England VMS Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for VMS skills within the England region with a comparison to our Operating Systems category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited VMS over the 3 months to 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Berkshire Birmingham Bradford Cheshire Chester City of London Croydon Docklands, London England Feltham Glasgow Hampshire Lancashire Liverpool London Merseyside Middlesex Midlands North West Northwich Portsmouth Preston Reading Scotland Somerset South East South West South Yorkshire Staines Surrey Swindon UK West Midlands West Yorkshire Wiltshire Yorkshire	3 months to 21 Nov 2008	Same period last year
Rank	395	441
Rank change on same period last year	+46
Matching contract IT job ads	125	187
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.197 %	0.200 %
As % of the category below	1.123 %	0.998 %
Daily rates quoted	36	82
Average minimum daily rate	£410	£430
Average daily rate	£434	£444
% change on same period last year	-2.20 %
Average maximum daily rate	£458	£458
UK excluding London average daily rate	£424	£370
% change on same period last year	+14.74 %
Hourly rates quoted	14	16
Average minimum hourly rate	£27.81	£20.38
Average hourly rate	£28.24	£21.09
% change on same period last year	+33.86 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£28.67	£21.81
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£31.15	£16.40
% change on same period last year	+89.92 %
Operating Systems England
Matching contract IT job ads	11131	18738
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	17.53 %	20.08 %
Daily rates quoted	3170	5125
Average minimum daily rate	£327	£364
Average daily rate	£345	£384
% change on same period last year	-10.16 %
Average maximum daily rate	£363	£404
UK excluding London average daily rate	£317	£321
% change on same period last year	-1.26 %
Hourly rates quoted	1958	2967
Average minimum hourly rate	£20.97	£21.17
Average hourly rate	£22.23	£22.55
% change on same period last year	-1.42 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£23.48	£23.92
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£22.36	£22.18
% change on same period last year	+0.80 %
VMS 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 VMS across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems 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 VMS 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 VMS across the England region over the 3 months to 21 November 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 VMS 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 VMS across the England region over the 3 months to 21 November 2008.

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Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing VMS within the England region over the 3 months to 21 November 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
London	+33	72	£436	-2.54 %
North West	+32	27	£425	-
South East	+52	14	-	-
Yorkshire	+31	4	£353	-
Midlands	+8	3	-	-
West Midlands	+7	3	-	-
South West	+25	2	£565	-

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 130 (46.93 %) UNIX 2 93 (33.57 %) Finance 3 91 (32.85 %) Windows 4 64 (23.10 %) Banking 5 54 (19.49 %) HP 6 53 (19.13 %) C 7 50 (18.05 %) Oracle 8 49 (17.69 %) SQL 9 48 (17.33 %) C++ 10 40 (14.44 %) OpenVMS 11 35 (12.64 %) Migration 12 33 (11.91 %) Solaris 13 32 (11.55 %) Ingres 14 31 (11.19 %) Java 15 30 (10.83 %) MS Office

