The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term HP StorageWorks in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited HP StorageWorks over the 3 months to 23 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 terms in our Miscellaneous 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.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
HP StorageWorks
Rank 532 547 570
Rank change year-on-year
+15 +23
Contract jobs citing HP StorageWorks 9 18 16
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.019% 0.031% 0.026%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.073% 0.126% 0.092%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 5 10
Average daily rate £510 £320 £500
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+59.21% -36.00%
UK excluding London average daily rate - £400 £275
% change year-on-year
- +45.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All of the Miscellaneous Category
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
12277 14313 17463
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 26.50% 24.52% 28.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 7372 8397 10373
Average daily rate £425 £425 £525
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -19.04%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £248 £250 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £600 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £340
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +1.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 533 663 738
Average hourly rate £22.50 £22.50 £23.36
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -3.68%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £12.50 £11.25
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £44.25 £45.00 £42.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £23.00 £26.50
% change year-on-year
-2.17% -13.20%

HP StorageWorks
Jobs Demand Trend

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

HP StorageWorks Jobs Demand Trend

HP StorageWorks
Daily Rate Trend

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

HP StorageWorks Daily Rate Trend

HP StorageWorks
Hourly Rate Trend

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

HP StorageWorks Hourly Rate Trend

HP StorageWorks
Top 4 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing HP StorageWorks within the UK over the 3 months to 23 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 +30 3 £510 +59.21%
London +28 3 £510 +59.21%
City of London +17 1 £510 +59.21%
Feltham -3 1 - -

HP StorageWorks
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing HP StorageWorks 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 StorageWorks.

1 13 (100.00%) HP
2 10 (76.92%) VMware
3 9 (69.23%) Microsoft
3 9 (69.23%) Hyper-V
4 8 (61.54%) vSphere
4 8 (61.54%) IBM
5 7 (53.85%) Symantec
5 7 (53.85%) Backup Exec
5 7 (53.85%) Citrix
5 7 (53.85%) Hitachi
5 7 (53.85%) NetApp
5 7 (53.85%) Cisco
5 7 (53.85%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
5 7 (53.85%) 3PAR
5 7 (53.85%) Enterprise Storage
5 7 (53.85%) NCDA
5 7 (53.85%) NCIE
5 7 (53.85%) XenServer
5 7 (53.85%) Data Management
5 7 (53.85%) VMware Infrastructure
5 7 (53.85%) HP ASE
5 7 (53.85%) HP MASE
6 4 (30.77%) SAN
7 2 (15.38%) Exchange Server 2010
7 2 (15.38%) Windows Server 2008
7 2 (15.38%) DNS
7 2 (15.38%) Windows
7 2 (15.38%) Active Directory
7 2 (15.38%) SQL
7 2 (15.38%) MS Exchange

HP StorageWorks
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing HP StorageWorks 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 StorageWorks. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 2 (15.38%) Exchange Server 2010
1 2 (15.38%) MS Exchange
2 1 (7.692%) SAS
2 1 (7.692%) IIS
2 1 (7.692%) Exchange Server 2007
Communications & Networking
1 4 (30.77%) SAN
2 2 (15.38%) DNS
3 1 (7.692%) LAN
3 1 (7.692%) DHCP
3 1 (7.692%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.692%) SQL Server
1 1 (7.692%) Base SAS
1 1 (7.692%) SQL Server 2008
Job Titles
1 8 (61.54%) Consultant
2 7 (53.85%) Storage Consultant
3 2 (15.38%) Storage Engineer
4 1 (7.692%) Hardware Engineer
4 1 (7.692%) Server Engineer
4 1 (7.692%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (7.692%) Systems Engineer
4 1 (7.692%) SAN Engineer
4 1 (7.692%) Data Centre Engineer
4 1 (7.692%) Break Fix Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (53.85%) Enterprise Storage
2 2 (15.38%) Firmware
Operating Systems
1 2 (15.38%) Windows Server 2008
1 2 (15.38%) Windows
2 1 (7.692%) Windows XP
2 1 (7.692%) Windows 2000 Server
2 1 (7.692%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (53.85%) Data Management
2 1 (7.692%) PRINCE
2 1 (7.692%) ITIL
2 1 (7.692%) PRINCE2
2 1 (7.692%) High Availability
Programming Languages
1 2 (15.38%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (53.85%) NCDA
1 7 (53.85%) NCIE
1 7 (53.85%) HP ASE
1 7 (53.85%) HP MASE
2 1 (7.692%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (7.692%) ITIL Certification
2 1 (7.692%) MCITP
2 1 (7.692%) Security Cleared
2 1 (7.692%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 1 (7.692%) VCAP
2 1 (7.692%) Microsoft Certified Master
2 1 (7.692%) VCP5
System Software
1 9 (69.23%) Hyper-V
2 8 (61.54%) vSphere
3 7 (53.85%) XenServer
3 7 (53.85%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (15.38%) Active Directory
5 1 (7.692%) Forefront TMG
5 1 (7.692%) UAG
Systems Management
1 7 (53.85%) Backup Exec
1 7 (53.85%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
2 1 (7.692%) SCCM
Vendors
1 13 (100.00%) HP
2 10 (76.92%) VMware
3 9 (69.23%) Microsoft
4 8 (61.54%) IBM
5 7 (53.85%) Symantec
5 7 (53.85%) Citrix
5 7 (53.85%) Hitachi
5 7 (53.85%) NetApp
5 7 (53.85%) Cisco
5 7 (53.85%) 3PAR
6 1 (7.692%) StorageTek
6 1 (7.692%) Sophos
6 1 (7.692%) Sun
6 1 (7.692%) Brocade
6 1 (7.692%) Fujitsu