The first table below looks at the demand for McAfee ePO 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 McAfee ePO over the 3 months to 21 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 Systems Management 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator
Rank 482 495 486
Rank change year-on-year
+13 -9
Contract jobs citing McAfee ePO 30 62 69
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.071% 0.116% 0.125%
As % of the Systems Management category 1.048% 1.886% 2.138%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 41 29
Average daily rate £360 £425 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-15.29% +6.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £260 £310 £257
10% offered a daily rate of more than £485 £450 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £360 £450 £400
% change year-on-year
-20.00% +12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 9
Average hourly rate £25.50 £25.25 £26.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+0.99% -4.71%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £25.10 £19.05 £19.20
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £29.10 £31.45 £32.20
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £25.25 £26.50
% change year-on-year
+8.91% -4.71%
All Systems Management
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Systems Management category
2862 3287 3228
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 6.765% 6.143% 5.827%
Number of daily rates quoted 1641 1695 1572
Average daily rate £375 £353 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.38% -6.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £226 £225 £210
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £325 £300
% change year-on-year
+1.53% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 160 156 212
Average hourly rate £20.50 £20.00 £23.44
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+2.50% -14.66%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £13.66 £15.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.50 £45.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.00 £17.50 £24.40
% change year-on-year
+14.28% -28.27%
McAfee ePO
UK

McAfee ePO
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England McAfee ePO Jobs Demand Trend

McAfee ePO
Daily Rate Trend

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

England McAfee ePO Daily Rate Trend

McAfee ePO
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing McAfee ePO across the England region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

England McAfee ePO Daily Rate Histogram

McAfee ePO
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England McAfee ePO Hourly Rate Trend

McAfee ePO
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing McAfee ePO within the England region over the 3 months to 21 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 +30 11 £400 -11.11%
London -24 9 £393 -7.64%
East of England +12 3 £325 +15.55%
Yorkshire - 3 £263 -
East Midlands - 2 £315 -
North West +15 1 - -
West Midlands +13 1 - -
McAfee ePO
UK

McAfee ePO
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing McAfee ePO 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 McAfee ePO.

1 64 (100.00%) McAfee
2 41 (64.06%) Windows
3 38 (59.38%) Active Directory
4 29 (45.31%) Microsoft
4 29 (45.31%) VMware
5 21 (32.81%) Windows Server 2003
6 20 (31.25%) MS Exchange
7 19 (29.69%) SCCM
8 17 (26.56%) SQL
8 17 (26.56%) HP
8 17 (26.56%) Cisco
8 17 (26.56%) Citrix
9 16 (25.00%) DNS
9 16 (25.00%) Windows Server 2008
9 16 (25.00%) Exchange Server 2010
10 15 (23.44%) VMware Infrastructure
10 15 (23.44%) DHCP
11 11 (17.19%) Blackberry
11 11 (17.19%) Firewall
11 11 (17.19%) MS Excel
11 11 (17.19%) CISSP
12 10 (15.63%) Microsoft Certification
12 10 (15.63%) WAN
12 10 (15.63%) SCOM
12 10 (15.63%) WSUS
13 9 (14.06%) Exchange Server 2007
13 9 (14.06%) SIEM
13 9 (14.06%) Windows 2000 Server
13 9 (14.06%) LDAP
13 9 (14.06%) MCSE

