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 West region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Dell over the 3 months to 23 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 West 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Dell
Rank 101 130 98
Rank change year-on-year
+29 -32
Contract jobs citing Dell 10 11 29
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 0.498% 0.339% 1.010%
As % of the Vendors category 1.148% 0.800% 2.273%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 3 9
Average daily rate £348 £125 £335
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+178.00% -62.68%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £125 £330
10% offered a daily rate of more than £426 £133 £430
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £300 £325
% change year-on-year
+8.33% -7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 2 3
Average hourly rate £13.50 £16.25 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-16.92% -18.75%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.88 £15.58 £15.13
% change year-on-year
-4.49% +2.97%
All Vendors
South West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
871 1375 1276
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 43.33% 42.37% 44.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 507 790 586
Average daily rate £375 £400 £363
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.25% +10.34%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £275 £205
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 51 100 113
Average hourly rate £13.50 £25.00 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-46.00% +25.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.00 £12.50 £12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.45 £48.00 £35.90
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.25
% change year-on-year
- -6.17%
Dell
England

Dell
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South West 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 West region.

South West 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 West region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

South West 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 West region.

South West Dell Hourly Rate Trend

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 West region over the 3 months to 23 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
Wiltshire +7 6 £370 -
Bristol +12 2 £325 +160.00%
Gloucestershire - 2 £280 -
Dell
England

Dell
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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 12 (63.16%) Active Directory
2 11 (57.89%) Windows
3 8 (42.11%) Cisco
3 8 (42.11%) VMware
4 7 (36.84%) Microsoft
5 6 (31.58%) Firewall
5 6 (31.58%) Windows Server 2008
6 5 (26.32%) VMware Infrastructure
6 5 (26.32%) vSphere
6 5 (26.32%) MS Exchange
6 5 (26.32%) Oracle
7 4 (21.05%) SQL Server
7 4 (21.05%) ITIL
7 4 (21.05%) Linux
7 4 (21.05%) MS Excel
7 4 (21.05%) Red Hat
7 4 (21.05%) SQL Server 2008
7 4 (21.05%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 3 (15.79%) NetBackup
8 3 (15.79%) MCITP
8 3 (15.79%) Clustering
8 3 (15.79%) SCCM
8 3 (15.79%) SCOM
8 3 (15.79%) Windows 7
8 3 (15.79%) EqualLogic
8 3 (15.79%) Exchange Server 2010
8 3 (15.79%) Security Cleared
8 3 (15.79%) Windows Server 2003
8 3 (15.79%) SAN
8 3 (15.79%) HP

