The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of FalconStor 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 FalconStor over the 3 months to 24 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 FalconStor Software.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
FalconStor
Rank 515 - 578
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing FalconStor 14 0 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.030% - 0.010%
As % of the Vendors category 0.064% - 0.021%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 0 6
Average daily rate £260 - £300
90% offered a daily rate of more than £253 - £281
10% offered a daily rate of more than £406 - £313
UK excluding London average daily rate £260 - £300
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Vendors
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
21803 27081 28409
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 47.00% 46.44% 46.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 11623 13840 14202
Average daily rate £400 £400 £410
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -2.43%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £237 £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 1174 1312 1605
Average hourly rate £19.00 £19.50 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-2.56% -2.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.22 £11.50 £11.15
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £40.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%

FalconStor
Jobs Demand Trend

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

FalconStor Jobs Demand Trend

FalconStor
Daily Rate Trend

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

FalconStor Daily Rate Trend

FalconStor
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing FalconStor within the UK over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

FalconStor Daily Rate Histogram

FalconStor
Top 9 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing FalconStor within the UK over the 3 months to 24 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 - 14 £260 -
South West - 13 £260 -
Devon - 11 £260 -
Plymouth - 9 £260 -
Exeter - 2 £356 -
Bournemouth - 2 £425 -
Dorset - 2 £425 -
City of London - 1 £300 -
London - 1 £300 -

FalconStor
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing FalconStor 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 FalconStor.

1 16 (100.00%) VMware
2 15 (93.75%) VMware Infrastructure
3 12 (75.00%) vSphere
4 6 (37.50%) Windows
5 3 (18.75%) Time Management
5 3 (18.75%) Disaster Recovery
5 3 (18.75%) VMware Server
5 3 (18.75%) Linux
5 3 (18.75%) UNIX
5 3 (18.75%) Symantec
6 2 (12.50%) Windows Server 2003
6 2 (12.50%) ISA Server
6 2 (12.50%) MS Exchange
6 2 (12.50%) SAN
6 2 (12.50%) Banking
6 2 (12.50%) Migration
6 2 (12.50%) NetBackup
6 2 (12.50%) NAS
6 2 (12.50%) Windows Server 2008
6 2 (12.50%) UAG
6 2 (12.50%) Exchange Server 2010
6 2 (12.50%) Office 365
7 1 (6.250%) Fibre Channel
7 1 (6.250%) Replication
7 1 (6.250%) Huawei
7 1 (6.250%) Brocade
7 1 (6.250%) CommVault
7 1 (6.250%) SQL
7 1 (6.250%) Oracle
7 1 (6.250%) Cisco

FalconStor
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing FalconStor 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 FalconStor. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 2 (12.50%) MS Exchange
1 2 (12.50%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 2 (12.50%) Office 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (12.50%) SAN
1 2 (12.50%) NAS
2 1 (6.250%) Fibre Channel
General
1 2 (12.50%) Banking
Job Titles
1 9 (56.25%) Analyst
1 9 (56.25%) Consultant
2 6 (37.50%) Support Engineer
3 5 (31.25%) Technical Consultant
3 5 (31.25%) Support Consultant
3 5 (31.25%) VMware Support Engineer
3 5 (31.25%) VMware Engineer
4 3 (18.75%) VMware Consultant
4 3 (18.75%) VMware Technical Consultant
5 2 (12.50%) Migration Consultant
5 2 (12.50%) Storage Consultant
6 1 (6.250%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
6 1 (6.250%) Storage Specialist
6 1 (6.250%) Data Centre Engineer
6 1 (6.250%) Virtualisation Engineer
6 1 (6.250%) Virtualisation Consultant
6 1 (6.250%) 3rd Line Support
Miscellaneous
1 1 (6.250%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 6 (37.50%) Windows
2 3 (18.75%) Linux
2 3 (18.75%) UNIX
3 2 (12.50%) Windows Server 2003
3 2 (12.50%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (18.75%) Time Management
1 3 (18.75%) Disaster Recovery
2 2 (12.50%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 1 (6.250%) SQL
System Software
1 15 (93.75%) VMware Infrastructure
2 12 (75.00%) vSphere
3 3 (18.75%) VMware Server
4 2 (12.50%) ISA Server
4 2 (12.50%) UAG
5 1 (6.250%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (12.50%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 16 (100.00%) VMware
2 3 (18.75%) Symantec
3 1 (6.250%) Huawei
3 1 (6.250%) Brocade
3 1 (6.250%) CommVault
3 1 (6.250%) Oracle
3 1 (6.250%) Cisco
3 1 (6.250%) Microsoft
Plymouth, South West
Our client has an immediate and critical contract requirement for an experienced server engineer to join an ongoing programme of work. The successful applicant will have a high...
Rate: £250.00 per day
Posted: 1 May 2013
Plymouth, Devon
VMware / VSphere Engineer required for a 6 month+contract, for £200 - £300 per day in Plymouth, starting shortly. Essential skills and experience required: Expertise in server and storage...
Reed Technology
Rate: £200 - £300 per day
Posted: 24 May 2013