The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Brocade products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Norwich region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Brocade 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 Norwich 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 Brocade Communications Systems, Inc.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Brocade
Rank - 21 -
Contract jobs citing Brocade 0 4 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Norwich - 2.367% -
As % of the Vendors category - 5.970% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £340 £375 £390
% change year-on-year
-9.33% -3.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £45.00 -
All Vendors
Norwich
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
47 67 64
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Norwich 37.30% 39.64% 31.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 27 12
Average daily rate £250 £288 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-13.04% -23.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £233 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £352 £400 £444
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 5 5
Average hourly rate £19.00 £23.00 £12.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-17.39% +80.39%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £16.50 £15.80 £8.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £25.00 £25.00 £25.60
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
Brocade
Norfolk

Brocade
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Norwich Brocade Jobs Demand Trend

Brocade
Daily Rate Trend

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

Norwich Brocade Daily Rate Trend

Brocade
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Norwich region citing Brocade 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 Brocade.

1 4 (100.00%) Cisco
2 3 (75.00%) SAN
2 3 (75.00%) NAS
3 2 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (50.00%) ITIL Certification
3 2 (50.00%) HP
3 2 (50.00%) CCNP
3 2 (50.00%) ITIL
3 2 (50.00%) PRINCE2
3 2 (50.00%) LAN
3 2 (50.00%) VoIP
3 2 (50.00%) WAN
3 2 (50.00%) PRINCE
3 2 (50.00%) Firewall
3 2 (50.00%) Wireless
3 2 (50.00%) WAAS
3 2 (50.00%) 3PAR
4 1 (25.00%) Change Control
4 1 (25.00%) Root Cause Analysis
4 1 (25.00%) Guidewire
4 1 (25.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 1 (25.00%) Degree
4 1 (25.00%) Windows Server 2008
4 1 (25.00%) Telecoms
4 1 (25.00%) Finance
4 1 (25.00%) VMware
4 1 (25.00%) Windows
4 1 (25.00%) CCIP
4 1 (25.00%) CCDP
4 1 (25.00%) CCIE

Brocade
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Communications & Networking
1 3 (75.00%) SAN
1 3 (75.00%) NAS
2 2 (50.00%) WAAS
2 2 (50.00%) Firewall
2 2 (50.00%) Wireless
2 2 (50.00%) LAN
2 2 (50.00%) VoIP
2 2 (50.00%) WAN
General
1 1 (25.00%) Telecoms
1 1 (25.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Consultant
1 2 (50.00%) Network Engineer
1 2 (50.00%) Storage Consultant
2 1 (25.00%) Cisco Network Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) HP Storage Consultant
2 1 (25.00%) Cisco Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Windows
1 1 (25.00%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) ITIL
1 2 (50.00%) PRINCE2
1 2 (50.00%) PRINCE
2 1 (25.00%) Change Control
2 1 (25.00%) Root Cause Analysis
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) CCNP
1 2 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (50.00%) ITIL Certification
2 1 (25.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 1 (25.00%) Degree
2 1 (25.00%) CCIP
2 1 (25.00%) CCDP
2 1 (25.00%) CCA
2 1 (25.00%) Citrix Certification
2 1 (25.00%) CISSP
2 1 (25.00%) CCIE
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Cisco
2 2 (50.00%) HP
2 2 (50.00%) 3PAR
3 1 (25.00%) Guidewire
3 1 (25.00%) VMware