The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of SolarWinds products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Nottinghamshire 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 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.

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 40 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing SolarWinds 1 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Nottinghamshire 0.305% - -
As % of the Vendors category 0.613% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Average daily rate £350 - -
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
Nottinghamshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
163 108 149
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Nottinghamshire 49.70% 38.30% 50.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 59 60 41
Average daily rate £331 £338 £313
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.85% +8.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £238 £205 £94
10% offered a daily rate of more than £456 £475 £755
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 2 17
Average hourly rate £23.75 £23.75 £23.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +3.26%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.12 £18.75 £14.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £30.00 £28.75 £27.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
SolarWinds
East Midlands

SolarWinds
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Nottinghamshire 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 Nottinghamshire region.

Nottinghamshire SolarWinds Daily Rate Trend

SolarWinds
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Nottinghamshire SolarWinds Hourly 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 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 £350 -
SolarWinds
East Midlands

SolarWinds
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Nottinghamshire 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 6 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 6 (100.00%) Firewall
1 6 (100.00%) SolarWinds Orion
2 5 (83.33%) LAN
2 5 (83.33%) WAN
2 5 (83.33%) TCP/IP
2 5 (83.33%) Cisco
2 5 (83.33%) CCNA
3 4 (66.67%) VPN
3 4 (66.67%) WLAN
3 4 (66.67%) MPLS
3 4 (66.67%) Wireless
4 2 (33.33%) CCNP
5 1 (16.67%) Handset
5 1 (16.67%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (16.67%) Network Management
5 1 (16.67%) F5
5 1 (16.67%) FWSM
5 1 (16.67%) Sourcefire
5 1 (16.67%) Wireshark
5 1 (16.67%) Load Balancing
5 1 (16.67%) FirePass
5 1 (16.67%) Cisco PIX
5 1 (16.67%) Network Security
5 1 (16.67%) Cisco ASA
5 1 (16.67%) Websense
5 1 (16.67%) Avaya
5 1 (16.67%) Juniper
5 1 (16.67%) CheckPoint
5 1 (16.67%) Dell

SolarWinds
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Nottinghamshire 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 6 (100.00%) Firewall
2 5 (83.33%) LAN
2 5 (83.33%) WAN
2 5 (83.33%) TCP/IP
3 4 (66.67%) VPN
3 4 (66.67%) WLAN
3 4 (66.67%) MPLS
3 4 (66.67%) Wireless
4 1 (16.67%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (16.67%) FWSM
4 1 (16.67%) Wireshark
4 1 (16.67%) FirePass
4 1 (16.67%) Cisco PIX
4 1 (16.67%) Network Security
4 1 (16.67%) Cisco ASA
Job Titles
1 5 (83.33%) Network Analyst
1 5 (83.33%) Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Cisco Network Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Handset
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (16.67%) Network Management
1 1 (16.67%) Load Balancing
Qualifications
1 6 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 5 (83.33%) CCNA
3 2 (33.33%) CCNP
4 1 (16.67%) CCIE
Systems Management
1 6 (100.00%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 5 (83.33%) Cisco
2 1 (16.67%) F5
2 1 (16.67%) Sourcefire
2 1 (16.67%) Websense
2 1 (16.67%) Avaya
2 1 (16.67%) Juniper
2 1 (16.67%) CheckPoint
2 1 (16.67%) Dell
2 1 (16.67%) Nortel
2 1 (16.67%) IBM