The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Brocade products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Livingston region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Brocade over the 3 months to 17 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 Livingston 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Brocade
Rank 7 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Brocade 3 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Livingston 9.375% - -
As % of the Vendors category 16.67% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
Average daily rate £380 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £340 £375 £390
% change year-on-year
-9.33% -3.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £45.00 -
All Vendors
Livingston
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
18 23 27
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Livingston 56.25% 52.27% 48.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 16 12
Average daily rate £380 £368 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.40% -13.52%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £307 £275 £305
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £375 £505
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
Brocade
West Lothian

Brocade
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Livingston 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 Livingston region.

Livingston Brocade Daily Rate Trend

Brocade
Top 3 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Livingston 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 3 (100.00%) Cisco
1 3 (100.00%) SAN
2 1 (33.33%) Migration

Brocade
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Livingston 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 3 (100.00%) SAN
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Storage Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Migration
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Cisco