England WSUS Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) 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 WSUS over the 3 months to 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Windows Server Update Services (WSUS)
Location Berkshire City of London Dorset England Glasgow Hammersmith Hampshire Leeds Liverpool London Manchester Merseyside Newcastle North East North West Reading Scotland South East South West Tyne and Wear UK West Yorkshire Yorkshire	3 months to 21 Nov 2008	Same period last year
Rank	479	576
Rank change on same period last year	+97
Matching contract IT job ads	40	49
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.063 %	0.053 %
As % of the category below	2.233 %	1.707 %
Daily rates quoted	13	12
Average minimum daily rate	£312	£248
Average daily rate	£330	£262
% change on same period last year	+25.91 %
Average maximum daily rate	£348	£276
UK excluding London average daily rate	£318	£281
% change on same period last year	+13.14 %
Hourly rates quoted	10	13
Average minimum hourly rate	£31.00	£22.48
Average hourly rate	£32.00	£23.86
% change on same period last year	+34.10 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£33.00	£25.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£33.00	£25.63
% change on same period last year	+28.73 %
Systems Management England
Matching contract IT job ads	1791	2871
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	2.821 %	3.076 %
Daily rates quoted	597	771
Average minimum daily rate	£338	£349
Average daily rate	£355	£369
% change on same period last year	-3.73 %
Average maximum daily rate	£371	£388
UK excluding London average daily rate	£339	£347
% change on same period last year	-2.17 %
Hourly rates quoted	268	430
Average minimum hourly rate	£25.90	£25.32
Average hourly rate	£27.63	£26.70
% change on same period last year	+3.46 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£29.35	£28.09
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£29.37	£27.57
% change on same period last year	+6.53 %
WSUS 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 WSUS 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 WSUS 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 WSUS 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 WSUS 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 WSUS 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 WSUS 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	+93	19	£333	+47.77 %
South West	+35	9	-	-
South East	+42	8	£326	+30.40 %
North West	+10	2	-	-
Yorkshire	+29	1	-	-
North East	-	1	-	-

WSUS UK

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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 WSUS 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 WSUS.

1 90 (89.11 %) Windows 2 54 (53.47 %) Active Directory 3 49 (48.51 %) Windows Server 2003 4 34 (33.66 %) Microsoft Certification 4 34 (33.66 %) MCSE 5 31 (30.69 %) Microsoft 6 30 (29.70 %) MS Exchange 7 29 (28.71 %) Cisco 8 28 (27.72 %) VBScript 9 25 (24.75 %) MOM 10 24 (23.76 %) Windows 2000 Server 11 22 (21.78 %) VMware 12 21 (20.79 %) SQL Server 12 21 (20.79 %) Security Cleared 12 21 (20.79 %) Exchange Server 2003

13 20 (19.80 %) Firewall 14 19 (18.81 %) SMS 14 19 (18.81 %) DNS 15 17 (16.83 %) Windows XP 16 16 (15.84 %) VMware ESX 17 15 (14.85 %) Health 17 15 (14.85 %) DHCP 17 15 (14.85 %) IIS 18 14 (13.86 %) HP 18 14 (13.86 %) SAN 18 14 (13.86 %) Cisco PIX 19 13 (12.87 %) Windows Vista 19 13 (12.87 %) Aerospace 19 13 (12.87 %) Symantec 19 13 (12.87 %) Websense

