The first part of the table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Avaya 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 Avaya over the 3 months to 16 May 2012 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the 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 Avaya, Inc.

Avaya
Location
3 months to
16 May 2012
Same period 2011Same period 2010
Rank336406396
Rank change year-on-year
Up+70Down-10
Matching contract IT job ads258176141
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK0.436 %0.287 %0.256 %
As % of the Vendors category0.941 %0.617 %0.582 %
Number of daily rates quoted1297469
Average daily rate£350£350£376
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
--6.79 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£159£250£201
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£500£463£500
UK excluding London average daily rate£350£325£400
% change year-on-year
+7.69 %-18.75 %
Number of hourly rates quoted122214
Average hourly rate£18.00£20.00£25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-10.00 %-20.00 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£11.70£15.00£9.90
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£29.62£35.85£28.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate£14.50£18.50£20.00
% change year-on-year
-21.62 %-7.50 %
IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryAll Vendors
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
274282850924236
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK46.34 %46.46 %44.02 %
Number of daily rates quoted140221424810950
Average daily rate£400£405£400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.23 %+1.25 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£233£250£225
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£550£600£575
UK excluding London average daily rate£350£350£325
% change year-on-year
-+7.69 %
Number of hourly rates quoted129815981456
Average hourly rate£20.00£20.00£19.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-+2.56 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£11.50£11.38£11.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£41.50£40.00£37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£19.00£20.00£19.50
% change year-on-year
-5.00 %+2.56 %

Avaya
Demand Trend

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

Avaya Demand Trend

Avaya
Daily Rate Trend

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

Avaya Daily Rate Trend

Avaya
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Avaya within the UK over the 3 months to 16 May 2012.

Avaya Daily Rate Histogram

Avaya
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Avaya Hourly Rate Trend

Avaya
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Avaya within the UK over the 3 months to 16 May 2012.

Avaya Hourly Rate Histogram

Avaya
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 Avaya within the UK over the 3 months to 16 May 2012. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank 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
EnglandUp+82255£350-
LondonUp+57107£394+2.27 %
South EastUp+1661£365+21.66 %
City of LondonUp+5645£400-11.11 %
West MidlandsUp+826£425+174.19 %
StaffordshireUp+2624--
North WestUp+924£175-46.15 %
SurreyUp+1023£190-41.53 %
South WestDown-1119£350-11.94 %
WiltshireNew entry-11£425-
BuckinghamshireUp+19--
YorkshireDown-59£288-17.85 %
BerkshireDown-179£310+19.23 %
SwindonNew entry-9£425-
West YorkshireNew entry-8£300-
CheshireUp+127£338-25.00 %
Milton KeynesUp+17--
OxfordshireDown-46£363-
East SussexDown-66£380-
LancashireDown-96£155-46.08 %
ManchesterDown-146£200-
LeedsNew entry-6£350-
HoveNew entry-5£380-
BurnleyNew entry-5£155-
GuildfordUp+44--
BournemouthUp+24£230-42.13 %
ReigateUp+24£190-36.66 %
DorsetUp+24£230-42.13 %
East MidlandsDown-44£210+68.00 %
West SussexDown-64£350-

Avaya
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 16 May 2012, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Avaya 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 Avaya.

1194 (44.39 %)Cisco
2136 (31.12 %)VoIP
3114 (26.09 %)Nortel
4113 (25.86 %)Telecoms
5110 (25.17 %)Windows
691 (20.82 %)LAN
783 (18.99 %)ITIL
783 (18.99 %)WAN
875 (17.16 %)Finance
973 (16.70 %)IVR
1069 (15.79 %)Cisco Certification
1165 (14.87 %)Microsoft
1264 (14.65 %)IP Telephony
1363 (14.42 %)Project Management
1454 (12.36 %)Firewall
1553 (12.13 %)CMS
1649 (11.21 %)PBX
1747 (10.76 %)Verint
1846 (10.53 %)CTI
1945 (10.30 %)VMware
2044 (10.07 %)CCNA
2142 (9.611 %)Active Directory
2241 (9.382 %)CCNP
2340 (9.153 %)TCP/IP
2340 (9.153 %)VPN
2340 (9.153 %)Change Management
2437 (8.467 %)PRINCE2
2536 (8.238 %)Citrix
2536 (8.238 %)Windows Server 2008
2536 (8.238 %)Banking

