The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Dell 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 Dell over the 3 months to 20 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 Dell, Inc.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Dell
Rank 174 183 171
Rank change year-on-year
+9 -12
Contract jobs citing Dell 51 64 73
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.652% 0.633% 0.709%
As % of the Vendors category 1.301% 1.269% 1.445%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 24 25
Average daily rate £325 £300 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+8.33% -14.28%
UK excluding London average daily rate £306 £300 £325
% change year-on-year
+2.08% -7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 14 10
Average hourly rate £17.38 £17.29 £15.38
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+0.50% +12.43%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.73 £10.45 £12.01
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £32.50 £25.25 £28.20
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.88 £15.29 £15.25
% change year-on-year
-2.69% +0.24%
All Vendors
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
3919 5045 5053
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 50.11% 49.88% 49.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 1903 2199 1982
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 £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 314 384 410
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 £12.50 £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%
Dell
England

Dell
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East Dell Jobs Demand Trend

Dell
Daily Rate Trend

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

South East Dell Daily Rate Trend

Dell
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Dell across the South East region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

South East Dell Daily Rate Histogram

Dell
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South East Dell Hourly Rate Trend

Dell
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Dell across the South East region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

South East Dell Hourly Rate Histogram

Dell
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Dell within the South East region over the 3 months to 20 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 +12 17 £325 +11.11%
Buckinghamshire +6 8 - -
Middlesex - 8 - -
Surrey +17 7 £325 +9.24%
Hampshire -11 3 - -
Kent - 3 - -
Oxfordshire +1 2 £325 -10.34%
West Sussex +7 1 - -
Dell
England

Dell
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing Dell 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 Dell.

1 94 (87.04%) Windows
2 51 (47.22%) HP
3 45 (41.67%) Active Directory
4 38 (35.19%) Microsoft
4 38 (35.19%) Windows Server 2003
4 38 (35.19%) Windows 7
5 37 (34.26%) Windows Server 2008
6 33 (30.56%) VMware
7 31 (28.70%) Windows XP
8 29 (26.85%) SAN
9 23 (21.30%) VPN
10 22 (20.37%) EMC
10 22 (20.37%) Citrix
11 21 (19.44%) MS Exchange
11 21 (19.44%) VMware Infrastructure
12 20 (18.52%) DHCP
13 18 (16.67%) LAN
13 18 (16.67%) WAN
13 18 (16.67%) Firewall
14 17 (15.74%) DNS
14 17 (15.74%) TCP/IP
15 16 (14.81%) MS Office
15 16 (14.81%) Hyper-V
16 13 (12.04%) Exchange Server 2010
16 13 (12.04%) PowerShell
16 13 (12.04%) Exchange Server 2007
17 12 (11.11%) Windows 2000 Server
17 12 (11.11%) McAfee
18 11 (10.19%) Symantec
18 11 (10.19%) SQL

