The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of SolarWinds products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the North Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SolarWinds over the 3 months to 21 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 Yorkshire 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 SolarWinds.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SolarWinds
Rank 23 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing SolarWinds 3 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in North Yorkshire 1.974% - -
As % of the Vendors category 3.261% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
Average daily rate £338 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £300 £274
% change year-on-year
+16.66% +9.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £17.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -12.50%
All Vendors
North Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
92 77 87
As % of all contract IT jobs located in North Yorkshire 60.53% 42.78% 47.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 41 33 35
Average daily rate £400 £325 £376
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+23.07% -13.62%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £150 £255
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £400 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 13 6
Average hourly rate £20.38 £15.25 £16.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+33.60% -4.68%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.30 £11.25 £13.10
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £25.00 £19.00 £32.20
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year
- -7.31%
SolarWinds
Yorkshire

SolarWinds
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North Yorkshire SolarWinds Jobs Demand Trend

SolarWinds
Daily Rate Trend

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

North Yorkshire SolarWinds Daily Rate Trend

SolarWinds
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SolarWinds within the North Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 21 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
York - 2 £375 -
SolarWinds
Yorkshire

SolarWinds
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North Yorkshire region citing SolarWinds 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 SolarWinds.

1 5 (100.00%) Cisco
2 4 (80.00%) WAN
3 3 (60.00%) LAN
3 3 (60.00%) Cisco Certification
3 3 (60.00%) CCNA
4 2 (40.00%) Firewall
4 2 (40.00%) DNS
4 2 (40.00%) DHCP
4 2 (40.00%) MS Visio
4 2 (40.00%) SolarWinds Orion
4 2 (40.00%) Frame Relay
4 2 (40.00%) Cisco PIX
4 2 (40.00%) SC Cleared
4 2 (40.00%) Security Cleared
4 2 (40.00%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (20.00%) Cisco ASA
5 1 (20.00%) Network Security
5 1 (20.00%) Performance Management
5 1 (20.00%) PCI DSS
5 1 (20.00%) IPsec
5 1 (20.00%) Telecoms
5 1 (20.00%) BIG-IP
5 1 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (20.00%) Degree
5 1 (20.00%) Load Balancing
5 1 (20.00%) Network Architecture
5 1 (20.00%) Aruba
5 1 (20.00%) F5
5 1 (20.00%) FWSM
5 1 (20.00%) NetScaler

SolarWinds
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North Yorkshire region citing SolarWinds 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 SolarWinds. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 1 (20.00%) IIS
1 1 (20.00%) Apache
Applications
1 2 (40.00%) MS Visio
1 2 (40.00%) Spreadsheet
Communications & Networking
1 4 (80.00%) WAN
2 3 (60.00%) LAN
3 2 (40.00%) Firewall
3 2 (40.00%) DNS
3 2 (40.00%) DHCP
3 2 (40.00%) Frame Relay
3 2 (40.00%) Cisco PIX
4 1 (20.00%) Cisco ASA
4 1 (20.00%) Network Security
4 1 (20.00%) IPsec
4 1 (20.00%) BIG-IP
4 1 (20.00%) FWSM
4 1 (20.00%) NetScaler
4 1 (20.00%) RIP
4 1 (20.00%) VPN
4 1 (20.00%) SSL
4 1 (20.00%) PBX
4 1 (20.00%) Internet
4 1 (20.00%) MPLS
4 1 (20.00%) OSPF
General
1 1 (20.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Network Consultant
1 2 (40.00%) Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) Network Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Cisco Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Security Specialist
2 1 (20.00%) Network Specialist
2 1 (20.00%) Network Security Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Client/Server
1 1 (20.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (20.00%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) UNIX
1 1 (20.00%) Solaris
1 1 (20.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (20.00%) Performance Management
1 1 (20.00%) Load Balancing
1 1 (20.00%) Network Architecture
1 1 (20.00%) ITIL
1 1 (20.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (20.00%) Configuration Management
1 1 (20.00%) Project Management
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) Cisco Certification
1 3 (60.00%) CCNA
2 2 (40.00%) SC Cleared
2 2 (40.00%) Security Cleared
3 1 (20.00%) Degree
3 1 (20.00%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) PCI DSS
1 1 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
Systems Management
1 2 (40.00%) SolarWinds Orion
2 1 (20.00%) OpenView
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) Cisco
2 1 (20.00%) Aruba
2 1 (20.00%) F5
2 1 (20.00%) HP
2 1 (20.00%) Citrix
2 1 (20.00%) Nokia
2 1 (20.00%) Red Hat
2 1 (20.00%) CheckPoint
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