The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of BMC 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 BMC 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 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 BMC Software, Inc.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
BMC
Rank 359 430 355
Rank change year-on-year
+71 -75
Contract jobs citing BMC 180 148 250
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.388% 0.254% 0.408%
As % of the Vendors category 0.827% 0.546% 0.877%
Number of daily rates quoted 73 75 95
Average daily rate £450 £425 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.88% +6.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £333 £291 £280
10% offered a daily rate of more than £623 £550 £525
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £375 £350
% change year-on-year
+13.33% +7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 1 6
Average hourly rate £13.25 £20.00 £27.63
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-33.75% -27.60%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.10 £20.00 £21.94
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £116.00 £20.00 £36.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £13.25 £20.00 £23.38
% change year-on-year
-33.75% -14.43%
All Vendors
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
21775 27088 28510
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 46.93% 46.48% 46.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 11633 13855 14263
Average daily rate £400 £400 £408
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -1.84%
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 1193 1289 1605
Average hourly rate £19.50 £20.00 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-2.50% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.15 £11.50 £11.25
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £41.50 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%

BMC
Jobs Demand Trend

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

BMC Jobs Demand Trend

BMC
Daily Rate Trend

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

BMC Daily Rate Trend

BMC
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing BMC within the UK over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

BMC Daily Rate Histogram

BMC
Hourly Rate Trend

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

BMC Hourly Rate Trend

BMC
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing BMC within the UK over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

BMC Hourly Rate Histogram

BMC
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 BMC within the UK 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
England +62 164 £450 +5.88%
London +15 89 £461 -0.27%
South East +40 34 £461 +59.05%
City of London -3 20 £440 +3.52%
Berkshire +24 19 £480 +28.00%
North West +27 16 £333 +11.00%
Hampshire - 11 £425 -
West Midlands +14 10 £539 +30.60%
Cheshire +13 10 £333 -11.20%
Reading +18 9 - -
East of England +20 8 £425 -5.55%
Basingstoke - 8 £425 -
Manchester - 6 £225 -
Shropshire - 6 £559 -
Cambridgeshire - 6 £425 -
Telford - 5 £558 -
Cambridge - 5 £425 -
Scotland -12 4 £375 -
Birmingham +12 3 £200 +42.85%
Slough -9 3 £503 +77.87%
Belfast - 3 - -
County Antrim - 3 - -
Canary Wharf - 3 £938 -
Northern Ireland - 3 - -
South West +12 2 £425 -0.58%
Edinburgh +10 2 - -
East Midlands 0 2 £425 -22.72%
Wiltshire -5 2 £425 -0.58%
Chester - 2 £375 -
Gatwick - 2 £500 -

BMC
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing BMC 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.

1 156 (48.45%) Remedy
1 156 (48.45%) Remedy ITSM
2 100 (31.06%) ITIL
3 87 (27.02%) HP
4 86 (26.71%) ITSM
5 81 (25.16%) CMDB
6 76 (23.60%) Service Management
7 73 (22.67%) Windows
8 64 (19.88%) Finance
8 64 (19.88%) Linux
9 60 (18.63%) UNIX
10 48 (14.91%) Web Services
10 48 (14.91%) Microsoft
11 47 (14.60%) VMware
12 46 (14.29%) Oracle
13 41 (12.73%) BMC PATROL
14 40 (12.42%) SQL
14 40 (12.42%) VMware Infrastructure
15 36 (11.18%) Java
15 36 (11.18%) IBM
16 35 (10.87%) Banking
17 33 (10.25%) Telecoms
17 33 (10.25%) SAN
18 32 (9.938%) Project Management
19 31 (9.627%) Windows Server 2003
20 30 (9.317%) Citrix
21 29 (9.006%) NAS
22 28 (8.696%) .NET
23 27 (8.385%) Change Management
23 27 (8.385%) Degree

