The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Postini 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 Postini over the 3 months to 22 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 Postini, Inc.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Postini
Rank - 415 426
Contract jobs citing Postini 0 3 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London - 0.011% 0.023%
As % of the Vendors category - 0.025% 0.050%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 3 7
Average daily rate - £350 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -6.66%
UK excluding London average daily rate £295 - £208
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Vendors
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
9944 12176 13868
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 45.21% 44.54% 45.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 6264 7379 8380
Average daily rate £425 £425 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -5.55%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £263 £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 294 302 402
Average hourly rate £21.34 £20.00 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+6.67% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £12.50 £12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £35.80 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
Postini
England

Postini
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London Postini Jobs Demand Trend

Postini
Daily Rate Trend

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

London Postini Daily Rate Trend

Postini
Hourly Rate Trend

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

London Postini Hourly Rate Trend

Postini
Top 29 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing Postini 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 Postini.

1 8 (100.00%) MS Office
1 8 (100.00%) Windows
1 8 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 8 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 8 (100.00%) MS Exchange
1 8 (100.00%) SMTP
1 8 (100.00%) Blackberry
1 8 (100.00%) Exchange Server 2007
1 8 (100.00%) Exchange Server 2010
2 7 (87.50%) iPhone
2 7 (87.50%) Windows Server 2008
2 7 (87.50%) Windows Mobile
2 7 (87.50%) Law
2 7 (87.50%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
2 7 (87.50%) Apple
3 6 (75.00%) SharePoint
3 6 (75.00%) DNS
3 6 (75.00%) IIS
3 6 (75.00%) Lync
4 5 (62.50%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
4 5 (62.50%) Business Continuity
4 5 (62.50%) Web Services
4 5 (62.50%) Symantec
5 4 (50.00%) ITIL
5 4 (50.00%) Configuration Management
5 4 (50.00%) Clustering
6 2 (25.00%) Management Information System
6 2 (25.00%) Statistics
6 2 (25.00%) Degree

Postini
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing Postini 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 Postini. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 5 (62.50%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 8 (100.00%) MS Exchange
1 8 (100.00%) Exchange Server 2007
1 8 (100.00%) Exchange Server 2010
2 7 (87.50%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
3 6 (75.00%) SharePoint
3 6 (75.00%) IIS
3 6 (75.00%) Lync
Applications
1 8 (100.00%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 8 (100.00%) SMTP
2 6 (75.00%) DNS
General
1 7 (87.50%) Law
Job Titles
1 8 (100.00%) Administrator
2 6 (75.00%) Exchange Administrator
3 2 (25.00%) Messaging Administrator
4 1 (12.50%) Web Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 8 (100.00%) Blackberry
2 7 (87.50%) iPhone
3 4 (50.00%) Clustering
4 2 (25.00%) Management Information System
4 2 (25.00%) Statistics
Operating Systems
1 8 (100.00%) Windows
2 7 (87.50%) Windows Server 2008
2 7 (87.50%) Windows Mobile
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) Business Continuity
2 4 (50.00%) ITIL
2 4 (50.00%) Configuration Management
Qualifications
1 2 (25.00%) Degree
System Software
1 8 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (62.50%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
Vendors
1 8 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 7 (87.50%) Apple
3 5 (62.50%) Symantec