The first table below looks at the demand for HP APS in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited HP APS over the 3 months to 22 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 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
HP Accredited Platform Specialist (HP APS)
Rank 527 583 567
Rank change year-on-year
+56 -16
Contract jobs citing HP APS 7 3 19
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.015% 0.005% 0.032%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.082% 0.029% 0.200%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 1 0
Average daily rate £400 £125 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+220.00% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £125 -
% change year-on-year
+160.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 4
Average hourly rate - - £11.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £11.50
All Qualifications
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
8550 10235 9482
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 18.14% 17.26% 15.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 4574 5344 4533
Average daily rate £375 £375 £375
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £220 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £539 £550 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 462 564 657
Average hourly rate £22.50 £22.00 £22.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+2.27% -2.22%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.00 £12.50 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £47.50 £42.50 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.22% -10.00%

HP APS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

HP APS Jobs Demand Trend

HP APS
Daily Rate Trend

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

HP APS Daily Rate Trend

HP APS
Hourly Rate Trend

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

HP APS Hourly Rate Trend

HP APS
Top 5 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing HP APS within the UK over the 3 months to 22 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 +60 7 £400 +220.00%
London - 5 £400 -
East of England - 2 £325 -
Essex - 2 £325 -
Basildon - 2 £325 -

HP APS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing HP APS 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 HP APS.

1 10 (100.00%) Cisco
1 10 (100.00%) HP
2 7 (70.00%) Juniper
2 7 (70.00%) OpenView
2 7 (70.00%) SNMP
2 7 (70.00%) LAN
2 7 (70.00%) WAN
2 7 (70.00%) DSL
2 7 (70.00%) Wi-Fi
2 7 (70.00%) Wireless
2 7 (70.00%) SC Cleared
2 7 (70.00%) Security Cleared
2 7 (70.00%) Incident Management
3 5 (50.00%) Gigabit Ethernet
3 5 (50.00%) Firewall
3 5 (50.00%) IPsec
3 5 (50.00%) 3Com
3 5 (50.00%) MPLS
3 5 (50.00%) OSPF
3 5 (50.00%) BGP
3 5 (50.00%) RSVP
3 5 (50.00%) Ethernet
3 5 (50.00%) VPN
3 5 (50.00%) Nokia
4 3 (30.00%) ITIL
5 2 (20.00%) CRM
5 2 (20.00%) Microsoft
5 2 (20.00%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (20.00%) MS Office
5 2 (20.00%) CCNP

HP APS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing HP APS 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 HP APS. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications
1 2 (20.00%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 7 (70.00%) SNMP
1 7 (70.00%) LAN
1 7 (70.00%) WAN
1 7 (70.00%) DSL
1 7 (70.00%) Wi-Fi
1 7 (70.00%) Wireless
2 5 (50.00%) Gigabit Ethernet
2 5 (50.00%) Firewall
2 5 (50.00%) IPsec
2 5 (50.00%) MPLS
2 5 (50.00%) OSPF
2 5 (50.00%) BGP
2 5 (50.00%) RSVP
2 5 (50.00%) Ethernet
2 5 (50.00%) VPN
3 2 (20.00%) Cisco Nexus
General
1 1 (10.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 7 (70.00%) Network Engineer
2 5 (50.00%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
2 5 (50.00%) Cisco Engineer
2 5 (50.00%) Cisco Network Engineer
2 5 (50.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 2 (20.00%) Senior Network Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) Desktop Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Desktop Support
4 1 (10.00%) Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Support Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Service Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Desktop Support Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Service Desk Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (10.00%) Video Conferencing
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (70.00%) Incident Management
2 3 (30.00%) ITIL
3 2 (20.00%) CRM
3 2 (20.00%) Change Control
4 1 (10.00%) Network Architecture
Qualifications
1 7 (70.00%) SC Cleared
1 7 (70.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (20.00%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (20.00%) CCNP
2 2 (20.00%) CCNA
3 1 (10.00%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (10.00%) CCIE
Systems Management
1 7 (70.00%) OpenView
Vendors
1 10 (100.00%) Cisco
1 10 (100.00%) HP
2 7 (70.00%) Juniper
3 5 (50.00%) 3Com
3 5 (50.00%) Nokia
4 2 (20.00%) Microsoft
5 1 (10.00%) Apple