BMC
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing BMC 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. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 48 (14.91%) Web Services
2 28 (8.696%) .NET
3 25 (7.764%) Middleware
4 17 (5.280%) ADSI
4 17 (5.280%) XML
5 15 (4.658%) ASP.NET
6 13 (4.037%) WSH
7 6 (1.863%) WebSphere
8 5 (1.553%) .NET Framework
8 5 (1.553%) CSS
9 4 (1.242%) Java SE
10 3 (0.932%) SailPoint
10 3 (0.932%) HTML
11 2 (0.621%) CGI
11 2 (0.621%) Regular Expression
11 2 (0.621%) LAMP
12 1 (0.311%) Hibernate
12 1 (0.311%) Spring
12 1 (0.311%) Software Packaging
12 1 (0.311%) FIXML
Application Platforms
1 24 (7.453%) IIS
2 23 (7.143%) Apache
3 10 (3.106%) Tomcat
4 7 (2.174%) SharePoint
4 7 (2.174%) Oracle Application Server
5 6 (1.863%) Confluence
5 6 (1.863%) MQSeries
6 5 (1.553%) NetWeaver
7 4 (1.242%) Lotus Notes
7 4 (1.242%) Oracle Coherence
7 4 (1.242%) OpenStack
7 4 (1.242%) WebLogic
8 3 (0.932%) WebSphere Message Broker
8 3 (0.932%) WebSphere MQ
8 3 (0.932%) MS Exchange
9 2 (0.621%) Exchange Server 2010
9 2 (0.621%) ESB
10 1 (0.311%) Exchange Server 2007
10 1 (0.311%) Alfresco
10 1 (0.311%) Force.com
Applications
1 15 (4.658%) MS Excel
2 11 (3.416%) MS Office
3 10 (3.106%) MS Visio
4 9 (2.795%) MS PowerPoint
5 6 (1.863%) Mingle
6 2 (0.621%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 156 (48.45%) Remedy ITSM
2 10 (3.106%) Remedy AR System
3 5 (1.553%) SAP HR
4 2 (0.621%) AWD
5 1 (0.311%) Maximo
5 1 (0.311%) Oracle Retail
Communications & Networking
1 33 (10.25%) SAN
2 29 (9.006%) NAS
3 19 (5.901%) FTP
4 18 (5.590%) Firewall
5 16 (4.969%) Internet
6 13 (4.037%) Nokia NetAct
7 11 (3.416%) BIG-IP
8 8 (2.484%) VPN
9 7 (2.174%) Cisco Nexus
10 6 (1.863%) BGP
11 5 (1.553%) OSPF
11 5 (1.553%) ATM
12 4 (1.242%) DNS
12 4 (1.242%) LDAP
13 3 (0.932%) BSS
13 3 (0.932%) SNMP
13 3 (0.932%) LAN
13 3 (0.932%) WAN
14 2 (0.621%) DHCP
14 2 (0.621%) UMTS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (6.522%) SQL Server
2 14 (4.348%) SQL Server 2005
2 14 (4.348%) SQL Server 2008
3 8 (2.484%) Oracle 8/8i
4 5 (1.553%) SAP BW
5 3 (0.932%) MySQL
5 3 (0.932%) Oracle 10g
5 3 (0.932%) DB2
5 3 (0.932%) QlikView
6 2 (0.621%) BusinessObjects XI
6 2 (0.621%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (0.621%) OLTP
6 2 (0.621%) VLDB
6 2 (0.621%) SQL Server 2000
7 1 (0.311%) CorVu
7 1 (0.311%) Microsoft Analysis Services
7 1 (0.311%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 1 (0.311%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (0.311%) Data Mining
7 1 (0.311%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 12 (3.727%) JIRA
2 7 (2.174%) Subversion
2 7 (2.174%) Hudson
3 6 (1.863%) dbdeploy
3 6 (1.863%) Ant
3 6 (1.863%) JUnit
4 5 (1.553%) Team Foundation Server
5 4 (1.242%) Maven
6 2 (0.621%) Oracle Forms
6 2 (0.621%) ClearCase
