The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Brocade products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Hertfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Brocade over the 3 months to 22 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 Hertfordshire 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 Brocade Communications Systems, Inc.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Brocade
Rank - 72 63
Contract jobs citing Brocade 0 3 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hertfordshire - 0.307% 0.117%
As % of the Vendors category - 0.831% 0.223%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 3 0
Average daily rate - £208 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £375 £388
% change year-on-year
-13.33% -3.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £45.00 -
All Vendors
Hertfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
299 361 449
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 45.93% 36.95% 52.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 133 136 171
Average daily rate £366 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.64% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £185 £188
10% offered a daily rate of more than £463 £475 £488
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 36 69
Average hourly rate £17.50 £17.97 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-2.58% -48.67%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.00 £11.38 £14.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.50 £36.00 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
Brocade
East of England

Brocade
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hertfordshire Brocade Jobs Demand Trend

Brocade
Daily Rate Trend

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

Hertfordshire Brocade Daily Rate Trend

Brocade
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hertfordshire Brocade Hourly Rate Trend

Brocade
Top 29 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire region citing Brocade 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 Brocade.

1 2 (100.00%) Capacity Planning
2 1 (50.00%) Enterprise Storage
2 1 (50.00%) Change Control
2 1 (50.00%) Build Automation
2 1 (50.00%) ITIL
2 1 (50.00%) SLA
2 1 (50.00%) Cisco
2 1 (50.00%) HP
2 1 (50.00%) EMC
2 1 (50.00%) SAN
2 1 (50.00%) NetApp
2 1 (50.00%) Veritas
2 1 (50.00%) Thin Client
2 1 (50.00%) Project Management
2 1 (50.00%) Service Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Change Management
2 1 (50.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (50.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (50.00%) Programme Office Management
2 1 (50.00%) NetBackup
2 1 (50.00%) Load Balancing
2 1 (50.00%) EMC NetWorker
2 1 (50.00%) Release Management
2 1 (50.00%) Fat Client
2 1 (50.00%) Network Security
2 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) NAS
2 1 (50.00%) Symmetrix DMX

Brocade
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire region citing Brocade 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 Brocade. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) SAN
1 1 (50.00%) Network Security
1 1 (50.00%) NAS
General
1 1 (50.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Architect
1 1 (50.00%) Storage Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Enterprise Storage
1 1 (50.00%) Thin Client
1 1 (50.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (50.00%) Fat Client
1 1 (50.00%) Symmetrix DMX
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Capacity Planning
2 1 (50.00%) Change Control
2 1 (50.00%) Build Automation
2 1 (50.00%) ITIL
2 1 (50.00%) Project Management
2 1 (50.00%) Service Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Change Management
2 1 (50.00%) Programme Office Management
2 1 (50.00%) Load Balancing
2 1 (50.00%) Release Management
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) SLA
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) NetBackup
1 1 (50.00%) EMC NetWorker
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco
1 1 (50.00%) HP
1 1 (50.00%) EMC
1 1 (50.00%) NetApp
1 1 (50.00%) Veritas