The first table below looks at the demand for Opalis skills 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 Opalis 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 Systems Management category 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.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Opalis
Rank 48 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Opalis 6 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Milton Keynes 1.156% - -
As % of the Systems Management category 9.375% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
Average daily rate £338 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £342 £288 -
% change year-on-year
+18.95% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Systems Management
Milton Keynes
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Systems Management category
64 74 34
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Milton Keynes 12.33% 10.31% 5.724%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 31 15
Average daily rate £288 £300 £215
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-4.16% +39.53%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £215 £169 £142
10% offered a daily rate of more than £403 £333 £306
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £325 £300
% change year-on-year
+1.53% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 1
Average hourly rate £14.96 £47.50 £21.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-68.50% +126.19%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.00 £17.50 £24.40
% change year-on-year
+14.28% -28.27%
Opalis
Buckinghamshire

Opalis
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Milton Keynes Opalis Jobs Demand Trend

Opalis
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Opalis across the Milton Keynes region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

Milton Keynes Opalis Daily Rate Histogram

Opalis
Top 9 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Milton Keynes region citing Opalis 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 Opalis.

1 6 (100.00%) ITIL
1 6 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 6 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 6 (100.00%) SCOM
1 6 (100.00%) SC Cleared
2 4 (66.67%) DV Cleared
2 4 (66.67%) SCCM
3 3 (50.00%) ITIL V3
4 1 (16.67%) MS Excel

Opalis
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Applications
1 1 (16.67%) MS Excel
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) Consultant
2 3 (50.00%) Microsoft Consultant
3 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Specialist
3 1 (16.67%) SCCM Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) ITIL
2 3 (50.00%) ITIL V3
Qualifications
1 6 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 6 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 4 (66.67%) DV Cleared
Systems Management
1 6 (100.00%) SCOM
2 4 (66.67%) SCCM
Vendors
1 6 (100.00%) Microsoft