6 2 (0.621%) WinRunner
6 2 (0.621%) TestDirector
6 2 (0.621%) ProC
7 1 (0.311%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 1 (0.311%) WinDbg
General
1 64 (19.88%) Finance
2 35 (10.87%) Banking
3 33 (10.25%) Telecoms
4 19 (5.901%) Investment Banking
5 7 (2.174%) Financial Institution
6 4 (1.242%) Retail
7 2 (0.621%) Marketing
7 2 (0.621%) German Language
8 1 (0.311%) Spanish Language
8 1 (0.311%) Back Office
8 1 (0.311%) Electronics
8 1 (0.311%) Pharmaceutical
8 1 (0.311%) Law
8 1 (0.311%) Legal
8 1 (0.311%) Games
8 1 (0.311%) Military
Job Titles
1 71 (22.05%) Consultant
2 47 (14.60%) Architect
3 36 (11.18%) Analyst
4 19 (5.901%) Project Manager
4 19 (5.901%) Solutions Architect
5 17 (5.280%) Business Analyst
5 17 (5.280%) Developer
5 17 (5.280%) Wintel Engineer
6 14 (4.348%) Remedy Consultant
6 14 (4.348%) Administrator
7 13 (4.037%) ITSM Consultant
7 13 (4.037%) OSS Architect
8 12 (3.727%) Systems Architect
8 12 (3.727%) Server Engineer
9 10 (3.106%) Support Engineer
9 10 (3.106%) Technical Consultant
9 10 (3.106%) Designer
10 9 (2.795%) Technical Leader
11 8 (2.484%) Service Analyst
12 7 (2.174%) Remedy Developer
Miscellaneous
1 81 (25.16%) CMDB
2 19 (5.901%) Clustering
3 18 (5.590%) Management Information System
4 12 (3.727%) Computer Science
5 7 (2.174%) SaaS
6 5 (1.553%) Hedge funds
6 5 (1.553%) Enterprise Software
6 5 (1.553%) Fixed Income
7 4 (1.242%) Derivative
8 3 (0.932%) e-Health
8 3 (0.932%) Data Extraction
8 3 (0.932%) Replication
9 2 (0.621%) Client/Server
9 2 (0.621%) N-Tier
9 2 (0.621%) HACMP
9 2 (0.621%) DataPower
9 2 (0.621%) iSeries
9 2 (0.621%) Open Source
9 2 (0.621%) Mathematics
9 2 (0.621%) IaaS
Operating Systems
1 73 (22.67%) Windows
2 64 (19.88%) Linux
3 60 (18.63%) UNIX
4 31 (9.627%) Windows Server 2003
5 24 (7.453%) Solaris
6 22 (6.832%) Windows Server 2008
7 20 (6.211%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 18 (5.590%) Windows 2000
8 18 (5.590%) Windows XP
9 15 (4.658%) Windows NT
9 15 (4.658%) AIX
10 4 (1.242%) HPUX
10 4 (1.242%) Windows 7
10 4 (1.242%) Oracle Linux
10 4 (1.242%) Windows Server 2012
11 3 (0.932%) zOS
12 2 (0.621%) OS/400
13 1 (0.311%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 100 (31.06%) ITIL
2 86 (26.71%) ITSM
3 76 (23.60%) Service Management
4 32 (9.938%) Project Management
5 27 (8.385%) Change Management
6 24 (7.453%) Continuous Improvement
7 23 (7.143%) Configuration Management
8 19 (5.901%) Capacity Planning
9 18 (5.590%) Incident Management
9 18 (5.590%) Stakeholder Management
10 17 (5.280%) Performance Management
11 15 (4.658%) Migration
12 14 (4.348%) TOGAF
13 13 (4.037%) Workflow
14 12 (3.727%) Business Analysis
15 11 (3.416%) Load Balancing
15 11 (3.416%) Problem Management
15 11 (3.416%) Fault Management
16 10 (3.106%) Data Management
16 10 (3.106%) Agile Software Development
