The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of SolarWinds products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Leeds region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SolarWinds over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Leeds 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 SolarWinds.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SolarWinds
Rank 76 69 61
Rank change year-on-year
-7 -8
Contract jobs citing SolarWinds 2 4 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leeds 0.253% 0.396% 0.147%
As % of the Vendors category 0.541% 0.803% 0.383%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 4 1
Average daily rate £350 £325 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.69% -13.33%
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £280 £270
% change year-on-year
+25.00% +3.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £12.50 £31.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-60.31% +57.50%
All Vendors
Leeds
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
370 498 261
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leeds 46.72% 49.26% 38.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 195 281 122
Average daily rate £300 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.69% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £213 £172 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £425 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 25 33
Average hourly rate £34.00 £14.50 £16.72
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+134.48% -13.27%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.50 £11.36 £9.80
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £38.00 £32.60 £28.90
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.26 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
+1.36% -5.00%
SolarWinds
West Yorkshire

SolarWinds
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Leeds SolarWinds Jobs Demand Trend

SolarWinds
Daily Rate Trend

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

Leeds SolarWinds Daily Rate Trend

SolarWinds
Top 25 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Leeds region citing SolarWinds 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 SolarWinds.

1 3 (100.00%) Cisco
1 3 (100.00%) VMware
2 2 (66.67%) VMware ESX
2 2 (66.67%) Windows
2 2 (66.67%) Linux
2 2 (66.67%) VPN
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 2 (66.67%) Active Directory
2 2 (66.67%) HP
2 2 (66.67%) Nokia
2 2 (66.67%) Red Hat
2 2 (66.67%) CheckPoint
2 2 (66.67%) Windows Server 2003
2 2 (66.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (66.67%) Cisco ASA
2 2 (66.67%) Windows Server 2008
2 2 (66.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 2 (66.67%) vSphere
2 2 (66.67%) Cisco Nexus
2 2 (66.67%) Firewall
3 1 (33.33%) Project Planning
3 1 (33.33%) Load Balancing
3 1 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (33.33%) Business Continuity
3 1 (33.33%) Information Security

SolarWinds
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Leeds region citing SolarWinds 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 SolarWinds. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) VPN
1 2 (66.67%) Cisco ASA
1 2 (66.67%) Cisco Nexus
1 2 (66.67%) Firewall
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Network Specialist
2 1 (33.33%) Business Continuity Consultant
2 1 (33.33%) Consultant
2 1 (33.33%) Business Continuity Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Business Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Business Consultant
Operating Systems
1 2 (66.67%) Windows
1 2 (66.67%) Linux
1 2 (66.67%) Windows Server 2003
1 2 (66.67%) Windows Server 2008
1 2 (66.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Project Planning
1 1 (33.33%) Load Balancing
1 1 (33.33%) Business Continuity
1 1 (33.33%) Information Security
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 2 (66.67%) VMware ESX
1 2 (66.67%) Active Directory
1 2 (66.67%) vSphere
2 1 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Cisco
1 3 (100.00%) VMware
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 2 (66.67%) HP
2 2 (66.67%) Nokia
2 2 (66.67%) Red Hat
2 2 (66.67%) CheckPoint