England Unicenter Contracts

This section looks at the demand for CA Unicenter skills within the England region with a comparison to our Systems Management category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Unicenter over the 3 months to 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

CA Unicenter
Location Basildon Berkshire Bristol Buckinghamshire Burton-upon-Trent City of London Dorking East of England England Essex Glasgow Hampshire Hertfordshire Isle of Man Kent London Manchester Midlands Milton Keynes North West Reading Scotland South East South West Staffordshire Surrey UK Warwickshire West Midlands West Sussex	3 months to 29 Aug 2008	Same period last year
Rank	505	502
Rank change on same period last year	-3
Matching contract IT job ads	55	136
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.073 %	0.136 %
As % of the category below	2.325 %	4.386 %
Daily rates quoted	13	46
Average minimum daily rate	£332	£359
Average daily rate	£342	£381
% change on same period last year	-10.11 %
Average maximum daily rate	£352	£403
UK excluding London average daily rate	£280	£402
% change on same period last year	-30.17 %
Hourly rates quoted	6	17
Average minimum hourly rate	£38.17	£27.44
Average hourly rate	£40.83	£27.90
% change on same period last year	+46.37 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£43.50	£28.35
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£33.22	£33.38
% change on same period last year	-0.45 %
Systems Management England
Matching contract IT job ads	2366	3101
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	3.154 %	3.094 %
Daily rates quoted	775	913
Average minimum daily rate	£358	£355
Average daily rate	£379	£374
% change on same period last year	+1.32 %
Average maximum daily rate	£400	£393
UK excluding London average daily rate	£343	£358
% change on same period last year	-4.06 %
Hourly rates quoted	269	399
Average minimum hourly rate	£26.52	£25.92
Average hourly rate	£28.03	£27.44
% change on same period last year	+2.16 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£29.55	£28.96
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£28.47	£26.91
% change on same period last year	+5.79 %
Unicenter UK

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.

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Demand Trend

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

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Unicenter across the England region over the 3 months to 29 August 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 Unicenter across the England region.

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Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Unicenter across the England region over the 3 months to 29 August 2008.

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Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Unicenter within the England region over the 3 months to 29 August 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	+9	22	£242	-39.00 %
London	+28	17	£415	+15.51 %
North West	+14	6	-	-
East of England	+15	4	£545	+17.83 %
South West	+21	3	£225	-
West Midlands	-3	2	-	-
Midlands	+16	1	-	-

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing Unicenter 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 Unicenter.

1 71 (61.21 %) CA 2 36 (31.03 %) UNIX 3 30 (25.86 %) HP 4 29 (25.00 %) Windows 5 28 (24.14 %) ITIL 6 21 (18.10 %) Finance 7 19 (16.38 %) MVS 8 17 (14.66 %) Mainframe 8 17 (14.66 %) IBM 9 16 (13.79 %) Security Cleared 10 15 (12.93 %) OpenView 10 15 (12.93 %) SQL 11 14 (12.07 %) Tivoli 12 13 (11.21 %) AutoSys 12 13 (11.21 %) Oracle

12 13 (11.21 %) Solaris 12 13 (11.21 %) Microsoft 12 13 (11.21 %) Problem Management 13 12 (10.34 %) Retail 14 11 (9.483 %) SC Cleared 14 11 (9.483 %) VMS 14 11 (9.483 %) SQL Server 14 11 (9.483 %) Remedy 14 11 (9.483 %) CONTROL-M 14 11 (9.483 %) REXX 15 10 (8.621 %) NetBackup 16 9 (7.759 %) Government 16 9 (7.759 %) Service Management 16 9 (7.759 %) Windows Server 2003 16 9 (7.759 %) AIX

