The first table below looks at the demand for the Platform Engineer role in IT contracts advertised for the Nottinghamshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Platform Engineer in their job title 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 Job Titles advertised for the Nottinghamshire 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.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Platform Engineer
Rank 40 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs requiring a Platform Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Nottinghamshire 0.305% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.322% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Average daily rate £260 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £280 £325 -
% change year-on-year
-13.84% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £36.00 - -
All Job Titles
Nottinghamshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
311 263 280
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Nottinghamshire 94.82% 93.26% 94.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 131 136 102
Average daily rate £338 £310 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+8.87% -4.61%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £225 £160
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £475 £433
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 43 14 23
Average hourly rate £14.00 £17.50 £17.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-20.00% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £8.50 £10.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £30.00 £30.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Platform Engineer
East Midlands

Platform Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Platform Engineer across the Nottinghamshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Nottinghamshire Platform Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

Platform Engineer
Daily Rate Trend

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

Nottinghamshire Platform Engineer Daily Rate Trend

Platform Engineer
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Platform Engineer within the Nottinghamshire 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
Nottingham - 1 £260 -
Platform Engineer
East Midlands

Platform Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Nottinghamshire region that cited Platform Engineer in their job title 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 with Platform Engineer in their job title.

1 7 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 7 (100.00%) Windows
1 7 (100.00%) Citrix
1 7 (100.00%) Windows Server 2003
1 7 (100.00%) VMware
1 7 (100.00%) SQL Server 2005
1 7 (100.00%) Windows Server 2008
1 7 (100.00%) SQL Server 2008
1 7 (100.00%) XenApp
2 6 (85.71%) Citrix Presentation Server
2 6 (85.71%) SQL Server 2000
2 6 (85.71%) Configuration Management
2 6 (85.71%) Active Directory
3 5 (71.43%) HP
3 5 (71.43%) IBM
3 5 (71.43%) Linux
3 5 (71.43%) Windows 2000
3 5 (71.43%) SAN
3 5 (71.43%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 4 (57.14%) MCITP
4 4 (57.14%) MCSE
4 4 (57.14%) Microsoft
4 4 (57.14%) Service Delivery
4 4 (57.14%) CCA
4 4 (57.14%) Citrix Certification
4 4 (57.14%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (28.57%) Problem Management
5 2 (28.57%) Capacity Management
6 1 (14.29%) Windows 2000 Server
6 1 (14.29%) Migration

Platform Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Nottinghamshire region that cited Platform Engineer in their job title 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 with Platform Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 5 (71.43%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 7 (100.00%) SQL Server 2005
1 7 (100.00%) SQL Server 2008
2 6 (85.71%) SQL Server 2000
General
1 1 (14.29%) Games
Operating Systems
1 7 (100.00%) Windows
1 7 (100.00%) Windows Server 2003
1 7 (100.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 5 (71.43%) Linux
2 5 (71.43%) Windows 2000
3 1 (14.29%) Windows 2000 Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (85.71%) Configuration Management
2 4 (57.14%) Service Delivery
3 2 (28.57%) Problem Management
3 2 (28.57%) Capacity Management
4 1 (14.29%) Migration
Qualifications
1 5 (71.43%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 4 (57.14%) MCITP
2 4 (57.14%) MCSE
2 4 (57.14%) CCA
2 4 (57.14%) Citrix Certification
2 4 (57.14%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 7 (100.00%) XenApp
2 6 (85.71%) Citrix Presentation Server
2 6 (85.71%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 7 (100.00%) Citrix
1 7 (100.00%) VMware
2 5 (71.43%) HP
2 5 (71.43%) IBM
3 4 (57.14%) Microsoft