The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Veritas 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 Veritas 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 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 Veritas Software.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Veritas
Rank 260 282 255
Rank change year-on-year
+22 -27
Contract jobs citing Veritas 126 131 198
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 0.553% 0.493% 0.629%
As % of the Vendors category 1.225% 1.093% 1.371%
Number of daily rates quoted 98 92 129
Average daily rate £400 £400 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -11.11%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £329 £300 £350
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £484 £525
UK excluding London average daily rate £413 £350 £363
% change year-on-year
+17.85% -3.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 4
Average hourly rate - - £22.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £35.00 £25.75
% change year-on-year
-45.71% +35.92%
All Vendors
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
10285 11988 14437
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 45.10% 45.09% 45.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 6459 7240 8774
Average daily rate £425 £425 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -5.55%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £270 £250 £275
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 294 310 402
Average hourly rate £21.34 £19.50 £21.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+9.41% -7.14%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.00 £12.50 £13.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £35.50 £41.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.26 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
+1.36% -5.00%
Veritas
England

Veritas
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London Veritas Jobs Demand Trend

Veritas
Daily Rate Trend

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

London Veritas Daily Rate Trend

Veritas
Daily Rate Histogram

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

London Veritas Daily Rate Histogram

Veritas
Hourly Rate Trend

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

London Veritas Hourly Rate Trend

Veritas
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Veritas 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
City of London -11 23 £425 +12.95% 3
Docklands, London +6 3 £375 -
Croydon - - - -
Veritas
England

Veritas
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 158 (67.23%) Linux
2 157 (66.81%) UNIX
3 156 (66.38%) Solaris
4 127 (54.04%) SAN
5 115 (48.94%) EMC
6 109 (46.38%) Red Hat
7 106 (45.11%) VMware
8 101 (42.98%) Finance
9 97 (41.28%) Veritas Cluster Server
10 84 (35.74%) Sun
11 81 (34.47%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 80 (34.04%) ITIL
13 79 (33.62%) Clustering
14 71 (30.21%) Banking
15 70 (29.79%) Perl
15 70 (29.79%) Oracle
15 70 (29.79%) Veritas Volume Manager
16 67 (28.51%) Windows
17 63 (26.81%) AIX
18 60 (25.53%) NAS
18 60 (25.53%) VMware Infrastructure
19 58 (24.68%) Shell Script
20 57 (24.26%) HP
21 53 (22.55%) SUSE
21 53 (22.55%) NetBackup
22 51 (21.70%) Migration
23 43 (18.30%) Change Management
24 42 (17.87%) Investment Banking
25 40 (17.02%) Windows Server 2003
26 39 (16.60%) IBM

