England Novell Certification Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for Novell Certification in IT contracts within the England region compared to all other Qualifications we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Novell Certification over the 3 months to 7 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Novell Certification
Location Aberdeen Berkshire Buckinghamshire City of London Crawley East Midlands East of England England Gerrards Cross Glasgow Hertfordshire Home Counties Kent Leeds Liverpool London Manchester Merseyside Middlesex Milton Keynes North West Northampton Northamptonshire Nottingham Nottinghamshire Reading Rotherham Scotland Solihull South East South Yorkshire UK Wakefield Warwick Warwickshire Watford West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Yorkshire	3 months to 7 Oct 2008	Same period last year
Rank	463	567
Rank change on same period last year	+104
Matching contract IT job ads	85	64
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.121 %	0.065 %
As % of the category below	1.256 %	0.697 %
Daily rates quoted	36	15
Average minimum daily rate	£293	£289
Average daily rate	£297	£313
% change on same period last year	-4.99 %
Average maximum daily rate	£301	£337
UK excluding London average daily rate	£292	£385
% change on same period last year	-24.12 %
Hourly rates quoted	10	10
Average minimum hourly rate	£23.40	£22.80
Average hourly rate	£25.58	£23.65
% change on same period last year	+8.13 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£27.75	£24.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£22.93	£26.67
% change on same period last year	-14.01 %
Qualifications England
Matching contract IT job ads	6765	9182
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	9.614 %	9.273 %
Daily rates quoted	2365	3013
Average minimum daily rate	£346	£343
Average daily rate	£367	£361
% change on same period last year	+1.59 %
Average maximum daily rate	£388	£379
UK excluding London average daily rate	£337	£322
% change on same period last year	+4.82 %
Hourly rates quoted	736	908
Average minimum hourly rate	£23.63	£24.11
Average hourly rate	£25.13	£25.78
% change on same period last year	-2.49 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£26.64	£27.45
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£25.45	£25.82
% change on same period last year	-1.41 %
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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.

Novell Certification
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Novell Certification across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications 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 Novell Certification across the England region.

Novell Certification
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Novell Certification across the England region over the 3 months to 7 October 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 Novell Certification across the England region.

Novell Certification
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Novell Certification across the England region over the 3 months to 7 October 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 Novell Certification within the England region over the 3 months to 7 October 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
South East	+76	43	£289	-24.95 %
East Midlands	+13	14	£324	-
London	+76	13	£475	+65.74 %
Yorkshire	+10	8	£250	-
West Midlands	+14	4	-	-
North West	+16	2	-	-
East of England	-	1	£300	-

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing Novell Certification 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 Novell Certification.

1 123 (80.92 %) CNE 2 107 (70.39 %) Microsoft Certification 3 100 (65.79 %) MCSE 4 90 (59.21 %) Windows 5 67 (44.08 %) Cisco 6 59 (38.82 %) ITIL 7 58 (38.16 %) Novell 7 58 (38.16 %) Security Cleared 8 49 (32.24 %) Microsoft 9 43 (28.29 %) Active Directory 10 42 (27.63 %) HP 10 42 (27.63 %) NetWare 10 42 (27.63 %) Windows Server 2003 11 40 (26.32 %) CNA 12 36 (23.68 %) ITSM

12 36 (23.68 %) SC Cleared 13 35 (23.03 %) Windows 2000 14 34 (22.37 %) OpenView 15 33 (21.71 %) OVOW 16 27 (17.76 %) MS Exchange 17 25 (16.45 %) Citrix 18 24 (15.79 %) Windows XP 18 24 (15.79 %) GroupWise 19 23 (15.13 %) CCNA 19 23 (15.13 %) Cisco Certification 20 21 (13.82 %) SAN 20 21 (13.82 %) Windows NT 21 20 (13.16 %) MS Office 21 20 (13.16 %) ZENworks 22 19 (12.50 %) Firewall

