The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of OPNET 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 OPNET over the 3 months to 19 June 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 OPNET Technologies, Inc.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
OPNET
Rank - - 245
Contract jobs citing OPNET 0 0 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East - - 0.009%
As % of the Vendors category - - 0.019%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
Average daily rate - - £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £520 £355 £350
% change year-on-year
+46.47% +1.42%
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
4039 4827 5179
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 50.44% 48.29% 48.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 1972 2078 2083
Average daily rate £360 £360 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +2.85%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £225 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £513 £500 £479
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 337 354 449
Average hourly rate £19.63 £18.00 £21.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+9.02% -14.28%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.38 £11.00 £11.02
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £45.00 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.26 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
+1.36% -5.00%
OPNET
England

OPNET
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East OPNET Jobs Demand Trend

OPNET
Daily Rate Trend

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

South East OPNET Daily Rate Trend

OPNET
Top 23 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing OPNET 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 OPNET.

1 1 (100.00%) Oracle
1 1 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (100.00%) CDMA
1 1 (100.00%) GPRS
1 1 (100.00%) GSM
1 1 (100.00%) UMTS
1 1 (100.00%) Citrix
1 1 (100.00%) PMP
1 1 (100.00%) PMI Certification
1 1 (100.00%) BMC
1 1 (100.00%) Netcool
1 1 (100.00%) Remedy
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
1 1 (100.00%) Cramer
1 1 (100.00%) BSS
1 1 (100.00%) TOGAF
1 1 (100.00%) NetCracker
1 1 (100.00%) Remedy ITSM
1 1 (100.00%) Greenplum
1 1 (100.00%) Network Management
1 1 (100.00%) Business Transformation

OPNET
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing OPNET 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 OPNET. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Business Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Remedy ITSM
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) CDMA
1 1 (100.00%) GPRS
1 1 (100.00%) GSM
1 1 (100.00%) UMTS
1 1 (100.00%) BSS
General
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Solutions Architect
1 1 (100.00%) OSS Architect
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) TOGAF
1 1 (100.00%) Network Management
1 1 (100.00%) Business Transformation
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) PMP
1 1 (100.00%) PMI Certification
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Netcool
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle
1 1 (100.00%) Citrix
1 1 (100.00%) BMC
1 1 (100.00%) Remedy
1 1 (100.00%) Cramer
1 1 (100.00%) NetCracker
1 1 (100.00%) Greenplum
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