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This section looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Brocade products and/or services in IT contracts across the UK with a comparison to our Vendors category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Brocade over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkBrocade
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank414453
Rank change on same period last yearUp+39
Matching contract IT job ads176210
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.235 %0.212 %
As % of the category below0.544 %0.486 %
Daily rates quoted5538
Average minimum daily rate£411£395
Average daily rate£427£422
% change on same period last year+1.20 %
Average maximum daily rate£442£448
UK excluding London average daily rate£415£432
% change on same period last year-3.99 %
Hourly rates quoted1941
Average minimum hourly rate£28.20£27.88
Average hourly rate£28.54£28.80
% change on same period last year-0.90 %
Average maximum hourly rate£28.88£29.72
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.54£28.27
% change on same period last year+0.95 %
IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
UK
Matching contract IT job ads3233943225
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled43.11 %43.73 %
Daily rates quoted955512318
Average minimum daily rate£382£386
Average daily rate£407£410
% change on same period last year-0.76 %
Average maximum daily rate£431£433
UK excluding London average daily rate£357£359
% change on same period last year-0.40 %
Hourly rates quoted28103521
Average minimum hourly rate£22.05£23.99
Average hourly rate£23.57£25.58
% change on same period last year-7.89 %
Average maximum hourly rate£25.08£27.18
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.25£24.99
% change on same period last year-6.94 %

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

These figures represent the IT job market and are NOT representative of employment within Brocade Communications Systems, Inc.

Brocade
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Brocade within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

Brocade Demand Trend

Brocade
Daily Rate Trend

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

Brocade Daily Rate Trend

Brocade
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Brocade within the UK over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

Brocade Daily Rate Histogram

Brocade
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Brocade Hourly Rate Trend

Brocade
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Brocade within the UK over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

Brocade Hourly Rate Histogram

Brocade
Top 30 Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Brocade within the UK over the 3 months to 25 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EnglandUp+60159£437+5.22 %
LondonUp+10374£433+7.62 %
East of EnglandUp+3046£442+36.06 %
City of LondonUp+1435£459-
HertfordshireUp+2830£442+26.34 %
ScotlandUp+3916£300-
GlasgowNew entry-14£300-
North WestUp+512£500-
IpswichNo change09--
SheffieldDown-99--
South YorkshireDown-119--
SuffolkUp+29--
YorkshireDown-39--
RickmansworthNew entry-6--
EssexUp+86--
CheshireNew entry-6£500-
South EastDown-146£425+0.32 %
South WestUp+316£425-
ColchesterNew entry-5--
KnutsfordNew entry-3£500-
West MidlandsUp+43--
North EastNew entry-2£425-
Tyne and WearNew entry-2£425-
NewcastleNew entry-2£425-
EdinburghNew entry-2--
BristolNew entry-2£425-
BerkshireUp+72£425-6.60 %
StaffordshireNew entry-2--
SurreyDown-52--
HampshireUp+111--

Brocade
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Brocade 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 Brocade.

1253 (81.35 %)SAN
2148 (47.59 %)EMC
3101 (32.48 %)Cisco
4100 (32.15 %)IBM
598 (31.51 %)Solaris
693 (29.90 %)Finance
788 (28.30 %)NetBackup
882 (26.37 %)UNIX
978 (25.08 %)VERITAS
1073 (23.47 %)Windows
1164 (20.58 %)AIX
1164 (20.58 %)NetApp
1263 (20.26 %)HP
1362 (19.94 %)Sun
1446 (14.79 %)Symmetrix
1446 (14.79 %)Mainframe
1541 (13.18 %)Replication
1640 (12.86 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
1739 (12.54 %)HPUX
1739 (12.54 %)CLARiiON
1837 (11.90 %)Oracle
1933 (10.61 %)Linux
1933 (10.61 %)Banking
2031 (9.968 %)EMC TimeFinder
2031 (9.968 %)StorageTek
2128 (9.003 %)Connectrix
2128 (9.003 %)IBM Mainframe
2227 (8.682 %)Perl
2326 (8.360 %)Tivoli
2423 (7.395 %)Celerra

