The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of BMC 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 BMC 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 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 BMC Software, Inc.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
BMC
Rank 194 223 190
Rank change year-on-year
+29 -33
Contract jobs citing BMC 35 23 52
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.442% 0.222% 0.507%
As % of the Vendors category 0.879% 0.451% 1.035%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 8 19
Average daily rate £461 £290 £340
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+59.05% -14.70%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £261 £274
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £473 £410
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £375 £350
% change year-on-year
+13.33% +7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £13.50 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £13.25 £13.50 £23.38
% change year-on-year
-1.85% -42.24%
All Vendors
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
3980 5105 5023
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 50.24% 49.35% 48.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 1941 2222 1977
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 £244
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 321 390 415
Average hourly rate £19.63 £17.50 £21.65
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+12.14% -19.14%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £11.31 £11.07
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%
BMC
England

BMC
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East 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 South East region.

South East BMC Daily Rate Trend

BMC
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing BMC across the South East region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

South East BMC Daily Rate Histogram

BMC
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South East BMC Hourly Rate Trend

BMC
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing BMC within the South East region over the 3 months to 22 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
Berkshire +19 20 £480 +28.00%
Hampshire - 11 £425 -
West Sussex - 2 £500 -
Oxfordshire - 1 £300 -
BMC
England

BMC
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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 40 (67.80%) Remedy
1 40 (67.80%) Remedy ITSM
2 25 (42.37%) ITIL
3 24 (40.68%) Telecoms
4 23 (38.98%) ITSM
5 21 (35.59%) HP
5 21 (35.59%) Linux
5 21 (35.59%) Service Management
6 19 (32.20%) UNIX
7 18 (30.51%) CMDB
7 18 (30.51%) Continuous Improvement
8 17 (28.81%) Windows
9 15 (25.42%) Degree
10 14 (23.73%) EMC
10 14 (23.73%) Netcool
11 13 (22.03%) Project Management
11 13 (22.03%) Nokia
11 13 (22.03%) Nokia NetAct
12 12 (20.34%) TOGAF
12 12 (20.34%) Solaris
13 11 (18.64%) Performance Management
13 11 (18.64%) Fault Management
13 11 (18.64%) Finance
13 11 (18.64%) Ionix
14 9 (15.25%) Management Information System
14 9 (15.25%) Change Management
14 9 (15.25%) Middleware
14 9 (15.25%) AIX
15 8 (13.56%) Java
15 8 (13.56%) Nagios

