South Yorkshire OpenView Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for HP OpenView (HPOV) skills within the South Yorkshire region with a comparison to our Systems Management category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited OpenView over the 3 months to 7 January 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year.

HP OpenView (HPOV)
Location Aberdeen Basildon Berkshire Birmingham Bracknell Bradford Bristol Buckinghamshire Cambridge Cambridgeshire Chelmsford Cheltenham Cheshire City of London Colchester Devon East Midlands East of England England Essex Exeter Feltham Glasgow Gloucestershire Guildford Gwent Hammersmith High Wycombe Hinckley Knutsford Lancashire Leeds Leicestershire London Maidenhead Middlesex Milton Keynes Newbury Newport North West North Yorkshire Oxford Oxfordshire Peterborough Reading Scotland Sheffield Slough South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Surrey UK Wales West Midlands West Yorkshire Witham Wokingham Yorkshire	3 months to 7 Jan 2009	Same period last year
Rank	30	41
Rank change on same period last year	+11
Matching contract IT job ads	4	14
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.008 %	0.018 %
As % of the category below	22.22 %	37.84 %
Daily rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum daily rate	-	-
Average daily rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	-	-
UK excluding London average daily rate	£284	£337
% change on same period last year	-15.73 %
Hourly rates quoted	4	8
Average minimum hourly rate	£31.63	£30.79
Average hourly rate	£31.95	£32.01
% change on same period last year	-0.18 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£32.28	£33.24
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£29.94	£24.81
% change on same period last year	+20.66 %
Systems Management South Yorkshire
Matching contract IT job ads	18	37
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.036 %	0.046 %
Daily rates quoted	2	1
Average minimum daily rate	£303	£350
Average daily rate	£343	£365
% change on same period last year	-5.93 %
Average maximum daily rate	£383	£380
UK excluding London average daily rate	£334	£350
% change on same period last year	-4.73 %
Hourly rates quoted	10	21
Average minimum hourly rate	£31.33	£28.73
Average hourly rate	£31.52	£30.18
% change on same period last year	+4.43 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£31.71	£31.63
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£26.43	£27.50
% change on same period last year	-3.90 %
OpenView 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.

OpenView
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing OpenView across the South Yorkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Systems Management category.

OpenView
Daily Rate Trend

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

OpenView
Hourly Rate Trend

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

OpenView
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing OpenView across the South Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 7 January 2009.

OpenView
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing OpenView within the South Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 7 January 2009. 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	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
Sheffield	+13	4	-	-

OpenView Yorkshire

OpenView
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 7 January 2009, IT contractor jobs across the South Yorkshire region citing OpenView 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 OpenView.

1 11 (100.00 %) HP 2 10 (90.91 %) EMC 2 10 (90.91 %) SAN 2 10 (90.91 %) Cisco 2 10 (90.91 %) CLARiiON 2 10 (90.91 %) Brocade 3 9 (81.82 %) HP Data Protector 3 9 (81.82 %) NetBackup 3 9 (81.82 %) VERITAS 4 8 (72.73 %) AIX 4 8 (72.73 %) Solaris 4 8 (72.73 %) Linux 4 8 (72.73 %) Symmetrix 4 8 (72.73 %) Sun 5 7 (63.64 %) HPUX

6 3 (27.27 %) OVPA 6 3 (27.27 %) Service Management 6 3 (27.27 %) Oracle 6 3 (27.27 %) SQL Server 6 3 (27.27 %) ITIL 6 3 (27.27 %) Lotus Notes 6 3 (27.27 %) Lotus Domino 6 3 (27.27 %) Informix 6 3 (27.27 %) MS Exchange 6 3 (27.27 %) SLA 6 3 (27.27 %) Lotus 6 3 (27.27 %) Legato 7 2 (18.18 %) ITSM 7 2 (18.18 %) Telecoms 7 2 (18.18 %) SNIA Certification

OpenView
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 7 January 2009, IT contractor jobs across the South Yorkshire region citing OpenView 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 OpenView. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms 1 3 (27.27 %) Lotus Notes 1 3 (27.27 %) Lotus Domino 1 3 (27.27 %) MS Exchange	Communications & Networking 1 10 (90.91 %) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence 1 3 (27.27 %) SQL Server 1 3 (27.27 %) Informix	General 1 2 (18.18 %) Telecoms 2 1 (9.091 %) Electric 2 1 (9.091 %) Health
Job Titles 1 5 (45.45 %) Support Engineer 2 4 (36.36 %) Storage Engineer 3 2 (18.18 %) Consultant 3 2 (18.18 %) 3rd Line Support 3 2 (18.18 %) Support Consultant 4 1 (9.091 %) Technical Analyst 4 1 (9.091 %) Storage Specialist 4 1 (9.091 %) EMC Engineer 4 1 (9.091 %) Analyst 4 1 (9.091 %) Support Specialist 4 1 (9.091 %) 3rd Line Support Engineer	Miscellaneous 1 10 (90.91 %) CLARiiON 2 8 (72.73 %) Symmetrix 3 1 (9.091 %) Computer Science 3 1 (9.091 %) Management Information System
Operating Systems 1 8 (72.73 %) AIX 1 8 (72.73 %) Solaris 1 8 (72.73 %) Linux 2 7 (63.64 %) HPUX 3 1 (9.091 %) Tru64	Processes & Methodologies 1 3 (27.27 %) ITIL 1 3 (27.27 %) Service Management 2 2 (18.18 %) ITSM
Qualifications 1 2 (18.18 %) SNIA Certification 2 1 (9.091 %) Degree	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 3 (27.27 %) SLA
System Software 1 9 (81.82 %) NetBackup	Systems Management 1 9 (81.82 %) HP Data Protector 2 3 (27.27 %) Legato 2 3 (27.27 %) OVPA
Vendors 1 11 (100.00 %) HP 2 10 (90.91 %) EMC 2 10 (90.91 %) Cisco 2 10 (90.91 %) Brocade 3 9 (81.82 %) VERITAS 4 8 (72.73 %) Sun 5 3 (27.27 %) Lotus 5 3 (27.27 %) Oracle 6 1 (9.091 %) NetApp