The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Altiris products and/or services in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Altiris over the 3 months to 23 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 currently tracked.

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 Altiris.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Altiris
Rank 430 418 412
Rank change year-on-year
-12 -6
Contract jobs citing Altiris 111 147 179
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.240% 0.252% 0.288%
As % of the Vendors category 0.509% 0.542% 0.620%
Number of daily rates quoted 71 82 102
Average daily rate £380 £328 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+16.03% -12.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £160 £160 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £475 £451
UK excluding London average daily rate £223 £280 £225
% change year-on-year
-20.53% +24.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 8 11
Average hourly rate £16.74 £30.00 £19.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-44.21% +57.89%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.96 £19.50 £15.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £32.38 £34.75 £41.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.74 £32.50 £22.63
% change year-on-year
-48.50% +43.64%
All Vendors
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
21806 27110 28885
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 47.06% 46.44% 46.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 11630 13854 14453
Average daily rate £400 £400 £410
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -2.43%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £238 £235 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £550 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 1173 1314 1625
Average hourly rate £19.00 £19.56 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-2.87% -2.18%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.21 £11.50 £11.25
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £41.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.25
% change year-on-year
- -6.17%

Altiris
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Altiris within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

Altiris Jobs Demand Trend

Altiris
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Altiris within the UK.

Altiris Daily Rate Trend

Altiris
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Altiris within the UK over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Altiris Daily Rate Histogram

Altiris
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Altiris within the UK.

Altiris Hourly Rate Trend

Altiris
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Altiris within the UK over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Altiris Hourly Rate Histogram

Altiris
Top 30 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Altiris within the UK over the 3 months to 23 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
England +11 105 £381 +15.45%
London +18 68 £400 +14.28%
South East +6 19 £199 -29.01%
City of London -3 12 £443 +26.42%
East of England +16 7 £224 -51.62%
Cambridgeshire - 6 £224 -
West Yorkshire +1 5 £175 -
Yorkshire -2 5 £175 -
Oxfordshire - 5 £160 -
Peterborough - 4 £223 -
Hampshire - 4 - -
West Sussex +16 3 £350 +2.94%
Surrey +15 3 £238 +75.92%
Bradford +2 3 £175 -
Scotland -14 3 - -
Glasgow -23 3 - -
Havant - 3 - -
Cardiff - 3 £120 -
South Wales - 3 £120 -
Wales - 3 £120 -
Gloucestershire +33 2 - -
South West +28 2 - -
Chessington - 2 £104 -
Cambridge - 2 £225 -
Horsham - 2 - -
Oxford - 2 - -
Midlands - 2 £325 -
West Midlands +8 1 £340 -
North West +7 1 - -
Hertfordshire +5 1 - -

Altiris
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Altiris 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 Altiris.

1 159 (72.27%) Windows
2 115 (52.27%) Microsoft
3 105 (47.73%) Active Directory
4 99 (45.00%) Citrix
5 96 (43.64%) VMware
6 81 (36.82%) SCCM
7 64 (29.09%) ITIL
8 63 (28.64%) Windows Server 2008
9 61 (27.73%) Firewall
10 57 (25.91%) VMware Infrastructure
10 57 (25.91%) HP
10 57 (25.91%) Windows Server 2003
11 55 (25.00%) MS Excel
11 55 (25.00%) Windows 7
12 49 (22.27%) Change Management
13 46 (20.91%) Microsoft Certification
14 40 (18.18%) Clustering
15 39 (17.73%) DNS
15 39 (17.73%) DHCP
16 38 (17.27%) Microsoft App-V
17 36 (16.36%) PowerShell
18 35 (15.91%) SCOM
19 34 (15.45%) AppSense
19 34 (15.45%) SQL Server
20 33 (15.00%) Incident Management
21 32 (14.55%) MS Exchange
22 31 (14.09%) MCSE
23 30 (13.64%) VBScript
23 30 (13.64%) Windows XP
23 30 (13.64%) Cisco

