The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of NetApp 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 NetApp over the 3 months to 20 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 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 the Network Appliance Corporation.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
NetApp
Rank 216 233 310
Rank change year-on-year
+17 +77
Contract jobs citing NetApp 411 451 319
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.883% 0.773% 0.530%
As % of the Vendors category 1.879% 1.663% 1.138%
Number of daily rates quoted 215 262 169
Average daily rate £385 £400 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.75% -5.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £275 £263
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £475 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £345 £400 £350
% change year-on-year
-13.75% +14.28%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 19 14
Average hourly rate £18.46 £31.00 £20.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-40.45% +49.39%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.20 £19.00 £19.30
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £30.20 £41.50 £25.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £18.46 £30.00 £20.75
% change year-on-year
-38.46% +44.57%
All Vendors
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
21868 27126 28034
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 47.00% 46.50% 46.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 11659 13853 14018
Average daily rate £400 £400 £408
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -1.84%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £235 £235 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £550 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 1197 1299 1587
Average hourly rate £19.50 £20.00 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-2.50% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.21 £11.50 £11.25
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £41.50 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%

NetApp
Jobs Demand Trend

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

NetApp Jobs Demand Trend

NetApp
Daily Rate Trend

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

NetApp Daily Rate Trend

NetApp
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing NetApp within the UK over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

NetApp Daily Rate Histogram

NetApp
Hourly Rate Trend

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

NetApp Hourly Rate Trend

NetApp
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing NetApp within the UK over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

NetApp Hourly Rate Histogram

NetApp
Top 30 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing NetApp within the UK over the 3 months to 20 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 +16 376 £400 -
London +30 186 £410 +2.50%
South East +9 63 £425 +7.93%
City of London +15 39 £450 +10.70%
North West +25 30 £288 -23.33%
South West 0 30 £450 +12.50%
Yorkshire +14 23 £275 -19.11%
West Midlands +1 19 £333 +10.83%
Gloucestershire +10 18 £500 +25.00%
West Sussex +14 16 £585 +72.05%
Scotland -18 16 £325 -16.66%
East of England -9 15 £340 +4.61%
West Yorkshire +5 13 £260 -30.66%
Leeds +7 11 £268 -28.66%
East Midlands -2 11 £315 -10.00%
Berkshire +26 10 £378 +18.89%
Gatwick +9 9 £585 +50.96%
Cambridgeshire +5 9 £340 +6.25%
Surrey +5 9 £381 -23.75%
Manchester +15 8 £240 -32.63%
Birmingham +8 8 £400 +14.28%
Cheshire +7 8 £345 -9.21%
Hampshire -10 8 £420 +52.72%
Buckinghamshire +10 7 £330 +27.53%
Aberdeen +7 7 £338 -
Edinburgh -4 7 £188 -53.12%
Milton Keynes +16 6 £353 -
Liverpool +9 6 £350 -22.22%
Coventry +5 6 £325 -13.33%
Merseyside +2 6 £350 +20.48%

NetApp
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing NetApp 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 NetApp.

1 457 (59.27%) Windows
2 441 (57.20%) VMware
3 362 (46.95%) SAN
4 233 (30.22%) Cisco
5 231 (29.96%) VMware Infrastructure
6 225 (29.18%) HP
7 215 (27.89%) Linux
8 189 (24.51%) EMC
8 189 (24.51%) Microsoft
9 188 (24.38%) UNIX
10 186 (24.12%) Windows Server 2008
11 171 (22.18%) Active Directory
12 140 (18.16%) Citrix
13 136 (17.64%) NAS
14 130 (16.86%) MS Exchange
15 121 (15.69%) Migration
16 115 (14.92%) Windows Server 2003
17 113 (14.66%) Red Hat
17 113 (14.66%) ITIL
18 112 (14.53%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
19 111 (14.40%) SQL
20 109 (14.14%) SQL Server
21 108 (14.01%) vSphere
22 105 (13.62%) IBM
23 104 (13.49%) NetBackup
24 103 (13.36%) Oracle
25 100 (12.97%) Security Cleared
26 98 (12.71%) Finance
27 97 (12.58%) Clustering
28 96 (12.45%) DNS