Brocade
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Brocade 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 Brocade. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
13 (0.965 %)Hibernate
13 (0.965 %)Spring
22 (0.643 %)JNI
22 (0.643 %)Middleware
IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
16 (1.929 %)MS Exchange
25 (1.608 %)Lotus Notes
25 (1.608 %)Lotus Domino
25 (1.608 %)Apache
34 (1.286 %)Exchange Server 2003
43 (0.965 %)WebLogic
51 (0.322 %)IIS
51 (0.322 %)Exchange Server 2007
51 (0.322 %)Exchange Server 2000
IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
110 (3.215 %)MS Visio
25 (1.608 %)MS Office
25 (1.608 %)MS Excel
IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
14 (1.286 %)Oracle 11i
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
1253 (81.35 %)SAN
228 (9.003 %)Connectrix
314 (4.502 %)Ethernet
413 (4.180 %)DNS
57 (2.251 %)TCP/IP
63 (0.965 %)DWDM
63 (0.965 %)DECnet
63 (0.965 %)Firewall
71 (0.322 %)IPsec
71 (0.322 %)iSCSI
71 (0.322 %)VPN
71 (0.322 %)LAN
71 (0.322 %)WAN
71 (0.322 %)SSL
71 (0.322 %)DMZ
71 (0.322 %)Internet
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
18 (2.572 %)SQL Server
25 (1.608 %)Informix
34 (1.286 %)Oracle 9i
41 (0.322 %)RDBMS
41 (0.322 %)Oracle 8/8i
41 (0.322 %)DB2
IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
16 (1.929 %)Flash
16 (1.929 %)Eclipse
23 (0.965 %)JUnit
31 (0.322 %)PVCS
IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
193 (29.90 %)Finance
233 (10.61 %)Banking
315 (4.823 %)Investment Banking
49 (2.894 %)Financial Institution
56 (1.929 %)Health
56 (1.929 %)Insurance
65 (1.608 %)Government
74 (1.286 %)Telecoms
74 (1.286 %)Legal
74 (1.286 %)Multimedia
83 (0.965 %)Retail
92 (0.643 %)Local Government
101 (0.322 %)Billing
101 (0.322 %)Games
101 (0.322 %)Back Office
101 (0.322 %)Education
IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
189 (28.62 %)Administrator
260 (19.29 %)Storage Administrator
357 (18.33 %)Storage Specialist
437 (11.90 %)Consultant
533 (10.61 %)SAN Administrator
632 (10.29 %)Storage Engineer
726 (8.360 %)Architect
823 (7.395 %)Storage Consultant
918 (5.788 %)SAN Engineer
1017 (5.466 %)Analyst
1017 (5.466 %)Support Engineer
1114 (4.502 %)Technical Consultant
1114 (4.502 %)Data Storage Administrator
1114 (4.502 %)Data Administrator
1213 (4.180 %)SAN Specialist
1310 (3.215 %)Storage Analyst
149 (2.894 %)Support Analyst
155 (1.608 %)Support Technician
155 (1.608 %)Systems Administrator
155 (1.608 %)Network Engineer
IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
146 (14.79 %)Mainframe
146 (14.79 %)Symmetrix
241 (13.18 %)Replication
339 (12.54 %)CLARiiON
428 (9.003 %)IBM Mainframe
523 (7.395 %)Celerra
69 (2.894 %)Clustering
77 (2.251 %)EMC Centera
86 (1.929 %)Fixed Income
86 (1.929 %)Derivative
94 (1.286 %)Dutch Language
94 (1.286 %)Client/Server
103 (0.965 %)EPoS
103 (0.965 %)VAX
112 (0.643 %)Firmware
112 (0.643 %)HACMP
121 (0.322 %)Statistics
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
198 (31.51 %)Solaris
282 (26.37 %)UNIX
373 (23.47 %)Windows
464 (20.58 %)AIX
539 (12.54 %)HPUX
633 (10.61 %)Linux
712 (3.859 %)Windows Server 2003
87 (2.251 %)VMS
95 (1.608 %)zOS
95 (1.608 %)Windows 2000
95 (1.608 %)Windows NT
103 (0.965 %)MVS
103 (0.965 %)OpenVMS
112 (0.643 %)Windows XP
121 (0.322 %)SUSE
121 (0.322 %)Fedora
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
118 (5.788 %)Migration
213 (4.180 %)ITIL
311 (3.537 %)Data Protection
47 (2.251 %)Problem Management
47 (2.251 %)Security Cleared
47 (2.251 %)ITSM
56 (1.929 %)Data Management
56 (1.929 %)SC Cleared
65 (1.608 %)Disaster Recovery
65 (1.608 %)Project Management
74 (1.286 %)Service Delivery
74 (1.286 %)Enterprise Architecture
74 (1.286 %)Technical Architecture
74 (1.286 %)Data Migration
83 (0.965 %)Project Planning
83 (0.965 %)Supplier Management
83 (0.965 %)UML
83 (0.965 %)OO
83 (0.965 %)RAD
92 (0.643 %)Configuration Management
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
127 (8.682 %)Perl
222 (7.074 %)Shell Script
319 (6.109 %)AWK
44 (1.286 %)SQL
53 (0.965 %)Java
53 (0.965 %)DCL
62 (0.643 %)C
71 (0.322 %)Korn
IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
15 (1.608 %)ITIL Certification
15 (1.608 %)SNIA Certification
23 (0.965 %)RHCE
23 (0.965 %)CCNA
23 (0.965 %)Cisco Certification
32 (0.643 %)RHCT
41 (0.322 %)SCNA
41 (0.322 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
41 (0.322 %)Microsoft Certification
41 (0.322 %)PRINCE2 Certification
41 (0.322 %)MCSE
41 (0.322 %)IBM Certification
41 (0.322 %)SCSA
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
120 (6.431 %)SLA
IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
188 (28.30 %)NetBackup
211 (3.537 %)NFS
34 (1.286 %)Oracle RAC
43 (0.965 %)Backup Exec
52 (0.643 %)Active Directory
52 (0.643 %)VMware Infrastructure
61 (0.322 %)ISA Server
61 (0.322 %)VMware ESX
61 (0.322 %)Citrix Presentation Server
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
140 (12.86 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
231 (9.968 %)EMC TimeFinder
326 (8.360 %)Tivoli
422 (7.074 %)Legato
516 (5.145 %)EMC NetWorker
614 (4.502 %)OpenView
710 (3.215 %)HP Data Protector
88 (2.572 %)DiskXtender
96 (1.929 %)RepliStor
104 (1.286 %)EMC Navisphere
111 (0.322 %)BMC PATROL
111 (0.322 %)OVPA
IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
1148 (47.59 %)EMC
2101 (32.48 %)Cisco
3100 (32.15 %)IBM
478 (25.08 %)VERITAS
564 (20.58 %)NetApp
663 (20.26 %)HP
762 (19.94 %)Sun
837 (11.90 %)Oracle
931 (9.968 %)StorageTek
1018 (5.788 %)Hitachi
1115 (4.823 %)Microsoft
1212 (3.859 %)Symantec
139 (2.894 %)CommVault
148 (2.572 %)ADIC
156 (1.929 %)Red Hat
165 (1.608 %)Lotus
165 (1.608 %)Intel
173 (0.965 %)CA
173 (0.965 %)VMware
182 (0.643 %)Nokia
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