Dell
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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 1 (5.263%) J2EE
Application Platforms
1 5 (26.32%) MS Exchange
2 3 (15.79%) Exchange Server 2010
3 2 (10.53%) Exchange Server 2007
3 2 (10.53%) Exchange Server 2003
4 1 (5.263%) SharePoint
4 1 (5.263%) Tomcat
Applications
1 4 (21.05%) MS Excel
2 3 (15.79%) MS Office
3 2 (10.53%) MS Visio
3 2 (10.53%) MS PowerPoint
4 1 (5.263%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (5.263%) assyst
Communications & Networking
1 6 (31.58%) Firewall
2 3 (15.79%) SAN
2 3 (15.79%) DNS
2 3 (15.79%) DHCP
3 2 (10.53%) TCP/IP
3 2 (10.53%) VPN
3 2 (10.53%) LAN
3 2 (10.53%) WAN
3 2 (10.53%) VLAN
4 1 (5.263%) Cisco ASA
4 1 (5.263%) Unified Communications
4 1 (5.263%) 3G
4 1 (5.263%) Broadband
4 1 (5.263%) VoIP
4 1 (5.263%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (21.05%) SQL Server
1 4 (21.05%) SQL Server 2008
2 1 (5.263%) SQL Server 2005
2 1 (5.263%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 1 (5.263%) Git (software)
1 1 (5.263%) ClearQuest
1 1 (5.263%) ClearCase
General
1 1 (5.263%) Banking
1 1 (5.263%) Finance
Job Titles
1 4 (21.05%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 3 (15.79%) Analyst
2 3 (15.79%) Support Engineer
3 2 (10.53%) Support Analyst
3 2 (10.53%) Author
3 2 (10.53%) Technical Author
3 2 (10.53%) IT Support
3 2 (10.53%) Desktop Analyst
3 2 (10.53%) IT Support Analyst
4 1 (5.263%) Desktop Support Engineer
4 1 (5.263%) Desktop Engineer
4 1 (5.263%) UNIX Engineer
4 1 (5.263%) Deployment Engineer
4 1 (5.263%) Microsoft Consultant
4 1 (5.263%) Exchange Consultant
4 1 (5.263%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
4 1 (5.263%) Desktop Support
4 1 (5.263%) Architect
4 1 (5.263%) 1st Line Support
4 1 (5.263%) Technical Architect
Miscellaneous
1 3 (15.79%) Clustering
1 3 (15.79%) EqualLogic
2 2 (10.53%) Blackberry
2 2 (10.53%) Thin Client
2 2 (10.53%) Fat Client
2 2 (10.53%) PKI
3 1 (5.263%) Replication
3 1 (5.263%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 11 (57.89%) Windows
2 6 (31.58%) Windows Server 2008
3 4 (21.05%) Linux
3 4 (21.05%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 3 (15.79%) Windows 7
4 3 (15.79%) Windows Server 2003
4 3 (15.79%) Windows XP
5 2 (10.53%) UNIX
5 2 (10.53%) Solaris
6 1 (5.263%) Ubuntu
6 1 (5.263%) Windows Vista
6 1 (5.263%) CentOS
6 1 (5.263%) Oracle Linux
6 1 (5.263%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (21.05%) ITIL
2 2 (10.53%) Data Protection
3 1 (5.263%) Problem Management
3 1 (5.263%) Project Planning
3 1 (5.263%) Asset Management
3 1 (5.263%) Network Design
3 1 (5.263%) Migration
3 1 (5.263%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (5.263%) Capacity Planning
3 1 (5.263%) Capacity Management
3 1 (5.263%) Software Deployment
3 1 (5.263%) Configuration Management
3 1 (5.263%) Service Management
3 1 (5.263%) Disaster Recovery
3 1 (5.263%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 3 (15.79%) SQL
2 1 (5.263%) PowerShell
2 1 (5.263%) Java
2 1 (5.263%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 3 (15.79%) MCITP
1 3 (15.79%) Security Cleared
1 3 (15.79%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (10.53%) MCP
2 2 (10.53%) MCSE
2 2 (10.53%) SC Cleared
3 1 (5.263%) MCTS
3 1 (5.263%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
3 1 (5.263%) DV Cleared
3 1 (5.263%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (5.263%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.263%) SLA
System Software
1 12 (63.16%) Active Directory
2 5 (26.32%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (26.32%) vSphere
3 1 (5.263%) Microsoft App-V
3 1 (5.263%) VMware ESX
3 1 (5.263%) Hyper-V
3 1 (5.263%) XenApp
3 1 (5.263%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 3 (15.79%) NetBackup
1 3 (15.79%) SCCM
1 3 (15.79%) SCOM
2 2 (10.53%) WSUS
3 1 (5.263%) Backup Exec
3 1 (5.263%) HP SIM
3 1 (5.263%) ZENworks
Vendors
1 8 (42.11%) Cisco
1 8 (42.11%) VMware
2 7 (36.84%) Microsoft
3 5 (26.32%) Oracle
4 4 (21.05%) Red Hat
5 3 (15.79%) HP
6 2 (10.53%) Sophos
6 2 (10.53%) Symantec
6 2 (10.53%) Juniper
6 2 (10.53%) Citrix
6 2 (10.53%) CommVault
6 2 (10.53%) NetApp
6 2 (10.53%) Nokia
6 2 (10.53%) SonicWALL
7 1 (5.263%) Blue Coat
7 1 (5.263%) Wyse
7 1 (5.263%) Perforce
7 1 (5.263%) SolarWinds
7 1 (5.263%) CheckPoint
7 1 (5.263%) Novell
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