The first table below looks at the demand for MAILsweeper skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited MAILsweeper 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 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.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Clearswift MAILsweeper
Rank 523 582 577
Rank change year-on-year
+59 -5
Contract jobs citing MAILsweeper 11 4 9
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.023% 0.007% 0.015%
As % of the Systems Management category 0.343% 0.110% 0.252%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 3 1
Average daily rate £300 £338 £348
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-11.11% -2.87%
UK excluding London average daily rate - £110 -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £11.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £11.50
All Systems Management
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Systems Management category
3207 3620 3577
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 6.805% 6.106% 5.943%
Number of daily rates quoted 1813 1847 1704
Average daily rate £375 £350 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% -6.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £238 £225 £210
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £475 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £325 £300
% change year-on-year
+1.53% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 170 173 231
Average hourly rate £20.00 £20.00 £23.19
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -13.74%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £13.53 £14.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.50 £45.00 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.00 £17.50 £24.40
% change year-on-year
+14.28% -28.27%

MAILsweeper
Jobs Demand Trend

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

MAILsweeper Jobs Demand Trend

MAILsweeper
Daily Rate Trend

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

MAILsweeper Daily Rate Trend

MAILsweeper
Hourly Rate Trend

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

MAILsweeper Hourly Rate Trend

MAILsweeper
Top 3 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing MAILsweeper 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 +63 11 £300 -11.11%
London +39 11 £300 -14.28%
City of London +14 6 £313 -7.40%

MAILsweeper
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 20 (95.24%) MS Exchange
1 20 (95.24%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
2 19 (90.48%) Symantec
2 19 (90.48%) Active Directory
2 19 (90.48%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
3 18 (85.71%) Windows Server 2008
3 18 (85.71%) Windows
4 17 (80.95%) Microsoft
4 17 (80.95%) Blackberry
5 15 (71.43%) VMware
6 14 (66.67%) Exchange Server 2003
6 14 (66.67%) Exchange Server 2010
7 13 (61.90%) VMware Infrastructure
7 13 (61.90%) SMTP
8 11 (52.38%) Windows Server 2003
8 11 (52.38%) PowerShell
9 10 (47.62%) Clearswift
9 10 (47.62%) Lotus
9 10 (47.62%) TCP/IP
9 10 (47.62%) Lotus Notes
10 8 (38.10%) Lotus Domino
10 8 (38.10%) LDAP
10 8 (38.10%) SSL
10 8 (38.10%) Tivoli
10 8 (38.10%) POP3
10 8 (38.10%) McAfee
10 8 (38.10%) Norton AntiVirus
10 8 (38.10%) Migration
10 8 (38.10%) SCOM
10 8 (38.10%) Office Communications Server

MAILsweeper
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 1 (4.762%) COM
Application Platforms
1 20 (95.24%) MS Exchange
1 20 (95.24%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
2 14 (66.67%) Exchange Server 2003
2 14 (66.67%) Exchange Server 2010
3 10 (47.62%) Lotus Notes
4 8 (38.10%) Lotus Domino
4 8 (38.10%) Office Communications Server
5 4 (19.05%) Lync
5 4 (19.05%) WorkSite
6 1 (4.762%) SharePoint
Communications & Networking
1 13 (61.90%) SMTP
2 10 (47.62%) TCP/IP
3 8 (38.10%) LDAP
3 8 (38.10%) SSL
3 8 (38.10%) POP3
4 5 (23.81%) SAN
4 5 (23.81%) DNS
4 5 (23.81%) NAS
5 4 (19.05%) DHCP
6 1 (4.762%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (23.81%) SQL Server
2 4 (19.05%) SQL Server 2008
2 4 (19.05%) SQL Server 2005
General
1 6 (28.57%) Banking
2 3 (14.29%) Finance
Job Titles
1 11 (52.38%) Consultant
2 8 (38.10%) Messaging Consultant
3 6 (28.57%) Exchange Consultant
4 5 (23.81%) Support Consultant
5 3 (14.29%) Analyst
5 3 (14.29%) Server Support
5 3 (14.29%) 3rd Line Support
6 2 (9.524%) Test Analyst
6 2 (9.524%) Architect
6 2 (9.524%) Exchange Engineer
7 1 (4.762%) Migration Engineer
7 1 (4.762%) Migration Consultant
7 1 (4.762%) Infrastructure Consultant
7 1 (4.762%) Enterprise Consultant
7 1 (4.762%) Microsoft Consultant
7 1 (4.762%) IT Consultant
7 1 (4.762%) Security Consultant
7 1 (4.762%) Technical Consultant
7 1 (4.762%) Windows Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 17 (80.95%) Blackberry
2 4 (19.05%) CLARiiON
3 2 (9.524%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 18 (85.71%) Windows Server 2008
1 18 (85.71%) Windows
2 11 (52.38%) Windows Server 2003
3 4 (19.05%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (38.10%) Migration
2 4 (19.05%) Capacity Planning
3 3 (14.29%) Project Management
3 3 (14.29%) ITIL
4 2 (9.524%) Change Control
5 1 (4.762%) ETL
5 1 (4.762%) Performance Testing
Programming Languages
1 11 (52.38%) PowerShell
2 6 (28.57%) C
3 4 (19.05%) VB
4 1 (4.762%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
1 7 (33.33%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (28.57%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 19 (90.48%) Active Directory
2 13 (61.90%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (19.05%) XenApp
3 4 (19.05%) EMC RecoverPoint
4 3 (14.29%) VMware ESX
4 3 (14.29%) ISA Server
4 3 (14.29%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 19 (90.48%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
2 8 (38.10%) Tivoli
2 8 (38.10%) Norton AntiVirus
2 8 (38.10%) SCOM
3 4 (19.05%) RepliStor
Vendors
1 19 (90.48%) Symantec
2 17 (80.95%) Microsoft
3 15 (71.43%) VMware
4 10 (47.62%) Clearswift
4 10 (47.62%) Lotus
5 8 (38.10%) McAfee
6 5 (23.81%) Open Text
6 5 (23.81%) Citrix
6 5 (23.81%) RightFax
7 4 (19.05%) HP
7 4 (19.05%) Compaq
7 4 (19.05%) EMC
7 4 (19.05%) Intel
7 4 (19.05%) NetIQ
8 3 (14.29%) Websense
9 1 (4.762%) CheckPoint
9 1 (4.762%) CommVault
9 1 (4.762%) Cisco
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