Dell
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 4 (3.704%) XML
1 4 (3.704%) ADSI
2 3 (2.778%) Application Packaging
3 2 (1.852%) Middleware
4 1 (0.926%) COM
Application Platforms
1 21 (19.44%) MS Exchange
2 13 (12.04%) Exchange Server 2007
2 13 (12.04%) Exchange Server 2010
3 11 (10.19%) SharePoint
4 7 (6.481%) Exchange Server 2003
5 6 (5.556%) IIS
6 4 (3.704%) Lync
7 2 (1.852%) Lotus Notes
7 2 (1.852%) Lotus Domino
8 1 (0.926%) SharePoint 2010
8 1 (0.926%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 16 (14.81%) MS Office
2 9 (8.333%) MS Excel
3 3 (2.778%) Photoshop
4 2 (1.852%) MS Project
4 2 (1.852%) MS Visio
4 2 (1.852%) MS PowerPoint
5 1 (0.926%) Office 365
Communications & Networking
1 29 (26.85%) SAN
2 23 (21.30%) VPN
3 20 (18.52%) DHCP
4 18 (16.67%) WAN
4 18 (16.67%) LAN
4 18 (16.67%) Firewall
5 17 (15.74%) DNS
5 17 (15.74%) TCP/IP
6 9 (8.333%) Internet
7 8 (7.407%) IPsec
7 8 (7.407%) WLAN
8 5 (4.630%) IPv6
8 5 (4.630%) iSCSI
9 3 (2.778%) Wireless
9 3 (2.778%) ADSL
9 3 (2.778%) Ethernet
10 2 (1.852%) HTTP
10 2 (1.852%) VLAN
10 2 (1.852%) Junos
10 2 (1.852%) Fibre Channel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (9.259%) SQL Server
2 5 (4.630%) SQL Server 2008
3 4 (3.704%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 1 (0.926%) MSI
General
1 10 (9.259%) Telecoms
2 7 (6.481%) Finance
3 3 (2.778%) Banking
4 2 (1.852%) Retail
5 1 (0.926%) Manufacturing
5 1 (0.926%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 24 (22.22%) Desktop Support
1 24 (22.22%) Desktop Engineer
2 22 (20.37%) Support Engineer
3 18 (16.67%) Server Engineer
4 17 (15.74%) Desktop Support Engineer
5 9 (8.333%) Analyst
6 6 (5.556%) Consultant
6 6 (5.556%) Systems Engineer
6 6 (5.556%) Server Support
6 6 (5.556%) 2nd Line Support
6 6 (5.556%) Server Support Engineer
6 6 (5.556%) Deployment Engineer
7 5 (4.630%) IT Support
7 5 (4.630%) Infrastructure Specialist
7 5 (4.630%) Administrator
7 5 (4.630%) 3rd Line Support
7 5 (4.630%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 5 (4.630%) Support Analyst
7 5 (4.630%) Senior Systems Engineer
8 4 (3.704%) Support Technician
Miscellaneous
1 8 (7.407%) Clustering
2 6 (5.556%) PKI
3 5 (4.630%) Celerra
3 5 (4.630%) EqualLogic
4 2 (1.852%) iPad
4 2 (1.852%) Data Integration
4 2 (1.852%) iPhone
4 2 (1.852%) NHS
4 2 (1.852%) Blackberry
5 1 (0.926%) Management Information System
5 1 (0.926%) Smartphone
5 1 (0.926%) Statistics
Operating Systems
1 94 (87.04%) Windows
2 38 (35.19%) Windows Server 2003
2 38 (35.19%) Windows 7
3 37 (34.26%) Windows Server 2008
4 31 (28.70%) Windows XP
5 12 (11.11%) Windows 2000 Server
6 10 (9.259%) Windows Vista
7 8 (7.407%) Linux
8 4 (3.704%) UNIX
9 2 (1.852%) Windows 2000
9 2 (1.852%) Debian
10 1 (0.926%) SUSE
10 1 (0.926%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (8.333%) Migration
2 6 (5.556%) Release Management
3 4 (3.704%) ITIL
3 4 (3.704%) B2B
3 4 (3.704%) Disaster Recovery
4 3 (2.778%) Change Management
5 2 (1.852%) Project Management
5 2 (1.852%) PRINCE2
5 2 (1.852%) Load Balancing
5 2 (1.852%) Problem Management
5 2 (1.852%) Multithreading
6 1 (0.926%) Time Management
6 1 (0.926%) Change Control
6 1 (0.926%) Infrastructure Management
6 1 (0.926%) Asset Management
6 1 (0.926%) ERP
6 1 (0.926%) PRINCE
6 1 (0.926%) Service Management
6 1 (0.926%) Service Delivery
6 1 (0.926%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 13 (12.04%) PowerShell
2 11 (10.19%) SQL
3 9 (8.333%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 7 (6.481%) Microsoft Certification
2 4 (3.704%) MCSE
2 4 (3.704%) SC Cleared
2 4 (3.704%) Security Cleared
3 3 (2.778%) MCDST
3 3 (2.778%) MCITP
3 3 (2.778%) MCSA
4 2 (1.852%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 2 (1.852%) A+ Certification
4 2 (1.852%) DCSE
5 1 (0.926%) VCP5
5 1 (0.926%) Degree
5 1 (0.926%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (0.926%) Dell Certification
5 1 (0.926%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (8.333%) SLA
System Software
1 45 (41.67%) Active Directory
2 21 (19.44%) VMware Infrastructure
3 16 (14.81%) Hyper-V
4 10 (9.259%) Terminal Services
5 9 (8.333%) vSphere
6 5 (4.630%) XenApp
7 4 (3.704%) VMware ESX
7 4 (3.704%) VMware ESXi
8 3 (2.778%) Citrix Presentation Server
8 3 (2.778%) Terminal Server
9 2 (1.852%) Microsoft App-V
10 1 (0.926%) XenDesktop
10 1 (0.926%) NFS
10 1 (0.926%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 10 (9.259%) Backup Exec
2 8 (7.407%) SCOM
3 6 (5.556%) SCCM
4 5 (4.630%) Tivoli
5 4 (3.704%) NetBackup
6 2 (1.852%) HP Data Protector
6 2 (1.852%) ChangeBASE
6 2 (1.852%) Norton AntiVirus
7 1 (0.926%) Legato
7 1 (0.926%) Tivoli Storage Manager
7 1 (0.926%) ARCserve
7 1 (0.926%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 51 (47.22%) HP
2 38 (35.19%) Microsoft
3 33 (30.56%) VMware
4 22 (20.37%) EMC
4 22 (20.37%) Citrix
5 12 (11.11%) McAfee
6 11 (10.19%) Symantec
6 11 (10.19%) Juniper
6 11 (10.19%) Cisco
7 7 (6.481%) IBM
8 6 (5.556%) CheckPoint
9 5 (4.630%) CommVault
9 5 (4.630%) Remedy
10 4 (3.704%) Altiris
10 4 (3.704%) Brocade
10 4 (3.704%) LANDesk
10 4 (3.704%) Lotus
11 3 (2.778%) Sun
11 3 (2.778%) Sophos
12 2 (1.852%) PlateSpin
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