England HP Data Protector Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for HP Data Protector skills within the England region with a comparison to our Systems Management category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited HP Data Protector over the 3 months to 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Bradford Docklands, London East of England England Ipswich Leeds London Scotland Sheffield Somerset South West South Yorkshire Street Suffolk UK West Lothian West Yorkshire Yorkshire	3 months to 21 Nov 2008	Same period last year
Rank	499	584
Rank change on same period last year	+85
Matching contract IT job ads	20	41
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.032 %	0.044 %
As % of the category below	1.117 %	1.428 %
Daily rates quoted	6	10
Average minimum daily rate	£382	£255
Average daily rate	£405	£265
% change on same period last year	+52.83 %
Average maximum daily rate	£428	£275
UK excluding London average daily rate	-	£265
% change on same period last year	-
Hourly rates quoted	4	10
Average minimum hourly rate	£32.31	£25.42
Average hourly rate	£32.64	£26.37
% change on same period last year	+23.77 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£32.97	£27.32
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£32.64	£26.37
% change on same period last year	+23.77 %
Systems Management England
Matching contract IT job ads	1791	2871
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	2.821 %	3.076 %
Daily rates quoted	597	771
Average minimum daily rate	£338	£349
Average daily rate	£355	£369
% change on same period last year	-3.73 %
Average maximum daily rate	£371	£388
UK excluding London average daily rate	£339	£347
% change on same period last year	-2.17 %
Hourly rates quoted	268	430
Average minimum hourly rate	£25.90	£25.32
Average hourly rate	£27.63	£26.70
% change on same period last year	+3.46 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£29.35	£28.09
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£29.37	£27.57
% change on same period last year	+6.53 %
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We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing HP Data Protector across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Systems Management category.

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Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing HP Data Protector across the England region.

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing HP Data Protector across the England region over the 3 months to 21 November 2008.

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Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing HP Data Protector across the England region.

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Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing HP Data Protector across the England region over the 3 months to 21 November 2008.

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Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing HP Data Protector within the England region over the 3 months to 21 November 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
London	+102	11	£405	-
Yorkshire	+33	6	-	-
East of England	+34	2	-	-
South West	-	1	-	-

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing HP Data Protector 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 HP Data Protector.

1 88 (100.00 %) HP 2 53 (60.23 %) OpenView 3 52 (59.09 %) HPUX 4 51 (57.95 %) SAN 5 40 (45.45 %) UNIX 6 31 (35.23 %) Cisco 7 30 (34.09 %) Solaris 7 30 (34.09 %) Linux 8 26 (29.55 %) Brocade 9 25 (28.41 %) NetBackup 9 25 (28.41 %) ITIL 9 25 (28.41 %) Oracle 9 25 (28.41 %) AIX 9 25 (28.41 %) EMC 9 25 (28.41 %) VERITAS

10 24 (27.27 %) Windows 10 24 (27.27 %) Finance 11 23 (26.14 %) Sun 12 21 (23.86 %) TCP/IP 13 20 (22.73 %) LAN 14 19 (21.59 %) Performance Management 15 18 (20.45 %) SQL Server 15 18 (20.45 %) ITIL Certification 16 17 (19.32 %) MS Exchange 17 16 (18.18 %) WAN 17 16 (18.18 %) SQL 17 16 (18.18 %) Shell Script 17 16 (18.18 %) Security Management 18 15 (17.05 %) Legato 19 13 (14.77 %) Lotus