Avaya
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 16 May 2012, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Avaya 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 Avaya. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
18 (1.831 %)XSL
18 (1.831 %)VXML
24 (0.915 %)TAPI
33 (0.686 %)XML
42 (0.458 %)Application Packaging
42 (0.458 %)WebSphere
42 (0.458 %)Web Services
42 (0.458 %).NET
51 (0.229 %)OCX
51 (0.229 %)Middleware
51 (0.229 %)LAMP
51 (0.229 %)XHTML
51 (0.229 %)ASP.NET
51 (0.229 %)COM
51 (0.229 %)CSS
51 (0.229 %)XSLT
51 (0.229 %)jQuery
51 (0.229 %)Zend Framework
51 (0.229 %)CodeIgniter
51 (0.229 %)Ext JS
IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
153 (12.13 %)CMS
228 (6.407 %)MS Exchange
320 (4.577 %)IIS
418 (4.119 %)SharePoint
517 (3.890 %)Lync
616 (3.661 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
711 (2.517 %)Exchange Server 2003
89 (2.059 %)Exchange Server 2007
89 (2.059 %)Exchange Server 2010
95 (1.144 %)Office Communications Server
103 (0.686 %)Lotus Notes
112 (0.458 %)SharePoint 2010
112 (0.458 %)Apache
121 (0.229 %)BizTalk Server
121 (0.229 %)SAS
121 (0.229 %)Lotus Domino
IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
131 (7.094 %)MS Office
218 (4.119 %)MS Visio
317 (3.890 %)MS Excel
49 (2.059 %)MS PowerPoint
52 (0.458 %)MS Project
61 (0.229 %)Spreadsheet
IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
14 (0.915 %)Dynamics CRM
23 (0.686 %)Dynamics NAV
23 (0.686 %)assyst
32 (0.458 %)Remedy AR System
32 (0.458 %)Dynamics GP
32 (0.458 %)SAP HR
32 (0.458 %)Oracle EBS
41 (0.229 %)PeopleSoft HRMS
41 (0.229 %)SAP CCM
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
1136 (31.12 %)VoIP
291 (20.82 %)LAN
383 (18.99 %)WAN
464 (14.65 %)IP Telephony
554 (12.36 %)Firewall
649 (11.21 %)PBX
746 (10.53 %)CTI
840 (9.153 %)TCP/IP
840 (9.153 %)VPN
932 (7.323 %)MPLS
1031 (7.094 %)Symposium
1130 (6.865 %)Nortel Meridian
1130 (6.865 %)PSTN
1130 (6.865 %)Wireless
1229 (6.636 %)PABX
1325 (5.721 %)Cisco ICM
1424 (5.492 %)H.323
1521 (4.805 %)Ethernet
1620 (4.577 %)VLAN
1719 (4.348 %)DNS
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
122 (5.034 %)SQL Server
28 (1.831 %)SQL Server 2008
28 (1.831 %)SQL Server 2005
32 (0.458 %)Oracle Discoverer
32 (0.458 %)TOAD
32 (0.458 %)SQL Server 2000
41 (0.229 %)MS Access
41 (0.229 %)DTS
41 (0.229 %)ETL
41 (0.229 %)MySQL
41 (0.229 %)OLAP
41 (0.229 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
12 (0.458 %)MSI
21 (0.229 %)Subversion
21 (0.229 %)Team Foundation Server
IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
1113 (25.86 %)Telecoms
275 (17.16 %)Finance
336 (8.238 %)Banking
415 (3.432 %)Financial Institution
514 (3.204 %)Retail
612 (2.746 %)Investment Banking
710 (2.288 %)Electronics
89 (2.059 %)Multimedia
97 (1.602 %)Legal
106 (1.373 %)Back Office
114 (0.915 %)Retail Banking
114 (0.915 %)Marketing
123 (0.686 %)Law
132 (0.458 %)General Ledger
141 (0.229 %)Publishing
141 (0.229 %)Corporate Banking
141 (0.229 %)Local Government
141 (0.229 %)Billing
IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
173 (16.70 %)Analyst
260 (13.73 %)Support Engineer
356 (12.81 %)Avaya Engineer
446 (10.53 %)Project Manager
535 (8.009 %)Network Engineer
625 (5.721 %)Architect
724 (5.492 %)Voice Engineer
823 (5.263 %)Designer
922 (5.034 %)Support Analyst
1020 (4.577 %)Consultant
1117 (3.890 %)Cisco Engineer
1215 (3.432 %)Desktop Support
1314 (3.204 %)Network Analyst
1412 (2.746 %)Network Support
1412 (2.746 %)Solutions Architect
1510 (2.288 %)Telecoms Analyst
1510 (2.288 %)Technical Specialist
1510 (2.288 %)Developer
169 (2.059 %)3rd Line Support
169 (2.059 %)Business Analyst
IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
173 (16.70 %)IVR
225 (5.721 %)Blackberry
316 (3.661 %)Video Conferencing
316 (3.661 %)Handset
45 (1.144 %)e-Health
54 (0.915 %)Mathematics
54 (0.915 %)PMI
