The first table below looks at the demand for NCDA in IT contracts advertised for the London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited NCDA 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 Qualifications 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
NetApp Certified Data Management Administrator (NCDA)
Rank 349 413 438
Rank change year-on-year
+64 +25
Contract jobs citing NCDA 28 2 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 0.129% 0.007% 0.013%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.884% 0.052% 0.097%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 2 3
Average daily rate £385 £463 £500
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-16.75% -7.50%
UK excluding London average daily rate - £400 -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Qualifications
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
3169 3819 4114
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 14.63% 14.18% 13.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 1876 2288 2374
Average daily rate £425 £425 £425
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £250 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £600 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 121 119 141
Average hourly rate £22.50 £20.00 £20.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+12.50% -3.61%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.25 £12.30 £14.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £79.00 £40.00 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.22% -10.00%
NCDA
England

NCDA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London NCDA Jobs Demand Trend

NCDA
Daily Rate Trend

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

London NCDA Daily Rate Trend

NCDA
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing NCDA across the London region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

London NCDA Daily Rate Histogram

NCDA
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing NCDA 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 - 3 £450 -
NCDA
England

NCDA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 34 (97.14%) NetApp
2 28 (80.00%) Windows
3 25 (71.43%) SAN
4 24 (68.57%) EMC
4 24 (68.57%) NetBackup
5 23 (65.71%) Data Management
6 22 (62.86%) Migration
6 22 (62.86%) EMC NetWorker
6 22 (62.86%) Data Migration
6 22 (62.86%) VB
6 22 (62.86%) Capacity Management
7 21 (60.00%) UNIX
7 21 (60.00%) Data Analysis
8 20 (57.14%) ITIL
9 16 (45.71%) EMC RecoverPoint
10 14 (40.00%) Solaris
10 14 (40.00%) Veritas
10 14 (40.00%) Clustering
11 9 (25.71%) NCIE
12 5 (14.29%) PowerShell
12 5 (14.29%) SC Cleared
12 5 (14.29%) Security Cleared
12 5 (14.29%) Windows Server 2008
12 5 (14.29%) Cisco
13 4 (11.43%) IBM
13 4 (11.43%) Microsoft
13 4 (11.43%) HP
13 4 (11.43%) Backup Exec
13 4 (11.43%) VMware
14 3 (8.571%) CLARiiON

NCDA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Platforms
1 1 (2.857%) Office Communications Server
1 1 (2.857%) MS Exchange
1 1 (2.857%) Exchange Server 2010
Communications & Networking
1 25 (71.43%) SAN
2 1 (2.857%) NAS
2 1 (2.857%) Firewall
2 1 (2.857%) MPLS
2 1 (2.857%) VPN
General
1 1 (2.857%) Finance
1 1 (2.857%) Law
1 1 (2.857%) Legal
Job Titles
1 9 (25.71%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 5 (14.29%) Consultant
3 4 (11.43%) Storage Engineer
4 3 (8.571%) Storage Consultant
5 2 (5.714%) Data Manager
6 1 (2.857%) Infrastructure Consultant
6 1 (2.857%) EMC Engineer
6 1 (2.857%) Systems Manager
6 1 (2.857%) Architect
6 1 (2.857%) Solutions Architect
6 1 (2.857%) Backup Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 14 (40.00%) Clustering
2 3 (8.571%) CLARiiON
2 3 (8.571%) Symmetrix
2 3 (8.571%) Celerra
2 3 (8.571%) Symmetrix DMX
3 1 (2.857%) Freedom of Information
3 1 (2.857%) Smartphone
3 1 (2.857%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (2.857%) Freedom of Information Act
3 1 (2.857%) Computer Science
3 1 (2.857%) Blackberry
3 1 (2.857%) Mobile Computing
3 1 (2.857%) HP StorageWorks
3 1 (2.857%) Enterprise Storage
Operating Systems
1 28 (80.00%) Windows
2 21 (60.00%) UNIX
3 14 (40.00%) Solaris
4 5 (14.29%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (65.71%) Data Management
2 22 (62.86%) Migration
2 22 (62.86%) Data Migration
2 22 (62.86%) Capacity Management
3 21 (60.00%) Data Analysis
4 20 (57.14%) ITIL
5 2 (5.714%) Service Management
5 2 (5.714%) Risk Management
6 1 (2.857%) Supplier Management
6 1 (2.857%) Enterprise Data Management
6 1 (2.857%) Data Protection
6 1 (2.857%) Service Delivery
6 1 (2.857%) Disaster Recovery
6 1 (2.857%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 22 (62.86%) VB
2 5 (14.29%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 9 (25.71%) NCIE
2 5 (14.29%) SC Cleared
2 5 (14.29%) Security Cleared
3 1 (2.857%) MCITP
3 1 (2.857%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
3 1 (2.857%) Degree
3 1 (2.857%) CCA
3 1 (2.857%) Citrix Certification
3 1 (2.857%) CCEA
3 1 (2.857%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (2.857%) CCIE
3 1 (2.857%) CCNP
3 1 (2.857%) HP ASE
3 1 (2.857%) HP MASE
3 1 (2.857%) Microsoft Certified Master
3 1 (2.857%) CCEE
3 1 (2.857%) CCIA
System Software
1 16 (45.71%) EMC RecoverPoint
2 2 (5.714%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (2.857%) Hyper-V
3 1 (2.857%) XenApp
3 1 (2.857%) XenServer
3 1 (2.857%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 24 (68.57%) NetBackup
2 22 (62.86%) EMC NetWorker
3 4 (11.43%) Backup Exec
4 3 (8.571%) Legato
5 1 (2.857%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
Vendors
1 34 (97.14%) NetApp
2 24 (68.57%) EMC
3 14 (40.00%) Veritas
4 5 (14.29%) Cisco
5 4 (11.43%) IBM
5 4 (11.43%) Microsoft
5 4 (11.43%) HP
5 4 (11.43%) VMware
6 3 (8.571%) Brocade
6 3 (8.571%) Dell
6 3 (8.571%) Citrix
7 1 (2.857%) Symantec
7 1 (2.857%) Hitachi
7 1 (2.857%) Sun
7 1 (2.857%) 3PAR