The first table below looks at the demand for UAG skills in IT contracts advertised for the Maidenhead region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited UAG over the 3 months to 20 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 of the System Software category for the Maidenhead 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Forefront Unified Access Gateway (UAG)
Rank - - -
Contract jobs citing UAG 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Maidenhead - - -
As % of the System Software category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £260 £350 £388
% change year-on-year
-25.71% -9.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £17.00 -
% change year-on-year
+47.05% -
All System Software
Maidenhead
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
20 4 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Maidenhead 23.81% 5.405% 7.447%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 0 2
Average daily rate £325 - £264
90% offered a daily rate of more than £270 - £185
10% offered a daily rate of more than £350 - £343
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £305
% change year-on-year
- +6.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 4 5
Average hourly rate £20.50 £20.00 £40.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+2.50% -50.00%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £16.50 £17.13
% change year-on-year
-3.03% -3.64%
UAG
Berkshire

UAG
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing UAG across the Maidenhead region as a proportion of the total demand within the System Software category.

Maidenhead UAG Jobs Demand Trend

UAG
Daily Rate Trend

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

Maidenhead UAG Daily Rate Trend

UAG
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Maidenhead region citing UAG 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 UAG.

1 3 (100.00%) SharePoint
1 3 (100.00%) Windows Server 2003
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
1 3 (100.00%) Hyper-V
1 3 (100.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 2 (66.67%) SQL Server 2008
2 2 (66.67%) XenApp
2 2 (66.67%) SharePoint 2010
2 2 (66.67%) Exchange Server 2010
2 2 (66.67%) MCSE
2 2 (66.67%) SQL Server
2 2 (66.67%) ITIL
2 2 (66.67%) Backup Exec
2 2 (66.67%) SQL Server 2005
2 2 (66.67%) MCITP
2 2 (66.67%) VLAN
2 2 (66.67%) Exchange Server 2007
2 2 (66.67%) SCOM
2 2 (66.67%) Internet
2 2 (66.67%) MOM
2 2 (66.67%) ISA Server
2 2 (66.67%) Symantec
2 2 (66.67%) Firewall
2 2 (66.67%) MS Exchange
2 2 (66.67%) LAN
2 2 (66.67%) WAN
2 2 (66.67%) SSL
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 2 (66.67%) CCNA
2 2 (66.67%) Active Directory

UAG
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Platforms
1 3 (100.00%) SharePoint
2 2 (66.67%) MS Exchange
2 2 (66.67%) Exchange Server 2007
2 2 (66.67%) SharePoint 2010
2 2 (66.67%) Exchange Server 2010
Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) LAN
1 2 (66.67%) WAN
1 2 (66.67%) SSL
1 2 (66.67%) Internet
1 2 (66.67%) Firewall
1 2 (66.67%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) SQL Server
1 2 (66.67%) SQL Server 2005
1 2 (66.67%) SQL Server 2008
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Analyst
1 2 (66.67%) Support Analyst
1 2 (66.67%) Infrastructure Analyst
1 2 (66.67%) Infrastructure Support Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
1 3 (100.00%) Windows Server 2003
1 3 (100.00%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) ITIL
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) MCSE
1 2 (66.67%) CCNA
1 2 (66.67%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Certification
1 2 (66.67%) MCITP
System Software
1 3 (100.00%) Hyper-V
2 2 (66.67%) XenApp
2 2 (66.67%) Active Directory
2 2 (66.67%) ISA Server
Systems Management
1 2 (66.67%) MOM
1 2 (66.67%) Backup Exec
1 2 (66.67%) SCOM
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
1 2 (66.67%) Citrix
1 2 (66.67%) Symantec