63 (0.686 %)PKI
63 (0.686 %)PDA
72 (0.458 %)iPhone
72 (0.458 %)EqualLogic
72 (0.458 %)CCTV
72 (0.458 %)Firmware
72 (0.458 %)Replication
72 (0.458 %)AVVID
72 (0.458 %)Mainframe
81 (0.229 %)Management Information System
81 (0.229 %)AS400
81 (0.229 %)Clustering
81 (0.229 %)Thin Client
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
1110 (25.17 %)Windows
236 (8.238 %)Windows Server 2008
335 (8.009 %)Windows Server 2003
433 (7.551 %)Windows XP
532 (7.323 %)Linux
630 (6.865 %)Windows 7
718 (4.119 %)Windows 2000
85 (1.144 %)Windows NT
94 (0.915 %)Windows Vista
94 (0.915 %)UNIX
102 (0.458 %)Windows 2000 Server
102 (0.458 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
111 (0.229 %)Mac OS X
111 (0.229 %)AIX
111 (0.229 %)Windows Mobile
111 (0.229 %)Ubuntu
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
183 (18.99 %)ITIL
263 (14.42 %)Project Management
340 (9.153 %)Change Management
437 (8.467 %)PRINCE2
531 (7.094 %)Migration
626 (5.950 %)ERP
718 (4.119 %)Service Delivery
817 (3.890 %)WFM
817 (3.890 %)Network Design
916 (3.661 %)Network Management
916 (3.661 %)Service Management
916 (3.661 %)Disaster Recovery
1015 (3.432 %)Stakeholder Management
119 (2.059 %)CRM
127 (1.602 %)User Acceptance Testing
127 (1.602 %)High Availability
127 (1.602 %)Continuous Improvement
136 (1.373 %)Problem Management
145 (1.144 %)Time Management
145 (1.144 %)Network Architecture
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
119 (4.348 %)Erlang
27 (1.602 %)C
27 (1.602 %)SQL
31 (0.229 %)T-SQL
31 (0.229 %)VBA
31 (0.229 %)Java
31 (0.229 %)JavaScript
31 (0.229 %)PHP
31 (0.229 %)LINC
31 (0.229 %)XPath
31 (0.229 %)PowerShell
IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
169 (15.79 %)Cisco Certification
244 (10.07 %)CCNA
341 (9.382 %)CCNP
430 (6.865 %)Degree
526 (5.950 %)Microsoft Certification
526 (5.950 %)CCIE
621 (4.805 %)Avaya Certification
717 (3.890 %)CCVP
717 (3.890 %)MCSE
816 (3.661 %)Security Cleared
911 (2.517 %)HND
911 (2.517 %)SC Cleared
1010 (2.288 %)CCIP
119 (2.059 %)MCP
128 (1.831 %)PMP
128 (1.831 %)PMI Certification
136 (1.373 %)MCITP
145 (1.144 %)CCDA
145 (1.144 %)PRINCE2 Certification
145 (1.144 %)MCDST
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
120 (4.577 %)SLA
25 (1.144 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
34 (0.915 %)ISO/IEC 27001
43 (0.686 %)QA
51 (0.229 %)ISO 9000
51 (0.229 %)DICOM
IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
142 (9.611 %)Active Directory
234 (7.780 %)VMware Infrastructure
37 (1.602 %)VMware ESX
37 (1.602 %)XenApp
46 (1.373 %)VMware ESXi
55 (1.144 %)Hyper-V
64 (0.915 %)vSphere
73 (0.686 %)Xen
82 (0.458 %)VMware Server
82 (0.458 %)MetaFrame
91 (0.229 %)Terminal Server
91 (0.229 %)Terminal Services
91 (0.229 %)Squid
91 (0.229 %)Citrix Presentation Server
91 (0.229 %)XenDesktop
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
112 (2.746 %)Cisco CUCM
27 (1.602 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
27 (1.602 %)Cisco IPCC
36 (1.373 %)OpenView
36 (1.373 %)Norton AntiVirus
45 (1.144 %)Backup Exec
45 (1.144 %)WSUS
45 (1.144 %)SolarWinds Orion
54 (0.915 %)Cisco UCCX
54 (0.915 %)SCCM
63 (0.686 %)Netcool
63 (0.686 %)NetBackup
63 (0.686 %)CiscoWorks
72 (0.458 %)Tivoli
81 (0.229 %)Tivoli Remote Control
81 (0.229 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
81 (0.229 %)WMI
81 (0.229 %)BMC Marimba
81 (0.229 %)SCOM
81 (0.229 %)McAfee ePO
IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1194 (44.39 %)Cisco
2114 (26.09 %)Nortel
365 (14.87 %)Microsoft
447 (10.76 %)Verint
545 (10.30 %)VMware
636 (8.238 %)Citrix
735 (8.009 %)HP
735 (8.009 %)Juniper
826 (5.950 %)BT
826 (5.950 %)Mitel
922 (5.034 %)CheckPoint
1020 (4.577 %)CyberTech
1119 (4.348 %)Siemens
1212 (2.746 %)Remedy
1212 (2.746 %)F5
1311 (2.517 %)Symantec
1410 (2.288 %)Dell
159 (2.059 %)Riverbed
167 (1.602 %)Blue Coat
167 (1.602 %)SolarWinds