Veritas
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 9 (3.830%) WebSphere
1 9 (3.830%) .NET
2 8 (3.404%) ADSI
2 8 (3.404%) ASP.NET
2 8 (3.404%) Web Services
3 4 (1.702%) CSS
4 2 (0.851%) Middleware
5 1 (0.426%) ActiveMQ
5 1 (0.426%) Application Packaging
5 1 (0.426%) ASP
5 1 (0.426%) Flash
Application Platforms
1 30 (12.77%) SharePoint
2 22 (9.362%) Apache
3 19 (8.085%) MS Exchange
3 19 (8.085%) IIS
4 15 (6.383%) Exchange Server 2010
5 10 (4.255%) Tomcat
6 8 (3.404%) Exchange Server 2007
7 6 (2.553%) SharePoint 2010
8 4 (1.702%) MQSeries
8 4 (1.702%) Oracle Application Server
8 4 (1.702%) Exchange Server 2003
9 3 (1.277%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
10 2 (0.851%) SAS
10 2 (0.851%) Exchange Server 2000
10 2 (0.851%) Office Communications Server
11 1 (0.426%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 6 (2.553%) MS Office
2 3 (1.277%) MS Excel
3 2 (0.851%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.851%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 1 (0.426%) Dynamics AX
Communications & Networking
1 127 (54.04%) SAN
2 60 (25.53%) NAS
3 26 (11.06%) TCP/IP
4 24 (10.21%) DNS
5 20 (8.511%) LDAP
6 16 (6.809%) DHCP
7 12 (5.106%) Gigabit Ethernet
8 11 (4.681%) Internet
9 9 (3.830%) Ethernet
9 9 (3.830%) FTP
10 8 (3.404%) Firewall
11 7 (2.979%) VPN
12 4 (1.702%) SSL
12 4 (1.702%) BIG-IP
13 2 (0.851%) HTTP
13 2 (0.851%) Kerberos
13 2 (0.851%) iSCSI
14 1 (0.426%) Cisco ASA
14 1 (0.426%) Cisco PIX
14 1 (0.426%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (8.085%) Oracle Exadata
2 5 (2.128%) MySQL
2 5 (2.128%) SQL Server
3 4 (1.702%) Informix
4 3 (1.277%) SQL Server 2008
4 3 (1.277%) SQL Server 2005
5 2 (0.851%) SQL Server 2000
6 1 (0.426%) Sybase ASE
6 1 (0.426%) Oracle 11g
6 1 (0.426%) Oracle 10g
6 1 (0.426%) Oracle 9i
6 1 (0.426%) Star Schema
6 1 (0.426%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 6 (2.553%) Git (software)
2 1 (0.426%) Team Foundation Server
2 1 (0.426%) InstallShield
General
1 101 (42.98%) Finance
2 71 (30.21%) Banking
3 42 (17.87%) Investment Banking
4 11 (4.681%) Financial Institution
5 4 (1.702%) Retail Banking
5 4 (1.702%) Retail
5 4 (1.702%) Games
6 1 (0.426%) Law
6 1 (0.426%) Advertising
6 1 (0.426%) Corporate Banking
6 1 (0.426%) German Language
Job Titles
1 69 (29.36%) Administrator
2 62 (26.38%) UNIX Systems Administrator
3 61 (25.96%) Systems Administrator
4 59 (25.11%) UNIX Administrator
5 28 (11.91%) UNIX Engineer
6 21 (8.936%) Linux Engineer
7 18 (7.660%) Analyst
8 15 (6.383%) Consultant
8 15 (6.383%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 14 (5.957%) Linux Systems Administrator
10 13 (5.532%) Linux Administrator
11 12 (5.106%) Wintel Engineer
12 10 (4.255%) Senior Linux Engineer
12 10 (4.255%) UNIX Support
12 10 (4.255%) Wintel Analyst
13 8 (3.404%) Storage Engineer
14 7 (2.979%) UNIX Consultant
15 6 (2.553%) Wintel Support
15 6 (2.553%) Platform Engineer
16 5 (2.128%) Wintel Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 79 (33.62%) Clustering
2 27 (11.49%) Symmetrix DMX
3 21 (8.936%) Wiki
4 15 (6.383%) CLARiiON
5 11 (4.681%) Hedge funds
6 8 (3.404%) Blackberry
7 6 (2.553%) Open Source
8 5 (2.128%) Computer Science
8 5 (2.128%) Firmware
9 4 (1.702%) Client/Server
9 4 (1.702%) HACMP
9 4 (1.702%) Online Games
9 4 (1.702%) Management Information System
9 4 (1.702%) Replication
10 3 (1.277%) Data Protection Act
11 2 (0.851%) Celerra
11 2 (0.851%) Mathematics
11 2 (0.851%) PKI
12 1 (0.426%) Data Extraction
12 1 (0.426%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 158 (67.23%) Linux
2 157 (66.81%) UNIX
3 156 (66.38%) Solaris
4 81 (34.47%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 67 (28.51%) Windows
6 63 (26.81%) AIX
7 53 (22.55%) SUSE
8 40 (17.02%) Windows Server 2003
9 30 (12.77%) Windows Server 2008
10 17 (7.234%) Windows 2000
11 16 (6.809%) HPUX
12 11 (4.681%) Windows XP
13 9 (3.830%) Windows NT
13 9 (3.830%) VMS
14 6 (2.553%) CentOS
15 2 (0.851%) Windows 7
15 2 (0.851%) Windows 2000 Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 80 (34.04%) ITIL
2 51 (21.70%) Migration
3 43 (18.30%) Change Management
4 35 (14.89%) Problem Management
