South West VERITAS Contracts

This section looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of VERITAS products and/or services in IT contracts within the South West region with a comparison to our Vendors category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited VERITAS over the 3 months to 4 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Aberdeen Aberdeenshire Ascot Basingstoke Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Birmingham Bournemouth Bracknell Brighton Bristol Buckinghamshire Camberley Canary Wharf Cardiff Channel Islands Cheshire Chester Chesterfield Chichester City of London Colchester County Antrim Croydon Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Dorset East Anglia East Midlands East of England East Sussex Edinburgh Elgin England Epsom Essex Exeter Farnborough Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Guildford Hackney Hammersmith Hampshire Hayes Hertfordshire Highlands Inverness Ipswich Isle of Man Jersey Kent Knutsford Lancashire Leeds Lincolnshire Liverpool London Maidenhead Manchester Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Moray Newbury Newport Norfolk North East North Wales North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxfordshire Paddington Portsmouth Reading Rickmansworth Rotherham Scotland Sheffield Slough South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Staines Stevenage Suffolk Surrey Swindon Thames Valley UK Wales Watford Wellingborough West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Weybridge Wiltshire Yorkshire	3 months to 4 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	95	91
Rank change on same period last year	-4
Matching contract IT job ads	38	69
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.050 %	0.073 %
As % of the category below	2.289 %	3.501 %
Daily rates quoted	13	19
Average minimum daily rate	£307	£336
Average daily rate	£325	£366
% change on same period last year	-11.17 %
Average maximum daily rate	£343	£397
UK excluding London average daily rate	£385	£376
% change on same period last year	+2.59 %
Hourly rates quoted	5	2
Average minimum hourly rate	£22.19	£30.00
Average hourly rate	£23.08	£31.25
% change on same period last year	-26.14 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£23.97	£32.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£26.26	£32.13
% change on same period last year	-18.27 %
Vendors South West
Matching contract IT job ads	1660	1971
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	2.189 %	2.091 %
Daily rates quoted	458	440
Average minimum daily rate	£346	£334
Average daily rate	£372	£357
% change on same period last year	+4.15 %
Average maximum daily rate	£397	£379
UK excluding London average daily rate	£360	£356
% change on same period last year	+1.15 %
Hourly rates quoted	243	233
Average minimum hourly rate	£22.63	£21.88
Average hourly rate	£24.24	£23.29
% change on same period last year	+4.08 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£25.86	£24.71
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£22.91	£25.10
% change on same period last year	-8.72 %
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We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

These figures represent the IT job market and are NOT representative of employment within the VERITAS Software Corporation.

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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing VERITAS across the South West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

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Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing VERITAS across the South West region.

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing VERITAS across the South West region over the 3 months to 4 July 2008.

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Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing VERITAS across the South West region.

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Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing VERITAS across the South West region over the 3 months to 4 July 2008.

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Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT job ads citing VERITAS within the South West region over the 3 months to 4 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
Wiltshire	-13	12	£401	+5.40 %
Bristol	-4	9	£220	-27.47 %
Dorset	+12	6	£430	-3.37 %
Devon	+7	5	-	-
Gloucestershire	+1	1	-	-

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South West region citing VERITAS 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 VERITAS.

1 46 (63.01 %) Solaris 2 36 (49.32 %) Unix 3 34 (46.58 %) NetBackup 4 27 (36.99 %) Windows 5 20 (27.40 %) HP 6 16 (21.92 %) Microsoft 6 16 (21.92 %) Sun 6 16 (21.92 %) Linux 7 15 (20.55 %) AIX 7 15 (20.55 %) Active Directory 7 15 (20.55 %) Remedy 7 15 (20.55 %) Telecoms 7 15 (20.55 %) Backup Exec 8 14 (19.18 %) BMC 8 14 (19.18 %) Oracle

9 13 (17.81 %) Security Cleared 10 12 (16.44 %) WebLogic 10 12 (16.44 %) Windows 2000 10 12 (16.44 %) VMware 11 11 (15.07 %) SAN 12 10 (13.70 %) EMC 12 10 (13.70 %) Symantec 13 9 (12.33 %) Apache 13 9 (12.33 %) MS Excel 13 9 (12.33 %) ITIL 13 9 (12.33 %) SC Cleared 14 8 (10.96 %) Netcool 14 8 (10.96 %) Red Hat 14 8 (10.96 %) Shell Script 15 7 (9.589 %) MOM