Novell Certification
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing Novell Certification 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 Novell Certification. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 3 (1.974 %) Application Packaging	Application Platforms 1 27 (17.76 %) MS Exchange 2 24 (15.79 %) GroupWise 3 17 (11.18 %) Exchange Server 2003 4 10 (6.579 %) Exchange Server 5.5 5 4 (2.632 %) Lotus Notes 6 2 (1.316 %) Lotus Domino 6 2 (1.316 %) Exchange Server 2007 7 1 (0.658 %) IIS
Applications 1 20 (13.16 %) MS Office 2 14 (9.211 %) MS Excel	Communications & Networking 1 21 (13.82 %) SAN 2 19 (12.50 %) Firewall 3 14 (9.211 %) WAN 4 12 (7.895 %) LAN 5 9 (5.921 %) TCP/IP 6 6 (3.947 %) VPN 7 5 (3.289 %) DNS 8 4 (2.632 %) DHCP 8 4 (2.632 %) Cisco PIX 9 2 (1.316 %) SNMP 9 2 (1.316 %) SMS 10 1 (0.658 %) Internet 10 1 (0.658 %) 3G
Database & Business Intelligence 1 4 (2.632 %) SQL Server 1 4 (2.632 %) Oracle 8/8i 2 3 (1.974 %) OLAP 2 3 (1.974 %) DTS 2 3 (1.974 %) SQL Server Reporting Services 3 1 (0.658 %) MS Access	Development Applications 1 4 (2.632 %) MSI 2 1 (0.658 %) InstallShield 2 1 (0.658 %) AdminStudio
General 1 14 (9.211 %) Government 2 12 (7.895 %) Telecoms 3 11 (7.237 %) Finance 4 3 (1.974 %) Construction 5 2 (1.316 %) Banking 5 2 (1.316 %) Insurance 6 1 (0.658 %) Financial Institution 6 1 (0.658 %) Investment Banking	Job Titles 1 23 (15.13 %) Support Engineer 2 17 (11.18 %) Novell Engineer 3 13 (8.553 %) Desktop Support 4 12 (7.895 %) Analyst 4 12 (7.895 %) 3rd Line Support 5 11 (7.237 %) Technical Engineer 6 10 (6.579 %) Consultant 6 10 (6.579 %) Technical Support 7 9 (5.921 %) Messaging Specialist 8 8 (5.263 %) Systems Engineer 8 8 (5.263 %) Support Specialist 9 7 (4.605 %) Technical Support Engineer 9 7 (4.605 %) Server Specialist 10 6 (3.947 %) Server Support 10 6 (3.947 %) Support Analyst 10 6 (3.947 %) Network Engineer 11 5 (3.289 %) SAN Specialist 12 4 (2.632 %) SAN Consultant 12 4 (2.632 %) OpenView Specialist 12 4 (2.632 %) Support Technician
Miscellaneous 1 7 (4.605 %) Clustering 2 2 (1.316 %) Management Information System 3 1 (0.658 %) Mathematics 3 1 (0.658 %) NHS 3 1 (0.658 %) Blackberry	Operating Systems 1 90 (59.21 %) Windows 2 42 (27.63 %) NetWare 2 42 (27.63 %) Windows Server 2003 3 35 (23.03 %) Windows 2000 4 24 (15.79 %) Windows XP 5 21 (13.82 %) Windows NT 6 9 (5.921 %) Windows 2000 Server 7 5 (3.289 %) Linux 8 4 (2.632 %) Windows Vista 9 1 (0.658 %) UNIX 9 1 (0.658 %) HPUX 9 1 (0.658 %) VMS
Processes & Methodologies 1 59 (38.82 %) ITIL 2 58 (38.16 %) Security Cleared 3 36 (23.68 %) ITSM 3 36 (23.68 %) SC Cleared 4 17 (11.18 %) Migration 5 13 (8.553 %) Problem Management 6 9 (5.921 %) DV Cleared 7 8 (5.263 %) Data Migration 8 7 (4.605 %) Operations Management 9 3 (1.974 %) Incident Management 9 3 (1.974 %) Business Intelligence 10 2 (1.316 %) PRINCE2 10 2 (1.316 %) Project Planning 10 2 (1.316 %) Service Delivery 10 2 (1.316 %) Data Protection 10 2 (1.316 %) CTC Cleared 11 1 (0.658 %) Investment Management 11 1 (0.658 %) Time Management 11 1 (0.658 %) Configuration Management	Programming Languages 1 7 (4.605 %) SQL 2 3 (1.974 %) Transact-SQL 2 3 (1.974 %) C 3 1 (0.658 %) VB
Qualifications 1 123 (80.92 %) CNE 2 107 (70.39 %) Microsoft Certification 3 100 (65.79 %) MCSE 4 40 (26.32 %) CNA 5 23 (15.13 %) Cisco Certification 5 23 (15.13 %) CCNA 6 15 (9.868 %) MCP 7 11 (7.237 %) CCNP 7 11 (7.237 %) Citrix Certification 7 11 (7.237 %) CCEA 8 9 (5.921 %) SCSP 8 9 (5.921 %) HP ASE 9 8 (5.263 %) HP AIS 9 8 (5.263 %) CCDA 10 6 (3.947 %) Degree 11 3 (1.974 %) ITIL Certification 12 2 (1.316 %) HNC 12 2 (1.316 %) MCSA 12 2 (1.316 %) MCDBA 13 1 (0.658 %) MCT	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 4 (2.632 %) SLA
System Software 1 43 (28.29 %) Active Directory 2 12 (7.895 %) NDS 2 12 (7.895 %) Citrix Presentation Server 3 11 (7.237 %) Novell eDirectory 4 7 (4.605 %) MailMarshal 5 5 (3.289 %) Backup Exec 5 5 (3.289 %) ISA Server 6 3 (1.974 %) Terminal Server 6 3 (1.974 %) VMware Infrastructure 7 1 (0.658 %) BorderManager 7 1 (0.658 %) VMware ESX	Systems Management 1 34 (22.37 %) OpenView 2 33 (21.71 %) OVOW 3 20 (13.16 %) ZENworks 4 17 (11.18 %) ARCserve 5 13 (8.553 %) Norton AntiVirus 6 8 (5.263 %) CiscoWorks 7 7 (4.605 %) HP Data Protector 8 6 (3.947 %) OVPI 9 4 (2.632 %) OVPA 9 4 (2.632 %) Systems Management Server (SMS) 10 3 (1.974 %) DameWare 11 2 (1.316 %) RepliStor 11 2 (1.316 %) NNM 11 2 (1.316 %) Legato 11 2 (1.316 %) MOM 12 1 (0.658 %) OpenView Configuration Management
Vendors 1 67 (44.08 %) Cisco 2 58 (38.16 %) Novell 3 49 (32.24 %) Microsoft 4 42 (27.63 %) HP 5 25 (16.45 %) Citrix 6 16 (10.53 %) Symantec 7 10 (6.579 %) McAfee Security 8 8 (5.263 %) CheckPoint 8 8 (5.263 %) VMware 9 6 (3.947 %) Lotus 10 5 (3.289 %) Compaq 10 5 (3.289 %) Syncsort 11 4 (2.632 %) Nokia 11 4 (2.632 %) Oracle 11 4 (2.632 %) Reuters 11 4 (2.632 %) Bloomberg 12 3 (1.974 %) Sophos 12 3 (1.974 %) BT 12 3 (1.974 %) Dell 13 2 (1.316 %) SurfControl