The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of McAfee products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the North West region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited McAfee over the 3 months to 22 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 North West 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 McAfee, Inc.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
McAfee
Rank 119 122 114
Rank change year-on-year
+3 -8
Contract jobs citing McAfee 4 8 12
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 0.170% 0.252% 0.399%
As % of the Vendors category 0.376% 0.485% 0.864%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 4
Average daily rate - £323 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -19.28%
UK excluding London average daily rate £364 £350 £263
% change year-on-year
+3.92% +33.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 1
Average hourly rate £18.00 £17.50 £18.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+2.85% -5.40%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £26.25 £34.69 £21.00
% change year-on-year
-24.32% +65.17%
All Vendors
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
1064 1650 1389
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 45.20% 51.95% 46.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 472 756 673
Average daily rate £340 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.85% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £213 £200 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £488 £479
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 89 81 97
Average hourly rate £19.00 £17.50 £18.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+8.57% -2.77%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.90 £12.50 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £29.50 £36.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
McAfee
England

McAfee
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West McAfee Jobs Demand Trend

McAfee
Daily Rate Trend

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

North West McAfee Daily Rate Trend

McAfee
Hourly Rate Trend

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

North West McAfee Hourly Rate Trend

McAfee
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing McAfee across the North West region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

North West McAfee Hourly Rate Histogram

McAfee
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing McAfee within the North West region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Manchester +11 2 - -
Lancashire +12 1 - -
Cheshire +1 1 - -
McAfee
England

McAfee
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing McAfee 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 McAfee.

1 7 (58.33%) Windows
2 6 (50.00%) SCCM
3 5 (41.67%) Windows 7
3 5 (41.67%) ITIL
3 5 (41.67%) Windows XP
3 5 (41.67%) Microsoft
3 5 (41.67%) Active Directory
3 5 (41.67%) McAfee ePO
4 4 (33.33%) Citrix
4 4 (33.33%) XenApp
4 4 (33.33%) AppSense
4 4 (33.33%) Local Government
5 3 (25.00%) Firewall
5 3 (25.00%) Windows Server 2008
5 3 (25.00%) Symantec
6 2 (16.67%) NHS
6 2 (16.67%) HP
6 2 (16.67%) Cisco
6 2 (16.67%) PRINCE2
6 2 (16.67%) UNIX
6 2 (16.67%) MS Excel
6 2 (16.67%) SharePoint
6 2 (16.67%) VMware
6 2 (16.67%) Microsoft App-V
6 2 (16.67%) SCOM
6 2 (16.67%) Security Architecture
6 2 (16.67%) XenDesktop
6 2 (16.67%) SharePoint 2010
6 2 (16.67%) Migration
6 2 (16.67%) Citrix Presentation Server

McAfee
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing McAfee 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 McAfee. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (8.333%) Middleware
Application Platforms
1 2 (16.67%) SharePoint
1 2 (16.67%) SharePoint 2010
2 1 (8.333%) Lync
2 1 (8.333%) Exchange Server 2010
2 1 (8.333%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 2 (16.67%) MS Excel
2 1 (8.333%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 3 (25.00%) Firewall
2 1 (8.333%) Intrusion Detection
2 1 (8.333%) NetScaler
2 1 (8.333%) TCP/IP
2 1 (8.333%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (8.333%) Oracle 8/8i
General
1 4 (33.33%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 3 (25.00%) Designer
1 3 (25.00%) Analyst
2 2 (16.67%) 3rd Line Support
2 2 (16.67%) Solutions Designer
2 2 (16.67%) Infrastructure Analyst
2 2 (16.67%) Desktop Analyst
3 1 (8.333%) Wintel Specialist
3 1 (8.333%) Senior Desktop Support
3 1 (8.333%) Infrastructure Designer
3 1 (8.333%) Security Designer
3 1 (8.333%) Infrastructure Architect
3 1 (8.333%) Installations Engineer
3 1 (8.333%) UNIX Specialist
3 1 (8.333%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
3 1 (8.333%) Architect
3 1 (8.333%) Desktop Support
3 1 (8.333%) Service Analyst
3 1 (8.333%) Systems Engineer
3 1 (8.333%) Help Desk Analyst
3 1 (8.333%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (16.67%) NHS
2 1 (8.333%) Management Information System
2 1 (8.333%) iPad
Operating Systems
1 7 (58.33%) Windows
2 5 (41.67%) Windows 7
2 5 (41.67%) Windows XP
3 3 (25.00%) Windows Server 2008
4 2 (16.67%) UNIX
5 1 (8.333%) Android
5 1 (8.333%) Solaris
5 1 (8.333%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (41.67%) ITIL
2 2 (16.67%) PRINCE2
2 2 (16.67%) Security Architecture
2 2 (16.67%) Migration
2 2 (16.67%) Mobile Device Management
3 1 (8.333%) Information Security
3 1 (8.333%) Time Management
3 1 (8.333%) E-Commerce
3 1 (8.333%) Service Management
Qualifications
1 1 (8.333%) MCDST
1 1 (8.333%) MCITP
1 1 (8.333%) MCP
1 1 (8.333%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 5 (41.67%) Active Directory
2 4 (33.33%) XenApp
3 2 (16.67%) Microsoft App-V
3 2 (16.67%) XenDesktop
3 2 (16.67%) Citrix Presentation Server
4 1 (8.333%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 6 (50.00%) SCCM
2 5 (41.67%) McAfee ePO
3 2 (16.67%) SCOM
Vendors
1 5 (41.67%) Microsoft
2 4 (33.33%) Citrix
2 4 (33.33%) AppSense
3 3 (25.00%) Symantec
4 2 (16.67%) HP
4 2 (16.67%) Cisco
4 2 (16.67%) VMware
5 1 (8.333%) Sourcefire
5 1 (8.333%) Fortinet
5 1 (8.333%) FatWire
5 1 (8.333%) F5
5 1 (8.333%) IBM
5 1 (8.333%) Oracle
5 1 (8.333%) Juniper