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South West region citing VERITAS 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 VERITAS. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 3 (4.110 %) SAP XI 1 3 (4.110 %) SAP Basis 2 1 (1.370 %) J2EE 2 1 (1.370 %) ADSI	Application Platforms 1 12 (16.44 %) WebLogic 2 9 (12.33 %) Apache 3 7 (9.589 %) Exchange Server 2003 4 6 (8.219 %) Oracle Workflow 4 6 (8.219 %) MS Exchange 5 4 (5.479 %) Exchange Server 2000 6 3 (4.110 %) NetWeaver 7 2 (2.740 %) IIS
Applications 1 9 (12.33 %) MS Excel 2 5 (6.849 %) MS Office 3 1 (1.370 %) MS PowerPoint	Business Applications 1 2 (2.740 %) Summit
Communications & Networking 1 11 (15.07 %) SAN 2 6 (8.219 %) LAN 3 5 (6.849 %) WAN 3 5 (6.849 %) DHCP 3 5 (6.849 %) DNS 3 5 (6.849 %) LLU 4 4 (5.479 %) Firewall 5 3 (4.110 %) TCP/IP 5 3 (4.110 %) WINS 6 2 (2.740 %) SMS 6 2 (2.740 %) LDAP 6 2 (2.740 %) Broadband 6 2 (2.740 %) NGN 6 2 (2.740 %) DSL	Database & Business Intelligence 1 4 (5.479 %) SQL Server 2 3 (4.110 %) Oracle 8/8i 3 1 (1.370 %) SQL Server 2000
General 1 15 (20.55 %) Telecoms 2 3 (4.110 %) Finance 2 3 (4.110 %) Pharmaceutical 3 2 (2.740 %) Government 4 1 (1.370 %) Advertising 4 1 (1.370 %) Banking	Job Titles 1 19 (26.03 %) Administrator 2 12 (16.44 %) Analyst 2 12 (16.44 %) Systems Administrator 3 10 (13.70 %) UNIX Administrator 4 9 (12.33 %) Operations Analyst 5 8 (10.96 %) UNIX Systems Administrator 5 8 (10.96 %) Support Engineer 6 7 (9.589 %) UNIX Engineer 7 6 (8.219 %) Technical Support 8 5 (6.849 %) Consultant 9 4 (5.479 %) 2nd Line Support 9 4 (5.479 %) Solaris Administrator 10 3 (4.110 %) UNIX Support 10 3 (4.110 %) UNIX Support Engineer 10 3 (4.110 %) Oracle Team Leader 10 3 (4.110 %) Network Support 10 3 (4.110 %) PC Support 10 3 (4.110 %) Technical Engineer 10 3 (4.110 %) Support Team Leader 10 3 (4.110 %) Technical Support Engineer
Miscellaneous 1 6 (8.219 %) Clustering 2 4 (5.479 %) CLARiiON 3 1 (1.370 %) AS400 3 1 (1.370 %) Celerra	Operating Systems 1 46 (63.01 %) Solaris 2 36 (49.32 %) Unix 3 27 (36.99 %) Windows 4 16 (21.92 %) Linux 5 15 (20.55 %) AIX 6 12 (16.44 %) Windows 2000 7 6 (8.219 %) MVS 7 6 (8.219 %) Windows Server 2003 8 5 (6.849 %) HPUX 9 4 (5.479 %) Windows XP 10 3 (4.110 %) Windows NT
Processes & Methodologies 1 13 (17.81 %) Security Cleared 2 9 (12.33 %) SC Cleared 2 9 (12.33 %) ITIL 3 6 (8.219 %) Workflow 4 3 (4.110 %) Change Management 4 3 (4.110 %) Business Intelligence 4 3 (4.110 %) Problem Management 5 2 (2.740 %) Information Security 6 1 (1.370 %) Information Management 6 1 (1.370 %) eTOM 6 1 (1.370 %) Service Delivery 6 1 (1.370 %) OO 6 1 (1.370 %) Data Security 6 1 (1.370 %) Business Continuity	Programming Languages 1 8 (10.96 %) Shell Script 2 6 (8.219 %) JCL 3 5 (6.849 %) Perl 4 4 (5.479 %) Java 5 3 (4.110 %) SQL 6 2 (2.740 %) PL/SQL
Qualifications 1 4 (5.479 %) VERITAS Certified Professional (VCP) 2 1 (1.370 %) MCSE 2 1 (1.370 %) Microsoft Certification	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 1 (1.370 %) SLA
System Software 1 34 (46.58 %) NetBackup 2 15 (20.55 %) Backup Exec 2 15 (20.55 %) Active Directory 3 5 (6.849 %) VMware ESX 4 3 (4.110 %) VMware Infrastructure 5 2 (2.740 %) NFS 6 1 (1.370 %) Oracle RMAN	Systems Management 1 8 (10.96 %) Netcool 2 7 (9.589 %) MOM 3 6 (8.219 %) Legato 4 5 (6.849 %) BMC PATROL 4 5 (6.849 %) EMC Navisphere 5 4 (5.479 %) Unicenter 5 4 (5.479 %) Veritas Storage Foundation 6 3 (4.110 %) EMC NetWorker 7 2 (2.740 %) AutoSys 7 2 (2.740 %) Netcool/Proviso 8 1 (1.370 %) CONTROL-M 8 1 (1.370 %) MAILsweeper
Vendors 1 20 (27.40 %) HP 2 16 (21.92 %) Microsoft 2 16 (21.92 %) Sun 3 15 (20.55 %) Remedy 4 14 (19.18 %) BMC 4 14 (19.18 %) Oracle 5 12 (16.44 %) VMware 6 10 (13.70 %) Symantec 6 10 (13.70 %) EMC 7 8 (10.96 %) Red Hat 8 6 (8.219 %) Fujitsu 8 6 (8.219 %) CommVault 8 6 (8.219 %) Cisco 9 5 (6.849 %) StorageTek 10 3 (4.110 %) IBM 10 3 (4.110 %) SAP 10 3 (4.110 %) Dell 11 2 (2.740 %) Citrix 11 2 (2.740 %) Infovista 11 2 (2.740 %) McAfee Security