The first table below looks at the demand for McAfee ePO skills 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 McAfee ePO 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 of the Systems Management category 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.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator
Rank 213 233 237
Rank change year-on-year
+20 +4
Contract jobs citing McAfee ePO 11 6 16
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.141% 0.059% 0.154%
As % of the Systems Management category 1.545% 0.878% 2.207%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 5 1
Average daily rate £400 £450 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-11.11% +38.46%
UK excluding London average daily rate £361 £450 £400
% change year-on-year
-19.72% +12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 1
Average hourly rate £30.00 £33.00 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-9.09% -5.71%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £20.00 £26.50
% change year-on-year
+50.00% -24.52%
All Systems Management
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Systems Management category
712 683 725
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 9.135% 6.732% 6.989%
Number of daily rates quoted 377 325 277
Average daily rate £337 £328 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.90% +9.16%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £225 £210
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £328 £300
% change year-on-year
+0.76% +9.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 49 52 62
Average hourly rate £22.50 £17.50 £24.40
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+28.57% -28.27%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.40 £13.50 £15.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £45.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.00 £17.50 £24.00
% change year-on-year
+14.28% -27.08%
McAfee ePO
England

McAfee ePO
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East McAfee ePO Jobs Demand Trend

McAfee ePO
Daily Rate Trend

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

South East McAfee ePO Daily Rate Trend

McAfee ePO
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South East McAfee ePO Hourly Rate Trend

McAfee ePO
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing McAfee ePO 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
Hampshire -3 7 £390 -
Berkshire +11 1 £400 -11.11%
McAfee ePO
England

McAfee ePO
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 16 (100.00%) McAfee
2 11 (68.75%) Windows
3 8 (50.00%) VMware
4 7 (43.75%) Active Directory
4 7 (43.75%) Security Cleared
5 6 (37.50%) VMware Infrastructure
6 5 (31.25%) Windows Server 2008
6 5 (31.25%) DV Cleared
6 5 (31.25%) Exchange Server 2010
6 5 (31.25%) HP
6 5 (31.25%) Windows Server 2003
6 5 (31.25%) MS Exchange
6 5 (31.25%) Cisco
7 4 (25.00%) Microsoft
7 4 (25.00%) SCCM
7 4 (25.00%) SCOM
7 4 (25.00%) Windows 7
8 3 (18.75%) SaaS
8 3 (18.75%) MS Excel
8 3 (18.75%) Windows XP
8 3 (18.75%) SQL
8 3 (18.75%) SQL Server
8 3 (18.75%) Citrix
8 3 (18.75%) Firewall
9 2 (12.50%) FDDI
9 2 (12.50%) C
9 2 (12.50%) Handset
9 2 (12.50%) Blue Coat
9 2 (12.50%) SQL Server 2005
9 2 (12.50%) Brocade

McAfee ePO
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Platforms
1 5 (31.25%) Exchange Server 2010
1 5 (31.25%) MS Exchange
2 2 (12.50%) Exchange Server 2003
2 2 (12.50%) Exchange Server 2007
3 1 (6.250%) Lotus Domino
Applications
1 3 (18.75%) MS Excel
2 1 (6.250%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 3 (18.75%) Firewall
2 2 (12.50%) FDDI
2 2 (12.50%) SAN
2 2 (12.50%) Ethernet
2 2 (12.50%) SNMP
2 2 (12.50%) Cisco IOS
3 1 (6.250%) SMS
3 1 (6.250%) Internet
3 1 (6.250%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (18.75%) SQL Server
2 2 (12.50%) SQL Server 2005
2 2 (12.50%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 1 (6.250%) TestDirector
Job Titles
1 3 (18.75%) Server Engineer
2 2 (12.50%) Systems Administrator
2 2 (12.50%) Server Support
2 2 (12.50%) Support Engineer
2 2 (12.50%) 3rd Line Support
2 2 (12.50%) Administrator
2 2 (12.50%) Architect
2 2 (12.50%) Infrastructure Architect
3 1 (6.250%) Wintel Engineer
3 1 (6.250%) Wintel Server Engineer
3 1 (6.250%) Infrastructure Solutions Architect
3 1 (6.250%) Tester
3 1 (6.250%) Desktop Support
3 1 (6.250%) Infrastructure Tester
3 1 (6.250%) Desktop Support Engineer
3 1 (6.250%) Desktop Engineer
3 1 (6.250%) Systems Engineer
3 1 (6.250%) Solutions Architect
3 1 (6.250%) Windows Administrator
3 1 (6.250%) Windows Server Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (18.75%) SaaS
2 2 (12.50%) Handset
2 2 (12.50%) Blackberry
3 1 (6.250%) CLARiiON
3 1 (6.250%) Clustering
3 1 (6.250%) Management Information System
3 1 (6.250%) PDA
Operating Systems
1 11 (68.75%) Windows
2 5 (31.25%) Windows Server 2008
2 5 (31.25%) Windows Server 2003
3 4 (25.00%) Windows 7
4 3 (18.75%) Windows XP
5 2 (12.50%) Windows 8
6 1 (6.250%) AIX
6 1 (6.250%) HPUX
6 1 (6.250%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (12.50%) Time Management
1 2 (12.50%) Software Distribution
2 1 (6.250%) Infrastructure Management
2 1 (6.250%) Test Scripting
2 1 (6.250%) ITIL
2 1 (6.250%) Configuration Management
2 1 (6.250%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (18.75%) SQL
2 2 (12.50%) C
3 1 (6.250%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 7 (43.75%) Security Cleared
2 5 (31.25%) DV Cleared
3 1 (6.250%) SC Cleared
3 1 (6.250%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.250%) SLA
System Software
1 7 (43.75%) Active Directory
2 6 (37.50%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (12.50%) VMware ESX
3 2 (12.50%) vSphere
4 1 (6.250%) ISA Server
Systems Management
1 4 (25.00%) SCCM
1 4 (25.00%) SCOM
2 2 (12.50%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
3 1 (6.250%) HP Quality Center
3 1 (6.250%) Netcool
3 1 (6.250%) NetBackup
3 1 (6.250%) Backup Exec
3 1 (6.250%) WSUS
Vendors
1 16 (100.00%) McAfee
2 8 (50.00%) VMware
3 5 (31.25%) HP
3 5 (31.25%) Cisco
4 4 (25.00%) Microsoft
5 3 (18.75%) Citrix
6 2 (12.50%) Blue Coat
6 2 (12.50%) Brocade
6 2 (12.50%) 3PAR
6 2 (12.50%) Lumension
7 1 (6.250%) LogLogic
7 1 (6.250%) Oracle
7 1 (6.250%) Symantec
7 1 (6.250%) Veritas
7 1 (6.250%) Lotus
7 1 (6.250%) EMC