5 26 (11.06%) RDF
6 17 (7.234%) Capacity Management
7 14 (5.957%) Data Migration
7 14 (5.957%) Data Management
7 14 (5.957%) Load Balancing
7 14 (5.957%) Data Analysis
8 13 (5.532%) Project Management
8 13 (5.532%) Incident Management
9 11 (4.681%) Capacity Planning
10 9 (3.830%) Change Control
10 9 (3.830%) Service Delivery
10 9 (3.830%) Validation
11 8 (3.404%) High Availability
12 6 (2.553%) Workflow
12 6 (2.553%) Disaster Recovery
12 6 (2.553%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 70 (29.79%) Perl
2 58 (24.68%) Shell Script
3 30 (12.77%) Korn
4 24 (10.21%) VB
5 23 (9.787%) Python
6 21 (8.936%) VBScript
6 21 (8.936%) Bash shell
7 11 (4.681%) PowerShell
8 6 (2.553%) PHP
8 6 (2.553%) SQL
9 5 (2.128%) R
10 3 (1.277%) C-shell
11 2 (0.851%) Ruby
12 1 (0.426%) C
12 1 (0.426%) Java
12 1 (0.426%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 14 (5.957%) NCDA
2 13 (5.532%) RHCE
3 11 (4.681%) Oracle Certification
4 10 (4.255%) MCSE
4 10 (4.255%) OCA
4 10 (4.255%) Microsoft Certification
5 5 (2.128%) Degree
6 4 (1.702%) SCSA
7 3 (1.277%) Security Cleared
8 2 (0.851%) MCDST
8 2 (0.851%) MCITP
8 2 (0.851%) MOS
8 2 (0.851%) DV Cleared
9 1 (0.426%) SC Cleared
9 1 (0.426%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 1 (0.426%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (0.426%) OCP
9 1 (0.426%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.426%) CCNP
9 1 (0.426%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (5.532%) SLA
2 1 (0.426%) QA
2 1 (0.426%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 97 (41.28%) Veritas Cluster Server
2 70 (29.79%) Veritas Volume Manager
3 60 (25.53%) VMware Infrastructure
4 29 (12.34%) VMware ESX
5 28 (11.91%) Active Directory
6 23 (9.787%) vSphere
7 21 (8.936%) SRDF
7 21 (8.936%) Veritas File System
8 18 (7.660%) Hyper-V
9 16 (6.809%) XenApp
10 15 (6.383%) Oracle RAC
10 15 (6.383%) EMC RecoverPoint
11 14 (5.957%) NFS
12 12 (5.106%) Samba
12 12 (5.106%) Citrix Presentation Server
13 10 (4.255%) XenServer
14 9 (3.830%) Xen
15 6 (2.553%) Oracle RMAN
16 4 (1.702%) Cronacle
16 4 (1.702%) ProxySG
Systems Management
1 53 (22.55%) NetBackup
2 28 (11.91%) SCOM
3 26 (11.06%) EMC NetWorker
4 22 (9.362%) Puppet
4 22 (9.362%) SCCM
5 18 (7.660%) Cobbler
6 14 (5.957%) Backup Exec
6 14 (5.957%) Legato
7 10 (4.255%) BMC PATROL
8 8 (3.404%) Veritas Storage Foundation
9 6 (2.553%) Nagios
9 6 (2.553%) Control-M
9 6 (2.553%) Splunk
9 6 (2.553%) Red Hat Spacewalk
10 5 (2.128%) HP SIM
11 4 (1.702%) Tivoli
11 4 (1.702%) McAfee ePO
12 2 (0.851%) Norton AntiVirus
12 2 (0.851%) BladeLogic
12 2 (0.851%) WSUS
Vendors
1 115 (48.94%) EMC
2 109 (46.38%) Red Hat
3 106 (45.11%) VMware
4 84 (35.74%) Sun
5 70 (29.79%) Oracle
6 57 (24.26%) HP
7 39 (16.60%) IBM
8 33 (14.04%) Dell
9 26 (11.06%) Citrix
9 26 (11.06%) Sybase
10 25 (10.64%) NetApp
11 24 (10.21%) Microsoft
11 24 (10.21%) Cisco
12 17 (7.234%) BMC
12 17 (7.234%) F5
13 14 (5.957%) McAfee
14 12 (5.106%) Altiris
15 10 (4.255%) Symantec
16 8 (3.404%) Sophos
16 8 (3.404%) PlateSpin
City of London
They are looking for a Support Analyst to be involved in production support of all Unix/Linux servers, implementation of planned activity and implementation of new servers... Key...
Real Staffing
Rate: £350 - £450 per day
Posted: 11 June 2013
East London
Preferably with HP& EMC products... - Working knowledge of enterprise Operating Systems such as Microsoft Windows Server 2003 & 2008 R2, Red Hat Enterprise Linux and/or Oracle Enterprise Linux -...
Spargonet Consulting Plc
Rate: £300 to £400 per day
Posted: 18 June 2013
West London
MS Windows Server 2003 and 2008 (MCSE Preferred) SCOM/SCCM 2007 R2 Hyper-V... PHP/Perl knowledge GIT Python NFS, especially via NetApp Filers. Nagios (Opsview) Splunk. SharePoint...
Experis IT
Rate: £350 - £385 per day
Posted: 14 June 2013
West London
MS Windows Server 2003 and 2008 (MCSE Preferred) SCOM/SCCM 2007 R2 Hyper-V... PHP/Perl knowledge GIT Python NFS, especially via NetApp Filers. Nagios (Opsview) Splunk. SharePoint...
Experis IT
Rate: £325 - £385 per day
Posted: 18 June 2013
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