The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of NetCracker 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 NetCracker 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 the NetCracker Technology Corporation.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
NetCracker
Rank 502 - 569
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing NetCracker 1 0 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.002% - 0.002%
As % of the Vendors category 0.005% - 0.004%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
Average daily rate - - £450
UK excluding London average daily rate - - £450
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
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%
NetCracker
UK

NetCracker
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England NetCracker Jobs Demand Trend

NetCracker
Daily Rate Trend

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

England NetCracker Daily Rate Trend

NetCracker
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing NetCracker 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 East - 1 - -
NetCracker
UK

NetCracker
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 2 (100.00%) Netcool
1 2 (100.00%) Telecoms
1 2 (100.00%) Cramer
2 1 (50.00%) Service Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Performance Management
2 1 (50.00%) LTE
2 1 (50.00%) Nokia NetAct
2 1 (50.00%) Network Management
2 1 (50.00%) Radio Access Network
2 1 (50.00%) Business Transformation
2 1 (50.00%) BSS
2 1 (50.00%) TOGAF
2 1 (50.00%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (50.00%) Fault Management
2 1 (50.00%) Greenplum
2 1 (50.00%) OPNET
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) TeMIP
2 1 (50.00%) Metrica
2 1 (50.00%) Remedy
2 1 (50.00%) Configuration Management
2 1 (50.00%) Project Management
2 1 (50.00%) Oracle
2 1 (50.00%) PRINCE2
2 1 (50.00%) CDMA
2 1 (50.00%) GPRS
2 1 (50.00%) GSM
2 1 (50.00%) UMTS
2 1 (50.00%) Citrix
2 1 (50.00%) PMP

NetCracker
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Business Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Metrica
1 1 (50.00%) Remedy ITSM
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) CDMA
1 1 (50.00%) GPRS
1 1 (50.00%) GSM
1 1 (50.00%) UMTS
1 1 (50.00%) BSS
1 1 (50.00%) LTE
1 1 (50.00%) Nokia NetAct
1 1 (50.00%) Radio Access Network
General
1 2 (100.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Architect
1 2 (100.00%) Solutions Architect
1 2 (100.00%) OSS Architect
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (50.00%) Configuration Management
1 1 (50.00%) Project Management
1 1 (50.00%) Service Delivery
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (50.00%) TOGAF
1 1 (50.00%) Fault Management
1 1 (50.00%) Performance Management
1 1 (50.00%) Network Management
1 1 (50.00%) Business Transformation
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) PMP
1 1 (50.00%) PMI Certification
Systems Management
1 2 (100.00%) Netcool
2 1 (50.00%) TeMIP
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Cramer
2 1 (50.00%) Greenplum
2 1 (50.00%) Oracle
2 1 (50.00%) Citrix
2 1 (50.00%) BMC
2 1 (50.00%) Remedy
2 1 (50.00%) OPNET