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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.

LinkCA Unicenter
Location
3 months to
29 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank505502
Rank change on same period last yearDown-3
Matching contract IT job ads55136
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.073 %0.136 %
As % of the category below2.325 %4.386 %
Daily rates quoted1346
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 quoted617
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 %
England IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
England
Matching contract IT job ads23663101
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled3.154 %3.094 %
Daily rates quoted775913
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 quoted269399
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 UKUnicenter
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.

Unicenter
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.

England Unicenter Demand Trend

Unicenter
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.

England Unicenter Daily Rate Trend

Unicenter
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.

England Unicenter Daily Rate Histogram

Unicenter
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.

England Unicenter Hourly Rate Trend

Unicenter
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.

England Unicenter Hourly Rate Histogram

Unicenter
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.

LocationRank 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 EastUp+922£242-39.00 %
LondonUp+2817£415+15.51 %
North WestUp+146--
East of EnglandUp+154£545+17.83 %
South WestUp+213£225-
West MidlandsDown-32--
MidlandsUp+161--
Unicenter UKUnicenter
UK

Unicenter
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.

171 (61.21 %)CA
236 (31.03 %)UNIX
330 (25.86 %)HP
429 (25.00 %)Windows
528 (24.14 %)ITIL
621 (18.10 %)Finance
719 (16.38 %)MVS
817 (14.66 %)Mainframe
817 (14.66 %)IBM
916 (13.79 %)Security Cleared
1015 (12.93 %)OpenView
1015 (12.93 %)SQL
1114 (12.07 %)Tivoli
1213 (11.21 %)AutoSys
1213 (11.21 %)Oracle
1213 (11.21 %)Solaris
1213 (11.21 %)Microsoft
1213 (11.21 %)Problem Management
1312 (10.34 %)Retail
1411 (9.483 %)SC Cleared
1411 (9.483 %)VMS
1411 (9.483 %)SQL Server
1411 (9.483 %)Remedy
1411 (9.483 %)CONTROL-M
1411 (9.483 %)REXX
1510 (8.621 %)NetBackup
169 (7.759 %)Government
169 (7.759 %)Service Management
169 (7.759 %)Windows Server 2003
169 (7.759 %)AIX

Unicenter
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.

England IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
12 (1.724 %).NET
12 (1.724 %)Application Packaging
21 (0.862 %)WSH
21 (0.862 %)ASP
England IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
17 (6.034 %)MS Exchange
17 (6.034 %)SAS
26 (5.172 %)IIS
35 (4.310 %)Tomcat
43 (2.586 %)SharePoint
52 (1.724 %)Lotus Notes
52 (1.724 %)SharePoint Server 2007
52 (1.724 %)Exchange Server 2000
52 (1.724 %)Exchange Server 2003
61 (0.862 %)SharePoint Portal Server
61 (0.862 %)ESB
61 (0.862 %)Office Project Server
61 (0.862 %)MQSeries
61 (0.862 %)WebLogic
England IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
16 (5.172 %)MS Excel
21 (0.862 %)MS PowerPoint
21 (0.862 %)MS Project
21 (0.862 %)MS Office
England IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (0.862 %)MAXIMO
11 (0.862 %)Decalog
11 (0.862 %)BusinessWorks
11 (0.862 %)Oracle Financials
England IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
15 (4.310 %)SAN
24 (3.448 %)DNS
24 (3.448 %)TCP/IP
24 (3.448 %)VPN
33 (2.586 %)3G
33 (2.586 %)DHCP
33 (2.586 %)LAN
42 (1.724 %)VoIP
42 (1.724 %)CTI
42 (1.724 %)Intranet
42 (1.724 %)Firewall
51 (0.862 %)iSCSI
51 (0.862 %)NetScreen
51 (0.862 %)IPX
51 (0.862 %)IPX/SPX
51 (0.862 %)WAN
England IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
111 (9.483 %)SQL Server
23 (2.586 %)Oracle 8/8i
23 (2.586 %)Oracle Reports
32 (1.724 %)DB2
41 (0.862 %)SQL Server 2005
41 (0.862 %)SQL Server 2000
England IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
13 (2.586 %)Oracle Forms
22 (1.724 %)InstallShield
22 (1.724 %)MSI
England IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
121 (18.10 %)Finance
212 (10.34 %)Retail
39 (7.759 %)Government
47 (6.034 %)Banking
55 (4.310 %)Investment Banking
61 (0.862 %)Front Office
61 (0.862 %)Publishing
61 (0.862 %)Financial Institution
61 (0.862 %)Pharmaceutical
England IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
117 (14.66 %)Architect
213 (11.21 %)Analyst
311 (9.483 %)Consultant
48 (6.897 %)Computer Operator
48 (6.897 %)Administrator
48 (6.897 %)Systems Architect
56 (5.172 %)Capacity Manager
65 (4.310 %)Solutions Architect
65 (4.310 %)Developer
74 (3.448 %)Storage Engineer
74 (3.448 %)UNIX Support
74 (3.448 %)Enterprise Architect
74 (3.448 %)Operations Analyst
74 (3.448 %)3rd Line Support
83 (2.586 %)LAN Administrator
83 (2.586 %)Applications Support
83 (2.586 %)Systems Manager
83 (2.586 %)UNIX Specialist
83 (2.586 %)UNIX Operator
83 (2.586 %)Technical Architect
England IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
117 (14.66 %)Mainframe
26 (5.172 %)Data Extraction
34 (3.448 %)VAX
43 (2.586 %)Blackberry
52 (1.724 %)IBM Mainframe
61 (0.862 %)Spread Betting
61 (0.862 %)French Language
61 (0.862 %)German Language
61 (0.862 %)Portuguese Language
61 (0.862 %)Spanish Language
61 (0.862 %)AS400
61 (0.862 %)Replication
England IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
136 (31.03 %)UNIX
229 (25.00 %)Windows
319 (16.38 %)MVS
413 (11.21 %)Solaris
511 (9.483 %)VMS
69 (7.759 %)Windows Server 2003
69 (7.759 %)AIX
78 (6.897 %)Windows 2000
86 (5.172 %)Windows XP
86 (5.172 %)HPUX
93 (2.586 %)SUSE
93 (2.586 %)Linux
102 (1.724 %)Windows NT
102 (1.724 %)Windows 2000 Server
111 (0.862 %)zOS
England IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
128 (24.14 %)ITIL
216 (13.79 %)Security Cleared
313 (11.21 %)Problem Management
411 (9.483 %)SC Cleared
59 (7.759 %)Service Management
68 (6.897 %)Service Delivery
68 (6.897 %)Asset Management
77 (6.034 %)Change Management
85 (4.310 %)Systems Analysis
85 (4.310 %)Release Management
85 (4.310 %)Configuration Management
94 (3.448 %)Six Sigma
94 (3.448 %)Migration
94 (3.448 %)Technical Architecture
94 (3.448 %)Performance Management
103 (2.586 %)Incident Management
103 (2.586 %)Load Balancing
103 (2.586 %)Security Management
103 (2.586 %)Supply Chain Management
103 (2.586 %)Project Management
England IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
115 (12.93 %)SQL
211 (9.483 %)REXX
33 (2.586 %)Shell Script
33 (2.586 %)PL/SQL
42 (1.724 %)VBScript
42 (1.724 %)JCL
42 (1.724 %)DCL
51 (0.862 %)PowerShell
51 (0.862 %)VB
51 (0.862 %)C
51 (0.862 %)C#
51 (0.862 %)Java
51 (0.862 %)Perl
England IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
15 (4.310 %)ITIL Certification
23 (2.586 %)Microsoft Certification
23 (2.586 %)MCSE
England IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
16 (5.172 %)SLA
16 (5.172 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
25 (4.310 %)QA
34 (3.448 %)COBIT
42 (1.724 %)GCP
England IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
110 (8.621 %)NetBackup
29 (7.759 %)Active Directory
35 (4.310 %)Backup Exec
42 (1.724 %)VMware ESX
51 (0.862 %)VMware Infrastructure
51 (0.862 %)NFS
England IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
115 (12.93 %)OpenView
214 (12.07 %)Tivoli
313 (11.21 %)AutoSys
411 (9.483 %)CONTROL-M
58 (6.897 %)Netcool
67 (6.034 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
76 (5.172 %)Legato
76 (5.172 %)EMC NetWorker
76 (5.172 %)OMEGAMON
85 (4.310 %)Netcool/OMNIbus
94 (3.448 %)MOM
94 (3.448 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
94 (3.448 %)BMC PATROL
102 (1.724 %)OpenView Configuration Management
111 (0.862 %)OVSD
111 (0.862 %)MIIS
England IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
171 (61.21 %)CA
230 (25.86 %)HP
317 (14.66 %)IBM
413 (11.21 %)Oracle
413 (11.21 %)Microsoft
511 (9.483 %)Remedy
69 (7.759 %)EMC
78 (6.897 %)VERITAS
87 (6.034 %)Sun
87 (6.034 %)Cisco
96 (5.172 %)BMC
105 (4.310 %)Symantec
114 (3.448 %)Compaq
114 (3.448 %)Dell
123 (2.586 %)Blue Coat
123 (2.586 %)Retek
123 (2.586 %)Lotus
123 (2.586 %)Intel
123 (2.586 %)Citrix
132 (1.724 %)Genesys