The first table below looks at the demand for Capacity Management skills in IT contracts advertised for the London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Capacity Management 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 of the Processes & Methodologies category for the London 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Capacity Management
Rank 267 316 306
Rank change year-on-year
+49 -10
Contract jobs citing Capacity Management 120 102 127
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 0.546% 0.373% 0.414%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.731% 0.520% 0.582%
Number of daily rates quoted 98 84 89
Average daily rate £425 £450 £463
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.55% -2.70%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £334 £322 £337
10% offered a daily rate of more than £508 £525 £560
UK excluding London average daily rate £275 £370 £405
% change year-on-year
-25.67% -8.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
Average hourly rate - £16.00 £34.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -53.62%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £40.00 £22.25 £37.50
% change year-on-year
+79.77% -40.66%
All Processes & Methodologies
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
16410 19631 21812
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 74.61% 71.81% 71.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 11259 12893 14383
Average daily rate £450 £450 £485
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -7.21%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £300 £310
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £600 £625
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 256 338 344
Average hourly rate £32.00 £27.50 £27.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+16.36% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.00 £15.00 £14.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £135.00 £45.00 £50.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%
Capacity Management
England

Capacity Management
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Capacity Management across the London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

London Capacity Management Jobs Demand Trend

Capacity Management
Daily Rate Trend

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

London Capacity Management Daily Rate Trend

Capacity Management
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Capacity Management across the London region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

London Capacity Management Daily Rate Histogram

Capacity Management
Hourly Rate Trend

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

London Capacity Management Hourly Rate Trend

Capacity Management
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Capacity Management within the London region over the 3 months to 22 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
City of London -1 19 £379 -10.88%
Uxbridge -4 3 £410 -16.66%
Croydon +9 2 £390 -13.33%
Capacity Management
England

Capacity Management
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing Capacity Management 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 Capacity Management.

1 101 (57.06%) Windows
2 80 (45.20%) UNIX
3 72 (40.68%) ITIL
4 57 (32.20%) Linux
5 41 (23.16%) Change Management
6 40 (22.60%) SAN
7 38 (21.47%) SQL
8 37 (20.90%) EMC
9 36 (20.34%) NetApp
10 33 (18.64%) Migration
11 32 (18.08%) NetBackup
11 32 (18.08%) Solaris
12 31 (17.51%) Oracle
13 29 (16.38%) Red Hat
13 29 (16.38%) VB
13 29 (16.38%) Banking
14 28 (15.82%) EMC NetWorker
15 27 (15.25%) SQL Server
16 26 (14.69%) Middleware
16 26 (14.69%) Data Management
16 26 (14.69%) Data Migration
17 25 (14.12%) Project Management
18 24 (13.56%) Microsoft
18 24 (13.56%) Data Analysis
18 24 (13.56%) Clustering
18 24 (13.56%) Problem Management
18 24 (13.56%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
19 23 (12.99%) Perl
19 23 (12.99%) HP
20 22 (12.43%) Veritas