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing HP Data Protector 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 HP Data Protector. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 4 (4.545 %) XML	Application Platforms 1 17 (19.32 %) MS Exchange 2 13 (14.77 %) Lotus Notes 3 12 (13.64 %) Lotus Domino 4 3 (3.409 %) Exchange Server 2003
Applications 1 9 (10.23 %) MS Excel 2 2 (2.273 %) MS Office	Business Applications 1 4 (4.545 %) Oracle 11i
Communications & Networking 1 51 (57.95 %) SAN 2 21 (23.86 %) TCP/IP 3 20 (22.73 %) LAN 4 16 (18.18 %) WAN 5 5 (5.682 %) Ethernet 6 4 (4.545 %) Intranet 7 3 (3.409 %) Internet 7 3 (3.409 %) SNMP 8 1 (1.136 %) DWDM 8 1 (1.136 %) PSTN 8 1 (1.136 %) ADSL 8 1 (1.136 %) ISDN	Database & Business Intelligence 1 18 (20.45 %) SQL Server 2 12 (13.64 %) Informix 3 1 (1.136 %) Oracle 8/8i 3 1 (1.136 %) RDBMS 3 1 (1.136 %) SQL Server 2000 3 1 (1.136 %) NonStop SQL 3 1 (1.136 %) SQL Server 2005
General 1 24 (27.27 %) Finance 2 3 (3.409 %) Banking 3 2 (2.273 %) Telecoms 4 1 (1.136 %) Electric 4 1 (1.136 %) Health	Job Titles 1 26 (29.55 %) Analyst 2 24 (27.27 %) Administrator 3 20 (22.73 %) Systems Administrator 3 20 (22.73 %) UNIX Administrator 4 18 (20.45 %) UNIX Systems Administrator 5 14 (15.91 %) Support Analyst 6 13 (14.77 %) Support Engineer 6 13 (14.77 %) Storage Engineer 7 11 (12.50 %) Consultant 8 9 (10.23 %) Storage Analyst 9 8 (9.091 %) Operations Analyst 10 5 (5.682 %) Storage Consultant 10 5 (5.682 %) HPUX Systems Administrator 11 4 (4.545 %) Data Analyst 11 4 (4.545 %) IT Operations Analyst 11 4 (4.545 %) 3rd Line Support 11 4 (4.545 %) Market Data Analyst 11 4 (4.545 %) Market Analyst 12 3 (3.409 %) 3rd Line Support Engineer 12 3 (3.409 %) 2nd Line Support
Miscellaneous 1 10 (11.36 %) CLARiiON 2 8 (9.091 %) Symmetrix 3 1 (1.136 %) Clustering 3 1 (1.136 %) Computer Science 3 1 (1.136 %) Client/Server 3 1 (1.136 %) Blackberry 3 1 (1.136 %) Management Information System 3 1 (1.136 %) Replication	Operating Systems 1 52 (59.09 %) HPUX 2 40 (45.45 %) UNIX 3 30 (34.09 %) Solaris 3 30 (34.09 %) Linux 4 25 (28.41 %) AIX 5 24 (27.27 %) Windows 6 8 (9.091 %) Windows XP 6 8 (9.091 %) Windows 2000 Server 7 7 (7.955 %) Windows Server 2003 8 5 (5.682 %) Windows 2000 9 3 (3.409 %) Tru64 10 2 (2.273 %) Red Hat Linux 11 1 (1.136 %) Red Hat Enterprise Linux 11 1 (1.136 %) SUSE 11 1 (1.136 %) NetWare
Processes & Methodologies 1 25 (28.41 %) ITIL 2 19 (21.59 %) Performance Management 3 16 (18.18 %) Security Management 4 8 (9.091 %) Asset Management 5 6 (6.818 %) Change Management 6 5 (5.682 %) Service Delivery 7 4 (4.545 %) Security Cleared 8 3 (3.409 %) DV Cleared 9 2 (2.273 %) Service Management 9 2 (2.273 %) Disaster Recovery 9 2 (2.273 %) ITSM 9 2 (2.273 %) Incident Management 10 1 (1.136 %) Business Desktop Deployment 10 1 (1.136 %) Risk Analysis 10 1 (1.136 %) User Acceptance Testing 10 1 (1.136 %) Data Protection 10 1 (1.136 %) SC Cleared 10 1 (1.136 %) BCP 10 1 (1.136 %) Project Management 10 1 (1.136 %) Migration	Programming Languages 1 16 (18.18 %) SQL 1 16 (18.18 %) Shell Script 2 2 (2.273 %) C 2 2 (2.273 %) Progress 4GL
Qualifications 1 18 (20.45 %) ITIL Certification 2 11 (12.50 %) SNIA Certification 3 3 (3.409 %) Microsoft Certification 4 2 (2.273 %) MCSE 5 1 (1.136 %) MCP 5 1 (1.136 %) Degree	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 8 (9.091 %) SLA
System Software 1 25 (28.41 %) NetBackup 2 5 (5.682 %) Active Directory 3 3 (3.409 %) VMware Infrastructure 3 3 (3.409 %) VMware ESX 4 1 (1.136 %) Terminal Services	Systems Management 1 53 (60.23 %) OpenView 2 15 (17.05 %) Legato 3 5 (5.682 %) OVPA 4 4 (4.545 %) NNM 4 4 (4.545 %) CiscoWorks 5 2 (2.273 %) Systems Management Server (SMS) 5 2 (2.273 %) OVPM 5 2 (2.273 %) ZENworks 6 1 (1.136 %) OVOW 6 1 (1.136 %) ARCserve
Vendors 1 88 (100.00 %) HP 2 31 (35.23 %) Cisco 3 26 (29.55 %) Brocade 4 25 (28.41 %) Oracle 4 25 (28.41 %) VERITAS 4 25 (28.41 %) EMC 5 23 (26.14 %) Sun 6 13 (14.77 %) Lotus 7 10 (11.36 %) Remedy 8 8 (9.091 %) VMware 9 7 (7.955 %) Reuters 9 7 (7.955 %) Bloomberg 9 7 (7.955 %) Microsoft 10 4 (4.545 %) Compuware 11 2 (2.273 %) Intel 11 2 (2.273 %) BMC 11 2 (2.273 %) CA 12 1 (1.136 %) NetApp 12 1 (1.136 %) Novell 12 1 (1.136 %) Red Hat