NetApp
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 28 (3.632%) WebSphere
2 21 (2.724%) Middleware
3 20 (2.594%) .NET
4 13 (1.686%) Web Services
4 13 (1.686%) XML
5 11 (1.427%) HTML
6 9 (1.167%) XSLT
7 7 (0.908%) COM
8 5 (0.649%) JDBC
9 4 (0.519%) .NET Framework
10 3 (0.389%) Application Packaging
11 2 (0.259%) CGI
11 2 (0.259%) Regular Expression
12 1 (0.130%) Gearman
12 1 (0.130%) LAMP
12 1 (0.130%) Silverlight
12 1 (0.130%) Memcached
12 1 (0.130%) J2EE
12 1 (0.130%) WAP
Application Platforms
1 130 (16.86%) MS Exchange
2 88 (11.41%) Exchange Server 2010
3 66 (8.560%) Apache
4 62 (8.042%) SharePoint
5 44 (5.707%) Exchange Server 2007
6 34 (4.410%) IIS
7 29 (3.761%) Exchange Server 2003
8 24 (3.113%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
9 23 (2.983%) Tomcat
10 22 (2.853%) SharePoint 2010
11 15 (1.946%) Lync
12 13 (1.686%) WebLogic
13 10 (1.297%) OpenEdge
14 8 (1.038%) Liferay
15 6 (0.778%) SharePoint Server
16 4 (0.519%) CloudStack
17 3 (0.389%) Office Communications Server
17 3 (0.389%) BizTalk Server
18 2 (0.259%) Oracle Application Server
18 2 (0.259%) Oracle Spatial
Applications
1 41 (5.318%) MS Excel
2 21 (2.724%) MS Office
3 5 (0.649%) Office 365
4 2 (0.259%) MS Project
4 2 (0.259%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.130%) S-PLUS
Business Applications
1 10 (1.297%) RMDS
1 10 (1.297%) Dynamics NAV
2 8 (1.038%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.130%) AWD
3 1 (0.130%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.130%) Oracle 11i
Communications & Networking
1 362 (46.95%) SAN
2 136 (17.64%) NAS
3 96 (12.45%) DNS
4 88 (11.41%) Firewall
5 76 (9.857%) LAN
6 68 (8.820%) WAN
7 67 (8.690%) TCP/IP
8 64 (8.301%) DHCP
9 47 (6.096%) VPN
10 27 (3.502%) iSCSI
11 26 (3.372%) Ethernet
12 22 (2.853%) Cisco ASA
12 22 (2.853%) Fibre Channel
13 16 (2.075%) VLAN
14 15 (1.946%) HTTP
14 15 (1.946%) Cisco Nexus
15 13 (1.686%) SNMP
15 13 (1.686%) MPLS
16 11 (1.427%) BIG-IP
17 10 (1.297%) LDAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 109 (14.14%) SQL Server
2 47 (6.096%) SQL Server 2008
3 40 (5.188%) MySQL
4 35 (4.540%) SQL Server 2005
5 15 (1.946%) Oracle 11g
6 11 (1.427%) Oracle 8/8i
7 10 (1.297%) PostgreSQL
8 9 (1.167%) Oracle 10g
9 8 (1.038%) SQL Server 2012
10 5 (0.649%) Oracle OLAP
10 5 (0.649%) Ingres
10 5 (0.649%) OLAP
11 4 (0.519%) OLTP
12 2 (0.259%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 2 (0.259%) Oracle 9i
12 2 (0.259%) Data Warehouse
13 1 (0.130%) DTS
13 1 (0.130%) DB2
13 1 (0.130%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 1 (0.130%) BusinessObjects
Development Applications
1 9 (1.167%) Git (software)
2 8 (1.038%) Hudson
2 8 (1.038%) Jenkins
3 6 (0.778%) LoadRunner
4 5 (0.649%) InstallShield
5 4 (0.519%) WinRunner
6 3 (0.389%) MSI
6 3 (0.389%) Bugzilla
6 3 (0.389%) Selenium
6 3 (0.389%) QuickTest Pro
