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The table below looks at the demand for HP OpenView (HPOV) skills within the London region with a comparison to our Systems Management category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited OpenView over the 3 months to 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkHP OpenView (HPOV)
Location
3 months to
5 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank277279
Rank change on same period last yearUp+2
Matching contract IT job ads133238
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.180 %0.235 %
As % of the category below13.08 %18.29 %
Daily rates quoted5788
Average minimum daily rate£394£381
Average daily rate£411£400
% change on same period last year+2.88 %
Average maximum daily rate£428£418
UK excluding London average daily rate£306£364
% change on same period last year-15.85 %
Hourly rates quoted736
Average minimum hourly rate£19.34£21.96
Average hourly rate£20.70£23.48
% change on same period last year-11.85 %
Average maximum hourly rate£22.05£25.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£26.32£27.33
% change on same period last year-3.71 %
London IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
London
Matching contract IT job ads10171301
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.375 %1.283 %
Daily rates quoted453463
Average minimum daily rate£381£383
Average daily rate£402£401
% change on same period last year+0.24 %
Average maximum daily rate£423£420
UK excluding London average daily rate£347£360
% change on same period last year-3.57 %
Hourly rates quoted50118
Average minimum hourly rate£21.40£27.33
Average hourly rate£22.38£28.71
% change on same period last year-22.03 %
Average maximum hourly rate£23.37£30.09
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.69£27.40
% change on same period last year+4.69 %
OpenView EnglandOpenView
England

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

OpenView
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing OpenView across the London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Systems Management category.

London OpenView Demand Trend

OpenView
Daily Rate Trend

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

London OpenView Daily Rate Trend

OpenView
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing OpenView across the London region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008.

London OpenView Daily Rate Histogram

OpenView
Hourly Rate Trend

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

London OpenView Hourly Rate Trend

OpenView
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing OpenView across the London region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008.

London OpenView Hourly Rate Histogram

OpenView
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing OpenView within the London region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
City of LondonDown-3220£335-11.84 %
Docklands, LondonUp+2216£406-9.49 %
Canary WharfUp+195£450-
FelthamNew entry-2--
UxbridgeNew entry-1--
OpenView EnglandOpenView
England

OpenView
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing OpenView 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 OpenView.

1173 (79.00 %)HP
278 (35.62 %)UNIX
366 (30.14 %)Finance
463 (28.77 %)ITIL
554 (24.66 %)LAN
651 (23.29 %)Cisco
750 (22.83 %)Banking
844 (20.09 %)Windows
942 (19.18 %)TCP/IP
1039 (17.81 %)Investment Banking
1138 (17.35 %)WAN
1236 (16.44 %)Perl
1335 (15.98 %)HP Data Protector
1434 (15.53 %)Cisco Certification
1531 (14.16 %)BMC
1531 (14.16 %)Firewall
1630 (13.70 %)SAN
1728 (12.79 %)Juniper
1826 (11.87 %)BMC PATROL
1826 (11.87 %)Shell Script
1826 (11.87 %)HPUX
1826 (11.87 %)Security Management
1924 (10.96 %)Performance Management
2023 (10.50 %)Asset Management
2023 (10.50 %)SQL
2023 (10.50 %)Remedy
2122 (10.05 %)Peregrine
2122 (10.05 %)Change Management
2221 (9.589 %)Incident Management
2221 (9.589 %)CiscoWorks

OpenView
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing OpenView 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 OpenView. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

London IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
14 (1.826 %)XML
23 (1.370 %)WebSphere
32 (0.913 %).NET
32 (0.913 %)ODBC
41 (0.457 %)POSIX
41 (0.457 %)CGI
41 (0.457 %)HTML
London IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
13 (1.370 %)Lotus Notes
22 (0.913 %)MS Exchange
22 (0.913 %)Exchange Server 2003
31 (0.457 %)CMS
31 (0.457 %)Lotus Domino
31 (0.457 %)Apache
31 (0.457 %)Tomcat
31 (0.457 %)MQSeries
London IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
16 (2.740 %)MS Excel
25 (2.283 %)MS Office
31 (0.457 %)MS Project
London IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (0.457 %)Microsoft CRM
11 (0.457 %)Remedy AR System
London IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
154 (24.66 %)LAN
242 (19.18 %)TCP/IP
338 (17.35 %)WAN
431 (14.16 %)Firewall
530 (13.70 %)SAN
618 (8.219 %)VPN
717 (7.763 %)BGP
813 (5.936 %)MPLS
912 (5.479 %)Cisco PIX
1011 (5.023 %)Ethernet
1110 (4.566 %)OSPF
1110 (4.566 %)Network Security
128 (3.653 %)VoIP
137 (3.196 %)SNMP
137 (3.196 %)EIGRP
146 (2.740 %)Internet
155 (2.283 %)Ethereal
155 (2.283 %)BIG-IP
163 (1.370 %)VLAN
163 (1.370 %)RIP
London IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
121 (9.589 %)SQL Server
22 (0.913 %)SQL Server 2005
31 (0.457 %)BusinessObjects XI
31 (0.457 %)MySQL
31 (0.457 %)Oracle 9i
31 (0.457 %)Ingres
31 (0.457 %)Oracle 10g
31 (0.457 %)BusinessObjects
31 (0.457 %)SQL Server 2000
31 (0.457 %)Sybase IQ
London IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
14 (1.826 %)MSI
21 (0.457 %)Visual Studio
21 (0.457 %)ClearCase
21 (0.457 %)QuickTest Pro
21 (0.457 %)LoadRunner
London IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
166 (30.14 %)Finance
250 (22.83 %)Banking
339 (17.81 %)Investment Banking
420 (9.132 %)Telecoms
510 (4.566 %)Financial Institution
510 (4.566 %)Government
66 (2.740 %)Health
66 (2.740 %)Insurance
72 (0.913 %)Pensions
72 (0.913 %)Home Office
81 (0.457 %)Legal
81 (0.457 %)Retail
81 (0.457 %)Electric
London IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
176 (34.70 %)Analyst
229 (13.24 %)Administrator
325 (11.42 %)Systems Administrator
423 (10.50 %)UNIX Systems Administrator
423 (10.50 %)UNIX Administrator
520 (9.132 %)Network Engineer
618 (8.219 %)Consultant
618 (8.219 %)Operations Analyst
717 (7.763 %)Network Analyst
814 (6.393 %)Trainee
913 (5.936 %)Architect
1012 (5.479 %)Support Analyst
1111 (5.023 %)Network Architect
1210 (4.566 %)Cisco Network Engineer
1210 (4.566 %)Cisco Engineer
138 (3.653 %)Computer Operator
147 (3.196 %)Cisco Architect
147 (3.196 %)Cisco Network Architect
147 (3.196 %)Cisco Network Analyst
147 (3.196 %)Cisco Analyst
London IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
19 (4.110 %)Video Conferencing
26 (2.740 %)French Language
35 (2.283 %)Thin Client
35 (2.283 %)AS400
35 (2.283 %)Fat Client
43 (1.370 %)CMDB
43 (1.370 %)CESG
43 (1.370 %)Fixed Income
43 (1.370 %)Derivative
52 (0.913 %)Clustering
52 (0.913 %)German Language
52 (0.913 %)Italian Language
52 (0.913 %)Spanish Language
52 (0.913 %)e-Health
52 (0.913 %)VAX
52 (0.913 %)Blackberry
61 (0.457 %)Replication
61 (0.457 %)Streaming Media
61 (0.457 %)PDA
61 (0.457 %)Computer Science
London IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
178 (35.62 %)UNIX
244 (20.09 %)Windows
326 (11.87 %)HPUX
419 (8.676 %)Solaris
514 (6.393 %)Linux
610 (4.566 %)Windows 2000
610 (4.566 %)VMS
76 (2.740 %)Windows XP
84 (1.826 %)Windows Server 2003
84 (1.826 %)Windows Vista
91 (0.457 %)OpenVMS
91 (0.457 %)AIX
London IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
163 (28.77 %)ITIL
226 (11.87 %)Security Management
324 (10.96 %)Performance Management
423 (10.50 %)Asset Management
522 (10.05 %)Change Management
621 (9.589 %)Incident Management
720 (9.132 %)Service Delivery
817 (7.763 %)Service Management
817 (7.763 %)OO
914 (6.393 %)Web Design
1012 (5.479 %)Configuration Management
1111 (5.023 %)PRINCE2
1111 (5.023 %)Supplier Management
1210 (4.566 %)Load Balancing
1210 (4.566 %)Migration
1210 (4.566 %)ITSM
137 (3.196 %)Security Cleared
146 (2.740 %)Problem Management
155 (2.283 %)Data Migration
164 (1.826 %)Programme Management
London IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
136 (16.44 %)Perl
226 (11.87 %)Shell Script
323 (10.50 %)SQL
419 (8.676 %)C
517 (7.763 %)C++
616 (7.306 %)VB
616 (7.306 %)Pascal
714 (6.393 %)PHP
89 (4.110 %)PL/SQL
91 (0.457 %)Java
91 (0.457 %)AWK
91 (0.457 %)DCL
91 (0.457 %)Korn
91 (0.457 %)VBA
London IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
134 (15.53 %)Cisco Certification
221 (9.589 %)CCNA
320 (9.132 %)CCNP
410 (4.566 %)CCIE
410 (4.566 %)ITIL Certification
57 (3.196 %)Degree
66 (2.740 %)CISSP
75 (2.283 %)CCSA
82 (0.913 %)Microsoft Certification
82 (0.913 %)MCSE
91 (0.457 %)MCP
91 (0.457 %)CCVP
91 (0.457 %)JNCIS
91 (0.457 %)JNCIP
91 (0.457 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
91 (0.457 %)PMP
91 (0.457 %)PMI Certification
London IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
13 (1.370 %)SLA
13 (1.370 %)QA
21 (0.457 %)ISO9000
21 (0.457 %)BS7799
21 (0.457 %)ISO27001
London IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
110 (4.566 %)NetBackup
26 (2.740 %)Active Directory
32 (0.913 %)VMware Server
41 (0.457 %)VMware Infrastructure
41 (0.457 %)MetaFrame
41 (0.457 %)Terminal Services
London IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
135 (15.98 %)HP Data Protector
226 (11.87 %)BMC PATROL
321 (9.589 %)CiscoWorks
419 (8.676 %)AssetCenter
516 (7.306 %)ServiceCenter
612 (5.479 %)OVSD
711 (5.023 %)AutoSys
88 (3.653 %)Tivoli
88 (3.653 %)CONTROL-M
97 (3.196 %)Unicenter
106 (2.740 %)Netcool
114 (1.826 %)MOM
114 (1.826 %)NNM
123 (1.370 %)ARCserve
132 (0.913 %)OVPA
132 (0.913 %)Netcool/OMNIbus
132 (0.913 %)OpenView Configuration Management
141 (0.457 %)Tivoli Monitoring
141 (0.457 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
141 (0.457 %)TeMIP
London IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
1173 (79.00 %)HP
251 (23.29 %)Cisco
331 (14.16 %)BMC
428 (12.79 %)Juniper
523 (10.50 %)Remedy
622 (10.05 %)Peregrine
721 (9.589 %)CheckPoint
816 (7.306 %)Microsoft
914 (6.393 %)NetScout
1012 (5.479 %)Blue Coat
1110 (4.566 %)IBM
1110 (4.566 %)Sun
1110 (4.566 %)Citrix
1110 (4.566 %)Nokia
129 (4.110 %)OPNET
138 (3.653 %)LatentZero
138 (3.653 %)thinkFolio
138 (3.653 %)Oracle
146 (2.740 %)Reuters
155 (2.283 %)NetApp