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This section looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of VERITAS products and/or services in IT contracts within the England region with a comparison to our Vendors category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited VERITAS over the 3 months to 21 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkVERITAS
Location
3 months to
21 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank171156
Rank change on same period last yearDown-15
Matching contract IT job ads643971
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.849 %0.967 %
As % of the category below2.148 %2.400 %
Daily rates quoted187278
Average minimum daily rate£357£376
Average daily rate£376£397
% change on same period last year-5.24 %
Average maximum daily rate£395£418
UK excluding London average daily rate£364£384
% change on same period last year-5.32 %
Hourly rates quoted100120
Average minimum hourly rate£25.98£27.35
Average hourly rate£27.11£28.76
% change on same period last year-5.75 %
Average maximum hourly rate£28.24£30.17
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.61£30.00
% change on same period last year-7.96 %
England IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
England
Matching contract IT job ads2994040458
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled39.51 %40.29 %
Daily rates quoted926811991
Average minimum daily rate£381£387
Average daily rate£406£411
% change on same period last year-1.29 %
Average maximum daily rate£431£435
UK excluding London average daily rate£358£358
% change on same period last year+0.11 %
Hourly rates quoted27103611
Average minimum hourly rate£22.44£24.04
Average hourly rate£24.00£25.59
% change on same period last year-6.22 %
Average maximum hourly rate£25.56£27.15
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.70£24.82
% change on same period last year-4.50 %
VERITAS UKVERITAS
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.

These figures represent the IT job market and are NOT representative of employment within the VERITAS Software Corporation.

VERITAS
Demand Trend

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

England VERITAS Demand Trend

VERITAS
Daily Rate Trend

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

England VERITAS Daily Rate Trend

VERITAS
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing VERITAS across the England region over the 3 months to 21 August 2008.

England VERITAS Daily Rate Histogram

VERITAS
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England VERITAS Hourly Rate Trend

VERITAS
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing VERITAS across the England region over the 3 months to 21 August 2008.

England VERITAS Hourly Rate Histogram

VERITAS
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing VERITAS within the England region over the 3 months to 21 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
LondonDown-10342£377-7.08 %
South EastDown-4596£363-9.06 %
YorkshireUp+4353£338+6.86 %
North WestUp+2650£480-
East of EnglandUp+1449£449+18.76 %
South WestDown-934£267-16.28 %
West MidlandsDown-149£208-39.85 %
North EastUp+84--
East MidlandsDown-72£325-
VERITAS UKVERITAS
UK

VERITAS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing VERITAS 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 VERITAS.

1616 (53.01 %)Solaris
2561 (48.28 %)UNIX
3432 (37.18 %)Windows
4396 (34.08 %)NetBackup
5329 (28.31 %)SAN
6299 (25.73 %)Linux
7268 (23.06 %)Sun
8232 (19.97 %)HP
9226 (19.45 %)TCP/IP
10216 (18.59 %)AIX
11212 (18.24 %)EMC
12208 (17.90 %)Windows Server 2003
13207 (17.81 %)Oracle
14187 (16.09 %)Perl
14187 (16.09 %)Active Directory
15181 (15.58 %)Finance
16176 (15.15 %)HPUX
17158 (13.60 %)Red Hat
18156 (13.43 %)Microsoft
19155 (13.34 %)DNS
19155 (13.34 %)Red Hat Linux
20147 (12.65 %)MS Exchange
21139 (11.96 %)Shell Script
22134 (11.53 %)Cisco
23131 (11.27 %)Banking
24127 (10.93 %)Tivoli
25123 (10.59 %)IBM
26117 (10.07 %)VMware
27114 (9.811 %)Clustering
27114 (9.811 %)Symantec

VERITAS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing VERITAS 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 VERITAS. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

England IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
179 (6.799 %)Middleware
234 (2.926 %)HTML
326 (2.238 %)WebSphere
412 (1.033 %)J2EE
412 (1.033 %)XML
412 (1.033 %)JMS
510 (0.861 %).NET
69 (0.775 %)WebServices
77 (0.602 %)ODBC
77 (0.602 %)SAP Basis
86 (0.516 %)SAP XI
95 (0.430 %)SOAP
95 (0.430 %)ISPF
104 (0.344 %)WBIMB
113 (0.258 %)EJB
122 (0.172 %)Software Packaging
122 (0.172 %)WMI
122 (0.172 %)POSIX
122 (0.172 %)WSH
131 (0.086 %)CGI
England IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1147 (12.65 %)MS Exchange
270 (6.024 %)Exchange Server 2003
343 (3.701 %)Apache
429 (2.496 %)WebLogic
524 (2.065 %)IIS
618 (1.549 %)Lotus Notes
716 (1.377 %)Exchange Server 2000
814 (1.205 %)Lotus Domino
913 (1.119 %)Exchange Server 5.5
109 (0.775 %)SharePoint
116 (0.516 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
125 (0.430 %)WebSphere Application Server
125 (0.430 %)NetWeaver
125 (0.430 %)WebSphere MQ
125 (0.430 %)CICS
125 (0.430 %)Exchange Server 2007
125 (0.430 %)ESB
134 (0.344 %)Oracle Workflow
134 (0.344 %)Tomcat
143 (0.258 %)MQSeries
England IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
157 (4.905 %)MS Office
256 (4.819 %)MS Excel
38 (0.688 %)MS Project
43 (0.258 %)QuarkXPress
52 (0.172 %)AutoCAD
61 (0.086 %)MS Visio
61 (0.086 %)Acrobat
England IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
18 (0.688 %)Summit
25 (0.430 %)Global One
25 (0.430 %)Oracle Applications
33 (0.258 %)SAP IS-U
42 (0.172 %)Kondor+
51 (0.086 %)Oracle Financials
51 (0.086 %)Oracle 11i
51 (0.086 %)SAP R/3
51 (0.086 %)Beauchamp
51 (0.086 %)SAP Oil and Gas
51 (0.086 %)RMDS
England IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
1329 (28.31 %)SAN
2226 (19.45 %)TCP/IP
3155 (13.34 %)DNS
481 (6.971 %)SNA
577 (6.627 %)DHCP
676 (6.540 %)Firewall
751 (4.389 %)WAN
849 (4.217 %)LDAP
948 (4.131 %)LAN
1037 (3.184 %)VPN
1121 (1.807 %)Internet
1215 (1.291 %)Ethernet
1312 (1.033 %)DMZ
1312 (1.033 %)SMS
1411 (0.947 %)FTP
1510 (0.861 %)Cisco PIX
169 (0.775 %)VoIP
178 (0.688 %)SNMP
187 (0.602 %)Broadband
196 (0.516 %)VLAN
England IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
196 (8.262 %)SQL Server
234 (2.926 %)Oracle 10g
324 (2.065 %)Oracle 9i
418 (1.549 %)RDBMS
516 (1.377 %)Oracle 8/8i
614 (1.205 %)DB2
712 (1.033 %)SQL Server 2000
712 (1.033 %)Informix
89 (0.775 %)SQL Server 2005
97 (0.602 %)MySQL
97 (0.602 %)SAP BW
105 (0.430 %)Oracle Reports
112 (0.172 %)MS Access
112 (0.172 %)ETL
121 (0.086 %)BusinessObjects
121 (0.086 %)Datawarehouse
121 (0.086 %)Ingres
121 (0.086 %)Sybase ASE
121 (0.086 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
121 (0.086 %)Sybase IQ
England IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
124 (2.065 %)ClearCase
220 (1.721 %)LoadRunner
316 (1.377 %)ClearQuest
316 (1.377 %)JIRA
412 (1.033 %)Ant
57 (0.602 %)Flash
65 (0.430 %)Rational Rose
73 (0.258 %)Eclipse
73 (0.258 %)Oracle Forms
73 (0.258 %)Subversion
82 (0.172 %)CruiseControl
82 (0.172 %)MSI
82 (0.172 %)Visual Studio
England IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1181 (15.58 %)Finance
2131 (11.27 %)Banking
387 (7.487 %)Investment Banking
437 (3.184 %)Telecoms
534 (2.926 %)Government
622 (1.893 %)Retail
718 (1.549 %)Financial Institution
816 (1.377 %)Retail Banking
913 (1.119 %)Legal
1010 (0.861 %)Health
1010 (0.861 %)Back Office
1010 (0.861 %)Insurance
1010 (0.861 %)Pharmaceutical
118 (0.688 %)Auditing
125 (0.430 %)Multimedia
125 (0.430 %)Front Office
125 (0.430 %)Law
133 (0.258 %)Aerospace
133 (0.258 %)Games
133 (0.258 %)Education
England IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1336 (28.92 %)Administrator
2196 (16.87 %)Systems Administrator
3132 (11.36 %)Analyst
4125 (10.76 %)UNIX Administrator
5124 (10.67 %)Support Engineer
6110 (9.466 %)UNIX Systems Administrator
793 (8.003 %)Consultant
875 (6.454 %)Support Analyst
961 (5.250 %)Solaris Administrator
1057 (4.905 %)3rd Line Support
1057 (4.905 %)UNIX Engineer
1149 (4.217 %)AIX Administrator
1242 (3.614 %)Storage Engineer
1340 (3.442 %)Architect
1439 (3.356 %)Systems Engineer
1536 (3.098 %)UNIX Support
1634 (2.926 %)Server Support
1733 (2.840 %)Solaris Systems Administrator
1733 (2.840 %)Linux Engineer
1831 (2.668 %)Storage Specialist
England IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
1114 (9.811 %)Clustering
292 (7.917 %)HACMP
342 (3.614 %)Symmetrix
439 (3.356 %)Replication
538 (3.270 %)CLARiiON
617 (1.463 %)Blackberry
711 (0.947 %)Mainframe
89 (0.775 %)EMC Centera
89 (0.775 %)Fixed Income
98 (0.688 %)Derivative
107 (0.602 %)Celerra
107 (0.602 %)Dutch Language
116 (0.516 %)Firmware
125 (0.430 %)AS400
125 (0.430 %)IPTV
134 (0.344 %)Computer Science
134 (0.344 %)Statistics
134 (0.344 %)Credit Risk
134 (0.344 %)Client/Server
143 (0.258 %)NHS
England IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1616 (53.01 %)Solaris
2561 (48.28 %)UNIX
3432 (37.18 %)Windows
4299 (25.73 %)Linux
5216 (18.59 %)AIX
6208 (17.90 %)Windows Server 2003
7176 (15.15 %)HPUX
8155 (13.34 %)Red Hat Linux
979 (6.799 %)Windows 2000 Server
1078 (6.713 %)Windows 2000
1141 (3.528 %)Windows XP
1239 (3.356 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1329 (2.496 %)SUSE
1421 (1.807 %)Windows NT
1518 (1.549 %)Windows Vista
1610 (0.861 %)zOS
177 (0.602 %)VMS
185 (0.430 %)FreeBSD
185 (0.430 %)MVS
193 (0.258 %)OpenVMS
England IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1111 (9.552 %)ITIL
259 (5.077 %)Change Management
356 (4.819 %)Security Cleared
450 (4.303 %)Migration
542 (3.614 %)Disaster Recovery
637 (3.184 %)SC Cleared
726 (2.238 %)Configuration Management
825 (2.151 %)SOA
918 (1.549 %)Project Management
1017 (1.463 %)Performance Testing
1017 (1.463 %)Service Delivery
1116 (1.377 %)Investment Management
1215 (1.291 %)Service Management
1313 (1.119 %)Performance Management
1411 (0.947 %)Incident Management
1411 (0.947 %)Problem Management
1510 (0.861 %)Technical Architecture
1510 (0.861 %)Asset Management
169 (0.775 %)ITSM
169 (0.775 %)Data Protection
England IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1187 (16.09 %)Perl
2139 (11.96 %)Shell Script
3109 (9.380 %)Korn
4101 (8.692 %)SQL
560 (5.164 %)Java
628 (2.410 %)AWK
715 (1.291 %)PL/SQL
715 (1.291 %)C
811 (0.947 %)JCL
97 (0.602 %)VBScript
105 (0.430 %)VB
114 (0.344 %)VBA
122 (0.172 %)Transact-SQL
122 (0.172 %)C#
122 (0.172 %)PHP
131 (0.086 %)C++
131 (0.086 %)JavaScript
131 (0.086 %)Tcl
131 (0.086 %)Ruby
131 (0.086 %)DCL
England IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
169 (5.938 %)Microsoft Certification
256 (4.819 %)MCSE
323 (1.979 %)Degree
323 (1.979 %)Cisco Certification
422 (1.893 %)IBM Certification
519 (1.635 %)MCP
613 (1.119 %)VERITAS Certified Professional (VCP)
711 (0.947 %)CCNA
810 (0.861 %)SNIA Certification
810 (0.861 %)Sun Certification
810 (0.861 %)ITIL Certification
99 (0.775 %)MCSA
99 (0.775 %)RHCE
108 (0.688 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
114 (0.344 %)Citrix Certification
123 (0.258 %)CCA
132 (0.172 %)MCTS
141 (0.086 %)CISSP
141 (0.086 %)Oracle Certification
141 (0.086 %)MCITP
England IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
150 (4.303 %)SLA
24 (0.344 %)GxP
33 (0.258 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
41 (0.086 %)ISO27001
41 (0.086 %)QA
England IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
1396 (34.08 %)NetBackup
2187 (16.09 %)Active Directory
3105 (9.036 %)Backup Exec
487 (7.487 %)Tivoli Workload Scheduler
582 (7.057 %)NFS
646 (3.959 %)VMware Infrastructure
742 (3.614 %)VMware ESX
828 (2.410 %)Oracle RAC
921 (1.807 %)MetaFrame
1012 (1.033 %)Samba
1110 (0.861 %)ISA Server
127 (0.602 %)Terminal Server
136 (0.516 %)Oracle RMAN
145 (0.430 %)Citrix Presentation Server
154 (0.344 %)Terminal Services
163 (0.258 %)VMware GSX
163 (0.258 %)VMware Workstation
163 (0.258 %)MailMarshal
172 (0.172 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
172 (0.172 %)Xen
England IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
1127 (10.93 %)Tivoli
2103 (8.864 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
344 (3.787 %)Legato
433 (2.840 %)OpenView
524 (2.065 %)Norton AntiVirus
524 (2.065 %)MOM
524 (2.065 %)HP Data Protector
524 (2.065 %)WSUS
618 (1.549 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
717 (1.463 %)EMC NetWorker
815 (1.291 %)AutoSys
913 (1.119 %)BMC PATROL
1010 (0.861 %)EMC TimeFinder
119 (0.775 %)Veritas Storage Foundation
127 (0.602 %)Unicenter
127 (0.602 %)Netcool
136 (0.516 %)CiscoWorks
145 (0.430 %)NNM
145 (0.430 %)EMC Navisphere
145 (0.430 %)OVPA
England IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
1268 (23.06 %)Sun
2232 (19.97 %)HP
3212 (18.24 %)EMC
4207 (17.81 %)Oracle
5158 (13.60 %)Red Hat
6156 (13.43 %)Microsoft
7134 (11.53 %)Cisco
8123 (10.59 %)IBM
9117 (10.07 %)VMware
10114 (9.811 %)Symantec
1191 (7.831 %)Brocade
1276 (6.540 %)NetApp
1374 (6.368 %)Citrix
1444 (3.787 %)Remedy
1542 (3.614 %)SAP
1639 (3.356 %)Dell
1733 (2.840 %)StorageTek
1831 (2.668 %)Hitachi
1930 (2.582 %)TIBCO
1930 (2.582 %)Sybase