7 1 (0.130%) TeamCity
7 1 (0.130%) Subversion
7 1 (0.130%) TestDirector
General
1 98 (12.71%) Finance
2 48 (6.226%) Banking
3 31 (4.021%) Telecoms
4 18 (2.335%) Financial Institution
5 15 (1.946%) Investment Banking
6 11 (1.427%) French Language
7 8 (1.038%) Advertising
8 7 (0.908%) German Language
9 6 (0.778%) Law
10 5 (0.649%) Corporate Banking
10 5 (0.649%) Dutch Language
11 4 (0.519%) Legal
11 4 (0.519%) Back Office
12 3 (0.389%) Marketing
13 2 (0.259%) Retail
13 2 (0.259%) Manufacturing
14 1 (0.130%) Aerospace
14 1 (0.130%) Electronics
14 1 (0.130%) Front Office
14 1 (0.130%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 107 (13.88%) Administrator
2 100 (12.97%) Consultant
3 82 (10.64%) Architect
4 73 (9.468%) Storage Engineer
5 69 (8.949%) Analyst
6 58 (7.523%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 51 (6.615%) Storage Consultant
8 47 (6.096%) Systems Administrator
9 40 (5.188%) Infrastructure Analyst
10 38 (4.929%) Storage Administrator
11 32 (4.150%) Support Engineer
12 31 (4.021%) Systems Engineer
12 31 (4.021%) Technical Architect
13 23 (2.983%) 3rd Line Support
14 21 (2.724%) Project Manager
15 19 (2.464%) Support Analyst
15 19 (2.464%) Infrastructure Architect
16 17 (2.205%) Server Engineer
16 17 (2.205%) Technical Consultant
17 16 (2.075%) Solutions Architect
Miscellaneous
1 97 (12.58%) Clustering
2 37 (4.799%) Blackberry
3 31 (4.021%) Replication
4 29 (3.761%) CLARiiON
4 29 (3.761%) Symmetrix DMX
5 22 (2.853%) Hedge funds
6 21 (2.724%) Celerra
6 21 (2.724%) Symmetrix
7 20 (2.594%) Enterprise Storage
8 16 (2.075%) Open Source
9 15 (1.946%) EMC Centera
10 14 (1.816%) Computer Science
11 12 (1.556%) Firmware
11 12 (1.556%) Thin Client
11 12 (1.556%) Fat Client
12 8 (1.038%) SaaS
12 8 (1.038%) Mobile Computing
12 8 (1.038%) Enterprise Software
12 8 (1.038%) Client/Server
13 7 (0.908%) HP StorageWorks
Operating Systems
1 457 (59.27%) Windows
2 215 (27.89%) Linux
3 188 (24.38%) UNIX
4 186 (24.12%) Windows Server 2008
5 115 (14.92%) Windows Server 2003
6 112 (14.53%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 90 (11.67%) Solaris
8 30 (3.891%) AIX
8 30 (3.891%) Windows 7
9 20 (2.594%) Windows XP
10 14 (1.816%) Windows Server 2012
11 9 (1.167%) HPUX
12 6 (0.778%) Windows 2000
13 5 (0.649%) CentOS
14 4 (0.519%) Windows 2000 Server
14 4 (0.519%) Debian
15 3 (0.389%) SUSE
15 3 (0.389%) NetWare
15 3 (0.389%) Windows NT
15 3 (0.389%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 121 (15.69%) Migration
2 113 (14.66%) ITIL
3 52 (6.744%) Disaster Recovery
4 44 (5.707%) Capacity Management
5 42 (5.447%) Service Management
6 38 (4.929%) Data Migration
7 35 (4.540%) Project Management
7 35 (4.540%) Data Management
8 31 (4.021%) Change Management
9 30 (3.891%) Service Delivery
10 27 (3.502%) Business Continuity
11 26 (3.372%) Capacity Planning
12 24 (3.113%) Data Analysis
