The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of ProCurve 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 ProCurve over the 3 months to 24 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 HP ProCurve.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
ProCurve
Rank 488 535 550
Rank change year-on-year
+47 +15
Contract jobs citing ProCurve 25 24 21
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.060% 0.045% 0.037%
As % of the Vendors category 0.129% 0.097% 0.081%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 12 10
Average daily rate £310 £300 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.33% -29.41%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £233 £190 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £363 £349 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £313 £250
% change year-on-year
-4.00% +25.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 2
Average hourly rate £21.34 £20.50 £48.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+4.07% -57.51%
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £20.00 £48.25
% change year-on-year
- -58.54%
All Vendors
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
19388 24654 25908
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 46.63% 46.22% 46.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 10664 13039 13321
Average daily rate £400 £400 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -5.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £230 £235 £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 1105 1232 1516
Average hourly rate £19.63 £19.63 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -1.87%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.35 £11.50 £11.38
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%
ProCurve
UK

ProCurve
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England ProCurve Jobs Demand Trend

ProCurve
Daily Rate Trend

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

England ProCurve Daily Rate Trend

ProCurve
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing ProCurve across the England region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

England ProCurve Daily Rate Histogram

ProCurve
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England ProCurve Hourly Rate Trend

ProCurve
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ProCurve within the England region over the 3 months to 24 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 +41 12 £338 +12.50%
South East +17 8 £310 -0.80%
South West +29 4 £288 +21.05%
West Midlands +7 1 £250 -27.27%
ProCurve
UK

ProCurve
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing ProCurve 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 ProCurve.

1 52 (100.00%) HP
2 42 (80.77%) Windows
3 36 (69.23%) VMware
4 30 (57.69%) DNS
5 29 (55.77%) DHCP
6 28 (53.85%) Firewall
7 24 (46.15%) Juniper
8 23 (44.23%) CheckPoint
9 22 (42.31%) LAN
10 21 (40.38%) TCP/IP
10 21 (40.38%) Active Directory
10 21 (40.38%) SAN
10 21 (40.38%) NetApp
11 20 (38.46%) Blackberry
11 20 (38.46%) Windows Server 2008
12 18 (34.62%) VMware Infrastructure
12 18 (34.62%) Clustering
12 18 (34.62%) WSUS
12 18 (34.62%) Backup Exec
13 15 (28.85%) WAN
13 15 (28.85%) MS Exchange
13 15 (28.85%) HP SIM
14 13 (25.00%) Cisco
14 13 (25.00%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
15 12 (23.08%) Configuration Management
15 12 (23.08%) Microsoft
16 11 (21.15%) ITIL
16 11 (21.15%) Cisco Certification
16 11 (21.15%) Windows 7
17 10 (19.23%) F5

