The first part of the table below looks at the demand for BMC PATROL skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited BMC PATROL 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 of the Systems Management category.

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.

BMC PATROL
Location
3 months to
16 May 2012
Same period 2011Same period 2010
Rank541511482
Rank change year-on-year
Down-30Down-29
Matching contract IT job ads387054
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK0.064 %0.114 %0.098 %
As % of the Systems Management category1.044 %1.943 %1.932 %
Number of daily rates quoted234334
Average daily rate£400£375£339
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.66 %+10.70 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£268£269£261
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£470£450£488
UK excluding London average daily rate£400£369£350
% change year-on-year
+8.54 %+5.28 %
Number of hourly rates quoted001
Average hourly rate--£32.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate--£32.50
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategoryAll Systems Management
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Systems Management category
363936032795
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK6.148 %5.872 %5.076 %
Number of daily rates quoted185016941236
Average daily rate£350£360£338
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.77 %+6.66 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£225£210£200
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£500£500£500
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£300£314
% change year-on-year
+8.33 %-4.38 %
Number of hourly rates quoted173219234
Average hourly rate£19.00£23.44£21.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-18.93 %+9.01 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£13.50£15.00£14.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£45.00£38.75£38.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£17.50£24.40£20.50
% change year-on-year
-28.27 %+19.02 %

BMC PATROL
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing BMC PATROL within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Systems Management category.

BMC PATROL Demand Trend

BMC PATROL
Daily Rate Trend

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

BMC PATROL Daily Rate Trend

BMC PATROL
Daily Rate Histogram

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

BMC PATROL Daily Rate Histogram

BMC PATROL
Hourly Rate Trend

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

BMC PATROL Hourly Rate Trend

BMC PATROL
Top 13 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing BMC PATROL 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
EnglandDown-2138£400+6.66 %
LondonUp+322£425+13.33 %
South EastUp+814£400+39.13 %
SurreyNew entry-8£400-
BerkshireDown-86£283+2.72 %
City of LondonUp+245£350-14.63 %
SloughUp+82£283+2.72 %
CheshireUp+12£375-6.25 %
North WestDown-72£375-6.25 %
MacclesfieldNew entry-2£375-
CroydonUp+121£525+10.52 %
GuildfordNew entry-1£450-
WindsorNew entry-1--

BMC PATROL
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

153 (74.65 %)BMC
238 (53.52 %)Linux
327 (38.03 %)Oracle
426 (36.62 %)UNIX
426 (36.62 %)Solaris
519 (26.76 %)Finance
616 (22.54 %)Configuration Management
715 (21.13 %)Project Management
715 (21.13 %)Windows
814 (19.72 %)SQL
814 (19.72 %)Legato
814 (19.72 %)Banking
913 (18.31 %)Foglight
913 (18.31 %)Oracle RMAN
913 (18.31 %)Red Hat
913 (18.31 %)HP
1012 (16.90 %)Investment Banking
1111 (15.49 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1111 (15.49 %)OpenView
1111 (15.49 %)Tivoli
1111 (15.49 %)Migration
1111 (15.49 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
1210 (14.08 %)WebSphere MQ
1210 (14.08 %)IBM
1210 (14.08 %)DNS
139 (12.68 %)EMC
139 (12.68 %)Veritas
139 (12.68 %)Data Modelling
139 (12.68 %)Middleware
139 (12.68 %)Sendmail

