The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of AppSense products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Surrey region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited AppSense over the 3 months to 17 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 Vendors for the Surrey 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.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are NOT representative of contractor rates within AppSense Limited.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
AppSense
Rank 68 97 -
Rank change year-on-year
+29 -
Contract jobs citing AppSense 9 3 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Surrey 0.790% 0.182% -
As % of the Vendors category 1.582% 0.373% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
Average daily rate £375 £420 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-10.71% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £381 £353 £313
% change year-on-year
+8.15% +12.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £23.75 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.00 - £27.25
All Vendors
Surrey
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
569 805 927
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Surrey 49.96% 48.91% 49.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 266 437 435
Average daily rate £340 £375 £370
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-9.33% +1.35%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £145 £160 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £500 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 38 42 48
Average hourly rate £18.00 £17.50 £15.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+2.85% +14.75%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £10.50 £11.52
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.75 £30.90 £39.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
AppSense
South East

AppSense
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing AppSense across the Surrey region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

Surrey AppSense Jobs Demand Trend

AppSense
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing AppSense across the Surrey region.

Surrey AppSense Daily Rate Trend

AppSense
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing AppSense within the Surrey region over the 3 months to 17 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
Staines - 9 £375 -
AppSense
South East

AppSense
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Surrey region citing AppSense 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 AppSense.

1 26 (100.00%) Citrix
2 21 (80.77%) Microsoft App-V
3 18 (69.23%) XenApp
4 17 (65.38%) Windows
5 16 (61.54%) XenDesktop
6 15 (57.69%) Microsoft
7 14 (53.85%) XenServer
7 14 (53.85%) Hyper-V
8 12 (46.15%) Windows 7
9 8 (30.77%) CloudStack
10 7 (26.92%) Lumension
10 7 (26.92%) Service Management
11 6 (23.08%) User Acceptance Testing
11 6 (23.08%) Test Scripting
11 6 (23.08%) Migration
11 6 (23.08%) Test Strategy
12 5 (19.23%) Windows 8
12 5 (19.23%) Windows Server 2008
13 4 (15.38%) Security Cleared
13 4 (15.38%) VMware
13 4 (15.38%) Windows Server 2003
13 4 (15.38%) TCP/IP
13 4 (15.38%) XML
14 3 (11.54%) SQL Server
14 3 (11.54%) LAN
14 3 (11.54%) WLAN
14 3 (11.54%) WAN
14 3 (11.54%) Cisco
14 3 (11.54%) Project Management
14 3 (11.54%) Juniper

AppSense
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Surrey region citing AppSense 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 AppSense. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 4 (15.38%) XML
Application Platforms
1 8 (30.77%) CloudStack
Applications
1 2 (7.692%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 4 (15.38%) TCP/IP
2 3 (11.54%) Firewall
2 3 (11.54%) LAN
2 3 (11.54%) WLAN
2 3 (11.54%) WAN
3 1 (3.846%) DHCP
3 1 (3.846%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (11.54%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (3.846%) Telecoms
1 1 (3.846%) Finance
Job Titles
1 6 (23.08%) Test Manager
1 6 (23.08%) Technical Specialist
2 3 (11.54%) Technical Manager
2 3 (11.54%) Citrix Specialist
2 3 (11.54%) Project Manager
2 3 (11.54%) Technical Project Manager
3 2 (7.692%) Architect
3 2 (7.692%) Citrix Engineer
3 2 (7.692%) Citrix Architect
4 1 (3.846%) Citrix Support Specialist
4 1 (3.846%) Citrix Technical Specialist
4 1 (3.846%) SCCM Engineer
4 1 (3.846%) Platform Engineer
4 1 (3.846%) Senior Technical Support
4 1 (3.846%) Network Manager
4 1 (3.846%) Infrastructure Manager
4 1 (3.846%) Network Project Manager
4 1 (3.846%) Citrix Support
4 1 (3.846%) Senior Technical Specialist
4 1 (3.846%) Virtualisation Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (7.692%) Thin Client
1 2 (7.692%) Fat Client
Operating Systems
1 17 (65.38%) Windows
2 12 (46.15%) Windows 7
3 5 (19.23%) Windows 8
3 5 (19.23%) Windows Server 2008
4 4 (15.38%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (26.92%) Service Management
2 6 (23.08%) User Acceptance Testing
2 6 (23.08%) Migration
2 6 (23.08%) Test Strategy
2 6 (23.08%) Test Scripting
3 3 (11.54%) Project Management
3 3 (11.54%) WAN Optimisation
3 3 (11.54%) Agile Software Development
3 3 (11.54%) Service Delivery
4 1 (3.846%) Test Management
4 1 (3.846%) Load Balancing
4 1 (3.846%) Release Management
4 1 (3.846%) Build Automation
4 1 (3.846%) Software Distribution
4 1 (3.846%) Capacity Planning
4 1 (3.846%) Change Control
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.846%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 4 (15.38%) Security Cleared
2 2 (7.692%) SC Cleared
3 1 (3.846%) CCEE
3 1 (3.846%) MCSE
3 1 (3.846%) Citrix Certification
3 1 (3.846%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.846%) SLA
System Software
1 21 (80.77%) Microsoft App-V
2 18 (69.23%) XenApp
3 16 (61.54%) XenDesktop
4 14 (53.85%) XenServer
4 14 (53.85%) Hyper-V
5 3 (11.54%) vSphere
6 2 (7.692%) Active Directory
7 1 (3.846%) Terminal Services
7 1 (3.846%) IAG
Systems Management
1 3 (11.54%) SCOM
2 1 (3.846%) SCCM
Vendors
1 26 (100.00%) Citrix
2 15 (57.69%) Microsoft
3 7 (26.92%) Lumension
4 4 (15.38%) VMware
5 3 (11.54%) Riverbed
5 3 (11.54%) Wyse
5 3 (11.54%) Cisco
5 3 (11.54%) Juniper
6 1 (3.846%) NetApp