The first table below looks at the demand for IAG skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited IAG over the 3 months to 17 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 of the System Software 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Intelligent Application Gateway (IAG)
Rank 527 572 585
Rank change year-on-year
+45 +13
Contract jobs citing IAG 3 6 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.006% 0.010% 0.005%
As % of the System Software category 0.069% 0.129% 0.067%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 2
Average daily rate £475 £445 £356
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.74% +24.91%
UK excluding London average daily rate £475 - £300
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All System Software
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
4317 4635 4468
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 9.304% 7.953% 7.289%
Number of daily rates quoted 2073 2240 1970
Average daily rate £350 £350 £350
90% offered a daily rate of more than £204 £200 £202
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £460 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £305
% change year-on-year
- +6.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 599 613 651
Average hourly rate £17.50 £17.50 £18.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -2.77%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £11.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £32.50 £35.50 £35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £16.50 £17.50
% change year-on-year
-3.03% -5.71%

IAG
Jobs Demand Trend

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

IAG Jobs Demand Trend

IAG
Daily Rate Trend

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

IAG Daily Rate Trend

IAG
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 IAG within the UK over the 3 months to 17 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 +44 2 £475 +6.74%
London +16 1 - -
East Midlands - 1 £475 -
Nottinghamshire - 1 £475 -
Nottingham - 1 £475 -

IAG
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing IAG 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 IAG.

1 13 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 13 (100.00%) Citrix
2 11 (84.62%) VMware
2 11 (84.62%) AppSense
3 9 (69.23%) Active Directory
3 9 (69.23%) Thin Client
3 9 (69.23%) Fat Client
4 8 (61.54%) XenApp
4 8 (61.54%) CCEE
4 8 (61.54%) MCSE
4 8 (61.54%) Citrix Certification
4 8 (61.54%) Microsoft Certification
5 7 (53.85%) Microsoft App-V
5 7 (53.85%) UAG
5 7 (53.85%) XenDesktop
6 6 (46.15%) VMware Infrastructure
6 6 (46.15%) SCCM
6 6 (46.15%) Change Control
6 6 (46.15%) Build Automation
6 6 (46.15%) Windows
7 5 (38.46%) Linux
7 5 (38.46%) HP
7 5 (38.46%) CCA
7 5 (38.46%) Red Hat
7 5 (38.46%) SQL Server
7 5 (38.46%) Wyse
7 5 (38.46%) Linux+ Certification
7 5 (38.46%) SUSE
7 5 (38.46%) vSphere
7 5 (38.46%) SCOM

IAG
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing IAG 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 IAG. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 2 (15.38%) SharePoint
1 2 (15.38%) MS Exchange
Communications & Networking
1 4 (30.77%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (38.46%) SQL Server
Job Titles
1 4 (30.77%) Citrix Engineer
2 3 (23.08%) Consultant
3 2 (15.38%) Technical Consultant
3 2 (15.38%) Senior Technical Consultant
3 2 (15.38%) Senior Consultant
4 1 (7.692%) Support Specialist
4 1 (7.692%) Citrix Specialist
4 1 (7.692%) Senior Citrix Engineer
4 1 (7.692%) Citrix Support
4 1 (7.692%) Citrix Support Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 9 (69.23%) Thin Client
1 9 (69.23%) Fat Client
2 1 (7.692%) Freedom of Information
2 1 (7.692%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (7.692%) Freedom of Information Act
Operating Systems
1 6 (46.15%) Windows
2 5 (38.46%) Linux
2 5 (38.46%) SUSE
3 2 (15.38%) Windows Vista
3 2 (15.38%) Windows 7
3 2 (15.38%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (46.15%) Change Control
1 6 (46.15%) Build Automation
2 4 (30.77%) Load Balancing
2 4 (30.77%) Release Management
2 4 (30.77%) Capacity Planning
3 3 (23.08%) Service Delivery
4 1 (7.692%) Data Protection
4 1 (7.692%) Infrastructure Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (30.77%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 8 (61.54%) Citrix Certification
1 8 (61.54%) Microsoft Certification
1 8 (61.54%) MCSE
1 8 (61.54%) CCEE
2 5 (38.46%) CCA
2 5 (38.46%) Linux+ Certification
3 1 (7.692%) Degree
3 1 (7.692%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (23.08%) SLA
System Software
1 9 (69.23%) Active Directory
2 8 (61.54%) XenApp
3 7 (53.85%) XenDesktop
3 7 (53.85%) Microsoft App-V
3 7 (53.85%) UAG
4 6 (46.15%) VMware Infrastructure
5 5 (38.46%) Hyper-V
5 5 (38.46%) vSphere
5 5 (38.46%) XenServer
Systems Management
1 6 (46.15%) SCCM
2 5 (38.46%) SCOM
3 2 (15.38%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
3 2 (15.38%) Norton AntiVirus
Vendors
1 13 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 13 (100.00%) Citrix
2 11 (84.62%) VMware
2 11 (84.62%) AppSense
3 5 (38.46%) Wyse
3 5 (38.46%) Red Hat
3 5 (38.46%) HP
4 2 (15.38%) Symantec