The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of LANDesk 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 LANDesk over the 3 months to 21 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 LANDesk Software, Inc.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
LANDesk
Rank 364 330 412
Rank change year-on-year
-34 +82
Contract jobs citing LANDesk 25 75 18
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 0.113% 0.278% 0.059%
As % of the Vendors category 0.251% 0.625% 0.130%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 11 7
Average daily rate £219 £130 £225
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+68.26% -42.22%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £144 £95 £156
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £250 £350
UK excluding London average daily rate £235 £288 £90
% change year-on-year
-18.26% +219.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 6 2
Average hourly rate £19.00 £19.50 £19.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-2.56% +1.29%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.63 £16.75 £19.00
% change year-on-year
-6.71% -11.84%
All Vendors
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
9950 12001 13861
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 45.17% 44.48% 45.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 6268 7285 8366
Average daily rate £425 £425 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -5.55%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £260 £270 £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 292 295 401
Average hourly rate £21.67 £20.00 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+8.33% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £12.50 £12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £36.03 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year
- -7.31%
LANDesk
England

LANDesk
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London LANDesk Jobs Demand Trend

LANDesk
Daily Rate Trend

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

London LANDesk Daily Rate Trend

LANDesk
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing LANDesk across the London region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

London LANDesk Daily Rate Histogram

LANDesk
Hourly Rate Trend

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

London LANDesk Hourly Rate Trend

LANDesk
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing LANDesk across the London region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

London LANDesk Hourly Rate Histogram

LANDesk
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing LANDesk within the London region over the 3 months to 21 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 -10 9 £263 +5.00%
Barnet +2 2 - -
Uxbridge - 1 £190 -
LANDesk
England

LANDesk
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing LANDesk 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 LANDesk.

1 40 (74.07%) Windows
2 29 (53.70%) Windows 7
3 28 (51.85%) Active Directory
4 25 (46.30%) Microsoft
5 20 (37.04%) XenDesktop
6 19 (35.19%) SCCM
6 19 (35.19%) Citrix
7 17 (31.48%) Finance
7 17 (31.48%) MS Office
7 17 (31.48%) XenApp
8 15 (27.78%) AppSense
9 14 (25.93%) Banking
9 14 (25.93%) Windows XP
10 11 (20.37%) PowerShell
11 9 (16.67%) Sysprep
12 7 (12.96%) VMware
12 7 (12.96%) ITIL
12 7 (12.96%) DHCP
12 7 (12.96%) TCP/IP
12 7 (12.96%) DNS
12 7 (12.96%) Internet
13 6 (11.11%) Thin Client
13 6 (11.11%) .NET
13 6 (11.11%) SQL Server
13 6 (11.11%) VBScript
13 6 (11.11%) Altiris
13 6 (11.11%) vSphere
13 6 (11.11%) VMware Infrastructure
13 6 (11.11%) Windows Server 2008
13 6 (11.11%) Fat Client

