The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Compaq products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Compaq over the 3 months to 23 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 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.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are NOT representative of contractor rates within Compaq.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Compaq
Rank 373 399 428
Rank change year-on-year
+26 +29
Contract jobs citing Compaq 4 11 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 0.018% 0.041% 0.022%
As % of the Vendors category 0.041% 0.092% 0.049%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 4 4
Average daily rate £313 £315 £373
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-0.79% -15.43%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £283 £278 £335
10% offered a daily rate of more than £343 £382 £391
UK excluding London average daily rate £233 £150 £200
% change year-on-year
+55.00% -25.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Average hourly rate - £21.43 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.50 £23.75 £43.50
% change year-on-year
-17.89% -45.40%
All Vendors
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
9754 11998 14306
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 45.08% 44.55% 45.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 6142 7276 8648
Average daily rate £425 £425 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -5.55%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £265 £265 £280
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £600 £625
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 287 296 409
Average hourly rate £22.00 £20.00 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+10.00% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £12.50 £12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £35.73 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.25
% change year-on-year
- -6.17%
Compaq
England

Compaq
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London Compaq Jobs Demand Trend

Compaq
Daily Rate Trend

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

London Compaq Daily Rate Trend

Compaq
Hourly Rate Trend

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

London Compaq Hourly Rate Trend

Compaq
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Compaq within the London region over the 3 months to 23 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
Docklands, London - 2 £313 -
Compaq
England

Compaq
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing Compaq 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 Compaq.

1 18 (94.74%) Windows
1 18 (94.74%) HP
2 13 (68.42%) MS Exchange
2 13 (68.42%) Windows Server 2008
3 12 (63.16%) VMware
4 11 (57.89%) Windows Server 2003
5 10 (52.63%) Exchange Server 2003
6 9 (47.37%) Blackberry
6 9 (47.37%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
6 9 (47.37%) Windows 2000
7 8 (42.11%) Active Directory
7 8 (42.11%) VMware Infrastructure
7 8 (42.11%) Exchange Server 2010
8 7 (36.84%) MCSE
8 7 (36.84%) SQL Server
8 7 (36.84%) ITIL
8 7 (36.84%) EMC
8 7 (36.84%) Citrix
8 7 (36.84%) Microsoft Certification
8 7 (36.84%) SAN
9 6 (31.58%) Dell
9 6 (31.58%) Capacity Planning
9 6 (31.58%) SQL Server 2008
9 6 (31.58%) XenApp
9 6 (31.58%) SQL Server 2005
10 5 (26.32%) SCOM
10 5 (26.32%) SC Cleared
10 5 (26.32%) Security Cleared
10 5 (26.32%) NAS
10 5 (26.32%) SolarWinds

