The first table below looks at the demand for NCDA in IT contracts advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited NCDA 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 Qualifications 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
NetApp Certified Data Management Administrator (NCDA)
Rank 478 538 569
Rank change year-on-year
+60 +31
Contract jobs citing NCDA 32 20 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.077% 0.037% 0.005%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.433% 0.215% 0.034%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 19 2
Average daily rate £385 £400 £475
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.75% -15.78%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £358 £360 £455
10% offered a daily rate of more than £434 £475 £495
UK excluding London average daily rate - £400 -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £25.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £25.00 -
All Qualifications
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
7387 9316 8926
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 17.77% 17.46% 15.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 3919 4936 4342
Average daily rate £377 £388 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.83% +3.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £220 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £550 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 421 507 608
Average hourly rate £25.00 £22.00 £22.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+13.63% -2.22%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.00 £12.50 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £48.40 £43.20 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £23.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.17% -8.00%
NCDA
UK

NCDA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England NCDA Jobs Demand Trend

NCDA
Daily Rate Trend

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

England NCDA Daily Rate Trend

NCDA
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing NCDA across the England region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

England NCDA Daily Rate Histogram

NCDA
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing NCDA 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
London +49 29 £385 -23.00%
South East - 3 - -
NCDA
UK

NCDA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 37 (97.37%) NetApp
2 28 (73.68%) Windows
3 25 (65.79%) SAN
4 24 (63.16%) EMC
4 24 (63.16%) NetBackup
5 23 (60.53%) Data Management
6 22 (57.89%) Migration
6 22 (57.89%) EMC NetWorker
6 22 (57.89%) Data Migration
6 22 (57.89%) VB
6 22 (57.89%) Capacity Management
7 21 (55.26%) UNIX
7 21 (55.26%) Data Analysis
8 20 (52.63%) ITIL
9 16 (42.11%) EMC RecoverPoint
10 14 (36.84%) Solaris
10 14 (36.84%) Veritas
10 14 (36.84%) Clustering
11 12 (31.58%) NCIE
12 5 (13.16%) PowerShell
12 5 (13.16%) SC Cleared
12 5 (13.16%) Security Cleared
12 5 (13.16%) Cisco
12 5 (13.16%) Windows Server 2008
13 4 (10.53%) IBM
13 4 (10.53%) Microsoft
13 4 (10.53%) HP
13 4 (10.53%) Backup Exec
13 4 (10.53%) VMware
14 3 (7.895%) CLARiiON

NCDA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Platforms
1 1 (2.632%) MS Exchange
1 1 (2.632%) Office Communications Server
1 1 (2.632%) Exchange Server 2010
Communications & Networking
1 25 (65.79%) SAN
2 1 (2.632%) MPLS
2 1 (2.632%) Firewall
2 1 (2.632%) NAS
2 1 (2.632%) VPN
General
1 1 (2.632%) Finance
1 1 (2.632%) Law
1 1 (2.632%) Legal
Job Titles
1 9 (23.68%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 5 (13.16%) Consultant
3 4 (10.53%) Storage Engineer
4 3 (7.895%) Storage Administrator
4 3 (7.895%) Administrator
4 3 (7.895%) Storage Consultant
5 2 (5.263%) Data Manager
6 1 (2.632%) Systems Manager
6 1 (2.632%) Architect
6 1 (2.632%) Solutions Architect
6 1 (2.632%) Infrastructure Consultant
6 1 (2.632%) EMC Engineer
6 1 (2.632%) Backup Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 14 (36.84%) Clustering
2 3 (7.895%) Celerra
2 3 (7.895%) Symmetrix DMX
2 3 (7.895%) CLARiiON
2 3 (7.895%) Symmetrix
3 1 (2.632%) Blackberry
3 1 (2.632%) HP StorageWorks
3 1 (2.632%) Enterprise Storage
3 1 (2.632%) Mobile Computing
3 1 (2.632%) Freedom of Information
3 1 (2.632%) Smartphone
3 1 (2.632%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (2.632%) Freedom of Information Act
3 1 (2.632%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 28 (73.68%) Windows
2 21 (55.26%) UNIX
3 14 (36.84%) Solaris
4 5 (13.16%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (60.53%) Data Management
2 22 (57.89%) Migration
2 22 (57.89%) Data Migration
2 22 (57.89%) Capacity Management
3 21 (55.26%) Data Analysis
4 20 (52.63%) ITIL
5 2 (5.263%) Service Management
5 2 (5.263%) Risk Management
6 1 (2.632%) Data Protection
6 1 (2.632%) Continuous Improvement
6 1 (2.632%) Service Delivery
6 1 (2.632%) Disaster Recovery
6 1 (2.632%) Supplier Management
6 1 (2.632%) Enterprise Data Management
Programming Languages
1 22 (57.89%) VB
2 5 (13.16%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 12 (31.58%) NCIE
2 5 (13.16%) SC Cleared
2 5 (13.16%) Security Cleared
3 1 (2.632%) HP ASE
3 1 (2.632%) HP MASE
3 1 (2.632%) CCEE
3 1 (2.632%) CCIA
3 1 (2.632%) Microsoft Certified Master
3 1 (2.632%) CCIE
3 1 (2.632%) CCNP
3 1 (2.632%) CCA
3 1 (2.632%) Citrix Certification
3 1 (2.632%) CCEA
3 1 (2.632%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (2.632%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
3 1 (2.632%) MCITP
3 1 (2.632%) Degree
System Software
1 16 (42.11%) EMC RecoverPoint
2 2 (5.263%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (2.632%) Hyper-V
3 1 (2.632%) XenApp
3 1 (2.632%) XenServer
3 1 (2.632%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 24 (63.16%) NetBackup
2 22 (57.89%) EMC NetWorker
3 4 (10.53%) Backup Exec
4 3 (7.895%) Legato
5 1 (2.632%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
Vendors
1 37 (97.37%) NetApp
2 24 (63.16%) EMC
3 14 (36.84%) Veritas
4 5 (13.16%) Cisco
5 4 (10.53%) IBM
5 4 (10.53%) Microsoft
5 4 (10.53%) HP
5 4 (10.53%) VMware
6 3 (7.895%) Brocade
6 3 (7.895%) Dell
6 3 (7.895%) Citrix
7 1 (2.632%) Hitachi
7 1 (2.632%) Sun
7 1 (2.632%) 3PAR
7 1 (2.632%) Symantec