16 27 (9.747 %) OpenView 17 26 (9.386 %) ITIL 18 25 (9.025 %) SAN 18 25 (9.025 %) TCP/IP 18 25 (9.025 %) Microsoft 19 24 (8.664 %) Perl 19 24 (8.664 %) VAX 20 22 (7.942 %) C# 20 22 (7.942 %) Remedy 21 21 (7.581 %) DECnet 21 21 (7.581 %) DCL 22 20 (7.220 %) SAP 23 19 (6.859 %) Linux 23 19 (6.859 %) Unicenter 24 17 (6.137 %) TIBCO

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development 1 9 (3.249 %) Middleware 2 5 (1.805 %) WebSphere 2 5 (1.805 %) STL 3 3 (1.083 %) J2EE 4 2 (0.722 %) XML 4 2 (0.722 %) BAPI 5 1 (0.361 %) JSP	Application Platforms 1 12 (4.332 %) OpenROAD 2 5 (1.805 %) WebLogic 2 5 (1.805 %) MS Exchange 3 4 (1.444 %) MQSeries 4 3 (1.083 %) SAP EP 5 1 (0.361 %) Oracle Application Server 5 1 (0.361 %) WebSphere Message Broker 5 1 (0.361 %) SharePoint 5 1 (0.361 %) Apache
Applications 1 30 (10.83 %) MS Office 2 16 (5.776 %) MS Excel 3 4 (1.444 %) MS Visio 4 1 (0.361 %) MS PowerPoint 4 1 (0.361 %) MS Project	Business Applications 1 2 (0.722 %) SAP CRM 1 2 (0.722 %) Summit 1 2 (0.722 %) ADP Wilco Gloss 2 1 (0.361 %) Dynamics NAV 2 1 (0.361 %) Navision 2 1 (0.361 %) SAP APO
Communications & Networking 1 25 (9.025 %) TCP/IP 1 25 (9.025 %) SAN 2 21 (7.581 %) DECnet 3 8 (2.888 %) Firewall 4 7 (2.527 %) LAN 5 4 (1.444 %) Intranet 5 4 (1.444 %) Internet 5 4 (1.444 %) Network Security 6 3 (1.083 %) Cisco IOS 6 3 (1.083 %) Cisco PIX 6 3 (1.083 %) TACACS 7 2 (0.722 %) LDAP 7 2 (0.722 %) DNS 7 2 (0.722 %) WAN 7 2 (0.722 %) VLAN 8 1 (0.361 %) SMTP 8 1 (0.361 %) DHCP 8 1 (0.361 %) Ethernet 8 1 (0.361 %) IPX 8 1 (0.361 %) RSVP	Database & Business Intelligence 1 32 (11.55 %) Ingres 2 9 (3.249 %) Oracle 10g 3 7 (2.527 %) Oracle 8/8i 4 6 (2.166 %) SQL Server 4 6 (2.166 %) Oracle Reports 5 4 (1.444 %) GIS 6 3 (1.083 %) Crystal Reports 7 2 (0.722 %) Oracle 9i 7 2 (0.722 %) Adabas 7 2 (0.722 %) RDBMS 8 1 (0.361 %) MS Access
Development Applications 1 11 (3.971 %) TestDirector 2 6 (2.166 %) Visual Studio 2 6 (2.166 %) ClearCase 3 5 (1.805 %) VSS/SourceSafe 3 5 (1.805 %) Subversion 4 4 (1.444 %) QuickTest Pro 5 3 (1.083 %) Oracle Forms 6 2 (0.722 %) Rational Rose 6 2 (0.722 %) PowerBuilder	General 1 93 (33.57 %) Finance 2 64 (23.10 %) Banking 3 16 (5.776 %) Investment Banking 4 8 (2.888 %) Avionics 4 8 (2.888 %) Aerospace 4 8 (2.888 %) Automotive 5 7 (2.527 %) Health 6 5 (1.805 %) Financial Institution 7 4 (1.444 %) Manufacturing 8 2 (0.722 %) Legal 9 1 (0.361 %) Military 9 1 (0.361 %) Education 9 1 (0.361 %) Retail Banking 9 1 (0.361 %) Retail
Job Titles 1 67 (24.19 %) Analyst 2 43 (15.52 %) Developer 3 21 (7.581 %) C++ Developer 4 18 (6.498 %) Test Manager 4 18 (6.498 %) Computer Operator 4 18 (6.498 %) Support Analyst 5 16 (5.776 %) DBA 5 16 (5.776 %) C Developer 6 15 (5.415 %) Administrator 7 14 (5.054 %) Oracle DBA 8 13 (4.693 %) Software Engineer 9 12 (4.332 %) Programmer 10 10 (3.610 %) Service Analyst 10 10 (3.610 %) Analyst Programmer 10 10 (3.610 %) Service Desk Analyst 10 10 (3.610 %) VMS Administrator 11 9 (3.249 %) SAP Manager 11 9 (3.249 %) Architect 11 9 (3.249 %) Consultant 12 8 (2.888 %) SAP Consultant	Miscellaneous 1 24 (8.664 %) VAX 2 12 (4.332 %) Derivative 2 12 (4.332 %) Fixed Income 3 8 (2.888 %) Clustering 4 6 (2.166 %) Computer Science 5 4 (1.444 %) Equities 6 3 (1.083 %) Mainframe 7 2 (0.722 %) N-Tier 7 2 (0.722 %) NHS 7 2 (0.722 %) Mathematics 7 2 (0.722 %) AS400 8 1 (0.361 %) Symmetrix 8 1 (0.361 %) EMC Centera 8 1 (0.361 %) Client/Server 8 1 (0.361 %) Firmware 8 1 (0.361 %) Management Information System 8 1 (0.361 %) Tandem
