Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the prevalence of the term HACMP in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited HACMP over the 3 months to 22 March 2010 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 terms in our Miscellaneous category.

LinkIBM High Availability Cluster Multiprocessing (HACMP)
Location
3 months to
22 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank420405522
Rank change year-on-year
Down-15Up+117
Matching contract IT job ads574184
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK0.117 %0.103 %0.102 %
As % of the Miscellaneous category0.439 %0.427 %0.482 %
Daily rates quoted291920
Average daily rate£400£420£445
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-4.760 %-5.610 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£288£171£313
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£704£450£500
UK excluding London average daily rate£378£425£425
% change year-on-year
-11.17 %-
Hourly rates quoted404
Average hourly rate£31.75-£38.75
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£27.15-£35.40
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£32.50-£40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£31.75-£38.75
IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryAll Miscellaneous Category
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
12992960017443
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK26.73 %24.19 %21.27 %
Daily rates quoted686535936204
Average daily rate£525£425£515
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+23.52 %-17.47 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£285£225£275
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£650£600£700
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£330£350
% change year-on-year
-1.510 %-5.710 %
Hourly rates quoted5968171503
Average hourly rate£19.00£22.50£25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-15.55 %-10.00 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£10.50£12.00£10.50
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£40.00£40.00£42.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£18.50£22.74£25.00
% change year-on-year
-18.64 %-9.040 %

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.

HACMP
Demand Trend

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

HACMP Demand Trend

HACMP
Daily Rate Trend

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

HACMP Daily Rate Trend

HACMP
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing HACMP within the UK over the 3 months to 22 March 2010.

HACMP Daily Rate Histogram

HACMP
Hourly Rate Trend

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

HACMP Hourly Rate Trend

HACMP
Top 19 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing HACMP within the UK over the 3 months to 22 March 2010. 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-2157£400-4.76 %
LondonDown-4837£425+6.25 %
South EastNew entry-12£378-
City of LondonDown-698£334-18.59 %
HampshireNew entry-6£378-
BuckinghamshireNew entry-5£275-
East of EnglandUp+183--
HertfordshireUp+133--
North WestDown-213£263-38.23 %
Milton KeynesNew entry-3£275-
CheshireDown-122£300-36.84 %
South WestNew entry-2£415-
DorsetNew entry-2£415-
StevenageNew entry-2--
BournemouthNew entry-2£415-
ManchesterDown-201£225-28.00 %
KentNew entry-1£400-
TonbridgeNew entry-1£400-
EastleighNew entry-1--

HACMP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 March 2010, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing HACMP 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 HACMP.

187 (93.55 %)AIX
272 (77.42 %)UNIX
357 (61.29 %)IBM
450 (53.76 %)Linux
545 (48.39 %)HP
634 (36.56 %)Oracle
733 (35.48 %)Solaris
831 (33.33 %)Windows
831 (33.33 %)VMware
929 (31.18 %)Red Hat
929 (31.18 %)SAN
929 (31.18 %)Red Hat Linux
1027 (29.03 %)VMware Infrastructure
1027 (29.03 %)Finance
1126 (27.96 %)Clustering
1225 (26.88 %)Security Cleared
1323 (24.73 %)DV Cleared
1422 (23.66 %)Shell Script
1521 (22.58 %)Sun
1521 (22.58 %)WebSphere
1620 (21.51 %)Tivoli
1719 (20.43 %)Veritas
1818 (19.35 %)TCP/IP
1818 (19.35 %)LPAR
1915 (16.13 %)VMware ESX
1915 (16.13 %)NFS
1915 (16.13 %)EMC
1915 (16.13 %)HPUX
2014 (15.05 %)Government
2113 (13.98 %)C

