The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Symmetrix in IT contracts advertised for the London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Symmetrix over the 3 months to 23 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 terms in our Miscellaneous category 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
EMC Symmetrix
Rank 358 401 416
Rank change year-on-year
+43 +15
Contract jobs citing Symmetrix 19 9 19
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 0.088% 0.033% 0.060%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.265% 0.104% 0.159%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 1 10
Average daily rate £365 £500 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-27.00% +11.11%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £350 £500 £425
10% offered a daily rate of more than £520 £500 £476
UK excluding London average daily rate £338 £325 £450
% change year-on-year
+3.84% -27.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All of the Miscellaneous Category
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
7165 8624 11965
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 33.11% 32.02% 37.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 4963 5869 8076
Average daily rate £475 £475 £550
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -13.63%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £283 £325
10% offered a daily rate of more than £625 £625 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £340
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +1.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 164 210 199
Average hourly rate £22.75 £22.50 £21.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+1.11% +7.14%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.00 £13.50 £11.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £52.00 £52.50 £50.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £23.00 £26.50
% change year-on-year
-2.17% -13.20%
Symmetrix
England

Symmetrix
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London Symmetrix Jobs Demand Trend

Symmetrix
Daily Rate Trend

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

London Symmetrix Daily Rate Trend

Symmetrix
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Symmetrix across the London region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

London Symmetrix Daily Rate Histogram

Symmetrix
Hourly Rate Trend

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

London Symmetrix Hourly Rate Trend

Symmetrix
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Symmetrix within the London region over the 3 months to 23 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 £358 -
Canary Wharf - 3 £525 -
Symmetrix
England

Symmetrix
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing Symmetrix 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 Symmetrix.

1 28 (100.00%) CLARiiON
2 27 (96.43%) Symmetrix DMX
3 26 (92.86%) EMC
4 22 (78.57%) SAN
5 18 (64.29%) NetApp
5 18 (64.29%) Windows
6 17 (60.71%) Cisco
7 16 (57.14%) EMC Centera
8 15 (53.57%) Celerra
8 15 (53.57%) HP
9 12 (42.86%) UNIX
10 11 (39.29%) Solaris
11 10 (35.71%) Connectrix
12 9 (32.14%) Legato
12 9 (32.14%) NetBackup
12 9 (32.14%) EMC NetWorker
12 9 (32.14%) Capacity Management
13 8 (28.57%) SRDF
13 8 (28.57%) Backup Exec
13 8 (28.57%) EMC TimeFinder
13 8 (28.57%) Linux
13 8 (28.57%) IBM
14 7 (25.00%) VMS
14 7 (25.00%) HPUX
14 7 (25.00%) Dell
14 7 (25.00%) Finance
15 6 (21.43%) Brocade
15 6 (21.43%) Financial Institution
15 6 (21.43%) Oracle
16 4 (14.29%) Microsoft

Symmetrix
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing Symmetrix 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 Symmetrix. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (3.571%) Flash
Communications & Networking
1 22 (78.57%) SAN
2 10 (35.71%) Connectrix
3 4 (14.29%) VPN
3 4 (14.29%) Firewall
4 3 (10.71%) HTTP
General
1 7 (25.00%) Finance
2 6 (21.43%) Financial Institution
3 1 (3.571%) Investment Banking
3 1 (3.571%) Banking
Job Titles
1 11 (39.29%) Storage Engineer
2 10 (35.71%) Storage Administrator
2 10 (35.71%) Administrator
3 4 (14.29%) Consultant
3 4 (14.29%) Storage Consultant
3 4 (14.29%) Backup Engineer
4 2 (7.143%) EMC Storage Administrator
4 2 (7.143%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 1 (3.571%) Storage Analyst
5 1 (3.571%) Storage Specialist
5 1 (3.571%) Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 28 (100.00%) CLARiiON
2 27 (96.43%) Symmetrix DMX
3 16 (57.14%) EMC Centera
4 15 (53.57%) Celerra
5 4 (14.29%) Clustering
6 2 (7.143%) Computer Science
7 1 (3.571%) Replication
7 1 (3.571%) IBM Mainframe
7 1 (3.571%) Enterprise Storage
7 1 (3.571%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 18 (64.29%) Windows
2 12 (42.86%) UNIX
3 11 (39.29%) Solaris
4 8 (28.57%) Linux
5 7 (25.00%) VMS
5 7 (25.00%) HPUX
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (32.14%) Capacity Management
2 4 (14.29%) Data Management
3 1 (3.571%) Risk Management
3 1 (3.571%) Information Security
3 1 (3.571%) Problem Management
3 1 (3.571%) Capacity Planning
3 1 (3.571%) Disaster Recovery
3 1 (3.571%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (10.71%) VB
2 2 (7.143%) VBScript
3 1 (3.571%) C
3 1 (3.571%) SQL
3 1 (3.571%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 3 (10.71%) NCDA
2 2 (7.143%) Degree
System Software
1 8 (28.57%) SRDF
2 4 (14.29%) EMC RecoverPoint
Systems Management
1 9 (32.14%) Legato
1 9 (32.14%) NetBackup
1 9 (32.14%) EMC NetWorker
2 8 (28.57%) Backup Exec
2 8 (28.57%) EMC TimeFinder
3 4 (14.29%) Tivoli
3 4 (14.29%) Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors
1 26 (92.86%) EMC
2 18 (64.29%) NetApp
3 17 (60.71%) Cisco
4 15 (53.57%) HP
5 8 (28.57%) IBM
6 7 (25.00%) Dell
7 6 (21.43%) Brocade
7 6 (21.43%) Oracle
8 4 (14.29%) Microsoft
8 4 (14.29%) Sun
8 4 (14.29%) Veritas
London
Global financial institution requires a storage administrator for a contract position. You should have extensive hands on experience within a support function, preferably from within financial services.
Scope AT Ltd
Rate: negotiable
Posted: 21 May 2013