Compaq
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing Compaq 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 Compaq. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 13 (68.42%) MS Exchange
2 10 (52.63%) Exchange Server 2003
3 9 (47.37%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
4 8 (42.11%) Exchange Server 2010
5 4 (21.05%) WorkSite
6 1 (5.263%) Lotus Domino
6 1 (5.263%) IIS
Applications
1 4 (21.05%) MS Office
2 2 (10.53%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 7 (36.84%) SAN
2 5 (26.32%) NAS
2 5 (26.32%) DNS
3 3 (15.79%) DHCP
3 3 (15.79%) TCP/IP
4 2 (10.53%) Ethernet
4 2 (10.53%) NetScaler
5 1 (5.263%) Fibre Channel
5 1 (5.263%) Firewall
5 1 (5.263%) LAN
5 1 (5.263%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (36.84%) SQL Server
2 6 (31.58%) SQL Server 2008
2 6 (31.58%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 2 (10.53%) MSI
1 2 (10.53%) InstallShield
1 2 (10.53%) WinRunner
1 2 (10.53%) QuickTest Pro
1 2 (10.53%) LoadRunner
1 2 (10.53%) Bugzilla
1 2 (10.53%) Selenium
General
1 1 (5.263%) Law
Job Titles
1 6 (31.58%) Server Support
2 5 (26.32%) Analyst
3 3 (15.79%) 2nd Line Support
3 3 (15.79%) Support Analyst
4 2 (10.53%) Desktop Support
4 2 (10.53%) Administrator
4 2 (10.53%) Systems Analyst
4 2 (10.53%) Senior Analyst
4 2 (10.53%) Senior Systems Analyst
4 2 (10.53%) Citrix Administrator
5 1 (5.263%) Exchange Engineer
5 1 (5.263%) Windows Engineer
5 1 (5.263%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
5 1 (5.263%) Storage Engineer
5 1 (5.263%) Blackberry Support
5 1 (5.263%) Server Support Engineer
5 1 (5.263%) Desktop Analyst
5 1 (5.263%) Senior Security Analyst
5 1 (5.263%) Security Analyst
5 1 (5.263%) Desktop Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 9 (47.37%) Blackberry
2 4 (21.05%) CLARiiON
3 1 (5.263%) Smartphone
3 1 (5.263%) IBM Mainframe
3 1 (5.263%) Clustering
3 1 (5.263%) Management Information System
3 1 (5.263%) AS400
3 1 (5.263%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 18 (94.74%) Windows
2 13 (68.42%) Windows Server 2008
3 11 (57.89%) Windows Server 2003
4 9 (47.37%) Windows 2000
5 5 (26.32%) Windows 7
5 5 (26.32%) Solaris
6 4 (21.05%) Windows Vista
7 3 (15.79%) Windows NT
8 2 (10.53%) UNIX
9 1 (5.263%) SUSE
9 1 (5.263%) Slackware
9 1 (5.263%) NetWare
9 1 (5.263%) Windows XP
9 1 (5.263%) Linux
9 1 (5.263%) HPUX
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (36.84%) ITIL
2 6 (31.58%) Capacity Planning
3 3 (15.79%) Service Delivery
3 3 (15.79%) Migration
4 2 (10.53%) Service Management
4 2 (10.53%) Security Management
4 2 (10.53%) Performance Management
4 2 (10.53%) Software Distribution
5 1 (5.263%) Change Control
5 1 (5.263%) Asset Management
5 1 (5.263%) Configuration Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (15.79%) SQL
2 1 (5.263%) Shell Script
2 1 (5.263%) Perl
Qualifications
1 7 (36.84%) MCSE
1 7 (36.84%) Microsoft Certification
2 5 (26.32%) SC Cleared
2 5 (26.32%) Security Cleared
3 4 (21.05%) DV Cleared
4 2 (10.53%) MCP
4 2 (10.53%) ISEB
4 2 (10.53%) CCA
4 2 (10.53%) Citrix Certification
4 2 (10.53%) ISEB Practitioner
4 2 (10.53%) ISTQB
5 1 (5.263%) Degree
5 1 (5.263%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 1 (5.263%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (10.53%) SLA
System Software
1 8 (42.11%) Active Directory
1 8 (42.11%) VMware Infrastructure
2 6 (31.58%) XenApp
3 4 (21.05%) VMware ESX
3 4 (21.05%) EMC RecoverPoint
4 2 (10.53%) Microsoft App-V
4 2 (10.53%) vSphere
4 2 (10.53%) XenServer
4 2 (10.53%) XenDesktop
4 2 (10.53%) Citrix Presentation Server
5 1 (5.263%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 5 (26.32%) SCOM
2 4 (21.05%) MAILsweeper
2 4 (21.05%) RepliStor
2 4 (21.05%) HP SIM
2 4 (21.05%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
3 3 (15.79%) SCCM
3 3 (15.79%) McAfee ePO
3 3 (15.79%) Legato
4 2 (10.53%) Tivoli
4 2 (10.53%) MOM
4 2 (10.53%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 2 (10.53%) Backup Exec
5 1 (5.263%) WSUS
5 1 (5.263%) OVSD
Vendors
1 18 (94.74%) HP
2 12 (63.16%) VMware
3 7 (36.84%) EMC
3 7 (36.84%) Citrix
4 6 (31.58%) Dell
5 5 (26.32%) SolarWinds
6 4 (21.05%) Microsoft
6 4 (21.05%) Sun
6 4 (21.05%) Clearswift
6 4 (21.05%) NetIQ
6 4 (21.05%) Symantec
6 4 (21.05%) Intel
7 3 (15.79%) Veritas
7 3 (15.79%) McAfee
7 3 (15.79%) NetApp
7 3 (15.79%) IBM
8 1 (5.263%) Brocade
8 1 (5.263%) SGI
8 1 (5.263%) Lotus
8 1 (5.263%) Red Hat