8
8 1 (2.439%) NetWare
8 1 (2.439%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (2.439%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (24.39%) Migration
2 4 (9.756%) TOGAF
3 3 (7.317%) Change Management
3 3 (7.317%) Data Management
3 3 (7.317%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (7.317%) Capacity Planning
4 2 (4.878%) Capacity Management
4 2 (4.878%) Data Migration
4 2 (4.878%) Project Management
5 1 (2.439%) Disaster Recovery
5 1 (2.439%) Risk Management
5 1 (2.439%) ERP
5 1 (2.439%) CRM
5 1 (2.439%) ITIL
5 1 (2.439%) Data Protection
5 1 (2.439%) Project Governance
5 1 (2.439%) Change Control
Programming Languages
1 6 (14.63%) Shell Script
2 3 (7.317%) Perl
2 3 (7.317%) SQL
3 1 (2.439%) C
3 1 (2.439%) C++
3 1 (2.439%) Java
3 1 (2.439%) Korn
3 1 (2.439%) Bash shell
Qualifications
1 3 (7.317%) Security Cleared
2 1 (2.439%) EMC Certification
2 1 (2.439%) HP ASE
2 1 (2.439%) HP MASE
2 1 (2.439%) NCDA
2 1 (2.439%) NCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.439%) QA
System Software
1 9 (21.95%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (9.756%) Active Directory
3 3 (7.317%) NFS
3 3 (7.317%) Oracle RAC
3 3 (7.317%) Citrix Presentation Server
3 3 (7.317%) Veritas Volume Manager
3 3 (7.317%) Veritas Cluster Server
3 3 (7.317%) XenApp
4 2 (4.878%) PowerHA
4 2 (4.878%) Hyper-V
4 2 (4.878%) NDS
5 1 (2.439%) vSphere
5 1 (2.439%) XenServer
Systems Management
1 6 (14.63%) NetBackup
2 2 (4.878%) Tivoli Storage Manager
3 1 (2.439%) Tivoli
3 1 (2.439%) Legato
3 1 (2.439%) SCCM
3 1 (2.439%) HP Data Protector
3 1 (2.439%) EMC NetWorker
3 1 (2.439%) Backup Exec
3 1 (2.439%) PureDisk
3 1 (2.439%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
Vendors
1 17 (41.46%) EMC
2 15 (36.59%) Oracle
3 14 (34.15%) Brocade
4 12 (29.27%) NetApp
5 11 (26.83%) HP
5 11 (26.83%) VMware
6 10 (24.39%) IBM
7 8 (19.51%) Cisco
8 5 (12.20%) Veritas
8 5 (12.20%) Microsoft
9 4 (9.756%) Symantec
9 4 (9.756%) Citrix
10 3 (7.317%) StorageTek
10 3 (7.317%) SAP
11 2 (4.878%) Novell
12 1 (2.439%) SGI
12 1 (2.439%) Compaq
12 1 (2.439%) Sun
12 1 (2.439%) Veeam
12 1 (2.439%) 3PAR