Capacity Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 26 (14.69%) Middleware
2 7 (3.955%) .NET
3 6 (3.390%) WebSphere
3 6 (3.390%) Java EE
4 1 (0.565%) Windows SharePoint Services
4 1 (0.565%) HTML
4 1 (0.565%) CSS
4 1 (0.565%) Flash
4 1 (0.565%) Application Packaging
4 1 (0.565%) HTML5
Application Platforms
1 14 (7.910%) Rendezvous
2 10 (5.650%) IIS
3 7 (3.955%) Lync
4 6 (3.390%) WebSphere Application Server
4 6 (3.390%) WebSphere MQ
4 6 (3.390%) IBM HTTP Server
5 4 (2.260%) SharePoint
6 2 (1.130%) SharePoint 2010
7 1 (0.565%) CMS
7 1 (0.565%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
7 1 (0.565%) WebLogic
7 1 (0.565%) Apache
7 1 (0.565%) Lotus Notes
7 1 (0.565%) MS Exchange
7 1 (0.565%) Exchange Server 2007
7 1 (0.565%) RabbitMQ
Applications
1 13 (7.345%) MS Excel
2 7 (3.955%) MS Office
3 3 (1.695%) MS Project
4 2 (1.130%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.565%) InfoPath
Business Applications
1 2 (1.130%) SmartPlant
2 1 (0.565%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.565%) BusinessWorks
2 1 (0.565%) Endur
2 1 (0.565%) Remedy ITSM
Communications & Networking
1 40 (22.60%) SAN
2 22 (12.43%) Firewall
3 10 (5.650%) WAN
4 9 (5.085%) NAS
5 8 (4.520%) Unified Communications
5 8 (4.520%) LAN
5 8 (4.520%) QSIG
5 8 (4.520%) H.323
5 8 (4.520%) MGCP
5 8 (4.520%) VLAN
6 7 (3.955%) VPN
7 6 (3.390%) BIG-IP
8 5 (2.825%) TCP/IP
9 4 (2.260%) DNS
9 4 (2.260%) MPLS
10 3 (1.695%) DHCP
11 2 (1.130%) Fibre Channel
11 2 (1.130%) iSCSI
11 2 (1.130%) SNMP
11 2 (1.130%) PBX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (15.25%) SQL Server
2 3 (1.695%) Oracle 8/8i
2 3 (1.695%) Oracle 11g
3 2 (1.130%) SQL Server 2008
3 2 (1.130%) Oracle 10g
3 2 (1.130%) DTS
3 2 (1.130%) MySQL
3 2 (1.130%) SQL Server 2000
3 2 (1.130%) SQL Server 2005
4 1 (0.565%) DB2 UDB
4 1 (0.565%) DB2
4 1 (0.565%) Oracle 9i
4 1 (0.565%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.565%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 6 (3.390%) Introscope
2 1 (0.565%) Maven
2 1 (0.565%) Subversion
2 1 (0.565%) QuickTest Pro
2 1 (0.565%) Ant
2 1 (0.565%) Team Foundation Server
2 1 (0.565%) TeamCity
General
1 29 (16.38%) Banking
2 22 (12.43%) Finance
3 19 (10.73%) Front Office
4 8 (4.520%) Back Office
4 8 (4.520%) Investment Banking
5 4 (2.260%) Spanish Language
5 4 (2.260%) Corporate Banking
6 3 (1.695%) Financial Institution
7 2 (1.130%) Billing
8 1 (0.565%) Wholesale Banking
8 1 (0.565%) Retail
8 1 (0.565%) Law
8 1 (0.565%) Advertising
8 1 (0.565%) Electronics
8 1 (0.565%) Telecoms
8 1 (0.565%) Marketing
8 1 (0.565%) German Language
Job Titles
1 30 (16.95%) Analyst
2 24 (13.56%) Support Analyst
3 18 (10.17%) Linux Engineer
4 14 (7.910%) Applications Support
5 13 (7.345%) Storage Engineer
6 12 (6.780%) Administrator
7 11 (6.215%) Production Support Analyst
7 11 (6.215%) Windows Support Analyst
8 10 (5.650%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 9 (5.085%) Desktop Support
10 8 (4.520%) Systems Administrator
10 8 (4.520%) Network Engineer
10 8 (4.520%) Applications Support Analyst
10 8 (4.520%) Desktop Support Analyst
10 8 (4.520%) DBA
10 8 (4.520%) Communications Engineer
10 8 (4.520%) Desktop Analyst
11 7 (3.955%) Support Engineer
12 6 (3.390%) Senior Analyst
12 6 (3.390%) Service Manager
Miscellaneous
1 24 (13.56%) Clustering
2 22 (12.43%) Fixed Income
3 9 (5.085%) CLARiiON
3 9 (5.085%) Symmetrix
3 9 (5.085%) Symmetrix DMX
3 9 (5.085%) Celerra
4 8 (4.520%) Credit Risk
5 7 (3.955%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 6 (3.390%) SWIFT
7 5 (2.825%) Replication
