The first part of the table below looks at the demand for HP NNM skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited HP NNM over the 3 months to 16 May 2012 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 of the Systems Management category.

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.

HP OpenView Network Node Manager (NNM)
Location
3 months to
16 May 2012
Same period 2011Same period 2010
Rank557574528
Rank change year-on-year
Up+17Down-46
Matching contract IT job ads2278
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK0.037 %0.011 %0.015 %
As % of the Systems Management category0.605 %0.194 %0.286 %
Number of daily rates quoted1265
Average daily rate£288£205£450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+40.24 %-54.44 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£262£200£309
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£375£245£550
UK excluding London average daily rate£308£200£317
% change year-on-year
+53.75 %-36.83 %
Number of hourly rates quoted000
Average hourly rate---
UK excluding London average hourly rate---
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategoryAll Systems Management
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Systems Management category
363936032795
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK6.148 %5.872 %5.076 %
Number of daily rates quoted185016941236
Average daily rate£350£360£338
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.77 %+6.66 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£225£210£200
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£500£500£500
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£300£314
% change year-on-year
+8.33 %-4.38 %
Number of hourly rates quoted173219234
Average hourly rate£19.00£23.44£21.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-18.93 %+9.01 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£13.50£15.00£14.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£45.00£38.75£38.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£17.50£24.40£20.50
% change year-on-year
-28.27 %+19.02 %

HP NNM
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing HP NNM within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Systems Management category.

HP NNM Demand Trend

HP NNM
Daily Rate Trend

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

HP NNM Daily Rate Trend

HP NNM
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing HP NNM within the UK over the 3 months to 16 May 2012.

HP NNM Daily Rate Histogram

HP NNM
Hourly Rate Trend

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

HP NNM Hourly Rate Trend

HP NNM
Top 8 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing HP NNM within the UK over the 3 months to 16 May 2012. 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
EnglandUp+2622£288+40.24 %
LondonUp+4518£288-11.53 %
City of LondonUp+406£375+15.38 %
South EastUp+13£450+125.00 %
BerkshireDown-93£450+125.00 %
ReadingNew entry-3£450-
SolihullDown-61£165-21.42 %
West MidlandsDown-171£165-21.42 %

HP NNM
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 16 May 2012, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing HP NNM 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 NNM.

156 (91.80 %)HP
248 (78.69 %)OpenView
338 (62.30 %)HP Data Protector
434 (55.74 %)Finance
515 (24.59 %)Windows
611 (18.03 %)Cisco
611 (18.03 %)CiscoWorks
611 (18.03 %)Security Cleared
710 (16.39 %)SNMP
710 (16.39 %)TCP/IP
710 (16.39 %)WAN
710 (16.39 %)Tivoli
89 (14.75 %)Windows Server 2003
89 (14.75 %)Telecoms
89 (14.75 %)Windows Server 2008
98 (13.11 %)Service Management
107 (11.48 %)3G
107 (11.48 %)MPLS
107 (11.48 %)OSPF
107 (11.48 %)BGP
107 (11.48 %)Redback
107 (11.48 %)SMTP
107 (11.48 %)VoIP
107 (11.48 %)DHCP
107 (11.48 %)DNS
107 (11.48 %)CCNP
107 (11.48 %)Cisco Certification
107 (11.48 %)Juniper
107 (11.48 %)Cisco IOS
107 (11.48 %)Fault Management