LANDesk
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing LANDesk 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 LANDesk. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 6 (11.11%) .NET
2 4 (7.407%) ASP.NET
3 2 (3.704%) XML
3 2 (3.704%) Software Packaging
4 1 (1.852%) Ajax
4 1 (1.852%) COM
4 1 (1.852%) CSS
4 1 (1.852%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 5 (9.259%) Lotus Notes
2 4 (7.407%) MS Exchange
2 4 (7.407%) IIS
3 2 (3.704%) SharePoint
3 2 (3.704%) Exchange Server 2003
3 2 (3.704%) SharePoint Server
4 1 (1.852%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 17 (31.48%) MS Office
2 5 (9.259%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (1.852%) Remedy ITSM
Communications & Networking
1 7 (12.96%) DHCP
1 7 (12.96%) TCP/IP
1 7 (12.96%) DNS
1 7 (12.96%) Internet
2 4 (7.407%) VPN
2 4 (7.407%) LDAP
3 3 (5.556%) LAN
3 3 (5.556%) WAN
4 2 (3.704%) SMS
5 1 (1.852%) NAS
5 1 (1.852%) PABX
5 1 (1.852%) Wireless
5 1 (1.852%) VoIP
5 1 (1.852%) Intranet
5 1 (1.852%) FTP
5 1 (1.852%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (11.11%) SQL Server
2 4 (7.407%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (5.556%) SQL Server 2008
3 3 (5.556%) SQL Server 2012
Development Applications
1 5 (9.259%) MSI
2 4 (7.407%) Visual Studio
2 4 (7.407%) Subversion
3 2 (3.704%) InstallShield
General
1 17 (31.48%) Finance
2 14 (25.93%) Banking
3 3 (5.556%) Legal
4 2 (3.704%) Law
4 2 (3.704%) Investment Banking
4 2 (3.704%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 19 (35.19%) Analyst
2 8 (14.81%) Architect
2 8 (14.81%) Support Analyst
3 7 (12.96%) Support Engineer
3 7 (12.96%) Applications Support
4 4 (7.407%) Desktop Support
4 4 (7.407%) Consultant
4 4 (7.407%) Service Analyst
4 4 (7.407%) 2nd Line Support
4 4 (7.407%) Desktop Analyst
4 4 (7.407%) Technical Analyst
4 4 (7.407%) Service Desk Analyst
4 4 (7.407%) Applications Support Engineer
5 3 (5.556%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
5 3 (5.556%) 3rd Line Support
5 3 (5.556%) Systems Support
6 2 (3.704%) Applications Packager
6 2 (3.704%) Administrator
6 2 (3.704%) Business Manager
6 2 (3.704%) Business Systems Manager
Miscellaneous
1 6 (11.11%) Thin Client
1 6 (11.11%) Fat Client
2 3 (5.556%) Management Information System
3 2 (3.704%) NHS
3 2 (3.704%) Client/Server
4 1 (1.852%) Computer Science
4 1 (1.852%) Life Science
4 1 (1.852%) CMDB
4 1 (1.852%) iPhone
4 1 (1.852%) iPad
4 1 (1.852%) Mobile App
4 1 (1.852%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 40 (74.07%) Windows
2 29 (53.70%) Windows 7
3 14 (25.93%) Windows XP
4 6 (11.11%) Windows Server 2008
5 3 (5.556%) Linux
6 2 (3.704%) Mac OS X
6 2 (3.704%) Windows Server 2003
6 2 (3.704%) Windows 8
6 2 (3.704%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (1.852%) Windows Vista
7 1 (1.852%) Windows 2000 Server
7 1 (1.852%) Windows 2000
7 1 (1.852%) UNIX
7 1 (1.852%) AIX
7 1 (1.852%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (12.96%) ITIL
2 5 (9.259%) Software Distribution
2 5 (9.259%) Agile Software Development
3 4 (7.407%) Service Delivery
3 4 (7.407%) Workflow
3 4 (7.407%) Software Testing
3 4 (7.407%) Enterprise Architecture
4 3 (5.556%) Continuous Integration
4 3 (5.556%) Migration
4 3 (5.556%) Automated Testing
5 2 (3.704%) CRM
5 2 (3.704%) Configuration Management
5 2 (3.704%) Service Management
5 2 (3.704%) Document Management
5 2 (3.704%) Data Migration
5 2 (3.704%) Incident Management
6 1 (1.852%) Project Planning
6 1 (1.852%) Problem Management
6 1 (1.852%) Time Management
6 1 (1.852%) ITIL V3
Programming Languages
1 11 (20.37%) PowerShell
2 6 (11.11%) VBScript
3 5 (9.259%) C#
4 3 (5.556%) SQL
4 3 (5.556%) T-SQL
5 2 (3.704%) VB
6 1 (1.852%) Java
6 1 (1.852%) JavaScript
6 1 (1.852%) Perl
Qualifications
1 4 (7.407%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (3.704%) MCSE
2 2 (3.704%) Security Cleared
2 2 (3.704%) MCTS
3 1 (1.852%) CCA
3 1 (1.852%) Citrix Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (7.407%) QA
2 2 (3.704%) SLA
System Software
1 28 (51.85%) Active Directory
2 20 (37.04%) XenDesktop
3 17 (31.48%) XenApp
4 6 (11.11%) vSphere
4 6 (11.11%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (7.407%) Microsoft App-V
5 4 (7.407%) Hyper-V
6 3 (5.556%) VMware ESX
7 1 (1.852%) Xen
7 1 (1.852%) Tivoli Directory Server
7 1 (1.852%) VMware Workstation
7 1 (1.852%) Terminal Services
7 1 (1.852%) MetaFrame
Systems Management
1 19 (35.19%) SCCM
2 9 (16.67%) Sysprep
3 4 (7.407%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
3 4 (7.407%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
3 4 (7.407%) SCVMM
4 3 (5.556%) WSUS
5 2 (3.704%) Tivoli
6 1 (1.852%) Tivoli Endpoint Manager
6 1 (1.852%) Nessus
6 1 (1.852%) Tivoli Configuration Manager
Vendors
1 25 (46.30%) Microsoft
2 19 (35.19%) Citrix
3 15 (27.78%) AppSense
4 7 (12.96%) VMware
5 6 (11.11%) Altiris
6 5 (9.259%) Reuters
6 5 (9.259%) Bloomberg
6 5 (9.259%) Symantec
6 5 (9.259%) Lotus
6 5 (9.259%) Adobe
7 3 (5.556%) HP
8 2 (3.704%) Cisco
8 2 (3.704%) JD Edwards
8 2 (3.704%) Sage
8 2 (3.704%) Novell
8 2 (3.704%) Northgate
9 1 (1.852%) Mitel
9 1 (1.852%) Remedy
9 1 (1.852%) Sophos
9 1 (1.852%) SAP