The first table below looks at the demand for SolarWinds Orion skills in IT contracts advertised for the Portsmouth region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SolarWinds Orion over the 3 months to 22 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 of the Systems Management category for the Portsmouth 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SolarWinds Orion
Rank - - 24
Contract jobs citing SolarWinds Orion 0 0 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Portsmouth - - 4.605%
As % of the Systems Management category - - 30.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £301 £275
% change year-on-year
+16.18% +9.54%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £12.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
- -64.28%
All Systems Management
Portsmouth
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Systems Management category
6 12 23
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Portsmouth 7.143% 11.65% 15.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 4 3
Average daily rate £318 £425 £295
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-25.29% +44.06%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £312 £298 £265
10% offered a daily rate of more than £324 £535 £346
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £325 £300
% change year-on-year
+1.53% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 7
Average hourly rate £30.00 £20.50 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+46.34% -41.42%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.00 £17.50 £24.40
% change year-on-year
+14.28% -28.27%
SolarWinds Orion
Hampshire

SolarWinds Orion
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Portsmouth SolarWinds Orion Jobs Demand Trend

SolarWinds Orion
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Portsmouth SolarWinds Orion Hourly Rate Trend

SolarWinds Orion
Top 24 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Portsmouth region citing SolarWinds Orion 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 Orion.

1 1 (100.00%) COM
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) IPv6
1 1 (100.00%) CCSP
1 1 (100.00%) CCNP
1 1 (100.00%) CCNA
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Juniper
1 1 (100.00%) DMZ
1 1 (100.00%) ISA Server
1 1 (100.00%) OSPF
1 1 (100.00%) BGP
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security Management
1 1 (100.00%) Security Management
1 1 (100.00%) IPsec
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
1 1 (100.00%) Military
1 1 (100.00%) SCOM
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco ASA
1 1 (100.00%) Avionics

SolarWinds Orion
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Portsmouth region citing SolarWinds Orion 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 Orion. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (100.00%) COM
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
1 1 (100.00%) IPv6
1 1 (100.00%) DMZ
1 1 (100.00%) OSPF
1 1 (100.00%) BGP
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) IPsec
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco ASA
General
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
1 1 (100.00%) Military
1 1 (100.00%) Avionics
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security Management
1 1 (100.00%) Security Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CCSP
1 1 (100.00%) CCNP
1 1 (100.00%) CCNA
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) ISA Server
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) SCOM
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Juniper