HP NNM
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 16 May 2012, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing HP NNM 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 NNM. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
13 (4.918 %)CGI
13 (4.918 %)HTML
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
110 (16.39 %)SNMP
110 (16.39 %)TCP/IP
110 (16.39 %)WAN
27 (11.48 %)3G
27 (11.48 %)MPLS
27 (11.48 %)OSPF
27 (11.48 %)BGP
27 (11.48 %)SMTP
27 (11.48 %)VoIP
27 (11.48 %)DHCP
27 (11.48 %)DNS
27 (11.48 %)Cisco IOS
36 (9.836 %)LAN
44 (6.557 %)FCAPS
44 (6.557 %)Radio Access Network
44 (6.557 %)BSS
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
15 (8.197 %)SQL Server
15 (8.197 %)SQL Server 2005
22 (3.279 %)MySQL
31 (1.639 %)RDBMS
IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
134 (55.74 %)Finance
29 (14.75 %)Telecoms
31 (1.639 %)Banking
31 (1.639 %)Financial Institution
IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
18 (13.11 %)Analyst
27 (11.48 %)IP Engineer
36 (9.836 %)Implementation Engineer
45 (8.197 %)Network Engineer
45 (8.197 %)Technical Leader
54 (6.557 %)Senior Network Engineer
63 (4.918 %)Consultant
63 (4.918 %)Backup Engineer
72 (3.279 %)OpenView Support
72 (3.279 %)OpenView Expert
72 (3.279 %)Operations Engineer
72 (3.279 %)Data Centre Operator
72 (3.279 %)Backup Specialist
72 (3.279 %)Helpdesk Support
81 (1.639 %)Network Support Engineer
81 (1.639 %)Technical Support
81 (1.639 %)Support Engineer
81 (1.639 %)Technical Manager
81 (1.639 %)Network Support
81 (1.639 %)Technical Operations Manager
IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
15 (8.197 %)Hedge funds
15 (8.197 %)e-Health
22 (3.279 %)PKI
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
115 (24.59 %)Windows
29 (14.75 %)Windows Server 2003
29 (14.75 %)Windows Server 2008
36 (9.836 %)HPUX
45 (8.197 %)UNIX
52 (3.279 %)Solaris
61 (1.639 %)Linux
61 (1.639 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
18 (13.11 %)Service Management
27 (11.48 %)Fault Management
36 (9.836 %)Investment Management
36 (9.836 %)ITIL
44 (6.557 %)Network Management
53 (4.918 %)Systems Analysis
62 (3.279 %)QMS
71 (1.639 %)Data Management
71 (1.639 %)Asset Management
71 (1.639 %)Risk Management
71 (1.639 %)System Testing
71 (1.639 %)Knowledge Management
71 (1.639 %)Technical Architecture
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
16 (9.836 %)C
23 (4.918 %)JavaScript
23 (4.918 %)Perl
23 (4.918 %)Shell Script
23 (4.918 %)Tcl
IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
111 (18.03 %)Security Cleared
27 (11.48 %)CCNP
27 (11.48 %)Cisco Certification
36 (9.836 %)CCIP
45 (8.197 %)SC Cleared
54 (6.557 %)DV Cleared
54 (6.557 %)CCNA
54 (6.557 %)CCIE
61 (1.639 %)CCDP
61 (1.639 %)Degree
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
14 (6.557 %)QA
14 (6.557 %)ISO 9001
IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
12 (3.279 %)VMware Infrastructure
12 (3.279 %)VMware ESX
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
148 (78.69 %)OpenView
238 (62.30 %)HP Data Protector
311 (18.03 %)CiscoWorks
410 (16.39 %)Tivoli
56 (9.836 %)HP SIM
64 (6.557 %)Netcool/Webtop
64 (6.557 %)Netcool
64 (6.557 %)Netcool/OMNIbus
72 (3.279 %)SCOM
72 (3.279 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
156 (91.80 %)HP
211 (18.03 %)Cisco
37 (11.48 %)Redback
37 (11.48 %)Juniper
45 (8.197 %)Veeam
54 (6.557 %)SolarWinds
54 (6.557 %)Opsware
54 (6.557 %)IBM
62 (3.279 %)VMware
62 (3.279 %)Microsoft
71 (1.639 %)CA
71 (1.639 %)Nortel
71 (1.639 %)Oracle
71 (1.639 %)Red Hat