Suffolk Brocade Contracts

This section looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Brocade products and/or services in IT contracts within the Suffolk region with a comparison to our Vendors category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Brocade over the 3 months to 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Berkshire Bournemouth Bridgend Bristol Canary Wharf Cheshire City of London Docklands, London Dorset East Midlands East of England Edinburgh England Essex Glasgow Hampshire Hayes Hertfordshire Hinckley Ipswich Kent Knutsford Leicestershire London Manchester Midlands North West Reading Rickmansworth Scotland Sheffield Slough South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Staffordshire Staines Suffolk Surrey UK Wales West Midlands Yorkshire	3 months to 20 Aug 2008	Same period last year
Rank	13	21
Rank change on same period last year	+8
Matching contract IT job ads	16	10
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.021 %	0.010 %
As % of the category below	17.20 %	6.897 %
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	£399	£452
% change on same period last year	-11.69 %
Hourly rates quoted	16	7
Average minimum hourly rate	£27.14	£27.19
Average hourly rate	£27.44	£27.41
% change on same period last year	+0.10 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£27.75	£27.64
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£28.74	£30.11
% change on same period last year	-4.56 %
Vendors Suffolk
Matching contract IT job ads	93	145
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.123 %	0.144 %
Daily rates quoted	18	30
Average minimum daily rate	£266	£321
Average daily rate	£303	£335
% change on same period last year	-9.73 %
Average maximum daily rate	£339	£349
UK excluding London average daily rate	£358	£358
% change on same period last year	+0.06 %
Hourly rates quoted	26	33
Average minimum hourly rate	£26.41	£23.76
Average hourly rate	£26.84	£24.28
% change on same period last year	+10.54 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£27.27	£24.80
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.79	£24.82
% change on same period last year	-4.13 %
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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 Brocade Communications Systems, Inc.

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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Brocade across the Suffolk 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 Brocade across the Suffolk 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 Brocade across the Suffolk region.

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Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Brocade across the Suffolk region over the 3 months to 20 August 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 jobs citing Brocade within the Suffolk region over the 3 months to 20 August 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
Ipswich	+8	16	-	-

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Suffolk region citing Brocade 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 Brocade.

1 18 (100.00 %) Cisco 1 18 (100.00 %) SAN 2 17 (94.44 %) EMC 3 15 (83.33 %) HP 3 15 (83.33 %) Sun 3 15 (83.33 %) AIX 3 15 (83.33 %) Solaris 3 15 (83.33 %) Linux 3 15 (83.33 %) NetBackup 4 13 (72.22 %) HP Data Protector 4 13 (72.22 %) HPUX 4 13 (72.22 %) VERITAS 5 10 (55.56 %) Legato 5 10 (55.56 %) OpenView 6 7 (38.89 %) Oracle

6 7 (38.89 %) SQL Server 6 7 (38.89 %) ITIL 6 7 (38.89 %) Lotus Notes 6 7 (38.89 %) Lotus Domino 6 7 (38.89 %) Informix 6 7 (38.89 %) MS Excel 6 7 (38.89 %) MS Exchange 6 7 (38.89 %) Lotus 6 7 (38.89 %) ITIL Certification 6 7 (38.89 %) SNIA Certification 7 4 (22.22 %) SLA 7 4 (22.22 %) Windows 8 3 (16.67 %) CLARiiON 8 3 (16.67 %) Windows 2000 Server 9 2 (11.11 %) Symmetrix

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Suffolk region citing Brocade 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 Brocade. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms 1 7 (38.89 %) Lotus Notes 1 7 (38.89 %) Lotus Domino 1 7 (38.89 %) MS Exchange	Applications 1 7 (38.89 %) MS Excel
Communications & Networking 1 18 (100.00 %) SAN 2 1 (5.556 %) Ethernet 2 1 (5.556 %) DNS	Database & Business Intelligence 1 7 (38.89 %) SQL Server 1 7 (38.89 %) Informix
Job Titles 1 7 (38.89 %) Analyst 1 7 (38.89 %) Support Analyst 1 7 (38.89 %) Support Engineer 1 7 (38.89 %) Storage Analyst 1 7 (38.89 %) Storage Engineer 2 3 (16.67 %) 3rd Line Support 2 3 (16.67 %) 3rd Line Support Engineer 3 1 (5.556 %) Design Engineer 3 1 (5.556 %) Storage Consultant 3 1 (5.556 %) Software Design Engineer 3 1 (5.556 %) Technical Consultant 3 1 (5.556 %) Consultant 3 1 (5.556 %) Software Engineer	Miscellaneous 1 3 (16.67 %) CLARiiON 2 2 (11.11 %) Symmetrix
Operating Systems 1 15 (83.33 %) AIX 1 15 (83.33 %) Solaris 1 15 (83.33 %) Linux 2 13 (72.22 %) HPUX 3 4 (22.22 %) Windows 4 3 (16.67 %) Windows 2000 Server	Processes & Methodologies 1 7 (38.89 %) ITIL 2 1 (5.556 %) Data Protection
Qualifications 1 7 (38.89 %) ITIL Certification 1 7 (38.89 %) SNIA Certification	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 4 (22.22 %) SLA
System Software 1 15 (83.33 %) NetBackup 2 1 (5.556 %) NFS	Systems Management 1 13 (72.22 %) HP Data Protector 2 10 (55.56 %) Legato 2 10 (55.56 %) OpenView 3 2 (11.11 %) OVPA
Vendors 1 18 (100.00 %) Cisco 2 17 (94.44 %) EMC 3 15 (83.33 %) HP 3 15 (83.33 %) Sun 4 13 (72.22 %) VERITAS 5 7 (38.89 %) Oracle 5 7 (38.89 %) Lotus 6 1 (5.556 %) NetApp