South Yorkshire NFS Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for Network File System (NFS) skills within the South Yorkshire region with a comparison to our System Software category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited NFS over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Network File System (NFS)
Location Abingdon Berkshire Canary Wharf Cheltenham City of London Crawley Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London East Midlands East of England England Gatwick Gloucestershire Hampshire Hertfordshire Leicester Leicestershire London M4 Corridor Midlands Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxfordshire Plymouth Sheffield Slough South East South West South Yorkshire Surrey UK West Midlands West Sussex Yorkshire	3 months to 10 Oct 2008	Same period last year
Rank	38	37
Rank change on same period last year	-1
Matching contract IT job ads	8	17
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.011 %	0.017 %
As % of the category below	9.524 %	16.04 %
Daily rates quoted	1	1
Average minimum daily rate	£300	£400
Average daily rate	£300	£425
% change on same period last year	-29.41 %
Average maximum daily rate	£300	£450
UK excluding London average daily rate	£376	£361
% change on same period last year	+4.34 %
Hourly rates quoted	6	7
Average minimum hourly rate	£30.88	£34.08
Average hourly rate	£31.10	£35.39
% change on same period last year	-12.11 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£31.32	£36.69
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£33.80	£30.71
% change on same period last year	+10.07 %
System Software South Yorkshire
Matching contract IT job ads	84	106
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.118 %	0.107 %
Daily rates quoted	10	27
Average minimum daily rate	£316	£307
Average daily rate	£334	£321
% change on same period last year	+3.98 %
Average maximum daily rate	£351	£335
UK excluding London average daily rate	£319	£322
% change on same period last year	-0.98 %
Hourly rates quoted	54	35
Average minimum hourly rate	£25.76	£23.40
Average hourly rate	£26.55	£24.54
% change on same period last year	+8.18 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£27.34	£25.68
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£21.28	£21.36
% change on same period last year	-0.39 %
NFS Yorkshire

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.

NFS
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing NFS across the South Yorkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the System Software 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 NFS across the South Yorkshire region.

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

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Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing NFS across the South Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008.

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Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing NFS within the South Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 10 October 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
Sheffield	+4	8	£300	-29.41 %

NFS Yorkshire

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Top 26 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South Yorkshire region citing NFS 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 NFS.

1 12 (100.00 %) UNIX 2 10 (83.33 %) Solaris 2 10 (83.33 %) SAN 3 7 (58.33 %) VERITAS 3 7 (58.33 %) Sun 4 6 (50.00 %) EMC 5 3 (25.00 %) Change Management 5 3 (25.00 %) Oracle RMAN 5 3 (25.00 %) SSH 5 3 (25.00 %) Oracle Application Server 5 3 (25.00 %) Korn 5 3 (25.00 %) Oracle RAC 5 3 (25.00 %) OC4J 5 3 (25.00 %) HP 5 3 (25.00 %) Linux

5 3 (25.00 %) TCP/IP 5 3 (25.00 %) Oracle 10g 5 3 (25.00 %) Oracle 6 2 (16.67 %) WebServices 6 2 (16.67 %) XML 6 2 (16.67 %) HPUX 6 2 (16.67 %) Oracle 8/8i 6 2 (16.67 %) Sun Certification 6 2 (16.67 %) WSRP 6 2 (16.67 %) JSR 168 7 1 (8.333 %) C

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South Yorkshire region citing NFS 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 NFS. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 3 (25.00 %) OC4J 2 2 (16.67 %) WebServices 2 2 (16.67 %) XML 2 2 (16.67 %) WSRP 2 2 (16.67 %) JSR 168	Application Platforms 1 3 (25.00 %) Oracle Application Server
Communications & Networking 1 10 (83.33 %) SAN 2 3 (25.00 %) SSH 2 3 (25.00 %) TCP/IP	Database & Business Intelligence 1 3 (25.00 %) Oracle 10g 2 2 (16.67 %) Oracle 8/8i
Job Titles 1 6 (50.00 %) Support Engineer 2 2 (16.67 %) 3rd Line Support 2 2 (16.67 %) Developer 2 2 (16.67 %) Oracle Developer 2 2 (16.67 %) 3rd Line Support Engineer 3 1 (8.333 %) Solaris Administrator 3 1 (8.333 %) DBA 3 1 (8.333 %) Administrator 3 1 (8.333 %) Oracle DBA	Operating Systems 1 12 (100.00 %) UNIX 2 10 (83.33 %) Solaris 3 3 (25.00 %) Linux 4 2 (16.67 %) HPUX
Processes & Methodologies 1 3 (25.00 %) Change Management	Programming Languages 1 3 (25.00 %) Korn 2 1 (8.333 %) C
Qualifications 1 2 (16.67 %) Sun Certification	System Software 1 3 (25.00 %) Oracle RMAN 1 3 (25.00 %) Oracle RAC
Vendors 1 7 (58.33 %) Sun 1 7 (58.33 %) VERITAS 2 6 (50.00 %) EMC 3 3 (25.00 %) Oracle 3 3 (25.00 %) HP