Altiris
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Altiris 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 Altiris. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 23 (10.45%) Middleware
2 17 (7.727%) Application Packaging
3 6 (2.727%) WebSphere
4 5 (2.273%) .NET
5 4 (1.818%) Software Packaging
6 3 (1.364%) WSH
7 2 (0.909%) Web Services
7 2 (0.909%) ASP.NET
7 2 (0.909%) COM
7 2 (0.909%) ADSI
8 1 (0.455%) Ajax
8 1 (0.455%) CSS
8 1 (0.455%) XML
8 1 (0.455%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 32 (14.55%) MS Exchange
2 28 (12.73%) Exchange Server 2010
3 17 (7.727%) IIS
4 15 (6.818%) Exchange Server 2003
5 10 (4.545%) Apache
6 8 (3.636%) Tomcat
6 8 (3.636%) SharePoint
6 8 (3.636%) Lync
7 6 (2.727%) Exchange Server 2007
8 5 (2.273%) SharePoint 2010
9 4 (1.818%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
10 3 (1.364%) Office Communications Server
10 3 (1.364%) Lotus Notes
11 2 (0.909%) Oracle Application Server
12 1 (0.455%) Lotus Domino
Applications
1 55 (25.00%) MS Excel
2 20 (9.091%) MS Office
3 1 (0.455%) Office 365
Business Applications
1 1 (0.455%) Remedy ITSM
Communications & Networking
1 61 (27.73%) Firewall
2 39 (17.73%) DNS
2 39 (17.73%) DHCP
3 27 (12.27%) SAN
4 26 (11.82%) TCP/IP
5 14 (6.364%) VPN
6 12 (5.455%) Cisco ASA
7 9 (4.091%) Internet
8 8 (3.636%) SSL
9 7 (3.182%) Wireless
10 6 (2.727%) EIGRP
10 6 (2.727%) MGCP
10 6 (2.727%) BGP
10 6 (2.727%) MPLS
10 6 (2.727%) Ethernet
10 6 (2.727%) iSCSI
10 6 (2.727%) FirePass
10 6 (2.727%) IP Telephony
10 6 (2.727%) HSRP
10 6 (2.727%) NetScaler
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (15.45%) SQL Server
2 11 (5.000%) SQL Server 2008
3 4 (1.818%) SQL Server 2000
4 2 (0.909%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 29 (13.18%) InstallShield
2 23 (10.45%) MSI
3 10 (4.545%) Wise Package Studio
4 6 (2.727%) Team Foundation Server
5 2 (0.909%) TestDirector
General
1 30 (13.64%) Banking
2 17 (7.727%) Finance
3 15 (6.818%) Front Office
4 11 (5.000%) Investment Banking
5 8 (3.636%) Telecoms
6 4 (1.818%) Publishing
7 3 (1.364%) Advertising
8 2 (0.909%) Law
8 2 (0.909%) Legal
8 2 (0.909%) Financial Institution
8 2 (0.909%) Retail
Job Titles
1 43 (19.55%) Analyst
2 25 (11.36%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 21 (9.545%) Administrator
4 18 (8.182%) Applications Packager
4 18 (8.182%) Systems Engineer
5 15 (6.818%) Support Engineer
6 13 (5.909%) Wintel Analyst
7 11 (5.000%) Support Analyst
7 11 (5.000%) Windows Infrastructure Engineer
8 8 (3.636%) Network Administrator
8 8 (3.636%) SCCM Engineer
9 7 (3.182%) Desktop Support
10 6 (2.727%) Consultant
10 6 (2.727%) Applications Support
10 6 (2.727%) Infrastructure Analyst
10 6 (2.727%) Windows Administrator
10 6 (2.727%) Technical Specialist
11 5 (2.273%) Applications Support Engineer
11 5 (2.273%) Help Desk Support
11 5 (2.273%) Technical Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 40 (18.18%) Clustering
2 13 (5.909%) Blackberry
3 8 (3.636%) Derivative
4 6 (2.727%) EqualLogic
5 4 (1.818%) Fixed Income
6 3 (1.364%) Computer Science
6 3 (1.364%) CMDB
7 2 (0.909%) Thin Client
7 2 (0.909%) Fat Client
7 2 (0.909%) Hedge funds
8 1 (0.455%) PDA
8 1 (0.455%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 159 (72.27%) Windows
2 63 (28.64%) Windows Server 2008
3 57 (25.91%) Windows Server 2003
4 55 (25.00%) Windows 7
5 30 (13.64%) Windows XP
6 25 (11.36%) Linux
7 16 (7.273%) UNIX
