The first table below looks at the demand for CNE in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited CNE over the 3 months to 19 June 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Qualifications 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.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Certified Novell Engineer (CNE)
Rank 533 564 595
Rank change year-on-year
+31 +31
Contract jobs citing CNE 8 6 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.017% 0.010% 0.010%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.092% 0.060% 0.061%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 0
Average daily rate £350 £305 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+14.75% -
UK excluding London average daily rate - £305 -
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 2 3
Average hourly rate £21.00 £12.25 £15.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+71.42% -18.33%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.00 £12.25 £15.00
% change year-on-year
+71.42% -18.33%
All Qualifications
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
8728 9969 9842
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 18.14% 17.18% 15.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 4650 5163 4803
Average daily rate £375 £375 £375
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £225 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £538 £550 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 491 522 685
Average hourly rate £22.13 £20.50 £22.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+7.92% -8.88%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.28 £12.00 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £40.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £21.50 £24.00
% change year-on-year
+2.32% -10.41%

CNE
Jobs Demand Trend

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

CNE Jobs Demand Trend

CNE
Daily Rate Trend

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

CNE Daily Rate Trend

CNE
Hourly Rate Trend

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

CNE Hourly Rate Trend

CNE
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing CNE within the UK over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

CNE Hourly Rate Histogram

CNE
Top 7 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CNE within the UK over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
England +15 8 £350 +14.75%
London - 3 £350 -
City of London - 3 £350 -
South East - 1 - -
Surrey - - - -
Scotland - - - -
Aberdeen - - - -

CNE
Top 29 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing CNE 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 CNE.

1 8 (100.00%) MCSE
1 8 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 8 (100.00%) Novell Certification
2 7 (87.50%) MCP
3 3 (37.50%) NetApp
3 3 (37.50%) XenApp
3 3 (37.50%) vSphere
4 1 (12.50%) Degree
4 1 (12.50%) Computer Science
4 1 (12.50%) Network Security
4 1 (12.50%) SC Cleared
4 1 (12.50%) Security Cleared
4 1 (12.50%) Windows Server 2008
4 1 (12.50%) Firewall
4 1 (12.50%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (12.50%) Windows Server 2003
4 1 (12.50%) Windows
4 1 (12.50%) Apache
4 1 (12.50%) Tomcat
4 1 (12.50%) LAN
4 1 (12.50%) WAN
4 1 (12.50%) TCP/IP
4 1 (12.50%) DNS
4 1 (12.50%) CCIE
4 1 (12.50%) CCNP
4 1 (12.50%) CCNA
4 1 (12.50%) Active Directory
4 1 (12.50%) HP
4 1 (12.50%) Cisco Certification

CNE
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing CNE 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 CNE. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 1 (12.50%) Apache
1 1 (12.50%) Tomcat
Communications & Networking
1 1 (12.50%) Network Security
1 1 (12.50%) Firewall
1 1 (12.50%) LAN
1 1 (12.50%) WAN
1 1 (12.50%) TCP/IP
1 1 (12.50%) DNS
Job Titles
1 5 (62.50%) Systems Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Support Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Network Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Senior Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 1 (12.50%) Windows Server 2008
1 1 (12.50%) Windows Server 2012
1 1 (12.50%) Windows Server 2003
1 1 (12.50%) Windows
Qualifications
1 8 (100.00%) MCSE
1 8 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 8 (100.00%) Novell Certification
2 7 (87.50%) MCP
3 1 (12.50%) Degree
3 1 (12.50%) SC Cleared
3 1 (12.50%) Security Cleared
3 1 (12.50%) CCIE
3 1 (12.50%) CCNP
3 1 (12.50%) CCNA
3 1 (12.50%) Cisco Certification
System Software
1 3 (37.50%) XenApp
1 3 (37.50%) vSphere
2 1 (12.50%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 3 (37.50%) NetApp
2 1 (12.50%) HP