The first table below looks at the demand for Sysprep skills in IT contracts advertised for the London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Sysprep over the 3 months to 19 June 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Systems Management 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Sysprep
Rank 372 406 433
Rank change year-on-year
+34 +27
Contract jobs citing Sysprep 12 4 10
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 0.053% 0.015% 0.032%
As % of the Systems Management category 0.882% 0.244% 0.654%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 0 3
Average daily rate £438 - £350
UK excluding London average daily rate £205 - £255
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £16.50
All Systems Management
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Systems Management category
1361 1640 1529
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 5.969% 6.168% 4.860%
Number of daily rates quoted 915 905 875
Average daily rate £415 £375 £413
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+10.53% -9.09%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £290 £250 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £500 £525
UK excluding London average daily rate £340 £325 £314
% change year-on-year
+4.61% +3.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 39 73
Average hourly rate £24.00 £25.00 £22.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-4.00% +13.63%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.10 £17.50 £15.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £41.70 £33.50 £35.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £17.50 £24.00
% change year-on-year
+28.57% -27.08%
Sysprep
England

Sysprep
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London Sysprep Jobs Demand Trend

Sysprep
Daily Rate Trend

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

London Sysprep Daily Rate Trend

Sysprep
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Sysprep across the London region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

London Sysprep Daily Rate Histogram

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

London Sysprep Hourly Rate Trend

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Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Sysprep within the London region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
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Job
Vacancies
City of London +7 7 £450 -
New Malden - - - - 2
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England

Sysprep
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing Sysprep 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 Sysprep.

1 22 (100.00%) Windows
2 20 (90.91%) Microsoft
3 17 (77.27%) Windows 7
4 14 (63.64%) PowerShell
5 13 (59.09%) XenApp
5 13 (59.09%) SCCM
5 13 (59.09%) MS Office
6 12 (54.55%) XenDesktop
6 12 (54.55%) AppSense
7 9 (40.91%) Finance
7 9 (40.91%) LANDesk
8 7 (31.82%) Enterprise Architecture
8 7 (31.82%) Banking
8 7 (31.82%) Microsoft Certification
9 6 (27.27%) MS Excel
10 5 (22.73%) Windows Server 2003
11 4 (18.18%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
11 4 (18.18%) Windows XP
11 4 (18.18%) Microsoft App-V
12 3 (13.64%) Business Desktop Deployment
12 3 (13.64%) Windows Server 2008
12 3 (13.64%) VMware
12 3 (13.64%) InstallShield
12 3 (13.64%) VBScript
12 3 (13.64%) Active Directory
12 3 (13.64%) VMware Infrastructure
13 2 (9.091%) HP
13 2 (9.091%) Citrix
13 2 (9.091%) Symantec
13 2 (9.091%) MS Exchange

Sysprep
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing Sysprep 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 Sysprep. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (4.545%) Application Packaging
Application Platforms
1 2 (9.091%) MS Exchange
2 1 (4.545%) Exchange Server 2007
2 1 (4.545%) Exchange Server 2003
2 1 (4.545%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 13 (59.09%) MS Office
2 6 (27.27%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.545%) Firewall
1 1 (4.545%) Wireless
1 1 (4.545%) ADSL
1 1 (4.545%) DHCP
1 1 (4.545%) TCP/IP
1 1 (4.545%) VPN
1 1 (4.545%) DNS
1 1 (4.545%) MPLS
1 1 (4.545%) 3G
1 1 (4.545%) Internet
Development Applications
1 3 (13.64%) InstallShield
2 1 (4.545%) MSI
General
1 9 (40.91%) Finance
2 7 (31.82%) Banking
Job Titles
1 14 (63.64%) Architect
2 2 (9.091%) Systems Manager
2 2 (9.091%) Configuration Manager
3 1 (4.545%) Desktop Support
3 1 (4.545%) Technical Architect
3 1 (4.545%) Consultant
3 1 (4.545%) Applications Specialist
3 1 (4.545%) Solutions Architect
3 1 (4.545%) Support Engineer
3 1 (4.545%) Desktop Engineer
3 1 (4.545%) VMware Engineer
3 1 (4.545%) SCCM Consultant
3 1 (4.545%) SCCM Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.545%) Blackberry
1 1 (4.545%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 22 (100.00%) Windows
2 17 (77.27%) Windows 7
3 5 (22.73%) Windows Server 2003
4 4 (18.18%) Windows XP
5 3 (13.64%) Windows Server 2008
6 1 (4.545%) Windows Vista
6 1 (4.545%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (31.82%) Enterprise Architecture
2 1 (4.545%) System Testing
2 1 (4.545%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (4.545%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 14 (63.64%) PowerShell
2 3 (13.64%) VBScript
3 1 (4.545%) VB
Qualifications
1 7 (31.82%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (4.545%) MCITP
2 1 (4.545%) DV Cleared
2 1 (4.545%) Security Cleared
2 1 (4.545%) CCNA
2 1 (4.545%) MCSE
2 1 (4.545%) MCSA
2 1 (4.545%) Cisco Certification
System Software
1 13 (59.09%) XenApp
2 12 (54.55%) XenDesktop
3 4 (18.18%) Microsoft App-V
4 3 (13.64%) Active Directory
4 3 (13.64%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (4.545%) VMware ESX
5 1 (4.545%) Terminal Services
5 1 (4.545%) vSphere
5 1 (4.545%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 13 (59.09%) SCCM
2 4 (18.18%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
3 3 (13.64%) Business Desktop Deployment
4 2 (9.091%) Backup Exec
5 1 (4.545%) DameWare
Vendors
1 20 (90.91%) Microsoft
2 12 (54.55%) AppSense
3 9 (40.91%) LANDesk
4 3 (13.64%) VMware
5 2 (9.091%) HP
5 2 (9.091%) Citrix
5 2 (9.091%) Symantec
6 1 (4.545%) Wyse
6 1 (4.545%) Altiris
6 1 (4.545%) Cisco
6 1 (4.545%) Remedy
6 1 (4.545%) McAfee
6 1 (4.545%) Dell
6 1 (4.545%) Apple
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