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing Unicenter 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 Unicenter. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 2 (1.724 %) .NET 1 2 (1.724 %) Application Packaging 2 1 (0.862 %) WSH 2 1 (0.862 %) ASP	Application Platforms 1 7 (6.034 %) MS Exchange 1 7 (6.034 %) SAS 2 6 (5.172 %) IIS 3 5 (4.310 %) Tomcat 4 3 (2.586 %) SharePoint 5 2 (1.724 %) Lotus Notes 5 2 (1.724 %) SharePoint Server 2007 5 2 (1.724 %) Exchange Server 2000 5 2 (1.724 %) Exchange Server 2003 6 1 (0.862 %) SharePoint Portal Server 6 1 (0.862 %) ESB 6 1 (0.862 %) Office Project Server 6 1 (0.862 %) MQSeries 6 1 (0.862 %) WebLogic
Applications 1 6 (5.172 %) MS Excel 2 1 (0.862 %) MS PowerPoint 2 1 (0.862 %) MS Project 2 1 (0.862 %) MS Office	Business Applications 1 1 (0.862 %) MAXIMO 1 1 (0.862 %) Decalog 1 1 (0.862 %) BusinessWorks 1 1 (0.862 %) Oracle Financials
Communications & Networking 1 5 (4.310 %) SAN 2 4 (3.448 %) DNS 2 4 (3.448 %) TCP/IP 2 4 (3.448 %) VPN 3 3 (2.586 %) 3G 3 3 (2.586 %) DHCP 3 3 (2.586 %) LAN 4 2 (1.724 %) VoIP 4 2 (1.724 %) CTI 4 2 (1.724 %) Intranet 4 2 (1.724 %) Firewall 5 1 (0.862 %) iSCSI 5 1 (0.862 %) NetScreen 5 1 (0.862 %) IPX 5 1 (0.862 %) IPX/SPX 5 1 (0.862 %) WAN	Database & Business Intelligence 1 11 (9.483 %) SQL Server 2 3 (2.586 %) Oracle 8/8i 2 3 (2.586 %) Oracle Reports 3 2 (1.724 %) DB2 4 1 (0.862 %) SQL Server 2005 4 1 (0.862 %) SQL Server 2000
Development Applications 1 3 (2.586 %) Oracle Forms 2 2 (1.724 %) InstallShield 2 2 (1.724 %) MSI	General 1 21 (18.10 %) Finance 2 12 (10.34 %) Retail 3 9 (7.759 %) Government 4 7 (6.034 %) Banking 5 5 (4.310 %) Investment Banking 6 1 (0.862 %) Front Office 6 1 (0.862 %) Publishing 6 1 (0.862 %) Financial Institution 6 1 (0.862 %) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles 1 17 (14.66 %) Architect 2 13 (11.21 %) Analyst 3 11 (9.483 %) Consultant 4 8 (6.897 %) Computer Operator 4 8 (6.897 %) Administrator 4 8 (6.897 %) Systems Architect 5 6 (5.172 %) Capacity Manager 6 5 (4.310 %) Solutions Architect 6 5 (4.310 %) Developer 7 4 (3.448 %) Storage Engineer 7 4 (3.448 %) UNIX Support 7 4 (3.448 %) Enterprise Architect 7 4 (3.448 %) Operations Analyst 7 4 (3.448 %) 3rd Line Support 8 3 (2.586 %) LAN Administrator 8 3 (2.586 %) Applications Support 8 3 (2.586 %) Systems Manager 8 3 (2.586 %) UNIX Specialist 8 3 (2.586 %) UNIX Operator 8 3 (2.586 %) Technical Architect	Miscellaneous 1 17 (14.66 %) Mainframe 2 6 (5.172 %) Data Extraction 3 4 (3.448 %) VAX 4 3 (2.586 %) Blackberry 5 2 (1.724 %) IBM Mainframe 6 1 (0.862 %) Spread Betting 6 1 (0.862 %) French Language 6 1 (0.862 %) German Language 6 1 (0.862 %) Portuguese Language 6 1 (0.862 %) Spanish Language 6 1 (0.862 %) AS400 6 1 (0.862 %) Replication