Operating Systems 1 130 (46.93 %) UNIX 2 91 (32.85 %) Windows 3 40 (14.44 %) OpenVMS 4 33 (11.91 %) Solaris 5 19 (6.859 %) Linux 6 17 (6.137 %) Windows 2000 7 13 (4.693 %) AIX 7 13 (4.693 %) Windows Server 2003 8 11 (3.971 %) Windows XP 9 10 (3.610 %) zOS 10 8 (2.888 %) VxWorks 11 5 (1.805 %) HPUX 11 5 (1.805 %) Windows NT 12 3 (1.083 %) Windows Vista 13 2 (0.722 %) Windows 2000 Server 14 1 (0.361 %) Red Hat Linux 14 1 (0.361 %) Red Hat Enterprise Linux 14 1 (0.361 %) MVS 14 1 (0.361 %) NetWare 14 1 (0.361 %) Tru64	Processes & Methodologies 1 35 (12.64 %) Migration 2 26 (9.386 %) ITIL 3 12 (4.332 %) UML 4 11 (3.971 %) Unit Testing 4 11 (3.971 %) Security Cleared 5 10 (3.610 %) Test Scripting 5 10 (3.610 %) PRINCE2 5 10 (3.610 %) Extreme Programming 6 8 (2.888 %) OOD 6 8 (2.888 %) Enterprise Architecture 7 7 (2.527 %) Problem Management 7 7 (2.527 %) CRM 8 6 (2.166 %) BCP 8 6 (2.166 %) Project Management 8 6 (2.166 %) SOA 8 6 (2.166 %) GAP Analysis 8 6 (2.166 %) Knowledge Management 8 6 (2.166 %) SC Cleared 9 5 (1.805 %) Integration Testing 9 5 (1.805 %) Process Management
Programming Languages 1 53 (19.13 %) C 2 49 (17.69 %) SQL 3 48 (17.33 %) C++ 4 31 (11.19 %) Java 5 24 (8.664 %) Perl 6 22 (7.942 %) C# 7 21 (7.581 %) DCL 8 13 (4.693 %) COBOL 9 12 (4.332 %) Pascal 10 11 (3.971 %) VB 11 10 (3.610 %) Shell Script 12 6 (2.166 %) Korn 13 4 (1.444 %) Uniface 13 4 (1.444 %) Fortran 14 3 (1.083 %) ABAP 15 2 (0.722 %) PL/SQL 15 2 (0.722 %) PowerHouse 16 1 (0.361 %) VBA 16 1 (0.361 %) NATURAL 16 1 (0.361 %) PHP	Qualifications 1 14 (5.054 %) ISEB 2 13 (4.693 %) Degree 3 3 (1.083 %) Cisco Certification 4 2 (0.722 %) PRINCE2 Certification 4 2 (0.722 %) CCNP 5 1 (0.361 %) CCNA 5 1 (0.361 %) ITIL Certification 5 1 (0.361 %) PMP 5 1 (0.361 %) PMI Certification 5 1 (0.361 %) CNA 5 1 (0.361 %) Novell Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 11 (3.971 %) SLA 2 6 (2.166 %) Sarbanes-Oxley 3 4 (1.444 %) ISO17799 4 2 (0.722 %) Basel II 4 2 (0.722 %) COBIT	System Software 1 13 (4.693 %) Active Directory 2 10 (3.610 %) NetBackup 3 3 (1.083 %) Oracle RAC 4 1 (0.361 %) NFS 4 1 (0.361 %) Oracle RMAN 4 1 (0.361 %) Tivoli Workload Scheduler 4 1 (0.361 %) VMware GSX 4 1 (0.361 %) VMware ESX 4 1 (0.361 %) VMware Workstation
Systems Management 1 27 (9.747 %) OpenView 2 19 (6.859 %) Unicenter 3 15 (5.415 %) BMC PATROL 4 12 (4.332 %) CONTROL-M 5 9 (3.249 %) AutoSys 6 6 (2.166 %) CiscoWorks 7 1 (0.361 %) EMC TimeFinder 7 1 (0.361 %) Legato 7 1 (0.361 %) Tivoli 7 1 (0.361 %) Tivoli Storage Manager	Vendors 1 54 (19.49 %) HP 2 50 (18.05 %) Oracle 3 25 (9.025 %) Microsoft 4 22 (7.942 %) Remedy 5 20 (7.220 %) SAP 6 17 (6.137 %) TIBCO 7 14 (5.054 %) BMC 8 13 (4.693 %) Compaq 9 12 (4.332 %) Reuters 10 11 (3.971 %) Sun 11 9 (3.249 %) VERITAS 12 8 (2.888 %) Sybase 13 7 (2.527 %) Cisco 13 7 (2.527 %) IBM 13 7 (2.527 %) KANA 14 6 (2.166 %) Perforce 15 5 (1.805 %) EMC 15 5 (1.805 %) CA 16 4 (1.444 %) Brocade 17 3 (1.083 %) Symantec