The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Crossbeam 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 Crossbeam over the 3 months to 24 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 Crossbeam Systems, Inc.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Crossbeam
Rank 372 412 440
Rank change year-on-year
+40 +28
Contract jobs citing Crossbeam 5 3 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 0.023% 0.011% 0.006%
As % of the Vendors category 0.051% 0.025% 0.014%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 0
Average daily rate £525 £425 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+23.52% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £318 £325 £281
% change year-on-year
-2.30% +15.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £40.00 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Vendors
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
9744 12013 14055
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 44.99% 44.59% 45.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 6123 7282 8491
Average daily rate £425 £425 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -5.55%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £267 £265 £285
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 287 296 406
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 £35.95 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
Crossbeam
England

Crossbeam
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London Crossbeam Jobs Demand Trend

Crossbeam
Daily Rate Trend

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

London Crossbeam Daily Rate Trend

Crossbeam
Hourly Rate Trend

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

London Crossbeam Hourly Rate Trend

Crossbeam
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Crossbeam within the London region over the 3 months to 24 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 - -
Crossbeam
England

Crossbeam
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing Crossbeam 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 Crossbeam.

1 5 (83.33%) Firewall
2 4 (66.67%) SQL
2 4 (66.67%) Oracle
2 4 (66.67%) SharePoint
2 4 (66.67%) Cisco
2 4 (66.67%) EMC
2 4 (66.67%) Citrix
2 4 (66.67%) Windows
2 4 (66.67%) Linux
2 4 (66.67%) Red Hat
2 4 (66.67%) Migration
2 4 (66.67%) VMware
3 3 (50.00%) Finance
3 3 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (33.33%) Cisco ASA
4 2 (33.33%) Oracle RAC
4 2 (33.33%) HP
4 2 (33.33%) VMware ESX
4 2 (33.33%) CheckPoint
4 2 (33.33%) Juniper
4 2 (33.33%) SQL Server
4 2 (33.33%) ITIL
5 1 (16.67%) PRINCE2
5 1 (16.67%) TCP/IP
5 1 (16.67%) VPN
5 1 (16.67%) DNS
5 1 (16.67%) SSL
5 1 (16.67%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (16.67%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 1 (16.67%) Microsoft

Crossbeam
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing Crossbeam 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 Crossbeam. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 4 (66.67%) SharePoint
Communications & Networking
1 5 (83.33%) Firewall
2 2 (33.33%) Cisco ASA
3 1 (16.67%) TCP/IP
3 1 (16.67%) VPN
3 1 (16.67%) DNS
3 1 (16.67%) SSL
3 1 (16.67%) Network Security
3 1 (16.67%) Junos
3 1 (16.67%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (33.33%) SQL Server
2 1 (16.67%) Oracle 8/8i
General
1 3 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (16.67%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) Systems Architect
1 4 (66.67%) Architect
2 1 (16.67%) Project Leader
2 1 (16.67%) Infrastructure Architect
2 1 (16.67%) Technical Project Leader
2 1 (16.67%) Network Specialist
2 1 (16.67%) Firewall Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) CESG
Operating Systems
1 4 (66.67%) Windows
1 4 (66.67%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Migration
2 2 (33.33%) ITIL
3 1 (16.67%) PRINCE2
3 1 (16.67%) PRINCE
3 1 (16.67%) Six Sigma
3 1 (16.67%) Service Management
3 1 (16.67%) ITIL V3
3 1 (16.67%) Lean Six Sigma
Programming Languages
1 4 (66.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (16.67%) PRINCE2 Certification
1 1 (16.67%) CCNP
1 1 (16.67%) CCNA
1 1 (16.67%) CCSA
1 1 (16.67%) CCSE
1 1 (16.67%) JNCIA
1 1 (16.67%) Degree
System Software
1 3 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (33.33%) Oracle RAC
2 2 (33.33%) VMware ESX
Vendors
1 4 (66.67%) Oracle
1 4 (66.67%) Cisco
1 4 (66.67%) EMC
1 4 (66.67%) Citrix
1 4 (66.67%) Red Hat
1 4 (66.67%) VMware
2 2 (33.33%) HP
2 2 (33.33%) CheckPoint
2 2 (33.33%) Juniper
3 1 (16.67%) Microsoft
3 1 (16.67%) Nokia
3 1 (16.67%) Sourcefire