McAfee ePO
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing McAfee ePO 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 McAfee ePO. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 4 (6.250%) Software Packaging
2 1 (1.563%) Application Packaging
2 1 (1.563%) Windows SharePoint Services
2 1 (1.563%) COM
Application Platforms
1 20 (31.25%) MS Exchange
2 16 (25.00%) Exchange Server 2010
3 9 (14.06%) Exchange Server 2007
3 9 (14.06%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
4 6 (9.375%) IIS
5 5 (7.813%) Exchange Server 2003
6 4 (6.250%) SharePoint
7 1 (1.563%) SharePoint 2010
7 1 (1.563%) Exchange Server 2000
7 1 (1.563%) Lotus Domino
Applications
1 11 (17.19%) MS Excel
2 4 (6.250%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 16 (25.00%) DNS
2 15 (23.44%) DHCP
3 11 (17.19%) Firewall
4 10 (15.63%) WAN
5 9 (14.06%) LDAP
5 9 (14.06%) VPN
6 8 (12.50%) LAN
7 7 (10.94%) SAN
8 4 (6.250%) Wireless
8 4 (6.250%) TCP/IP
9 3 (4.688%) SNMP
10 2 (3.125%) FDDI
10 2 (3.125%) DMZ
10 2 (3.125%) Ethernet
10 2 (3.125%) iSCSI
10 2 (3.125%) Network Security
10 2 (3.125%) Cisco IOS
10 2 (3.125%) Intrusion Detection
10 2 (3.125%) NetScaler
11 1 (1.563%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (10.94%) SQL Server
2 3 (4.688%) SQL Server 2008
2 3 (4.688%) SQL Server 2005
3 1 (1.563%) Oracle 8/8i
3 1 (1.563%) SQL Server 2000
Development Applications
1 1 (1.563%) TestDirector
General
1 6 (9.375%) Finance
1 6 (9.375%) Banking
2 1 (1.563%) Local Government
2 1 (1.563%) Private Banking
Job Titles
1 14 (21.88%) Administrator
2 9 (14.06%) Analyst
3 7 (10.94%) 3rd Line Support
4 6 (9.375%) Support Engineer
4 6 (9.375%) IT Security Administrator
4 6 (9.375%) IT Administrator
4 6 (9.375%) Security Administrator
5 5 (7.813%) Server Engineer
5 5 (7.813%) Consultant
5 5 (7.813%) Server Support
6 4 (6.250%) Security Consultant
6 4 (6.250%) Security Analyst
7 3 (4.688%) Wintel Engineer
7 3 (4.688%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 3 (4.688%) IT Security Consultant
7 3 (4.688%) Infrastructure Analyst
7 3 (4.688%) Support Analyst
7 3 (4.688%) Systems Administrator
7 3 (4.688%) IT Consultant
8 2 (3.125%) Architect
Miscellaneous
1 11 (17.19%) Blackberry
2 6 (9.375%) Management Information System
2 6 (9.375%) Client/Server
3 5 (7.813%) SecurID
4 4 (6.250%) Replication
4 4 (6.250%) Clustering
5 3 (4.688%) SaaS
5 3 (4.688%) PKI
6 2 (3.125%) Handset
7 1 (1.563%) iPad
7 1 (1.563%) PDA
7 1 (1.563%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (1.563%) Mathematics
7 1 (1.563%) NHS
7 1 (1.563%) Firmware
7 1 (1.563%) CLARiiON
Operating Systems
1 41 (64.06%) Windows
2 21 (32.81%) Windows Server 2003
3 16 (25.00%) Windows Server 2008
4 9 (14.06%) Windows 2000 Server
5 6 (9.375%) Windows 7
6 4 (6.250%) Solaris
6 4 (6.250%) Linux
6 4 (6.250%) Windows 2000
6 4 (6.250%) Windows XP
7 3 (4.688%) NetWare
7 3 (4.688%) UNIX
8 2 (3.125%) Windows 8
9 1 (1.563%) Windows Vista
9 1 (1.563%) Android
9 1 (1.563%) AIX
9 1 (1.563%) HPUX
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (14.06%) SIEM
1 9 (14.06%) ITIL
2 6 (9.375%) Security Management
3 5 (7.813%) Vulnerability Management
3 5 (7.813%) Network Design
3 5 (7.813%) Network Load Balancing
4 4 (6.250%) Migration
4 4 (6.250%) Disaster Recovery
4 4 (6.250%) Data Management
4 4 (6.250%) Mobile Device Management
4 4 (6.250%) Root Cause Analysis
5 3 (4.688%) E-Discovery
5 3 (4.688%) Change Control
5 3 (4.688%) Time Management
5 3 (4.688%) ISMS
5 3 (4.688%) Project Management
6 2 (3.125%) Information Security
6 2 (3.125%) Risk Management
6 2 (3.125%) ITSM
6 2 (3.125%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 17 (26.56%) SQL
2 6 (9.375%) VBScript
2 6 (9.375%) VB
3 5 (7.813%) Perl
4 4 (6.250%) C
5 2 (3.125%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 11 (17.19%) CISSP
2 10 (15.63%) Microsoft Certification
3 9 (14.06%) MCSE
4 8 (12.50%) Security Cleared
5 6 (9.375%) Security+ Certification
6 5 (7.813%) DV Cleared
6 5 (7.813%) MCP
6 5 (7.813%) Cisco Certification
6 5 (7.813%) CISM
7 4 (6.250%) MCITP
8 3 (4.688%) MCSA
9 2 (3.125%) SC Cleared
9 2 (3.125%) MCDST
10 1 (1.563%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 1 (1.563%) MOS
10 1 (1.563%) CCNP
10 1 (1.563%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (7.813%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 2 (3.125%) SLA
3 1 (1.563%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 38 (59.38%) Active Directory
2 15 (23.44%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (9.375%) XenApp
3 6 (9.375%) vSphere
4 4 (6.250%) ISA Server
5 3 (4.688%) Hyper-V
5 3 (4.688%) Terminal Services
5 3 (4.688%) VMware ESX
6 2 (3.125%) NFS
6 2 (3.125%) XenDesktop
6 2 (3.125%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (1.563%) DFS Replication
7 1 (1.563%) VMware Server
7 1 (1.563%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 19 (29.69%) SCCM
2 10 (15.63%) SCOM
2 10 (15.63%) WSUS
3 7 (10.94%) Legato
4 6 (9.375%) Backup Exec
5 4 (6.250%) HP SIM
6 3 (4.688%) NetBackup
6 3 (4.688%) ARCserve
6 3 (4.688%) Norton AntiVirus
7 2 (3.125%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
8 1 (1.563%) SolarWinds Orion
8 1 (1.563%) HP Quality Center
8 1 (1.563%) WMI
8 1 (1.563%) DameWare
8 1 (1.563%) Netcool
Vendors
1 64 (100.00%) McAfee
2 29 (45.31%) Microsoft
2 29 (45.31%) VMware
3 17 (26.56%) HP
3 17 (26.56%) Cisco
3 17 (26.56%) Citrix
4 9 (14.06%) Symantec
5 8 (12.50%) Dell
6 7 (10.94%) Veritas
7 5 (7.813%) Riverbed
7 5 (7.813%) Blue Coat
7 5 (7.813%) NetApp
7 5 (7.813%) EMC
7 5 (7.813%) IBM
8 3 (4.688%) Lumension
8 3 (4.688%) Q1 Labs
8 3 (4.688%) SolarWinds
8 3 (4.688%) Sun
8 3 (4.688%) Compaq
8 3 (4.688%) Novell
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