The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Veritas 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 Veritas over the 3 months to 17 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 Veritas Software.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Veritas
Rank 115 124 131
Rank change year-on-year
+9 +7
Contract jobs citing Veritas 2 8 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 0.087% 0.253% 0.032%
As % of the Vendors category 0.192% 0.487% 0.070%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 5 0
Average daily rate £375 £300 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+25.00% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £371 £375 £350
% change year-on-year
-1.00% +7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-45.71% +75.00%
All Vendors
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
1039 1642 1431
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 45.23% 51.85% 46.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 458 757 700
Average daily rate £345 £350 £345
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.42% +1.44%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £215 £200 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £488 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 90 76 97
Average hourly rate £19.50 £17.50 £18.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+11.42% -2.77%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £12.50 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £26.82 £36.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
Veritas
England

Veritas
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West Veritas Jobs Demand Trend

Veritas
Daily Rate Trend

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

North West Veritas Daily Rate Trend

Veritas
Hourly Rate Trend

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

North West Veritas Hourly Rate Trend

Veritas
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Veritas within the North West region over the 3 months to 17 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 1 £375 -
Cheshire +1 1 - -
Veritas
England

Veritas
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing Veritas 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 Veritas.

1 5 (71.43%) Windows
2 4 (57.14%) SQL
2 4 (57.14%) SQL Server
2 4 (57.14%) SharePoint
2 4 (57.14%) MS Exchange
2 4 (57.14%) VMS
2 4 (57.14%) VPN
2 4 (57.14%) Microsoft
2 4 (57.14%) Citrix
2 4 (57.14%) Internet
2 4 (57.14%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
2 4 (57.14%) Symantec
2 4 (57.14%) Active Directory
2 4 (57.14%) NetScreen
2 4 (57.14%) Change Management
2 4 (57.14%) Disaster Recovery
2 4 (57.14%) Release Management
2 4 (57.14%) SCCM
2 4 (57.14%) XenServer
2 4 (57.14%) Windows Server 2008
3 3 (42.86%) Kaspersky
3 3 (42.86%) Norton AntiVirus
3 3 (42.86%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (28.57%) Red Hat
4 2 (28.57%) NHS
4 2 (28.57%) UNIX
4 2 (28.57%) Linux
4 2 (28.57%) AIX
4 2 (28.57%) Asset Management
4 2 (28.57%) Software Packaging

Veritas
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing Veritas 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 Veritas. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (28.57%) Software Packaging
2 1 (14.29%) COM
Application Platforms
1 4 (57.14%) SharePoint
1 4 (57.14%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 1 (14.29%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 4 (57.14%) VPN
1 4 (57.14%) Internet
1 4 (57.14%) NetScreen
2 1 (14.29%) NAS
2 1 (14.29%) DNS
2 1 (14.29%) LDAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (57.14%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (14.29%) Finance
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) Administrator
2 2 (28.57%) UNIX Systems Administrator
2 2 (28.57%) UNIX Administrator
2 2 (28.57%) Server Specialist
2 2 (28.57%) Systems Administrator
2 2 (28.57%) SCCM Specialist
3 1 (14.29%) Systems Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Server Technician
3 1 (14.29%) Backup Administrator
3 1 (14.29%) SCCM Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) UNIX Systems Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Storage Administrator
3 1 (14.29%) UNIX Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) NHS
1 2 (28.57%) Clustering
2 1 (14.29%) Statistics
Operating Systems
1 5 (71.43%) Windows
2 4 (57.14%) VMS
2 4 (57.14%) Windows Server 2008
3 2 (28.57%) AIX
3 2 (28.57%) UNIX
3 2 (28.57%) Linux
4 1 (14.29%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) Change Management
1 4 (57.14%) Disaster Recovery
1 4 (57.14%) Release Management
2 2 (28.57%) Migration
2 2 (28.57%) Asset Management
3 1 (14.29%) Problem Management
3 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure Management
3 1 (14.29%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 4 (57.14%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (42.86%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (14.29%) SC Cleared
2 1 (14.29%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 4 (57.14%) Active Directory
1 4 (57.14%) XenServer
2 1 (14.29%) Veritas Volume Manager
2 1 (14.29%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (57.14%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
1 4 (57.14%) SCCM
2 3 (42.86%) Norton AntiVirus
3 1 (14.29%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 4 (57.14%) Microsoft
1 4 (57.14%) Citrix
1 4 (57.14%) Symantec
2 3 (42.86%) Kaspersky
3 2 (28.57%) Red Hat
4 1 (14.29%) Sun
4 1 (14.29%) EMC
4 1 (14.29%) Oracle
4 1 (14.29%) VMware
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