The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Siemens products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Essex region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Siemens over the 3 months to 23 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Vendors for the Essex region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are NOT representative of contractor rates within Siemens AG.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Siemens
Rank 45 40 -
Rank change year-on-year
-5 -
Contract jobs citing Siemens 1 8 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Essex 0.252% 1.961% -
As % of the Vendors category 0.513% 3.478% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 7 0
Average daily rate - £125 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £428 £348 £350
% change year-on-year
+23.16% -0.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £55.00 -
% change year-on-year
-54.54% -
All Vendors
Essex
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
195 230 215
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Essex 49.12% 56.37% 53.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 92 102 91
Average daily rate £393 £270 £213
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+45.37% +27.05%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £173 £107 £75
10% offered a daily rate of more than £413 £475 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 45 25 43
Average hourly rate £25.00 £27.63 £30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-9.51% -7.90%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.00 £20.00 £13.10
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.50 £40.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.25
% change year-on-year
- -6.17%
Siemens
East of England

Siemens
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Siemens across the Essex region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

Essex Siemens Jobs Demand Trend

Siemens
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Siemens across the Essex region.

Essex Siemens Daily Rate Trend

Siemens
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Siemens across the Essex region.

Essex Siemens Hourly Rate Trend

Siemens
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Essex region citing Siemens 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 Siemens.

1 11 (91.67%) Cisco
2 8 (66.67%) Cisco Certification
2 8 (66.67%) MPLS
3 7 (58.33%) Wireless
4 6 (50.00%) BGP
4 6 (50.00%) CCNA
4 6 (50.00%) Windows
5 5 (41.67%) CCNP
6 4 (33.33%) VoIP
6 4 (33.33%) Telecoms
7 3 (25.00%) VMware
7 3 (25.00%) SQL Server 2005
7 3 (25.00%) VLAN
7 3 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
7 3 (25.00%) Cisco ASA
7 3 (25.00%) UAG
7 3 (25.00%) VMware ESXi
7 3 (25.00%) SQL
7 3 (25.00%) SQL Server
7 3 (25.00%) VSS/SourceSafe
7 3 (25.00%) LAN
7 3 (25.00%) Active Directory
7 3 (25.00%) CTI
7 3 (25.00%) Windows Server 2003
7 3 (25.00%) Genesys
7 3 (25.00%) Hyperion
7 3 (25.00%) Project Management
7 3 (25.00%) Change Management
7 3 (25.00%) Firewall
8 2 (16.67%) Q.931

Siemens
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Essex region citing Siemens 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 Siemens. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 2 (16.67%) Lync
Applications
1 2 (16.67%) MS Office
1 2 (16.67%) MS Excel
1 2 (16.67%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 8 (66.67%) MPLS
2 7 (58.33%) Wireless
3 6 (50.00%) BGP
4 4 (33.33%) VoIP
5 3 (25.00%) VLAN
5 3 (25.00%) Cisco ASA
5 3 (25.00%) LAN
5 3 (25.00%) CTI
5 3 (25.00%) Firewall
6 2 (16.67%) Q.931
6 2 (16.67%) H.323
6 2 (16.67%) DPNSS
6 2 (16.67%) WAN
6 2 (16.67%) Unified Communications
6 2 (16.67%) IP Telephony
7 1 (8.333%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (25.00%) SQL Server 2005
1 3 (25.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (25.00%) VSS/SourceSafe
General
1 4 (33.33%) Telecoms
2 2 (16.67%) Finance
3 1 (8.333%) Automotive
3 1 (8.333%) German Language
Job Titles
1 3 (25.00%) Analyst
2 2 (16.67%) Network Engineer
2 2 (16.67%) Architect
2 2 (16.67%) Solutions Architect
3 1 (8.333%) Senior Analyst
3 1 (8.333%) Infrastructure Specialist
3 1 (8.333%) Technical Manager
3 1 (8.333%) Cisco Specialist
3 1 (8.333%) Project Manager
3 1 (8.333%) Technical Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (8.333%) IaaS
1 1 (8.333%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 6 (50.00%) Windows
2 3 (25.00%) Windows Server 2003
3 2 (16.67%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (25.00%) Project Management
1 3 (25.00%) Change Management
2 1 (8.333%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 3 (25.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (66.67%) Cisco Certification
2 6 (50.00%) CCNA
3 5 (41.67%) CCNP
4 2 (16.67%) CCDP
4 2 (16.67%) CCIP
5 1 (8.333%) Degree
5 1 (8.333%) CCIE
5 1 (8.333%) PRINCE2 Certification
System Software
1 3 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 3 (25.00%) UAG
1 3 (25.00%) VMware ESXi
1 3 (25.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (16.67%) Cisco UCCE
Vendors
1 11 (91.67%) Cisco
2 3 (25.00%) VMware
2 3 (25.00%) Genesys
2 3 (25.00%) Hyperion
3 2 (16.67%) Microsoft
3 2 (16.67%) BT