8 10 (4.545%) NetWare
8 10 (4.545%) Solaris
8 10 (4.545%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 3 (1.364%) Windows 8
9 3 (1.364%) Windows Server 2012
9 3 (1.364%) Windows 2000
9 3 (1.364%) Mac OS X
10 2 (0.909%) Windows NT
10 2 (0.909%) Windows Vista
11 1 (0.455%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 64 (29.09%) ITIL
2 49 (22.27%) Change Management
3 33 (15.00%) Incident Management
4 20 (9.091%) Disaster Recovery
5 18 (8.182%) Problem Management
6 16 (7.273%) Migration
7 13 (5.909%) Software Deployment
8 12 (5.455%) Service Delivery
9 11 (5.000%) User Acceptance Testing
9 11 (5.000%) Change Control
9 11 (5.000%) Capacity Management
10 10 (4.545%) Project Management
11 8 (3.636%) Release Management
11 8 (3.636%) Validation
11 8 (3.636%) Infrastructure Management
12 7 (3.182%) Service Management
12 7 (3.182%) Configuration Management
13 6 (2.727%) PRINCE2
14 4 (1.818%) E-Commerce
14 4 (1.818%) Software Distribution
Programming Languages
1 36 (16.36%) PowerShell
2 30 (13.64%) VBScript
3 21 (9.545%) SQL
3 21 (9.545%) VB
4 5 (2.273%) R
5 2 (0.909%) Shell Script
6 1 (0.455%) C
6 1 (0.455%) C#
6 1 (0.455%) Java
6 1 (0.455%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.455%) Perl
Qualifications
1 46 (20.91%) Microsoft Certification
2 31 (14.09%) MCSE
3 26 (11.82%) Degree
4 22 (10.00%) MCITP
5 12 (5.455%) Security Cleared
6 11 (5.000%) Cisco Certification
7 7 (3.182%) CCNA
7 7 (3.182%) MCP
8 6 (2.727%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 6 (2.727%) SC Cleared
9 5 (2.273%) ITIL Certification
10 4 (1.818%) CCNP
10 4 (1.818%) DV Cleared
10 4 (1.818%) MCTS
11 3 (1.364%) VCP5
12 2 (0.909%) Citrix Certification
13 1 (0.455%) VCDX
13 1 (0.455%) CCIA
13 1 (0.455%) MCDST
13 1 (0.455%) A+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (2.727%) QA
2 5 (2.273%) SLA
System Software
1 105 (47.73%) Active Directory
2 57 (25.91%) VMware Infrastructure
3 38 (17.27%) Microsoft App-V
4 22 (10.00%) XenApp
5 20 (9.091%) Hyper-V
6 17 (7.727%) VMware ESX
7 15 (6.818%) XenServer
8 11 (5.000%) vSphere
9 10 (4.545%) SRDF
10 5 (2.273%) XenDesktop
11 3 (1.364%) Citrix Presentation Server
11 3 (1.364%) ISA Server
12 2 (0.909%) Terminal Services
12 2 (0.909%) ProxySG
13 1 (0.455%) Tivoli Directory Server
13 1 (0.455%) Xen
13 1 (0.455%) VMware Server
13 1 (0.455%) MetaFrame
13 1 (0.455%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 81 (36.82%) SCCM
2 35 (15.91%) SCOM
3 22 (10.00%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 15 (6.818%) Backup Exec
5 13 (5.909%) BladeLogic
6 11 (5.000%) NetBackup
7 7 (3.182%) HP SIM
7 7 (3.182%) WMI
7 7 (3.182%) WSUS
7 7 (3.182%) Control-M
7 7 (3.182%) Tivoli
8 6 (2.727%) Tivoli Storage Manager
8 6 (2.727%) OpenView Configuration Management
8 6 (2.727%) Nagios
8 6 (2.727%) Cisco CUCM
9 3 (1.364%) EMC NetWorker
10 2 (0.909%) Legato
10 2 (0.909%) DameWare
10 2 (0.909%) HP Quality Center
10 2 (0.909%) Puppet
Vendors
1 115 (52.27%) Microsoft
2 99 (45.00%) Citrix
3 96 (43.64%) VMware
4 57 (25.91%) HP
5 34 (15.45%) AppSense
6 30 (13.64%) Cisco
7 27 (12.27%) Dell
8 25 (11.36%) Oracle
9 17 (7.727%) Symantec
10 16 (7.273%) IBM
11 15 (6.818%) Veritas
12 14 (6.364%) F5
13 10 (4.545%) Red Hat
14 8 (3.636%) Juniper
14 8 (3.636%) NetApp
14 8 (3.636%) Sophos
14 8 (3.636%) Sun
14 8 (3.636%) LANDesk
15 6 (2.727%) CheckPoint
15 6 (2.727%) ProCurve
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