The first table below looks at the demand for WhatsUp Gold skills 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 WhatsUp Gold 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 Systems Management category 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.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Ipswitch WhatsUp Gold
Rank 115 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing WhatsUp Gold 2 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 0.096% - -
As % of the Systems Management category 1.695% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Average daily rate £280 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £289 - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Systems Management
South West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Systems Management category
118 202 184
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 5.662% 6.187% 6.688%
Number of daily rates quoted 55 119 89
Average daily rate £375 £400 £371
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.25% +7.74%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £260 £261 £177
10% offered a daily rate of more than £512 £475 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £325 £300
% change year-on-year
+1.53% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 5 10
Average hourly rate £10.00 £18.50 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-45.94% -7.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £9.30 £17.70 £15.10
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.00 £41.50 £30.60
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.00 £17.50 £24.40
% change year-on-year
+14.28% -28.27%
WhatsUp Gold
England

WhatsUp Gold
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South West WhatsUp Gold Jobs Demand Trend

WhatsUp Gold
Daily Rate Trend

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

South West WhatsUp Gold Daily Rate Trend

WhatsUp Gold
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing WhatsUp Gold within the South West 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
Wiltshire - 2 £280 -
WhatsUp Gold
England

WhatsUp Gold
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West region citing WhatsUp Gold 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 WhatsUp Gold.

1 7 (87.50%) Cisco
2 6 (75.00%) VoIP
2 6 (75.00%) SNMP
2 6 (75.00%) Open Source
3 5 (62.50%) DV Cleared
3 5 (62.50%) Security Cleared
4 4 (50.00%) Military
4 4 (50.00%) IPsec
4 4 (50.00%) CCNP
4 4 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
5 3 (37.50%) CCNA
5 3 (37.50%) ATM
5 3 (37.50%) JSP 440
6 2 (25.00%) SC Cleared
6 2 (25.00%) MCITP
6 2 (25.00%) Backup Exec
6 2 (25.00%) VMware
6 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (25.00%) Lotus
6 2 (25.00%) Tivoli Storage Manager
6 2 (25.00%) Symantec
6 2 (25.00%) Norton AntiVirus
6 2 (25.00%) Sophos
6 2 (25.00%) Lotus Notes
6 2 (25.00%) Lotus Domino
6 2 (25.00%) MCSE
6 2 (25.00%) MCSA
6 2 (25.00%) vSphere
7 1 (12.50%) C
7 1 (12.50%) JSP

WhatsUp Gold
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 1 (12.50%) JSP
Application Platforms
1 2 (25.00%) Lotus Notes
1 2 (25.00%) Lotus Domino
Communications & Networking
1 6 (75.00%) VoIP
1 6 (75.00%) SNMP
2 4 (50.00%) IPsec
3 3 (37.50%) ATM
General
1 4 (50.00%) Military
Job Titles
1 5 (62.50%) Network Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Analyst
2 2 (25.00%) Wintel Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Cisco Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (75.00%) Open Source
Operating Systems
1 1 (12.50%) Linux
Programming Languages
1 1 (12.50%) C
Qualifications
1 5 (62.50%) DV Cleared
1 5 (62.50%) Security Cleared
2 4 (50.00%) CCNP
2 4 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
3 3 (37.50%) CCNA
4 2 (25.00%) SC Cleared
4 2 (25.00%) MCITP
4 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (25.00%) MCSE
4 2 (25.00%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (37.50%) JSP 440
System Software
1 2 (25.00%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 2 (25.00%) Backup Exec
1 2 (25.00%) Tivoli Storage Manager
1 2 (25.00%) Norton AntiVirus
Vendors
1 7 (87.50%) Cisco
2 2 (25.00%) VMware
2 2 (25.00%) Lotus
2 2 (25.00%) Symantec
2 2 (25.00%) Sophos
3 1 (12.50%) IBM
3 1 (12.50%) Microsoft
3 1 (12.50%) HP
3 1 (12.50%) Citrix