The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of SolarWinds products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Northern Ireland region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SolarWinds 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 Northern Ireland 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SolarWinds
Rank 31 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing SolarWinds 2 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Northern Ireland 0.858% - -
As % of the Vendors category 2.632% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £300 £272
% change year-on-year
+16.66% +10.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.00 £17.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-14.28% -12.50%
All Vendors
Northern Ireland
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
76 108 189
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Northern Ireland 32.62% 54.82% 51.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 39 24 66
Average daily rate £375 £270 £335
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+38.88% -19.40%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £285 £253 £265
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £425 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 13
Average hourly rate - - £19.45
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
SolarWinds
UK

SolarWinds
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Northern Ireland SolarWinds Jobs Demand 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 Northern Ireland 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
County Antrim - 2 - -
SolarWinds
UK

SolarWinds
Top 12 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Northern Ireland 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 2 (100.00%) ITIL
1 2 (100.00%) SNMP
1 2 (100.00%) SLA
1 2 (100.00%) Compuware
1 2 (100.00%) HP
1 2 (100.00%) BMC
1 2 (100.00%) Service Management
1 2 (100.00%) Network+ Certification
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) SolarWinds Orion
1 2 (100.00%) Splunk

SolarWinds
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Northern Ireland 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.

Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) SNMP
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Management Consultant
1 2 (100.00%) Network Consultant
1 2 (100.00%) Consultant
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) ITIL
1 2 (100.00%) Service Management
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Network+ Certification
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) SLA
Systems Management
1 2 (100.00%) SolarWinds Orion
1 2 (100.00%) Splunk
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Compuware
1 2 (100.00%) HP
1 2 (100.00%) BMC