BMC PATROL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
19 (12.68 %)Middleware
28 (11.27 %)WebSphere
31 (1.408 %)Web Services
31 (1.408 %)FIX Protocol
31 (1.408 %)Forefront TMG
IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
111 (15.49 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
210 (14.08 %)WebSphere MQ
38 (11.27 %)WebSphere Message Broker
38 (11.27 %)MQSeries
46 (8.451 %)WebLogic
53 (4.225 %)SAS
53 (4.225 %)Rendezvous
62 (2.817 %)Apache
71 (1.408 %)IIS
71 (1.408 %)Tomcat
71 (1.408 %)BizTalk Server
IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
15 (7.042 %)MS Office
22 (2.817 %)MS Excel
31 (1.408 %)S-PLUS
IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
12 (2.817 %)Remedy ITSM
21 (1.408 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
110 (14.08 %)DNS
28 (11.27 %)SAN
28 (11.27 %)SSL
37 (9.859 %)LDAP
37 (9.859 %)NAS
42 (2.817 %)BSS
42 (2.817 %)Firewall
42 (2.817 %)Internet
42 (2.817 %)SNMP
51 (1.408 %)FTP
51 (1.408 %)TCP/IP
51 (1.408 %)DMZ
51 (1.408 %)Intranet
51 (1.408 %)SSH
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
19 (12.68 %)Oracle 11g
28 (11.27 %)Oracle 10g
34 (5.634 %)RDBMS
43 (4.225 %)Oracle Exadata
51 (1.408 %)SQL Server
51 (1.408 %)Oracle 8/8i
51 (1.408 %)SQL Server 2005
IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
12 (2.817 %)JIRA
IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
119 (26.76 %)Finance
214 (19.72 %)Banking
312 (16.90 %)Investment Banking
44 (5.634 %)Telecoms
53 (4.225 %)Pharmaceutical
62 (2.817 %)Legal
71 (1.408 %)Advertising
IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
121 (29.58 %)Analyst
218 (25.35 %)Administrator
314 (19.72 %)DBA
413 (18.31 %)Oracle DBA
59 (12.68 %)Solutions Analyst
67 (9.859 %)Systems Administrator
76 (8.451 %)Middleware Administrator
76 (8.451 %)UNIX Systems Administrator
76 (8.451 %)UNIX Administrator
85 (7.042 %)Technical Analyst
85 (7.042 %)Solutions Designer
85 (7.042 %)Designer
94 (5.634 %)Technical Support Analyst
94 (5.634 %)Linux Administrator
94 (5.634 %)AIX Administrator
94 (5.634 %)Support Analyst
94 (5.634 %)Technical Support
94 (5.634 %)Business Analyst
103 (4.225 %)Infrastructure Manager
103 (4.225 %)Consultant
IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
18 (11.27 %)Statistics
18 (11.27 %)Client/Server
24 (5.634 %)Computer Science
24 (5.634 %)CLARiiON
33 (4.225 %)HACMP
33 (4.225 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
33 (4.225 %)Symmetrix
42 (2.817 %)CMDB
42 (2.817 %)Management Information System
42 (2.817 %)Mainframe
51 (1.408 %)Replication
51 (1.408 %)Fixed Income
51 (1.408 %)Clustering
51 (1.408 %)Derivative
51 (1.408 %)DataPower
51 (1.408 %)Kindle
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
138 (53.52 %)Linux
226 (36.62 %)UNIX
226 (36.62 %)Solaris
315 (21.13 %)Windows
411 (15.49 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
58 (11.27 %)AIX
62 (2.817 %)Windows Server 2008
62 (2.817 %)HPUX
71 (1.408 %)VMS
71 (1.408 %)SUSE
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
116 (22.54 %)Configuration Management
215 (21.13 %)Project Management
311 (15.49 %)Migration
49 (12.68 %)Data Modelling
58 (11.27 %)Service Management
65 (7.042 %)Disaster Recovery
65 (7.042 %)Release Management
74 (5.634 %)Performance Management
74 (5.634 %)Fault Management
74 (5.634 %)Service Delivery
74 (5.634 %)Business Continuity
74 (5.634 %)ITIL
83 (4.225 %)PRINCE2
83 (4.225 %)CRM
83 (4.225 %)ITSM
83 (4.225 %)Incident Management
83 (4.225 %)Capacity Planning
83 (4.225 %)Continuous Improvement
83 (4.225 %)Root Cause Analysis
92 (2.817 %)Project Governance
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
114 (19.72 %)SQL
28 (11.27 %)Shell Script
36 (8.451 %)Java
45 (7.042 %)Perl
54 (5.634 %)PL/SQL
62 (2.817 %)C
71 (1.408 %)T-SQL
71 (1.408 %)VBScript
71 (1.408 %)Python
71 (1.408 %)PowerShell
IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
15 (7.042 %)Security Cleared
24 (5.634 %)SC Cleared
24 (5.634 %)Degree
32 (2.817 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
32 (2.817 %)DV Cleared
41 (1.408 %)MCTS
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
15 (7.042 %)SLA
23 (4.225 %)ISO 9001
32 (2.817 %)QA
IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
113 (18.31 %)Oracle RMAN
29 (12.68 %)Sendmail
29 (12.68 %)Oracle RAC
37 (9.859 %)Samba
44 (5.634 %)Veritas Volume Manager
53 (4.225 %)Veritas File System
53 (4.225 %)qmail
53 (4.225 %)Postfix
62 (2.817 %)Veritas Cluster Server
71 (1.408 %)NFS
71 (1.408 %)Active Directory
71 (1.408 %)ISA Server
71 (1.408 %)VMware ESX
71 (1.408 %)VMware Infrastructure
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
114 (19.72 %)Legato
213 (18.31 %)Foglight
311 (15.49 %)OpenView
311 (15.49 %)Tivoli
48 (11.27 %)Data Guard
57 (9.859 %)Netcool
57 (9.859 %)Control-M
64 (5.634 %)NetBackup
72 (2.817 %)SCOM
72 (2.817 %)SolarWinds Orion
81 (1.408 %)Tivoli NetView
81 (1.408 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
81 (1.408 %)MOM
81 (1.408 %)Unicenter
81 (1.408 %)Backup Exec
81 (1.408 %)OMEGAMON
81 (1.408 %)BladeLogic
81 (1.408 %)SCCM
IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
153 (74.65 %)BMC
227 (38.03 %)Oracle
313 (18.31 %)Red Hat
313 (18.31 %)HP
410 (14.08 %)IBM
59 (12.68 %)EMC
59 (12.68 %)Veritas
68 (11.27 %)CA
77 (9.859 %)Sun
77 (9.859 %)Remedy
84 (5.634 %)Netezza
84 (5.634 %)Amdocs
84 (5.634 %)Cramer
84 (5.634 %)Microsoft
93 (4.225 %)Cisco
93 (4.225 %)VMware
93 (4.225 %)TIBCO
102 (2.817 %)SolarWinds
102 (2.817 %)Citrix
111 (1.408 %)PeopleSoft