The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Riverbed 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 Riverbed over the 3 months to 24 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 Riverbed Technology.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Riverbed
Rank 116 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Riverbed 2 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 0.086% - -
As % of the Vendors category 0.189% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £238 £450 £225
% change year-on-year
-47.22% +100.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.50 - -
All Vendors
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
1058 1618 1418
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 45.39% 52.01% 46.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 473 736 683
Average daily rate £340 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.85% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £215 £200 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £489 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 84 79 97
Average hourly rate £19.04 £17.50 £18.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+8.80% -2.77%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.84 £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%
Riverbed
England

Riverbed
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West Riverbed Jobs Demand Trend

Riverbed
Daily Rate Trend

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

North West Riverbed Daily Rate Trend

Riverbed
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Riverbed within the North West region over the 3 months to 24 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
Cheshire - 2 - -
Riverbed
England

Riverbed
Top 19 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing Riverbed 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 Riverbed.

1 4 (100.00%) Cisco
2 2 (50.00%) CCNA
2 2 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (50.00%) Red Hat
2 2 (50.00%) Migration
2 2 (50.00%) Debian
2 2 (50.00%) Ubuntu
2 2 (50.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 2 (50.00%) SQL Server 2008
2 2 (50.00%) Aruba
2 2 (50.00%) SQL Server
2 2 (50.00%) ITIL
2 2 (50.00%) Windows
2 2 (50.00%) Linux
2 2 (50.00%) LAN
2 2 (50.00%) SQL Server 2012
2 2 (50.00%) Windows Server 2012
3 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement

Riverbed
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing Riverbed 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 Riverbed. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 2 (50.00%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (50.00%) SQL Server 2008
1 2 (50.00%) SQL Server
1 2 (50.00%) SQL Server 2012
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Architect
1 2 (50.00%) Network Engineer
1 2 (50.00%) Project Engineer
1 2 (50.00%) Infrastructure Architect
Operating Systems
1 2 (50.00%) Debian
1 2 (50.00%) Ubuntu
1 2 (50.00%) Windows Server 2008
1 2 (50.00%) Windows
1 2 (50.00%) Linux
1 2 (50.00%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Migration
1 2 (50.00%) ITIL
2 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) CCNA
1 2 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
System Software
1 2 (50.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Cisco
2 2 (50.00%) Red Hat
2 2 (50.00%) Aruba