The first table below looks at the demand for OpenView skills in IT contracts advertised for the Hertfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited OpenView over the 3 months to 21 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 of the Systems Management category 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.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
HP OpenView (HPOV)
Rank 58 71 56
Rank change year-on-year
+13 -15
Contract jobs citing OpenView 1 1 12
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 0.153% 0.104% 1.413%
As % of the Systems Management category 2.632% 2.083% 17.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 5
Average daily rate - - £410
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £263 £200
% change year-on-year
+33.33% +31.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 4
Average hourly rate £10.50 £10.50 £10.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +5.00%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £12.98 £12.53 £37.50
% change year-on-year
+3.59% -66.58%
All Systems Management
Hertfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Systems Management category
38 48 67
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 5.810% 4.984% 7.892%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 19 22
Average daily rate £250 £300 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-16.66% -14.28%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £176 £223 £240
10% offered a daily rate of more than £328 £508 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £325 £300
% change year-on-year
+1.53% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 8 17
Average hourly rate £15.25 £16.25 £23.38
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-6.15% -30.48%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.50 £10.50 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £31.50 £35.00 £35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.00 £17.50 £24.40
% change year-on-year
+14.28% -28.27%
OpenView
East of England

OpenView
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hertfordshire OpenView Jobs Demand Trend

OpenView
Daily Rate Trend

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

Hertfordshire OpenView Daily Rate Trend

OpenView
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hertfordshire OpenView Hourly Rate Trend

OpenView
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing OpenView within the Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Rickmansworth -3 1 - -
OpenView
East of England

OpenView
Top 17 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire region citing OpenView 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 OpenView.

1 2 (100.00%) HP
1 2 (100.00%) MS Excel
1 2 (100.00%) OVSD
1 2 (100.00%) MS Office
2 1 (50.00%) ITIL
2 1 (50.00%) Windows
2 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) Capacity Management
2 1 (50.00%) Windows XP
2 1 (50.00%) SOA
2 1 (50.00%) VPN
2 1 (50.00%) SLA
2 1 (50.00%) ISEB
2 1 (50.00%) Internet
2 1 (50.00%) Service Management
2 1 (50.00%) Telecoms

OpenView
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire region citing OpenView 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 OpenView. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications
1 2 (100.00%) MS Excel
1 2 (100.00%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) VPN
1 1 (50.00%) Internet
General
1 1 (50.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Capacity Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Support Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Service Analyst
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
1 1 (50.00%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) ITIL
1 1 (50.00%) Capacity Management
1 1 (50.00%) SOA
1 1 (50.00%) Service Management
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) SLA
Systems Management
1 2 (100.00%) OVSD
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) HP