The first table below looks at the demand for UAG 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 UAG over the 3 months to 21 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 System Software 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Forefront Unified Access Gateway (UAG)
Rank 219 241 246
Rank change year-on-year
+22 +5
Contract jobs citing UAG 1 4 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.013% 0.039% 0.068%
As % of the System Software category 0.100% 0.477% 0.762%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 2
Average daily rate - - £300
UK excluding London average daily rate £260 £350 £388
% change year-on-year
-25.71% -9.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 0
Average hourly rate - £12.50 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £17.00 -
% change year-on-year
+47.05% -
All System Software
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
1001 839 919
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 12.64% 8.259% 8.955%
Number of daily rates quoted 463 336 342
Average daily rate £340 £340 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +4.61%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £205 £200 £215
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £305
% change year-on-year
- +6.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 171 146 140
Average hourly rate £18.50 £16.50 £18.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+12.12% -10.81%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.00 £12.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £32.50 £41.50 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £16.50 £17.50
% change year-on-year
-3.03% -5.71%
UAG
England

UAG
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East UAG Jobs Demand Trend

UAG
Daily Rate Trend

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

South East UAG Daily Rate Trend

UAG
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South East UAG Hourly Rate Trend

UAG
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing UAG within the South East region over the 3 months to 21 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
Surrey - 1 - -
UAG
England

UAG
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing UAG 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 UAG.

1 6 (100.00%) Windows
2 5 (83.33%) Microsoft
2 5 (83.33%) Hyper-V
3 4 (66.67%) Exchange Server 2010
3 4 (66.67%) SCOM
3 4 (66.67%) Windows Server 2008
3 4 (66.67%) Windows Server 2003
3 4 (66.67%) MS Exchange
4 3 (50.00%) Active Directory
4 3 (50.00%) MS Excel
4 3 (50.00%) SharePoint
4 3 (50.00%) Firewall
5 2 (33.33%) VMware
5 2 (33.33%) CCNA
5 2 (33.33%) Backup Exec
5 2 (33.33%) SQL Server 2005
5 2 (33.33%) MCITP
5 2 (33.33%) Internet
5 2 (33.33%) MOM
5 2 (33.33%) ISA Server
5 2 (33.33%) Symantec
5 2 (33.33%) MCSE
5 2 (33.33%) SQL Server
5 2 (33.33%) ITIL
5 2 (33.33%) Citrix
5 2 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (33.33%) SAN
5 2 (33.33%) CommVault
5 2 (33.33%) NetApp

UAG
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing UAG 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 UAG. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 4 (66.67%) Exchange Server 2010
1 4 (66.67%) MS Exchange
2 3 (50.00%) SharePoint
3 2 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2003
3 2 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2007
3 2 (33.33%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 3 (50.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 3 (50.00%) Firewall
2 2 (33.33%) Internet
2 2 (33.33%) SAN
2 2 (33.33%) LAN
2 2 (33.33%) WAN
2 2 (33.33%) VLAN
2 2 (33.33%) SSL
3 1 (16.67%) Reverse Proxy
3 1 (16.67%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (33.33%) SQL Server 2005
1 2 (33.33%) SQL Server
1 2 (33.33%) SQL Server 2008
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) Infrastructure Support Analyst
1 2 (33.33%) Analyst
1 2 (33.33%) IT Consultant
1 2 (33.33%) Consultant
1 2 (33.33%) Support Analyst
1 2 (33.33%) Infrastructure Analyst
1 2 (33.33%) Support Consultant
2 1 (16.67%) IT Support
2 1 (16.67%) Security Specialist
2 1 (16.67%) Infrastructure Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 6 (100.00%) Windows
2 4 (66.67%) Windows Server 2008
2 4 (66.67%) Windows Server 2003
3 1 (16.67%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (33.33%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) PowerShell
1 1 (16.67%) VBScript
1 1 (16.67%) VB
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) CCNA
1 2 (33.33%) MCITP
1 2 (33.33%) MCSE
1 2 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 5 (83.33%) Hyper-V
2 3 (50.00%) Active Directory
3 2 (33.33%) ISA Server
3 2 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (33.33%) Forefront TMG
3 2 (33.33%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 4 (66.67%) SCOM
2 2 (33.33%) Backup Exec
2 2 (33.33%) MOM
3 1 (16.67%) SCCM
3 1 (16.67%) WSUS
Vendors
1 5 (83.33%) Microsoft
2 2 (33.33%) VMware
2 2 (33.33%) Symantec
2 2 (33.33%) Citrix
2 2 (33.33%) CommVault
2 2 (33.33%) NetApp
2 2 (33.33%) SolarWinds