The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Compaq products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Milton Keynes region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Compaq over the 3 months to 17 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 Milton Keynes 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 Compaq.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Compaq
Rank 49 61 55
Rank change year-on-year
+12 -6
Contract jobs citing Compaq 3 2 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Milton Keynes 0.585% 0.275% 0.503%
As % of the Vendors category 1.271% 0.535% 1.167%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 3
Average daily rate £215 - £200
UK excluding London average daily rate £215 £150 £210
% change year-on-year
+43.33% -28.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.50 £23.75 £35.50
% change year-on-year
-17.89% -33.09%
All Vendors
Milton Keynes
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
236 374 257
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Milton Keynes 46.00% 51.44% 43.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 126 144 99
Average daily rate £325 £315 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.17% -3.07%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £163 £224 £152
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £400 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 29 41
Average hourly rate £13.00 £13.50 £14.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-3.70% -3.57%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.04 £13.00 £9.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.50 £47.50 £25.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
Compaq
Buckinghamshire

Compaq
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Milton Keynes Compaq Jobs Demand Trend

Compaq
Daily Rate Trend

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

Milton Keynes Compaq Daily Rate Trend

Compaq
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Milton Keynes Compaq Hourly Rate Trend

Compaq
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Milton Keynes region citing Compaq 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 Compaq.

1 5 (100.00%) ITIL
1 5 (100.00%) HP
1 5 (100.00%) Service Management
1 5 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 4 (80.00%) DV Cleared
3 3 (60.00%) Exchange Server 2003
3 3 (60.00%) Service Delivery
3 3 (60.00%) Backup Exec
3 3 (60.00%) MS Exchange
3 3 (60.00%) Citrix
3 3 (60.00%) SQL
3 3 (60.00%) UNIX
3 3 (60.00%) Windows
3 3 (60.00%) Windows Server 2008
4 2 (40.00%) vSphere
4 2 (40.00%) MCSE
4 2 (40.00%) MS Excel
4 2 (40.00%) MCP
4 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (40.00%) SAN
4 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
4 2 (40.00%) ISEB
4 2 (40.00%) Agile Software Development
4 2 (40.00%) VMware
4 2 (40.00%) VMware ESX
4 2 (40.00%) User Acceptance Testing
4 2 (40.00%) Unit Testing
4 2 (40.00%) Software Testing
4 2 (40.00%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (20.00%) Visual Studio Team System

Compaq
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Milton Keynes region citing Compaq 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 Compaq. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 3 (60.00%) MS Exchange
1 3 (60.00%) Exchange Server 2003
Applications
1 2 (40.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 2 (40.00%) SAN
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Visual Studio
1 1 (20.00%) Visual Studio Team System
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Analyst
1 2 (40.00%) Test Manager
1 2 (40.00%) Support Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) 2nd Line Support
2 1 (20.00%) Systems Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Applications Manager
Operating Systems
1 3 (60.00%) UNIX
1 3 (60.00%) Windows
1 3 (60.00%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) ITIL
1 5 (100.00%) Service Management
2 3 (60.00%) Service Delivery
3 2 (40.00%) Agile Software Development
3 2 (40.00%) Software Testing
3 2 (40.00%) User Acceptance Testing
3 2 (40.00%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 3 (60.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 4 (80.00%) DV Cleared
3 2 (40.00%) MCP
3 2 (40.00%) MCSE
3 2 (40.00%) ISEB
3 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 2 (40.00%) VMware ESX
1 2 (40.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 2 (40.00%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 3 (60.00%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) HP
2 3 (60.00%) Citrix
3 2 (40.00%) VMware
3 2 (40.00%) Microsoft