ProCurve
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing ProCurve 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 ProCurve. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 8 (15.38%) WebSphere
2 1 (1.923%) Application Packaging
Application Platforms
1 15 (28.85%) MS Exchange
2 13 (25.00%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
3 6 (11.54%) Exchange Server 2010
4 4 (7.692%) Exchange Server 2007
5 1 (1.923%) SharePoint Server
5 1 (1.923%) SharePoint
5 1 (1.923%) IIS
Applications
1 4 (7.692%) MS Office
2 2 (3.846%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 30 (57.69%) DNS
2 29 (55.77%) DHCP
3 28 (53.85%) Firewall
4 22 (42.31%) LAN
5 21 (40.38%) TCP/IP
5 21 (40.38%) SAN
6 15 (28.85%) WAN
7 10 (19.23%) VPN
8 7 (13.46%) VLAN
9 6 (11.54%) VoIP
10 5 (9.615%) Wi-Fi
10 5 (9.615%) Wireless
11 3 (5.769%) Network Security
11 3 (5.769%) MPLS
12 2 (3.846%) Asterisk PBX
12 2 (3.846%) SMTP
12 2 (3.846%) PBX
12 2 (3.846%) LDAP
12 2 (3.846%) 802.11
13 1 (1.923%) BIG-IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (9.615%) SQL Server 2005
1 5 (9.615%) SQL Server 2008
1 5 (9.615%) SQL Server
General
1 10 (19.23%) Finance
2 7 (13.46%) Telecoms
3 4 (7.692%) Advertising
4 3 (5.769%) Law
5 1 (1.923%) Financial Institution
5 1 (1.923%) Legal
Job Titles
1 20 (38.46%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 10 (19.23%) Network Engineer
3 7 (13.46%) Analyst
3 7 (13.46%) Infrastructure Analyst
4 4 (7.692%) Support Engineer
4 4 (7.692%) Consultant
4 4 (7.692%) Server Engineer
5 3 (5.769%) Network Support
5 3 (5.769%) Technical Support
5 3 (5.769%) 3rd Line Support
6 2 (3.846%) IT Infrastructure Manager
6 2 (3.846%) 3rd Line Technical Support
6 2 (3.846%) Architect
6 2 (3.846%) Infrastructure Consultant
6 2 (3.846%) Systems Manager
6 2 (3.846%) Infrastructure Manager
6 2 (3.846%) Telephony Engineer
6 2 (3.846%) Network Support Engineer
7 1 (1.923%) Desktop Engineer
7 1 (1.923%) Technical Support Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 20 (38.46%) Blackberry
2 18 (34.62%) Clustering
3 1 (1.923%) Cryptography
3 1 (1.923%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 42 (80.77%) Windows
2 20 (38.46%) Windows Server 2008
3 11 (21.15%) Windows 7
4 6 (11.54%) Windows Server 2003
5 3 (5.769%) Windows XP
6 1 (1.923%) Windows Vista
6 1 (1.923%) CentOS
6 1 (1.923%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (23.08%) Configuration Management
2 11 (21.15%) ITIL
3 8 (15.38%) Disaster Recovery
3 8 (15.38%) Business Continuity
4 4 (7.692%) Service Delivery
5 3 (5.769%) Network Design
6 2 (3.846%) Project Management
6 2 (3.846%) Performance Management
6 2 (3.846%) Change Management
6 2 (3.846%) Migration
7 1 (1.923%) Enterprise Architecture
7 1 (1.923%) Load Balancing
7 1 (1.923%) Problem Management
7 1 (1.923%) Release Management
7 1 (1.923%) Quality Management
7 1 (1.923%) Capacity Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (9.615%) SQL
Qualifications
1 11 (21.15%) Cisco Certification
2 9 (17.31%) CCNP
3 7 (13.46%) MCSE
3 7 (13.46%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (3.846%) CCNA
4 2 (3.846%) Security Cleared
4 2 (3.846%) SC Cleared
5 1 (1.923%) Degree
5 1 (1.923%) BC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.923%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (1.923%) SLA
System Software
1 21 (40.38%) Active Directory
2 18 (34.62%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (15.38%) VMware ESXi
4 3 (5.769%) NFS
4 3 (5.769%) vSphere
4 3 (5.769%) XenApp
4 3 (5.769%) XenDesktop
5 2 (3.846%) XenServer
5 2 (3.846%) UAG
6 1 (1.923%) ProxySG
6 1 (1.923%) VMware ESX
6 1 (1.923%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 18 (34.62%) WSUS
1 18 (34.62%) Backup Exec
2 15 (28.85%) HP SIM
3 2 (3.846%) SCOM
4 1 (1.923%) SCCM
4 1 (1.923%) MOM
Vendors
1 52 (100.00%) HP
2 36 (69.23%) VMware
3 24 (46.15%) Juniper
4 23 (44.23%) CheckPoint
5 21 (40.38%) NetApp
6 13 (25.00%) Cisco
7 12 (23.08%) Microsoft
8 10 (19.23%) F5
9 7 (13.46%) Citrix
10 6 (11.54%) Altiris
11 4 (7.692%) Siemens
12 3 (5.769%) SonicWALL
12 3 (5.769%) Veritas
12 3 (5.769%) Symantec
13 2 (3.846%) SolarWinds
13 2 (3.846%) Sophos
13 2 (3.846%) Apple
14 1 (1.923%) Blue Coat
14 1 (1.923%) WatchGuard
14 1 (1.923%) TippingPoint
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