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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
BMC
Rank 36 29 22
Rank change year-on-year
-7 -7
Contract jobs citing BMC 3 1 15
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Slough 1.230% 0.490% 4.702%
As % of the Vendors category 2.479% 1.000% 10.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 11
Average daily rate £503 £265 £335
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+89.62% -20.89%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £485 £265 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £521 £265 £350
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £409 £350
% change year-on-year
+3.97% +16.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £13.25 £13.50 £23.38
% change year-on-year
-1.85% -42.24%
All Vendors
Slough
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
121 100 144
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Slough 49.59% 49.02% 45.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 57 51 73
Average daily rate £375 £350 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% +16.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £201 £250 £138
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £450 £440
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 6 12
Average hourly rate £22.75 £14.75 £32.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+54.23% -53.90%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.60 £11.60 £10.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £32.50 £29.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
BMC
Berkshire

BMC
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Slough BMC Jobs Demand Trend

BMC
Daily Rate Trend

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

Slough BMC Daily Rate Trend

BMC
Top 23 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Slough region citing BMC 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 BMC.

1 6 (100.00%) ITIL Certification
1 6 (100.00%) ITIL
2 5 (83.33%) UNIX
2 5 (83.33%) Windows
2 5 (83.33%) Linux
2 5 (83.33%) WSH
2 5 (83.33%) HP
2 5 (83.33%) Nagios
2 5 (83.33%) Middleware
2 5 (83.33%) Java
2 5 (83.33%) VBScript
2 5 (83.33%) PowerShell
2 5 (83.33%) Bash shell
3 2 (33.33%) BT
3 2 (33.33%) Telecoms
3 2 (33.33%) Finance
4 1 (16.67%) Banking
4 1 (16.67%) Remedy
4 1 (16.67%) Service Management
4 1 (16.67%) Change Management
4 1 (16.67%) ITSM
4 1 (16.67%) CMDB
4 1 (16.67%) Remedy ITSM

BMC
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Slough region citing BMC 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 BMC. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 5 (83.33%) WSH
1 5 (83.33%) Middleware
Business Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Remedy ITSM
General
1 2 (33.33%) Telecoms
1 2 (33.33%) Finance
2 1 (16.67%) Banking
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) Technical Leader
2 1 (16.67%) Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Service Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Process Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Service Management Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 5 (83.33%) UNIX
1 5 (83.33%) Windows
1 5 (83.33%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) ITIL
2 1 (16.67%) Service Management
2 1 (16.67%) Change Management
2 1 (16.67%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 5 (83.33%) Java
1 5 (83.33%) VBScript
1 5 (83.33%) PowerShell
1 5 (83.33%) Bash shell
Qualifications
1 6 (100.00%) ITIL Certification
Systems Management
1 5 (83.33%) Nagios
Vendors
1 5 (83.33%) HP
2 2 (33.33%) BT
3 1 (16.67%) Remedy