BMC
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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 9 (15.25%) Middleware
2 6 (10.17%) WSH
3 3 (5.085%) Web Services
4 2 (3.390%) LAMP
5 1 (1.695%) XML
5 1 (1.695%) COM
5 1 (1.695%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 4 (6.780%) Apache
2 1 (1.695%) WebSphere MQ
2 1 (1.695%) IIS
2 1 (1.695%) Tomcat
2 1 (1.695%) MQSeries
2 1 (1.695%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.695%) ESB
Applications
1 1 (1.695%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 40 (67.80%) Remedy ITSM
2 4 (6.780%) Remedy AR System
3 1 (1.695%) AWD
Communications & Networking
1 13 (22.03%) Nokia NetAct
2 5 (8.475%) ATM
3 3 (5.085%) FTP
4 2 (3.390%) BSS
4 2 (3.390%) SAN
5 1 (1.695%) HTTP
5 1 (1.695%) CDMA
5 1 (1.695%) GPRS
5 1 (1.695%) GSM
5 1 (1.695%) UMTS
5 1 (1.695%) LDAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (6.780%) SQL Server
2 2 (3.390%) OLTP
2 2 (3.390%) VLDB
3 1 (1.695%) DB2
3 1 (1.695%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 1 (1.695%) WinRunner
1 1 (1.695%) TestDirector
1 1 (1.695%) Hudson
General
1 24 (40.68%) Telecoms
2 11 (18.64%) Finance
3 1 (1.695%) Banking
Job Titles
1 23 (38.98%) Architect
2 16 (27.12%) Solutions Architect
3 13 (22.03%) Consultant
4 11 (18.64%) OSS Architect
5 7 (11.86%) Technical Leader
6 6 (10.17%) Designer
6 6 (10.17%) Systems Architect
6 6 (10.17%) Solutions Designer
7 3 (5.085%) Developer
7 3 (5.085%) Remedy Consultant
7 3 (5.085%) Applications Consultant
7 3 (5.085%) Remedy Developer
8 2 (3.390%) UNIX Administrator
8 2 (3.390%) Administrator
8 2 (3.390%) Analyst
9 1 (1.695%) Senior Solutions Architect
9 1 (1.695%) Service Management Analyst
9 1 (1.695%) Solutions Consultant
9 1 (1.695%) Infrastructure Designer
9 1 (1.695%) Senior Architect
Miscellaneous
1 18 (30.51%) CMDB
2 9 (15.25%) Management Information System
3 3 (5.085%) Clustering
4 2 (3.390%) Mathematics
4 2 (3.390%) Computer Science
5 1 (1.695%) HACMP
5 1 (1.695%) Client/Server
5 1 (1.695%) N-Tier
5 1 (1.695%) DataPower
5 1 (1.695%) iSeries
Operating Systems
1 21 (35.59%) Linux
2 19 (32.20%) UNIX
3 17 (28.81%) Windows
4 12 (20.34%) Solaris
5 9 (15.25%) AIX
6 3 (5.085%) HPUX
7 1 (1.695%) zOS
7 1 (1.695%) OS/400
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (42.37%) ITIL
2 23 (38.98%) ITSM
3 21 (35.59%) Service Management
4 18 (30.51%) Continuous Improvement
5 13 (22.03%) Project Management
6 12 (20.34%) TOGAF
7 11 (18.64%) Performance Management
7 11 (18.64%) Fault Management
8 9 (15.25%) Change Management
9 7 (11.86%) Stakeholder Management
10 4 (6.780%) Configuration Management
11 3 (5.085%) B2B
11 3 (5.085%) Change Control
12 2 (3.390%) Root Cause Analysis
12 2 (3.390%) Capacity Planning
12 2 (3.390%) Business Continuity
12 2 (3.390%) Disaster Recovery
12 2 (3.390%) Service Delivery
12 2 (3.390%) Benchmarking
13 1 (1.695%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 8 (13.56%) Java
2 6 (10.17%) PowerShell
2 6 (10.17%) VBScript
2 6 (10.17%) Bash shell
3 5 (8.475%) Perl
3 5 (8.475%) Korn
4 2 (3.390%) Bourne shell
4 2 (3.390%) AWK
4 2 (3.390%) Shell Script
5 1 (1.695%) SQL
Qualifications
1 15 (25.42%) Degree
2 7 (11.86%) ITIL Certification
3 2 (3.390%) Sun Certification
4 1 (1.695%) PMP
4 1 (1.695%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.390%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (3.390%) Veritas Volume Manager
1 2 (3.390%) Veritas File System
2 1 (1.695%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.695%) vSphere
2 1 (1.695%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (1.695%) VMware ESX
Systems Management
1 14 (23.73%) Netcool
2 11 (18.64%) Ionix
3 8 (13.56%) Nagios
4 4 (6.780%) Control-M
5 2 (3.390%) NetBackup
5 2 (3.390%) BMC PATROL
5 2 (3.390%) OpenView
6 1 (1.695%) BladeLogic
Vendors
1 40 (67.80%) Remedy
2 21 (35.59%) HP
3 14 (23.73%) EMC
4 13 (22.03%) Nokia
5 6 (10.17%) Oracle
6 4 (6.780%) IBM
7 3 (5.085%) Huawei
8 2 (3.390%) BT
8 2 (3.390%) Sun
8 2 (3.390%) Veritas
9 1 (1.695%) Informatica
9 1 (1.695%) NetApp
9 1 (1.695%) Red Hat
9 1 (1.695%) Citrix
9 1 (1.695%) Microsoft
9 1 (1.695%) Business Objects
9 1 (1.695%) NetCracker
9 1 (1.695%) Greenplum
9 1 (1.695%) OPNET
9 1 (1.695%) Cramer
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