Programming Languages
1 40 (12.42%) SQL
2 36 (11.18%) Java
3 21 (6.522%) VBScript
4 18 (5.590%) Perl
5 17 (5.280%) Bash shell
6 15 (4.658%) PowerShell
7 14 (4.348%) C
7 14 (4.348%) VB
7 14 (4.348%) Python
8 12 (3.727%) Shell Script
8 12 (3.727%) Korn
8 12 (3.727%) C#
9 11 (3.416%) C++
10 10 (3.106%) VB.NET
11 3 (0.932%) JavaScript
12 2 (0.621%) PL/SQL
12 2 (0.621%) AWK
12 2 (0.621%) Bourne shell
13 1 (0.311%) Lisp
13 1 (0.311%) PHP
Qualifications
1 27 (8.385%) Degree
2 24 (7.453%) Security Cleared
3 17 (5.280%) SC Cleared
4 15 (4.658%) ITIL Certification
5 5 (1.553%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 4 (1.242%) MCITP
7 3 (0.932%) Microsoft Certified Master
7 3 (0.932%) MCTS
7 3 (0.932%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (0.621%) Sun Certification
8 2 (0.621%) Network+ Certification
8 2 (0.621%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (0.621%) PMP
8 2 (0.621%) PMI Certification
8 2 (0.621%) CCNP
9 1 (0.311%) CCNA
9 1 (0.311%) MCSE
9 1 (0.311%) MCDBA
9 1 (0.311%) MBA
9 1 (0.311%) JNCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (2.484%) SLA
2 3 (0.932%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (0.932%) ISO 9001
3 2 (0.621%) QA
4 1 (0.311%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 40 (12.42%) VMware Infrastructure
2 24 (7.453%) vSphere
3 23 (7.143%) XenApp
4 18 (5.590%) VMware ESX
4 18 (5.590%) Citrix Presentation Server
5 16 (4.969%) Active Directory
6 7 (2.174%) ProxySG
6 7 (2.174%) Hyper-V
7 5 (1.553%) vCloud
8 4 (1.242%) XenDesktop
8 4 (1.242%) Veritas File System
9 2 (0.621%) Veritas Cluster Server
9 2 (0.621%) Veritas Volume Manager
9 2 (0.621%) Xen
9 2 (0.621%) Terminal Services
9 2 (0.621%) Samba
10 1 (0.311%) NFS
10 1 (0.311%) Oracle RAC
10 1 (0.311%) Sendmail
10 1 (0.311%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 41 (12.73%) BMC PATROL
2 25 (7.764%) Tivoli
2 25 (7.764%) SCOM
3 24 (7.453%) BladeLogic
4 23 (7.143%) Netcool
5 20 (6.211%) NetBackup
6 17 (5.280%) Ionix
7 16 (4.969%) Control-M
8 15 (4.658%) Backup Exec
8 15 (4.658%) Legato
9 14 (4.348%) OpenView
10 12 (3.727%) Nagios
11 11 (3.416%) BMC Performance Manager
12 8 (2.484%) HP Operations Orchestration
13 7 (2.174%) MOM
13 7 (2.174%) SCCM
13 7 (2.174%) Unicenter
14 5 (1.553%) Splunk
15 4 (1.242%) Puppet
15 4 (1.242%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 156 (48.45%) Remedy
2 87 (27.02%) HP
3 48 (14.91%) Microsoft
4 47 (14.60%) VMware
5 46 (14.29%) Oracle
6 36 (11.18%) IBM
7 30 (9.317%) Citrix
8 23 (7.143%) OPNET
9 22 (6.832%) EMC
10 20 (6.211%) Veritas
11 19 (5.901%) Red Hat
12 18 (5.590%) Nokia
13 17 (5.280%) McAfee
13 17 (5.280%) Sophos
14 15 (4.658%) NetApp
14 15 (4.658%) Dell
14 15 (4.658%) Cisco
14 15 (4.658%) PlateSpin
14 15 (4.658%) Leostream
15 13 (4.037%) F5
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