HACMP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 March 2010, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing HACMP 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 HACMP. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
121 (22.58 %)WebSphere
29 (9.677 %)J2EE
31 (1.075 %)Middleware
31 (1.075 %)EJB
31 (1.075 %).NET
IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
18 (8.602 %)WebSphere Message Broker
18 (8.602 %)Oracle Application Server
18 (8.602 %)MQSeries
18 (8.602 %)WebSphere MQ
27 (7.527 %)WebSphere Application Server
36 (6.452 %)Apache
45 (5.376 %)WebLogic
54 (4.301 %)Oracle 9iAS
54 (4.301 %)SharePoint
62 (2.151 %)IIS
71 (1.075 %)IBM HTTP Server
71 (1.075 %)Tomcat
71 (1.075 %)Lotus Notes
71 (1.075 %)CICS
IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
12 (2.151 %)MS Office
21 (1.075 %)MS Excel
IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
11 (1.075 %)Staffware
11 (1.075 %)Oracle 11i
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
129 (31.18 %)SAN
218 (19.35 %)TCP/IP
312 (12.90 %)SSL
411 (11.83 %)SSH
59 (9.677 %)LDAP
67 (7.527 %)Ethernet
74 (4.301 %)VLAN
74 (4.301 %)DNS
74 (4.301 %)Firewall
83 (3.226 %)SMTP
83 (3.226 %)SNMP
92 (2.151 %)DMZ
101 (1.075 %)SNA
101 (1.075 %)DHCP
101 (1.075 %)HTTP
101 (1.075 %)NAS
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
112 (12.90 %)DB2
29 (9.677 %)SQL Server
34 (4.301 %)NonStop SQL
34 (4.301 %)DB2 UDB
34 (4.301 %)Oracle 10g
34 (4.301 %)Oracle 9i
43 (3.226 %)RDBMS
51 (1.075 %)Oracle 8/8i
IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
11 (1.075 %)WinRunner
11 (1.075 %)TestDirector
11 (1.075 %)QuickTest Pro
11 (1.075 %)LoadRunner
IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
127 (29.03 %)Finance
214 (15.05 %)Government
37 (7.527 %)Banking
45 (5.376 %)Financial Institution
53 (3.226 %)Manufacturing
62 (2.151 %)Investment Banking
71 (1.075 %)Pharmaceutical
71 (1.075 %)Retail Banking
71 (1.075 %)Insurance
71 (1.075 %)Retail
IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
130 (32.26 %)Administrator
225 (26.88 %)UNIX Administrator
317 (18.28 %)Systems Administrator
413 (13.98 %)AIX Administrator
512 (12.90 %)UNIX Engineer
512 (12.90 %)UNIX Systems Administrator
68 (8.602 %)Infrastructure Specialist
68 (8.602 %)Architect
68 (8.602 %)Technical Specialist
77 (7.527 %)UNIX Technical Specialist
77 (7.527 %)UNIX Specialist
86 (6.452 %)Team Leader
86 (6.452 %)UNIX Systems Engineer
86 (6.452 %)UNIX Team Leader
86 (6.452 %)AIX Specialist
86 (6.452 %)Systems Engineer
95 (5.376 %)Software Tester
95 (5.376 %)DBA
95 (5.376 %)Project Manager
95 (5.376 %)Tester
IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
126 (27.96 %)Clustering
218 (19.35 %)LPAR
312 (12.90 %)PKI
45 (5.376 %)Replication
45 (5.376 %)Mainframe
45 (5.376 %)iSeries
54 (4.301 %)Tandem
63 (3.226 %)Symmetrix
72 (2.151 %)Management Information System
81 (1.075 %)AS400
81 (1.075 %)N-Tier
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
187 (93.55 %)AIX
272 (77.42 %)UNIX
350 (53.76 %)Linux
433 (35.48 %)Solaris
531 (33.33 %)Windows
629 (31.18 %)Red Hat Linux
715 (16.13 %)HPUX
813 (13.98 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
910 (10.75 %)Windows Server 2003
108 (8.602 %)Windows XP
108 (8.602 %)NetWare
115 (5.376 %)SUSE
121 (1.075 %)zOS
121 (1.075 %)Windows 2000
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
18 (8.602 %)Project Management
27 (7.527 %)E-business
36 (6.452 %)Migration
36 (6.452 %)Disaster Recovery
44 (4.301 %)PRINCE2
44 (4.301 %)Change Management
53 (3.226 %)SAP Implementation
53 (3.226 %)Capacity Planning
53 (3.226 %)Incident Management
62 (2.151 %)Supplier Management
62 (2.151 %)ITIL
71 (1.075 %)Stakeholder Management
71 (1.075 %)Data Migration
71 (1.075 %)Performance Testing
71 (1.075 %)Agile Software Development
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
122 (23.66 %)Shell Script
213 (13.98 %)C
312 (12.90 %)Perl
312 (12.90 %)AWK
411 (11.83 %)Korn
58 (8.602 %)Bash shell
58 (8.602 %)C++
58 (8.602 %)Java
63 (3.226 %)SQL
IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
125 (26.88 %)Security Cleared
223 (24.73 %)DV Cleared
39 (9.677 %)SC Cleared
45 (5.376 %)IBM Certification
54 (4.301 %)PRINCE2 Certification
61 (1.075 %)ITIL Certification
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
13 (3.226 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
21 (1.075 %)COBIT
IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
127 (29.03 %)VMware Infrastructure
215 (16.13 %)VMware ESX
215 (16.13 %)NFS
312 (12.90 %)Samba
47 (7.527 %)Active Directory
54 (4.301 %)SRDF
63 (3.226 %)Veritas Cluster Server
72 (2.151 %)Veritas Volume Manager
81 (1.075 %)Tivoli Directory Server
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
120 (21.51 %)Tivoli
29 (9.677 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
38 (8.602 %)HP Data Protector
47 (7.527 %)OpenView
56 (6.452 %)YUM
56 (6.452 %)NetBackup
64 (4.301 %)BMC PATROL
73 (3.226 %)EMC TimeFinder
73 (3.226 %)EMC NetWorker
81 (1.075 %)Foglight
81 (1.075 %)CONTROL-M
IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
157 (61.29 %)IBM
245 (48.39 %)HP
334 (36.56 %)Oracle
431 (33.33 %)VMware
529 (31.18 %)Red Hat
621 (22.58 %)Sun
719 (20.43 %)Veritas
815 (16.13 %)EMC
911 (11.83 %)Cisco
107 (7.527 %)NetIQ
107 (7.527 %)Compaq
107 (7.527 %)Hitachi
115 (5.376 %)BMC
115 (5.376 %)SAP
115 (5.376 %)Intel
124 (4.301 %)Brocade
124 (4.301 %)BEA
124 (4.301 %)Unisys
124 (4.301 %)ADIC
124 (4.301 %)Teradata