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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 WSUS 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 WSUS. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 7 (6.931 %) WSH 1 7 (6.931 %) WebSphere 2 6 (5.941 %) J2EE 3 2 (1.980 %) Middleware 4 1 (0.990 %) Application Packaging	Application Platforms 1 30 (29.70 %) MS Exchange 2 21 (20.79 %) Exchange Server 2003 3 15 (14.85 %) IIS 4 7 (6.931 %) WebSphere MQ 5 4 (3.960 %) Lotus Notes 6 3 (2.970 %) Blackberry Enterprise Server 6 3 (2.970 %) Exchange Server 2000 7 2 (1.980 %) SharePoint 7 2 (1.980 %) Exchange Server 2007 8 1 (0.990 %) Exchange Server 5.5
Applications 1 9 (8.911 %) MS Excel 2 6 (5.941 %) MS Office 3 1 (0.990 %) MS Visio	Business Applications 1 9 (8.911 %) SoftGrid 2 1 (0.990 %) RMDS 2 1 (0.990 %) Beauchamp
Communications & Networking 1 20 (19.80 %) Firewall 2 19 (18.81 %) DNS 2 19 (18.81 %) SMS 3 15 (14.85 %) DHCP 4 14 (13.86 %) SAN 4 14 (13.86 %) Cisco PIX 5 11 (10.89 %) Internet 5 11 (10.89 %) LAN 6 7 (6.931 %) LDAP 6 7 (6.931 %) SSH 6 7 (6.931 %) VPN 7 6 (5.941 %) TCP/IP 8 5 (4.950 %) SSL 9 4 (3.960 %) WAN 10 3 (2.970 %) VoIP 10 3 (2.970 %) Wireless 11 2 (1.980 %) Broadband 12 1 (0.990 %) Intrusion Detection 12 1 (0.990 %) Cisco ASA	Database & Business Intelligence 1 21 (20.79 %) SQL Server 2 4 (3.960 %) SQL Server 2005 3 3 (2.970 %) SQL Server 2000 4 2 (1.980 %) EDRMS
General 1 15 (14.85 %) Health 2 13 (12.87 %) Aerospace 3 10 (9.901 %) Finance 4 9 (8.911 %) Insurance 5 4 (3.960 %) Banking 5 4 (3.960 %) Investment Banking 6 2 (1.980 %) Government 7 1 (0.990 %) Electronics 7 1 (0.990 %) Manufacturing	Job Titles 1 22 (21.78 %) Systems Engineer 2 21 (20.79 %) Analyst 3 13 (12.87 %) Support Engineer 3 13 (12.87 %) Administrator 4 12 (11.88 %) Security Analyst 5 11 (10.89 %) IT Security Analyst 6 7 (6.931 %) Server Engineer 7 6 (5.941 %) Systems Administrator 8 5 (4.950 %) Server Support 8 5 (4.950 %) Technical Lead 9 4 (3.960 %) Windows Administrator 9 4 (3.960 %) Solaris Administrator 9 4 (3.960 %) 3rd Line Support 9 4 (3.960 %) Support Analyst 9 4 (3.960 %) Infrastructure Analyst 9 4 (3.960 %) Network Support 9 4 (3.960 %) Senior Analyst 10 3 (2.970 %) Test Engineer 10 3 (2.970 %) Network Support Engineer 10 3 (2.970 %) Systems Test Engineer
Miscellaneous 1 10 (9.901 %) Clustering 2 4 (3.960 %) Blackberry 3 3 (2.970 %) Client/Server 4 2 (1.980 %) CLARiiON 5 1 (0.990 %) Management Information System 5 1 (0.990 %) Replication 5 1 (0.990 %) SecurID	Operating Systems 1 90 (89.11 %) Windows 2 49 (48.51 %) Windows Server 2003 3 24 (23.76 %) Windows 2000 Server 4 17 (16.83 %) Windows XP 5 13 (12.87 %) Windows Vista 6 11 (10.89 %) Windows 2000 7 7 (6.931 %) Solaris 8 4 (3.960 %) NetWare 8 4 (3.960 %) UNIX 9 2 (1.980 %) Windows Server 2008 9 2 (1.980 %) Windows Mobile 9 2 (1.980 %) Linux 10 1 (0.990 %) Windows NT
Processes & Methodologies 1 21 (20.79 %) Security Cleared 2 11 (10.89 %) Security Management 3 6 (5.941 %) ITIL 4 5 (4.950 %) SC Cleared 5 4 (3.960 %) Penetration Testing 6 3 (2.970 %) Migration 6 3 (2.970 %) Asset Management 7 2 (1.980 %) Disaster Recovery 7 2 (1.980 %) Network Load Balancing 7 2 (1.980 %) Fund Management 8 1 (0.990 %) Problem Management 8 1 (0.990 %) Investment Management 8 1 (0.990 %) Logistics 8 1 (0.990 %) Load Balancing 8 1 (0.990 %) Data Management 8 1 (0.990 %) Configuration Management 8 1 (0.990 %) Project Management 8 1 (0.990 %) Change Management	Programming Languages 1 28 (27.72 %) VBScript 2 10 (9.901 %) VB 3 7 (6.931 %) Java 3 7 (6.931 %) Perl 3 7 (6.931 %) Shell Script 4 5 (4.950 %) SQL 5 1 (0.990 %) VBA 5 1 (0.990 %) C
Qualifications 1 34 (33.66 %) MCSE 1 34 (33.66 %) Microsoft Certification 2 8 (7.921 %) VMware Certified Professional (VCP) 3 7 (6.931 %) MCSA 4 2 (1.980 %) CCNA 4 2 (1.980 %) Cisco Certification 5 1 (0.990 %) MCP 5 1 (0.990 %) ITIL Certification	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 2 (1.980 %) ISO17799 1 2 (1.980 %) ISO27001
System Software 1 54 (53.47 %) Active Directory 2 16 (15.84 %) VMware ESX 3 13 (12.87 %) ISA Server 4 12 (11.88 %) VMware Infrastructure 5 10 (9.901 %) Terminal Services 6 9 (8.911 %) Backup Exec 7 6 (5.941 %) Microsoft Virtual Server 8 4 (3.960 %) Citrix Presentation Server 9 2 (1.980 %) Novell eDirectory 10 1 (0.990 %) NetBackup 10 1 (0.990 %) MetaFrame	Systems Management 1 25 (24.75 %) MOM 2 12 (11.88 %) MAILsweeper 3 9 (8.911 %) Systems Management Server (SMS) 4 8 (7.921 %) Norton AntiVirus 5 4 (3.960 %) SCOM 6 3 (2.970 %) SCCM 6 3 (2.970 %) OpenView 7 2 (1.980 %) CiscoWorks 7 2 (1.980 %) NNM 8 1 (0.990 %) Tivoli 8 1 (0.990 %) Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors 1 31 (30.69 %) Microsoft 2 29 (28.71 %) Cisco 3 22 (21.78 %) VMware 4 14 (13.86 %) HP 5 13 (12.87 %) Websense 5 13 (12.87 %) Symantec 6 12 (11.88 %) VERITAS 6 12 (11.88 %) Blue Coat 6 12 (11.88 %) IronPort 7 11 (10.89 %) Sophos 8 8 (7.921 %) IBM 9 7 (6.931 %) Sun 9 7 (6.931 %) Citrix 10 5 (4.950 %) Nortel 10 5 (4.950 %) Juniper 10 5 (4.950 %) Lotus 10 5 (4.950 %) Bloomberg 11 4 (3.960 %) McAfee Security 11 4 (3.960 %) Reuters 11 4 (3.960 %) Novell