The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Symmetrix in IT contracts advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Symmetrix 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 terms in our Miscellaneous 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
EMC Symmetrix
Rank 489 543 546
Rank change year-on-year
+54 +3
Contract jobs citing Symmetrix 24 16 25
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.058% 0.030% 0.044%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.214% 0.119% 0.152%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 7 15
Average daily rate £363 £325 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+11.53% -27.77%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £328 £322 £410
10% offered a daily rate of more than £515 £448 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £338 £325 £450
% change year-on-year
+3.84% -27.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All of the Miscellaneous Category
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
11208 13487 16440
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 26.96% 25.29% 29.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 6896 8084 9903
Average daily rate £438 £437 £525
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+0.11% -16.76%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £255 £285
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £607 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £340
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +1.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 492 617 685
Average hourly rate £23.50 £22.50 £23.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+4.44% -2.17%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £12.50 £11.25
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £46.60 £41.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £22.50 £26.00
% change year-on-year
- -13.46%
Symmetrix
UK

Symmetrix
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England Symmetrix Jobs Demand Trend

Symmetrix
Daily Rate Trend

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

England Symmetrix Daily Rate Trend

Symmetrix
Daily Rate Histogram

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

England Symmetrix Daily Rate Histogram

Symmetrix
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England Symmetrix Hourly Rate Trend

Symmetrix
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Symmetrix 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 +51 21 £365 -27.00%
West Midlands +9 3 £275 -33.33%
Symmetrix
UK

Symmetrix
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 38 (95.00%) EMC
2 36 (90.00%) CLARiiON
3 34 (85.00%) SAN
4 30 (75.00%) Symmetrix DMX
5 26 (65.00%) Cisco
5 26 (65.00%) Windows
6 21 (52.50%) EMC Centera
7 19 (47.50%) NetApp
7 19 (47.50%) HP
8 18 (45.00%) UNIX
9 16 (40.00%) SRDF
10 15 (37.50%) Celerra
11 14 (35.00%) IBM
12 13 (32.50%) Solaris
12 13 (32.50%) Linux
12 13 (32.50%) EMC TimeFinder
13 12 (30.00%) Connectrix
13 12 (30.00%) Finance
14 10 (25.00%) NetBackup
14 10 (25.00%) Tivoli Storage Manager
15 9 (22.50%) Legato
15 9 (22.50%) VMS
15 9 (22.50%) HPUX
15 9 (22.50%) Oracle
15 9 (22.50%) Capacity Management
15 9 (22.50%) EMC NetWorker
16 8 (20.00%) Financial Institution
16 8 (20.00%) Backup Exec
17 7 (17.50%) Brocade
17 7 (17.50%) Tivoli

Symmetrix
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 4 (10.00%) Flash
Applications
1 1 (2.500%) MS Office
1 1 (2.500%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 34 (85.00%) SAN
2 12 (30.00%) Connectrix
3 4 (10.00%) VPN
3 4 (10.00%) Firewall
3 4 (10.00%) NAS
4 3 (7.500%) HTTP
General
1 12 (30.00%) Finance
2 8 (20.00%) Financial Institution
3 4 (10.00%) Investment Banking
3 4 (10.00%) Banking
4 3 (7.500%) Corporate Banking
Job Titles
1 13 (32.50%) Administrator
2 12 (30.00%) Storage Administrator
3 11 (27.50%) Storage Engineer
4 10 (25.00%) Consultant
5 8 (20.00%) Storage Consultant
6 4 (10.00%) Storage Specialist
6 4 (10.00%) Backup Engineer
7 3 (7.500%) SAN Storage Consultant
7 3 (7.500%) EMC Storage Consultant
7 3 (7.500%) SAN Consultant
8 2 (5.000%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 2 (5.000%) Backup Consultant
8 2 (5.000%) EMC Storage Administrator
9 1 (2.500%) IBM Storage Specialist
9 1 (2.500%) Backup Administrator
9 1 (2.500%) Designer
9 1 (2.500%) Storage Analyst
9 1 (2.500%) Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 36 (90.00%) CLARiiON
2 30 (75.00%) Symmetrix DMX
3 21 (52.50%) EMC Centera
4 15 (37.50%) Celerra
5 4 (10.00%) Mainframe
5 4 (10.00%) Replication
5 4 (10.00%) Clustering
5 4 (10.00%) IBM Mainframe
6 2 (5.000%) Computer Science
7 1 (2.500%) Enterprise Storage
Operating Systems
1 26 (65.00%) Windows
2 18 (45.00%) UNIX
3 13 (32.50%) Solaris
3 13 (32.50%) Linux
4 9 (22.50%) VMS
4 9 (22.50%) HPUX
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (22.50%) Capacity Management
2 4 (10.00%) Business Continuity
2 4 (10.00%) Data Management
2 4 (10.00%) Disaster Recovery
3 3 (7.500%) Fund Management
3 3 (7.500%) Wealth Management
3 3 (7.500%) Capacity Planning
3 3 (7.500%) Business Transformation
3 3 (7.500%) Migration
3 3 (7.500%) Information Security
4 2 (5.000%) Service Delivery
5 1 (2.500%) Problem Management
5 1 (2.500%) Service Management
5 1 (2.500%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (10.00%) Shell Script
1 4 (10.00%) SQL
2 3 (7.500%) VB
3 2 (5.000%) VBScript
4 1 (2.500%) C
Qualifications
1 3 (7.500%) NCDA
2 2 (5.000%) Degree
System Software
1 16 (40.00%) SRDF
2 4 (10.00%) EMC RecoverPoint
Systems Management
1 13 (32.50%) EMC TimeFinder
2 10 (25.00%) NetBackup
2 10 (25.00%) Tivoli Storage Manager
3 9 (22.50%) Legato
3 9 (22.50%) EMC NetWorker
4 8 (20.00%) Backup Exec
5 7 (17.50%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 38 (95.00%) EMC
2 26 (65.00%) Cisco
3 19 (47.50%) NetApp
3 19 (47.50%) HP
4 14 (35.00%) IBM
5 9 (22.50%) Oracle
6 7 (17.50%) Brocade
6 7 (17.50%) Dell
7 4 (10.00%) Microsoft
7 4 (10.00%) Sun
7 4 (10.00%) Veritas
8 3 (7.500%) Symantec
London
Global financial institution requires a storage administrator for a contract position. You should have extensive hands on experience within a support function, preferably from within financial services.
Scope AT Ltd
Rate: negotiable
Posted: 21 May 2013