The first table below looks at the demand for NCIE in IT contracts advertised for the London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited NCIE 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 Implementation Engineer (NCIE)
Rank 373 414 438
Rank change year-on-year
+41 +24
Contract jobs citing NCIE 4 1 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 0.018% 0.004% 0.013%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.126% 0.026% 0.097%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 3
Average daily rate £500 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate - £350 -
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%
NCIE
England

NCIE
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London NCIE Jobs Demand Trend

NCIE
Daily Rate Trend

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

London NCIE Daily Rate Trend

NCIE
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing NCIE 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 - 2 £500 -
NCIE
England

NCIE
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 10 (100.00%) NetApp
2 9 (90.00%) NCDA
3 5 (50.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 5 (50.00%) Windows
3 5 (50.00%) SC Cleared
3 5 (50.00%) Security Cleared
4 4 (40.00%) VMware
4 4 (40.00%) Citrix
5 3 (30.00%) Cisco
5 3 (30.00%) VMware Infrastructure
6 2 (20.00%) Backup Exec
6 2 (20.00%) Disaster Recovery
6 2 (20.00%) Symantec
6 2 (20.00%) Data Management
6 2 (20.00%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
7 1 (10.00%) SQL
7 1 (10.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 1 (10.00%) CCEE
7 1 (10.00%) CCIA
7 1 (10.00%) Cisco Nexus
7 1 (10.00%) Hyper-V
7 1 (10.00%) XenApp
7 1 (10.00%) XenServer
7 1 (10.00%) vSphere
7 1 (10.00%) HP StorageWorks
7 1 (10.00%) 3PAR
7 1 (10.00%) Enterprise Storage
7 1 (10.00%) IBM
7 1 (10.00%) Microsoft
7 1 (10.00%) CCIE

NCIE
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Platforms
1 1 (10.00%) SharePoint
Communications & Networking
1 1 (10.00%) Cisco Nexus
1 1 (10.00%) SAN
Job Titles
1 4 (40.00%) Consultant
2 3 (30.00%) Storage Consultant
3 1 (10.00%) Architect
3 1 (10.00%) Senior Consultant
3 1 (10.00%) Solutions Architect
3 1 (10.00%) Infrastructure Consultant
3 1 (10.00%) Senior Storage Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (10.00%) HP StorageWorks
1 1 (10.00%) Enterprise Storage
1 1 (10.00%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 5 (50.00%) Windows Server 2008
1 5 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (20.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 2 (20.00%) Data Management
2 1 (10.00%) Migration
2 1 (10.00%) Business Continuity
Programming Languages
1 1 (10.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 9 (90.00%) NCDA
2 5 (50.00%) SC Cleared
2 5 (50.00%) Security Cleared
3 1 (10.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
3 1 (10.00%) CCEE
3 1 (10.00%) CCIA
3 1 (10.00%) CCIE
3 1 (10.00%) CCNP
3 1 (10.00%) CCA
3 1 (10.00%) Citrix Certification
3 1 (10.00%) CCEA
3 1 (10.00%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (10.00%) HP ASE
3 1 (10.00%) HP MASE
System Software
1 3 (30.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (10.00%) Hyper-V
2 1 (10.00%) XenApp
2 1 (10.00%) XenServer
2 1 (10.00%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 2 (20.00%) Backup Exec
1 2 (20.00%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
2 1 (10.00%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 10 (100.00%) NetApp
2 4 (40.00%) VMware
2 4 (40.00%) Citrix
3 3 (30.00%) Cisco
4 2 (20.00%) Symantec
5 1 (10.00%) 3PAR
5 1 (10.00%) IBM
5 1 (10.00%) Microsoft
5 1 (10.00%) HP
5 1 (10.00%) CommVault
5 1 (10.00%) Hitachi