Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Brocade 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 Brocade over the 3 months to 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkBrocade
Location
3 months to
2 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank119134
Rank change on same period last yearUp+15
Matching contract IT job ads89
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.013 %0.010 %
As % of the category below0.597 %0.511 %
Daily rates quoted10
Average minimum daily rate£400-
Average daily rate£400-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£400-
UK excluding London average daily rate£416£389
% change on same period last year+6.94 %
Hourly rates quoted10
Average minimum hourly rate£60.00-
Average hourly rate£60.00-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£60.00-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£34.00£34.15
% change on same period last year-0.43 %
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 %
Brocade EnglandBrocade
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 Brocade Communications Systems, Inc.

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Demand Trend

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

North West Brocade Demand Trend

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Daily Rate Trend

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

North West Brocade Daily Rate Trend

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

North West Brocade Hourly Rate Trend

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Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Brocade 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
ManchesterDown-43--
CheshireNew entry-2£400-
Brocade EnglandBrocade
England

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

114 (73.68 %)Windows
114 (73.68 %)SAN
211 (57.89 %)Hitachi
211 (57.89 %)NetBackup
310 (52.63 %)Solaris
49 (47.37 %)VERITAS
57 (36.84 %)Oracle
57 (36.84 %)Migration
57 (36.84 %)Multimedia
57 (36.84 %)Dutch Language
66 (31.58 %)AIX
66 (31.58 %)IBM
75 (26.32 %)UNIX
75 (26.32 %)Linux
75 (26.32 %)EMC
83 (15.79 %)Finance
83 (15.79 %)Symantec
83 (15.79 %)ATL
83 (15.79 %)Dell
92 (10.53 %)Legato
92 (10.53 %)HPUX
92 (10.53 %)SLA
92 (10.53 %)Cisco
92 (10.53 %)Tivoli
92 (10.53 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
92 (10.53 %)Symmetrix
92 (10.53 %)Clustering
92 (10.53 %)EMC NetWorker
101 (5.263 %)CLARiiON
101 (5.263 %)Financial Institution

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

North West IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
13 (15.79 %)ATL
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
114 (73.68 %)SAN
21 (5.263 %)Intranet
North West IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
17 (36.84 %)Multimedia
23 (15.79 %)Finance
31 (5.263 %)Financial Institution
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
17 (36.84 %)Consultant
17 (36.84 %)Storage Engineer
24 (21.05 %)Storage Consultant
24 (21.05 %)Storage Specialist
33 (15.79 %)Infrastructure Consultant
41 (5.263 %)Storage Administrator
41 (5.263 %)Sun Consultant
41 (5.263 %)SAN Consultant
41 (5.263 %)UNIX Consultant
41 (5.263 %)Support Consultant
41 (5.263 %)Administrator
41 (5.263 %)Management Consultant
41 (5.263 %)IT Consultant
North West IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
17 (36.84 %)Dutch Language
22 (10.53 %)Symmetrix
22 (10.53 %)Clustering
31 (5.263 %)CLARiiON
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
114 (73.68 %)Windows
210 (52.63 %)Solaris
36 (31.58 %)AIX
45 (26.32 %)Linux
45 (26.32 %)UNIX
52 (10.53 %)HPUX
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
17 (36.84 %)Migration
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
12 (10.53 %)SLA
North West IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
111 (57.89 %)NetBackup
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
12 (10.53 %)Legato
12 (10.53 %)Tivoli
12 (10.53 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
12 (10.53 %)EMC NetWorker
North West IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
111 (57.89 %)Hitachi
29 (47.37 %)VERITAS
37 (36.84 %)Oracle
46 (31.58 %)IBM
55 (26.32 %)EMC
63 (15.79 %)Dell
63 (15.79 %)Symantec
72 (10.53 %)Cisco
81 (5.263 %)Sun