7 5 (2.825%) Firmware
8 3 (1.695%) Computer Science
9 2 (1.130%) CMDB
9 2 (1.130%) Management Information System
10 1 (0.565%) Streaming Media
10 1 (0.565%) Freedom of Information
10 1 (0.565%) Blackberry
10 1 (0.565%) Thin Client
10 1 (0.565%) Client/Server
10 1 (0.565%) Data Extraction
Operating Systems
1 101 (57.06%) Windows
2 80 (45.20%) UNIX
3 57 (32.20%) Linux
4 32 (18.08%) Solaris
5 24 (13.56%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 13 (7.345%) Windows Server 2003
7 12 (6.780%) Windows Server 2008
8 8 (4.520%) Windows XP
9 7 (3.955%) AIX
10 4 (2.260%) HPUX
11 3 (1.695%) Windows Server 2012
12 1 (0.565%) Windows 2000 Server
12 1 (0.565%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 72 (40.68%) ITIL
2 41 (23.16%) Change Management
3 33 (18.64%) Migration
4 26 (14.69%) Data Management
4 26 (14.69%) Data Migration
5 25 (14.12%) Project Management
6 24 (13.56%) Data Analysis
6 24 (13.56%) Problem Management
7 20 (11.30%) Release Management
8 18 (10.17%) Service Management
9 14 (7.910%) Incident Management
9 14 (7.910%) Electronic Trading
10 13 (7.345%) Root Cause Analysis
11 12 (6.780%) Service Delivery
12 11 (6.215%) Disaster Recovery
13 9 (5.085%) Workflow
13 9 (5.085%) E-Commerce
14 8 (4.520%) Load Balancing
14 8 (4.520%) ITSM
15 6 (3.390%) Load Testing
Programming Languages
1 38 (21.47%) SQL
2 29 (16.38%) VB
3 23 (12.99%) Perl
4 14 (7.910%) Python
5 10 (5.650%) Shell Script
6 9 (5.085%) VBA
7 8 (4.520%) PowerShell
7 8 (4.520%) Java
8 5 (2.825%) C
9 3 (1.695%) VBScript
10 1 (0.565%) PL/SQL
10 1 (0.565%) JavaScript
10 1 (0.565%) Korn
10 1 (0.565%) Bash shell
Qualifications
1 22 (12.43%) NCDA
2 10 (5.650%) Microsoft Certification
3 6 (3.390%) HP AIS
3 6 (3.390%) HP ASE
4 4 (2.260%) Degree
4 4 (2.260%) Cisco Certification
5 3 (1.695%) CCNA
5 3 (1.695%) MCSE
6 2 (1.130%) ITIL Certification
6 2 (1.130%) MCITP
7 1 (0.565%) MBA
7 1 (0.565%) EMC Certification
7 1 (0.565%) OCP
7 1 (0.565%) Oracle Certification
7 1 (0.565%) CISSP
7 1 (0.565%) MCSA
7 1 (0.565%) CCSP
7 1 (0.565%) CCNP
7 1 (0.565%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (6.215%) SLA
2 6 (3.390%) QA
3 2 (1.130%) COBIT
3 2 (1.130%) ISO 9001
4 1 (0.565%) FATCA
System Software
1 18 (10.17%) EMC RecoverPoint
2 8 (4.520%) Active Directory
3 7 (3.955%) VMware ESX
3 7 (3.955%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (2.260%) NFS
5 1 (0.565%) ProxySG
5 1 (0.565%) Oracle RMAN
5 1 (0.565%) Terminal Services
5 1 (0.565%) NDS
5 1 (0.565%) Veritas File System
5 1 (0.565%) Veritas Cluster Server
5 1 (0.565%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 32 (18.08%) NetBackup
2 28 (15.82%) EMC NetWorker
3 9 (5.085%) BladeLogic
4 8 (4.520%) WMI
4 8 (4.520%) Cisco UCCX
4 8 (4.520%) Legato
4 8 (4.520%) Backup Exec
5 7 (3.955%) Control-M
6 6 (3.390%) HP SiteScope
7 5 (2.825%) Tivoli
8 2 (1.130%) Puppet
8 2 (1.130%) SCCM
9 1 (0.565%) DameWare
9 1 (0.565%) Tivoli Monitoring
9 1 (0.565%) Tivoli Storage Manager
9 1 (0.565%) MOM
9 1 (0.565%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 1 (0.565%) Data Guard
9 1 (0.565%) SCOM
9 1 (0.565%) Oracle Statspack
Vendors
1 37 (20.90%) EMC
2 36 (20.34%) NetApp
3 31 (17.51%) Oracle
4 29 (16.38%) Red Hat
5 24 (13.56%) Microsoft
6 23 (12.99%) HP
7 22 (12.43%) Veritas
8 20 (11.30%) Cisco
9 18 (10.17%) VMware
10 15 (8.475%) Citrix
10 15 (8.475%) Reuters
10 15 (8.475%) TIBCO
11 14 (7.910%) eSpeed
11 14 (7.910%) MarketAxess
12 11 (6.215%) Altiris
13 10 (5.650%) IBM
14 8 (4.520%) Dell
15 7 (3.955%) Sybase
15 7 (3.955%) F5
16 6 (3.390%) Sun
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