The first table below looks at the demand for SolarWinds Orion 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 SolarWinds Orion 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 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SolarWinds Orion
Rank - 245 240
Contract jobs citing SolarWinds Orion 0 2 12
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East - 0.020% 0.115%
As % of the Systems Management category - 0.294% 1.651%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 4
Average daily rate - £264 £288
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -8.26%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £301 £288
% change year-on-year
+7.88% +4.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £12.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
- -64.28%
All Systems Management
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Systems Management category
662 680 727
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 8.472% 6.694% 6.957%
Number of daily rates quoted 349 325 273
Average daily rate £330 £328 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+0.76% +9.16%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £209 £230 £215
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £471 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £325 £300
% change year-on-year
+1.53% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 44 46 56
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 £13.90 £13.65 £16.40
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.25 £45.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.00 £17.50 £24.40
% change year-on-year
+14.28% -28.27%
SolarWinds Orion
England

SolarWinds Orion
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East SolarWinds Orion Jobs Demand Trend

SolarWinds Orion
Daily Rate Trend

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

South East SolarWinds Orion Daily Rate Trend

SolarWinds Orion
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South East SolarWinds Orion Hourly Rate Trend

SolarWinds Orion
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 9 (100.00%) SCOM
2 8 (88.89%) SolarWinds
2 8 (88.89%) Windows
3 7 (77.78%) Microsoft
3 7 (77.78%) Capacity Management
3 7 (77.78%) Incident Management
4 6 (66.67%) Degree
5 5 (55.56%) Mathematics
5 5 (55.56%) Computer Science
6 2 (22.22%) ITIL
6 2 (22.22%) UNIX
6 2 (22.22%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (11.11%) Juniper
7 1 (11.11%) DMZ
7 1 (11.11%) ISA Server
7 1 (11.11%) OSPF
7 1 (11.11%) BGP
7 1 (11.11%) Firewall
7 1 (11.11%) Network Security Management
7 1 (11.11%) Security Management
7 1 (11.11%) IPsec
7 1 (11.11%) Telecoms
7 1 (11.11%) Military
7 1 (11.11%) VPN
7 1 (11.11%) Cisco
7 1 (11.11%) IPv6
7 1 (11.11%) CCSP
7 1 (11.11%) CCNP
7 1 (11.11%) CCNA
7 1 (11.11%) Cisco Certification

SolarWinds Orion
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 1 (11.11%) COM
Communications & Networking
1 1 (11.11%) VPN
1 1 (11.11%) IPv6
1 1 (11.11%) DMZ
1 1 (11.11%) OSPF
1 1 (11.11%) BGP
1 1 (11.11%) Firewall
1 1 (11.11%) IPsec
1 1 (11.11%) Network Security
1 1 (11.11%) Cisco ASA
General
1 1 (11.11%) Telecoms
1 1 (11.11%) Military
1 1 (11.11%) Avionics
Job Titles
1 8 (88.89%) Administrator
2 7 (77.78%) Systems Administrator
3 5 (55.56%) IT Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 5 (55.56%) Mathematics
1 5 (55.56%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 8 (88.89%) Windows
2 2 (22.22%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (77.78%) Incident Management
1 7 (77.78%) Capacity Management
2 2 (22.22%) ITIL
3 1 (11.11%) Network Security Management
3 1 (11.11%) Security Management
Qualifications
1 6 (66.67%) Degree
2 2 (22.22%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (11.11%) CCSP
3 1 (11.11%) CCNP
3 1 (11.11%) CCNA
3 1 (11.11%) Cisco Certification
System Software
1 1 (11.11%) ISA Server
Systems Management
1 9 (100.00%) SCOM
Vendors
1 8 (88.89%) SolarWinds
2 7 (77.78%) Microsoft
3 1 (11.11%) Juniper
3 1 (11.11%) Cisco