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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
AppSense
Rank 202 227 252
Rank change year-on-year
+25 +25
Contract jobs citing AppSense 22 12 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.282% 0.118% 0.010%
As % of the Vendors category 0.559% 0.240% 0.020%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 5 1
Average daily rate £363 £330 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+9.84% +10.00%
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £330 £300
% change year-on-year
+13.63% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £23.75 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.00 - £27.25
All Vendors
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
3939 4993 5071
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 50.54% 49.21% 48.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 1932 2185 1996
Average daily rate £350 £360 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.77% +2.85%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £220 £240
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £500 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 315 378 421
Average hourly rate £19.63 £17.50 £21.79
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+12.14% -19.68%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.44 £11.48 £11.30
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £45.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
AppSense
England

AppSense
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East AppSense Jobs Demand Trend

AppSense
Daily Rate Trend

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

South East AppSense Daily Rate Trend

AppSense
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing AppSense across the South East region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

South East AppSense Daily Rate Histogram

AppSense
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South East AppSense Hourly Rate Trend

AppSense
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing AppSense within the South East 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
Surrey +20 8 £375 -10.71%
Berkshire +18 4 - -
Buckinghamshire - 4 £413 -
East Sussex - 2 £150 -
Hampshire - 2 - -
Middlesex - 2 - -
AppSense
England

AppSense
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing AppSense 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 AppSense.

1 40 (100.00%) Citrix
2 29 (72.50%) Windows
2 29 (72.50%) Microsoft App-V
3 28 (70.00%) XenDesktop
4 26 (65.00%) XenApp
5 24 (60.00%) Microsoft
6 20 (50.00%) Windows 7
7 15 (37.50%) Hyper-V
8 14 (35.00%) XenServer
8 14 (35.00%) Security Cleared
9 11 (27.50%) SC Cleared
10 10 (25.00%) Windows Server 2008
10 10 (25.00%) Lumension
11 9 (22.50%) Windows 8
11 9 (22.50%) Service Management
12 8 (20.00%) Windows Server 2003
12 8 (20.00%) CloudStack
13 6 (15.00%) MSI
13 6 (15.00%) XML
13 6 (15.00%) VMware
14 5 (12.50%) SQL Server
14 5 (12.50%) Active Directory
14 5 (12.50%) Citrix Certification
15 4 (10.00%) AdminStudio
15 4 (10.00%) OpenView Configuration Management
15 4 (10.00%) LAN
15 4 (10.00%) WLAN
15 4 (10.00%) WAN
15 4 (10.00%) DNA
15 4 (10.00%) TCP/IP

AppSense
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 6 (15.00%) XML
Application Platforms
1 8 (20.00%) CloudStack
2 1 (2.500%) Exchange Server 2003
2 1 (2.500%) Exchange Server 2010
2 1 (2.500%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 3 (7.500%) MS Excel
2 2 (5.000%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 4 (10.00%) LAN
1 4 (10.00%) WLAN
1 4 (10.00%) WAN
1 4 (10.00%) TCP/IP
1 4 (10.00%) Firewall
2 1 (2.500%) Network Security
2 1 (2.500%) Wireless
2 1 (2.500%) DNS
2 1 (2.500%) DHCP
2 1 (2.500%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (12.50%) SQL Server
2 2 (5.000%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (2.500%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 6 (15.00%) MSI
2 4 (10.00%) AdminStudio
General
1 1 (2.500%) Marketing
1 1 (2.500%) Banking
1 1 (2.500%) Telecoms
1 1 (2.500%) Finance
Job Titles
1 6 (15.00%) Technical Specialist
2 4 (10.00%) Architect
2 4 (10.00%) Test Manager
2 4 (10.00%) Citrix Specialist
3 3 (7.500%) Project Manager
3 3 (7.500%) Technical Project Manager
3 3 (7.500%) Applications Packager
3 3 (7.500%) Support Engineer
3 3 (7.500%) Technical Manager
3 3 (7.500%) Citrix Engineer
4 2 (5.000%) Administrator
4 2 (5.000%) Systems Administrator
4 2 (5.000%) Citrix Architect
4 2 (5.000%) Technical Leader
5 1 (2.500%) Senior Technical Support
5 1 (2.500%) Lead Architect
5 1 (2.500%) Network Project Manager
5 1 (2.500%) Citrix Support
5 1 (2.500%) Citrix Administrator
5 1 (2.500%) Senior Technical Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 2 (5.000%) Thin Client
1 2 (5.000%) Blackberry
1 2 (5.000%) Fat Client
Operating Systems
1 29 (72.50%) Windows
2 20 (50.00%) Windows 7
3 10 (25.00%) Windows Server 2008
4 9 (22.50%) Windows 8
5 8 (20.00%) Windows Server 2003
6 3 (7.500%) Windows Vista
6 3 (7.500%) Windows XP
7 1 (2.500%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (22.50%) Service Management
2 4 (10.00%) DNA
2 4 (10.00%) Test Strategy
2 4 (10.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 4 (10.00%) Test Scripting
2 4 (10.00%) Migration
3 3 (7.500%) WAN Optimisation
3 3 (7.500%) Service Delivery
3 3 (7.500%) Agile Software Development
3 3 (7.500%) Project Management
4 2 (5.000%) TQM
4 2 (5.000%) Capacity Planning
4 2 (5.000%) Software Deployment
5 1 (2.500%) Load Balancing
5 1 (2.500%) Release Management
5 1 (2.500%) Compatibility Testing
5 1 (2.500%) Software Distribution
5 1 (2.500%) Network Management
5 1 (2.500%) SIEM
5 1 (2.500%) Change Control
Programming Languages
1 2 (5.000%) PowerShell
2 1 (2.500%) Perl
Qualifications
1 14 (35.00%) Security Cleared
2 11 (27.50%) SC Cleared
3 5 (12.50%) Citrix Certification
4 1 (2.500%) CCEE
4 1 (2.500%) MCSE
4 1 (2.500%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (7.500%) SLA
2 1 (2.500%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 29 (72.50%) Microsoft App-V
2 28 (70.00%) XenDesktop
3 26 (65.00%) XenApp
4 15 (37.50%) Hyper-V
5 14 (35.00%) XenServer
6 5 (12.50%) Active Directory
7 4 (10.00%) vSphere
8 3 (7.500%) Terminal Services
9 2 (5.000%) VMware Infrastructure
10 1 (2.500%) IAG
Systems Management
1 4 (10.00%) OpenView Configuration Management
1 4 (10.00%) AppDNA
1 4 (10.00%) SCOM
2 3 (7.500%) SCCM
3 1 (2.500%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 40 (100.00%) Citrix
2 24 (60.00%) Microsoft
3 10 (25.00%) Lumension
4 6 (15.00%) VMware
5 3 (7.500%) Riverbed
5 3 (7.500%) Wyse
5 3 (7.500%) Juniper
5 3 (7.500%) Cisco
6 2 (5.000%) CA
6 2 (5.000%) NetApp
6 2 (5.000%) Altiris
7 1 (2.500%) Symantec