Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of BMC products and/or services in IT contracts within the North West region with a comparison to our Vendors category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited BMC over the 3 months to 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkBMC
Location
3 months to
2 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank124140
Rank change on same period last yearUp+16
Matching contract IT job ads33
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.005 %0.003 %
As % of the category below0.224 %0.170 %
Daily rates quoted01
Average minimum daily rate-£400
Average daily rate-£525
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£650
UK excluding London average daily rate£368£415
% change on same period last year-11.21 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£51.18£33.91
% change on same period last year+50.92 %
North West IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
North West
Matching contract IT job ads13391761
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled2.151 %1.891 %
Daily rates quoted268350
Average minimum daily rate£325£318
Average daily rate£342£334
% change on same period last year+2.28 %
Average maximum daily rate£359£351
UK excluding London average daily rate£357£349
% change on same period last year+2.53 %
Hourly rates quoted190183
Average minimum hourly rate£20.63£18.72
Average hourly rate£21.69£20.28
% change on same period last year+6.94 %
Average maximum hourly rate£22.74£21.83
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.78£24.08
% change on same period last year-1.22 %
BMC EnglandBMC
England

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

These figures represent the IT job market and are NOT representative of employment within BMC Software, Inc.

BMC
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing BMC across the North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

North West BMC Demand Trend

BMC
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing BMC across the North West region.

North West BMC Daily Rate Trend

BMC
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing BMC across the North West region.

North West BMC Hourly Rate Trend

BMC
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing BMC within the North West region over the 3 months to 2 December 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
ManchesterNo change02--
LancashireUp+81--
CheshireNew entry-1--
BMC EnglandBMC
England

BMC
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing BMC 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 BMC.

15 (62.50 %)SQL
15 (62.50 %)Oracle
24 (50.00 %)Finance
33 (37.50 %)Oracle RMAN
33 (37.50 %)Banking
33 (37.50 %)LDAP
33 (37.50 %)Active Directory
42 (25.00 %)MIIS
42 (25.00 %)CA
42 (25.00 %)SSL
42 (25.00 %)IBM
42 (25.00 %)IIS
42 (25.00 %)ASP.NET
42 (25.00 %)XML
42 (25.00 %)XSL
42 (25.00 %)Oracle 8/8i
42 (25.00 %)MS Exchange
42 (25.00 %)ADSI
42 (25.00 %)HTTP
42 (25.00 %)Transact-SQL
42 (25.00 %)VBScript
42 (25.00 %)VB
42 (25.00 %)VB.NET
42 (25.00 %).NET
42 (25.00 %)C#
42 (25.00 %)C++
42 (25.00 %)Java
42 (25.00 %)JavaScript
42 (25.00 %)Retail
42 (25.00 %)Exchange Server 5.5

BMC
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing BMC 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 BMC. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

North West IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
12 (25.00 %).NET
12 (25.00 %)ASP.NET
12 (25.00 %)XML
12 (25.00 %)XSL
12 (25.00 %)ADSI
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (25.00 %)IIS
12 (25.00 %)MS Exchange
12 (25.00 %)Exchange Server 5.5
12 (25.00 %)Exchange Server 2003
North West IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (12.50 %)MS Excel
11 (12.50 %)MS Visio
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
13 (37.50 %)LDAP
22 (25.00 %)HTTP
22 (25.00 %)SSL
31 (12.50 %)DNS
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (25.00 %)Oracle 8/8i
North West IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
14 (50.00 %)Finance
23 (37.50 %)Banking
32 (25.00 %)Retail
32 (25.00 %)Retail Banking
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
13 (37.50 %)Analyst
13 (37.50 %)DBA
13 (37.50 %)Oracle DBA
22 (25.00 %)Technical Analyst
22 (25.00 %)Technical Specialist
22 (25.00 %)Support Analyst
22 (25.00 %)Technical Support
22 (25.00 %)Administrator
22 (25.00 %)Technical Support Analyst
31 (12.50 %)Solutions Architect
31 (12.50 %)Architect
31 (12.50 %)Business Analyst
31 (12.50 %)Enterprise Architect
31 (12.50 %)Capacity Analyst
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (25.00 %)Data Protection
21 (12.50 %)Change Management
21 (12.50 %)Data Management
21 (12.50 %)Information Management
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
15 (62.50 %)SQL
22 (25.00 %)Transact-SQL
22 (25.00 %)VBScript
22 (25.00 %)VB
22 (25.00 %)VB.NET
22 (25.00 %)C#
22 (25.00 %)C++
22 (25.00 %)Java
22 (25.00 %)JavaScript
North West IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
13 (37.50 %)Active Directory
13 (37.50 %)Oracle RMAN
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
12 (25.00 %)MIIS
21 (12.50 %)OpenView
21 (12.50 %)Tivoli
21 (12.50 %)MOM
21 (12.50 %)Netcool
North West IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
15 (62.50 %)Oracle
22 (25.00 %)IBM
22 (25.00 %)CA
31 (12.50 %)Microsoft
31 (12.50 %)HP
31 (12.50 %)Intel