The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Kaspersky products and/or services in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Kaspersky over the 3 months to 19 June 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Vendors 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.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are NOT representative of contractor rates within Kaspersky Lab.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Kaspersky
Rank 530 - 591
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Kaspersky 11 0 10
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.023% - 0.016%
As % of the Vendors category 0.049% - 0.034%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 2
Average daily rate £113 - £225
UK excluding London average daily rate £113 - £225
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 4
Average hourly rate £10.00 - £15.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £10.00 - £11.50
All Vendors
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
22661 27024 29251
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 47.10% 46.57% 46.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 12046 13666 14795
Average daily rate £396 £388 £405
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.19% -4.32%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £225 £248
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £550 £598
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 1218 1322 1627
Average hourly rate £20.00 £19.50 £20.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+2.56% -4.87%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.35 £11.20 £11.11
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £40.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.26 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
+1.36% -5.00%

Kaspersky
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Kaspersky Jobs Demand Trend

Kaspersky
Daily Rate Trend

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

Kaspersky Daily Rate Trend

Kaspersky
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Kaspersky Hourly Rate Trend

Kaspersky
Top 20 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Kaspersky within the UK over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
England - 11 £113 - 2
South East - 3 - - 2
East of England - 1 £113 -
London - 1 - -
Reading - - - -
Wednesbury - - - -
Willenhall - - - -
York - - - -
Berkshire - - - - 1
Cambridgeshire - - - -
North Yorkshire - - - -
Oxfordshire - - - - 1
Staffordshire - - - -
West Yorkshire - - - -
Yorkshire - - - -
West Midlands - - - -
Cannock - - - -
Halesowen - - - -
Hounslow - - - -
Leeds - - - -

Kaspersky
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Kaspersky 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 Kaspersky.

1 32 (84.21%) Windows
2 29 (76.32%) Active Directory
3 24 (63.16%) SCCM
3 24 (63.16%) Windows 7
4 23 (60.53%) Windows XP
5 19 (50.00%) MS Office
5 19 (50.00%) Apple
5 19 (50.00%) Blackberry
6 17 (44.74%) Microsoft
7 15 (39.47%) MS Excel
8 13 (34.21%) Cisco
9 12 (31.58%) VMware
9 12 (31.58%) Video Conferencing
9 12 (31.58%) VMware Infrastructure
10 8 (21.05%) VPN
10 8 (21.05%) Windows Server 2008
11 7 (18.42%) McAfee
12 6 (15.79%) CheckPoint
13 5 (13.16%) Clearswift
13 5 (13.16%) SSL
13 5 (13.16%) Linux
13 5 (13.16%) ITIL
13 5 (13.16%) UNIX
13 5 (13.16%) SurfControl
13 5 (13.16%) Firewall
14 4 (10.53%) Change Management
14 4 (10.53%) Symantec
14 4 (10.53%) SQL Server
14 4 (10.53%) Veritas
15 3 (7.895%) Citrix

Kaspersky
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Kaspersky 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 Kaspersky. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (5.263%) Software Packaging
2 1 (2.632%) COM
Application Platforms
1 3 (7.895%) SharePoint
1 3 (7.895%) MS Exchange
2 1 (2.632%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 19 (50.00%) MS Office
2 15 (39.47%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 8 (21.05%) VPN
2 5 (13.16%) SSL
2 5 (13.16%) Firewall
3 3 (7.895%) NetScreen
3 3 (7.895%) Internet
4 1 (2.632%) TCP/IP
4 1 (2.632%) DNS
4 1 (2.632%) Network Security
4 1 (2.632%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (10.53%) SQL Server
General
1 3 (7.895%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 19 (50.00%) 2nd Line Support
2 11 (28.95%) Help Desk Support
3 8 (21.05%) Helpdesk Technician
3 8 (21.05%) Support Technician
3 8 (21.05%) Support Engineer
3 8 (21.05%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
3 8 (21.05%) 2nd Line Support Technician
3 8 (21.05%) Service Desk Technician
3 8 (21.05%) Help Desk Support Technician
4 7 (18.42%) Analyst
5 4 (10.53%) 1st Line Support
6 3 (7.895%) Support Specialist
6 3 (7.895%) Technical Analyst
6 3 (7.895%) Security Analyst
7 2 (5.263%) Operations Analyst
8 1 (2.632%) Desktop Support
8 1 (2.632%) Consultant
8 1 (2.632%) Desktop Engineer
8 1 (2.632%) Security Specialist
8 1 (2.632%) Network Support
Miscellaneous
1 19 (50.00%) Blackberry
2 12 (31.58%) Video Conferencing
3 2 (5.263%) NHS
4 1 (2.632%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 32 (84.21%) Windows
2 24 (63.16%) Windows 7
3 23 (60.53%) Windows XP
4 8 (21.05%) Windows Server 2008
5 5 (13.16%) Linux
5 5 (13.16%) UNIX
6 3 (7.895%) VMS
7 1 (2.632%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (13.16%) ITIL
2 4 (10.53%) Change Management
3 3 (7.895%) Disaster Recovery
3 3 (7.895%) Release Management
4 2 (5.263%) Asset Management
4 2 (5.263%) Migration
5 1 (2.632%) Problem Management
5 1 (2.632%) Penetration Testing
Programming Languages
1 3 (7.895%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (7.895%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (2.632%) SC Cleared
2 1 (2.632%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 29 (76.32%) Active Directory
2 12 (31.58%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (7.895%) XenServer
4 1 (2.632%) ISA Server
Systems Management
1 24 (63.16%) SCCM
2 3 (7.895%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
2 3 (7.895%) Norton AntiVirus
3 1 (2.632%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 19 (50.00%) Apple
2 17 (44.74%) Microsoft
3 13 (34.21%) Cisco
4 12 (31.58%) VMware
5 7 (18.42%) McAfee
6 6 (15.79%) CheckPoint
7 5 (13.16%) Clearswift
7 5 (13.16%) SurfControl
8 4 (10.53%) Symantec
8 4 (10.53%) Veritas
9 3 (7.895%) Citrix
10 1 (2.632%) Blue Coat
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