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

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Altiris
Rank 116 99 110
Rank change year-on-year
-17 +11
Contract jobs citing Altiris 4 6 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 0.164% 0.227% 0.143%
As % of the Vendors category 0.361% 0.584% 0.329%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 5 1
Average daily rate £150 £255 £220
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-41.17% +15.90%
UK excluding London average daily rate £223 £280 £225
% change year-on-year
-20.53% +24.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
Average hourly rate - - £14.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.74 £32.50 £22.63
% change year-on-year
-48.50% +43.64%
All Vendors
Scotland
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
1108 1028 1215
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 45.43% 38.81% 43.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 524 464 525
Average daily rate £363 £338 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.40% -3.57%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £200 £220
10% offered a daily rate of more than £463 £450 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 52 56
Average hourly rate £14.00 £25.00 £16.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-44.00% +51.51%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £9.70 £10.00 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £41.00 £33.20 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
Altiris
UK

Altiris
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Scotland Altiris Jobs Demand Trend

Altiris
Daily Rate Trend

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

Scotland Altiris Daily Rate Trend

Altiris
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Scotland Altiris Hourly Rate Trend

Altiris
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Altiris within the Scotland region over the 3 months to 17 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
Glasgow -19 3 - -
Aberdeen +1 1 £150 +39.53%
Altiris
UK

Altiris
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 8 (80.00%) Windows
2 6 (60.00%) Windows XP
2 6 (60.00%) Windows 7
3 5 (50.00%) SCCM
4 4 (40.00%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (40.00%) VMware
5 3 (30.00%) Microsoft
5 3 (30.00%) Dell
5 3 (30.00%) Citrix
5 3 (30.00%) Symantec
5 3 (30.00%) Sophos
6 2 (20.00%) VLAN
6 2 (20.00%) Exchange Server 2003
6 2 (20.00%) Analytics
6 2 (20.00%) Blackberry
6 2 (20.00%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
6 2 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (20.00%) CommVault
6 2 (20.00%) Windows Server 2003
6 2 (20.00%) MS Exchange
6 2 (20.00%) MCSE
6 2 (20.00%) MS Excel
6 2 (20.00%) NetBackup
6 2 (20.00%) MS Office
6 2 (20.00%) Windows Server 2008
6 2 (20.00%) XenApp
6 2 (20.00%) MCTS
6 2 (20.00%) MCITP
7 1 (10.00%) Incident Management
7 1 (10.00%) SharePoint

Altiris
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Platforms
1 2 (20.00%) MS Exchange
1 2 (20.00%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
1 2 (20.00%) Exchange Server 2003
2 1 (10.00%) Exchange Server 2010
2 1 (10.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (20.00%) MS Office
1 2 (20.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 2 (20.00%) VLAN
Job Titles
1 5 (50.00%) Analyst
2 3 (30.00%) Deployment Analyst
3 2 (20.00%) Technical Design Authority
3 2 (20.00%) Desktop Support
3 2 (20.00%) Support Analyst
3 2 (20.00%) Desktop Support Analyst
3 2 (20.00%) Desktop Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Deployment Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) Windows Server Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) Server Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) Consultant
4 1 (10.00%) Systems Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) Windows Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (20.00%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 8 (80.00%) Windows
2 6 (60.00%) Windows XP
2 6 (60.00%) Windows 7
3 2 (20.00%) Windows Server 2003
3 2 (20.00%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (20.00%) Analytics
2 1 (10.00%) Incident Management
Qualifications
1 2 (20.00%) MCSE
1 2 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 2 (20.00%) MCTS
1 2 (20.00%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (10.00%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (40.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (20.00%) XenApp
3 1 (10.00%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 5 (50.00%) SCCM
2 2 (20.00%) NetBackup
3 1 (10.00%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
Vendors
1 4 (40.00%) VMware
2 3 (30.00%) Symantec
2 3 (30.00%) Sophos
2 3 (30.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (30.00%) Dell
2 3 (30.00%) Citrix
3 2 (20.00%) CommVault
4 1 (10.00%) Cisco