The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Kaspersky 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 Kaspersky over the 3 months to 20 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 Kaspersky Lab.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Kaspersky
Rank 480 565 554
Rank change year-on-year
+85 -11
Contract jobs citing Kaspersky 23 1 16
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.055% 0.002% 0.029%
As % of the Vendors category 0.118% 0.004% 0.063%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 4
Average daily rate £119 - £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £119 - £400
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 0 4
Average hourly rate £10.00 - £15.50
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £8.25 - £12.70
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.30 - £16.90
UK excluding London average hourly rate £10.00 - £11.50
All Vendors
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
19439 24693 25562
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 46.61% 46.26% 46.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 10680 13057 13141
Average daily rate £400 £400 £420
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -4.76%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £230 £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 1124 1220 1495
Average hourly rate £19.63 £20.00 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-1.87% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.25 £11.81 £11.50
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%
Kaspersky
UK

Kaspersky
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England Kaspersky Jobs Demand Trend

Kaspersky
Daily Rate Trend

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

England Kaspersky Daily Rate Trend

Kaspersky
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England Kaspersky Hourly Rate Trend

Kaspersky
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Kaspersky within the England region over the 3 months to 20 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 West - 12 - -
North West - 5 £125 -
South East - 2 - -
East of England - 2 £113 -
London - 1 - -
East Midlands - 1 - -
Kaspersky
UK

Kaspersky
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing Kaspersky 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 Kaspersky.

1 38 (88.37%) Windows
2 35 (81.40%) Active Directory
3 28 (65.12%) Windows 7
4 26 (60.47%) SCCM
4 26 (60.47%) Windows XP
5 20 (46.51%) MS Office
5 20 (46.51%) Apple
5 20 (46.51%) Blackberry
6 19 (44.19%) Microsoft
7 16 (37.21%) MS Excel
8 14 (32.56%) Cisco
8 14 (32.56%) VMware
8 14 (32.56%) Video Conferencing
8 14 (32.56%) VMware Infrastructure
9 11 (25.58%) VPN
9 11 (25.58%) Windows Server 2008
10 9 (20.93%) ITIL
10 9 (20.93%) CheckPoint
11 8 (18.60%) McAfee
11 8 (18.60%) SSL
11 8 (18.60%) UNIX
11 8 (18.60%) Linux
11 8 (18.60%) Clearswift
11 8 (18.60%) Firewall
11 8 (18.60%) SurfControl
12 6 (13.95%) Local Government
13 4 (9.302%) Change Management
13 4 (9.302%) Symantec
13 4 (9.302%) SQL Server
13 4 (9.302%) Veritas

Kaspersky
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 2 (4.651%) Software Packaging
2 1 (2.326%) COM
Application Platforms
1 3 (6.977%) SharePoint
1 3 (6.977%) MS Exchange
2 1 (2.326%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 20 (46.51%) MS Office
2 16 (37.21%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 11 (25.58%) VPN
2 8 (18.60%) SSL
2 8 (18.60%) Firewall
3 3 (6.977%) Internet
3 3 (6.977%) NetScreen
4 1 (2.326%) DNS
4 1 (2.326%) Wireless
4 1 (2.326%) Network Security
4 1 (2.326%) Cisco ASA
4 1 (2.326%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (9.302%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (2.326%) MSI
General
1 6 (13.95%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 22 (51.16%) 2nd Line Support
2 13 (30.23%) Help Desk Support
3 11 (25.58%) Analyst
4 10 (23.26%) Support Technician
4 10 (23.26%) Helpdesk Technician
4 10 (23.26%) 2nd Line Support Technician
4 10 (23.26%) Service Desk Technician
4 10 (23.26%) Help Desk Support Technician
5 8 (18.60%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
5 8 (18.60%) Support Engineer
6 6 (13.95%) Technical Analyst
7 4 (9.302%) 1st Line Support
8 3 (6.977%) Security Analyst
9 2 (4.651%) Operations Analyst
9 2 (4.651%) Support Specialist
10 1 (2.326%) Desktop Support
10 1 (2.326%) Support Analyst
10 1 (2.326%) Consultant
10 1 (2.326%) Desktop Engineer
10 1 (2.326%) Security Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 20 (46.51%) Blackberry
2 14 (32.56%) Video Conferencing
3 2 (4.651%) NHS
4 1 (2.326%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 38 (88.37%) Windows
2 28 (65.12%) Windows 7
3 26 (60.47%) Windows XP
4 11 (25.58%) Windows Server 2008
5 8 (18.60%) UNIX
5 8 (18.60%) Linux
6 3 (6.977%) VMS
7 1 (2.326%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (20.93%) ITIL
2 4 (9.302%) Change Management
3 3 (6.977%) Disaster Recovery
3 3 (6.977%) Release Management
4 2 (4.651%) Migration
4 2 (4.651%) Asset Management
5 1 (2.326%) Penetration Testing
5 1 (2.326%) Problem Management
5 1 (2.326%) ITSM
5 1 (2.326%) Software Deployment
Programming Languages
1 3 (6.977%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (6.977%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (2.326%) SC Cleared
2 1 (2.326%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 35 (81.40%) Active Directory
2 14 (32.56%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (6.977%) XenServer
4 1 (2.326%) ISA Server
Systems Management
1 26 (60.47%) SCCM
2 3 (6.977%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
2 3 (6.977%) Norton AntiVirus
3 1 (2.326%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 20 (46.51%) Apple
2 19 (44.19%) Microsoft
3 14 (32.56%) Cisco
3 14 (32.56%) VMware
4 9 (20.93%) CheckPoint
5 8 (18.60%) McAfee
5 8 (18.60%) Clearswift
5 8 (18.60%) SurfControl
6 4 (9.302%) Symantec
6 4 (9.302%) Veritas
7 3 (6.977%) Citrix
8 1 (2.326%) Blue Coat
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