Operating Systems 1 36 (31.03 %) UNIX 2 29 (25.00 %) Windows 3 19 (16.38 %) MVS 4 13 (11.21 %) Solaris 5 11 (9.483 %) VMS 6 9 (7.759 %) Windows Server 2003 6 9 (7.759 %) AIX 7 8 (6.897 %) Windows 2000 8 6 (5.172 %) Windows XP 8 6 (5.172 %) HPUX 9 3 (2.586 %) SUSE 9 3 (2.586 %) Linux 10 2 (1.724 %) Windows NT 10 2 (1.724 %) Windows 2000 Server 11 1 (0.862 %) zOS	Processes & Methodologies 1 28 (24.14 %) ITIL 2 16 (13.79 %) Security Cleared 3 13 (11.21 %) Problem Management 4 11 (9.483 %) SC Cleared 5 9 (7.759 %) Service Management 6 8 (6.897 %) Service Delivery 6 8 (6.897 %) Asset Management 7 7 (6.034 %) Change Management 8 5 (4.310 %) Systems Analysis 8 5 (4.310 %) Release Management 8 5 (4.310 %) Configuration Management 9 4 (3.448 %) Six Sigma 9 4 (3.448 %) Migration 9 4 (3.448 %) Technical Architecture 9 4 (3.448 %) Performance Management 10 3 (2.586 %) Incident Management 10 3 (2.586 %) Load Balancing 10 3 (2.586 %) Security Management 10 3 (2.586 %) Supply Chain Management 10 3 (2.586 %) Project Management
Programming Languages 1 15 (12.93 %) SQL 2 11 (9.483 %) REXX 3 3 (2.586 %) Shell Script 3 3 (2.586 %) PL/SQL 4 2 (1.724 %) VBScript 4 2 (1.724 %) JCL 4 2 (1.724 %) DCL 5 1 (0.862 %) PowerShell 5 1 (0.862 %) VB 5 1 (0.862 %) C 5 1 (0.862 %) C# 5 1 (0.862 %) Java 5 1 (0.862 %) Perl	Qualifications 1 5 (4.310 %) ITIL Certification 2 3 (2.586 %) Microsoft Certification 2 3 (2.586 %) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 6 (5.172 %) SLA 1 6 (5.172 %) Sarbanes-Oxley 2 5 (4.310 %) QA 3 4 (3.448 %) COBIT 4 2 (1.724 %) GCP	System Software 1 10 (8.621 %) NetBackup 2 9 (7.759 %) Active Directory 3 5 (4.310 %) Backup Exec 4 2 (1.724 %) VMware ESX 5 1 (0.862 %) VMware Infrastructure 5 1 (0.862 %) NFS
Systems Management 1 15 (12.93 %) OpenView 2 14 (12.07 %) Tivoli 3 13 (11.21 %) AutoSys 4 11 (9.483 %) CONTROL-M 5 8 (6.897 %) Netcool 6 7 (6.034 %) Tivoli Storage Manager 7 6 (5.172 %) Legato 7 6 (5.172 %) EMC NetWorker 7 6 (5.172 %) OMEGAMON 8 5 (4.310 %) Netcool/OMNIbus 9 4 (3.448 %) MOM 9 4 (3.448 %) Systems Management Server (SMS) 9 4 (3.448 %) BMC PATROL 10 2 (1.724 %) OpenView Configuration Management 11 1 (0.862 %) OVSD 11 1 (0.862 %) MIIS	Vendors 1 71 (61.21 %) CA 2 30 (25.86 %) HP 3 17 (14.66 %) IBM 4 13 (11.21 %) Oracle 4 13 (11.21 %) Microsoft 5 11 (9.483 %) Remedy 6 9 (7.759 %) EMC 7 8 (6.897 %) VERITAS 8 7 (6.034 %) Sun 8 7 (6.034 %) Cisco 9 6 (5.172 %) BMC 10 5 (4.310 %) Symantec 11 4 (3.448 %) Compaq 11 4 (3.448 %) Dell 12 3 (2.586 %) Blue Coat 12 3 (2.586 %) Retek 12 3 (2.586 %) Lotus 12 3 (2.586 %) Intel 12 3 (2.586 %) Citrix 13 2 (1.724 %) Genesys