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

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Crossbeam
Rank 219 246 249
Rank change year-on-year
+27 +3
Contract jobs citing Crossbeam 4 1 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.051% 0.010% 0.029%
As % of the Vendors category 0.103% 0.020% 0.058%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 2
Average daily rate £318 - £281
90% offered a daily rate of more than £292 - £276
10% offered a daily rate of more than £344 - £286
UK excluding London average daily rate £318 £275 £281
% change year-on-year
+15.45% -2.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Vendors
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
3883 5089 5129
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 49.69% 50.10% 49.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 1898 2223 2014
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 £201 £220 £250
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 314 380 413
Average hourly rate £19.63 £18.00 £22.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+9.02% -20.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.34 £11.50 £11.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £39.00 £45.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
Crossbeam
England

Crossbeam
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East Crossbeam Jobs Demand Trend

Crossbeam
Daily Rate Trend

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

South East Crossbeam Daily Rate Trend

Crossbeam
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South East Crossbeam Hourly Rate Trend

Crossbeam
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Crossbeam within the South East 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
Berkshire - 3 £318 -
Middlesex - 1 - -
Crossbeam
England

Crossbeam
Top 29 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing Crossbeam 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 Crossbeam.

1 7 (100.00%) Cisco
1 7 (100.00%) CheckPoint
2 6 (85.71%) Firewall
3 4 (57.14%) Cisco Certification
3 4 (57.14%) CCNA
3 4 (57.14%) VPN
4 3 (42.86%) CSS
4 3 (42.86%) ITIL
4 3 (42.86%) UNIX
4 3 (42.86%) Linux
4 3 (42.86%) ITSM
4 3 (42.86%) 3Com
4 3 (42.86%) Blue Coat
4 3 (42.86%) ProxySG
4 3 (42.86%) Redknee
4 3 (42.86%) Network Security
4 3 (42.86%) Cisco ASA
4 3 (42.86%) Load Balancing
4 3 (42.86%) Nokia
4 3 (42.86%) F5
5 2 (28.57%) Citrix
6 1 (14.29%) DNS
6 1 (14.29%) SSL
6 1 (14.29%) TCP/IP
6 1 (14.29%) Telecoms
6 1 (14.29%) Juniper
6 1 (14.29%) DAB
6 1 (14.29%) Junos
6 1 (14.29%) Intrusion Detection

Crossbeam
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 3 (42.86%) CSS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (85.71%) Firewall
2 4 (57.14%) VPN
3 3 (42.86%) Network Security
3 3 (42.86%) Cisco ASA
4 1 (14.29%) Junos
4 1 (14.29%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (14.29%) DNS
4 1 (14.29%) SSL
4 1 (14.29%) DAB
4 1 (14.29%) TCP/IP
General
1 1 (14.29%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Network Engineer
2 3 (42.86%) Cisco Engineer
2 3 (42.86%) Cisco Network Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) UNIX Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Firewall Specialist
3 1 (14.29%) OSS Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Data Network Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) IP Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Administrator
3 1 (14.29%) UNIX Systems Administrator
3 1 (14.29%) UNIX Administrator
3 1 (14.29%) Systems Administrator
Operating Systems
1 3 (42.86%) UNIX
1 3 (42.86%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) ITIL
1 3 (42.86%) ITSM
1 3 (42.86%) Load Balancing
Qualifications
1 4 (57.14%) CCNA
1 4 (57.14%) Cisco Certification
System Software
1 3 (42.86%) ProxySG
Vendors
1 7 (100.00%) CheckPoint
1 7 (100.00%) Cisco
2 3 (42.86%) Nokia
2 3 (42.86%) 3Com
2 3 (42.86%) Blue Coat
2 3 (42.86%) Redknee
2 3 (42.86%) F5
3 2 (28.57%) Citrix
4 1 (14.29%) Juniper