13 23 (2.983%) Data Protection
14 22 (2.853%) Configuration Management
15 21 (2.724%) PRINCE2
16 20 (2.594%) Enterprise Architecture
17 16 (2.075%) Load Balancing
18 15 (1.946%) Benchmarking
19 13 (1.686%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 111 (14.40%) SQL
2 48 (6.226%) Perl
3 42 (5.447%) C
4 38 (4.929%) VB
5 36 (4.669%) Shell Script
5 36 (4.669%) Java
6 31 (4.021%) PHP
7 26 (3.372%) PowerShell
8 22 (2.853%) Bash shell
9 15 (1.946%) Python
10 12 (1.556%) C#
11 10 (1.297%) VB.NET
12 9 (1.167%) JavaScript
13 5 (0.649%) C++
13 5 (0.649%) VBScript
13 5 (0.649%) sed
13 5 (0.649%) AWK
14 4 (0.519%) Korn
15 3 (0.389%) T-SQL
16 2 (0.259%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 100 (12.97%) Security Cleared
2 46 (5.966%) DV Cleared
3 45 (5.837%) SC Cleared
3 45 (5.837%) NCDA
4 42 (5.447%) Cisco Certification
4 42 (5.447%) Microsoft Certification
5 34 (4.410%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 30 (3.891%) MCSE
7 28 (3.632%) Degree
8 24 (3.113%) NCIE
9 22 (2.853%) CCNP
10 21 (2.724%) CCNA
11 14 (1.816%) Citrix Certification
12 12 (1.556%) MCITP
13 9 (1.167%) CCA
13 9 (1.167%) VCP5
14 8 (1.038%) VCP4
15 7 (0.908%) HP ASE
15 7 (0.908%) HP MASE
16 6 (0.778%) VCDX
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (1.038%) SLA
2 5 (0.649%) QA
3 4 (0.519%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (0.389%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (0.130%) COBIT
5 1 (0.130%) ISO/IEC 20000
5 1 (0.130%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 231 (29.96%) VMware Infrastructure
2 171 (22.18%) Active Directory
3 108 (14.01%) vSphere
4 74 (9.598%) Hyper-V
5 62 (8.042%) XenApp
6 60 (7.782%) VMware ESX
7 47 (6.096%) NFS
8 32 (4.150%) XenDesktop
9 21 (2.724%) EMC RecoverPoint
10 20 (2.594%) XenServer
11 17 (2.205%) Citrix Presentation Server
12 16 (2.075%) VMware ESXi
13 14 (1.816%) Oracle RAC
14 11 (1.427%) vCloud
14 11 (1.427%) ISA Server
15 10 (1.297%) VMware Workstation
15 10 (1.297%) Xen
16 9 (1.167%) Postfix
16 9 (1.167%) Microsoft App-V
17 8 (1.038%) Squid
Systems Management
1 104 (13.49%) NetBackup
2 57 (7.393%) SCCM
3 53 (6.874%) SCOM
4 47 (6.096%) Backup Exec
5 45 (5.837%) EMC NetWorker
6 39 (5.058%) HP SIM
7 25 (3.243%) WSUS
8 19 (2.464%) Nagios
9 17 (2.205%) Tivoli
9 17 (2.205%) Tivoli Storage Manager
10 16 (2.075%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
11 14 (1.816%) Puppet
12 12 (1.556%) Data Guard
13 10 (1.297%) BMC PATROL
13 10 (1.297%) BMC Performance Manager
14 9 (1.167%) Legato
14 9 (1.167%) Norton AntiVirus
15 7 (0.908%) Zenoss
16 6 (0.778%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
17 5 (0.649%) EMC TimeFinder
Vendors
1 441 (57.20%) VMware
2 233 (30.22%) Cisco
3 225 (29.18%) HP
4 189 (24.51%) EMC
4 189 (24.51%) Microsoft
5 140 (18.16%) Citrix
6 113 (14.66%) Red Hat
7 105 (13.62%) IBM
8 103 (13.36%) Oracle
9 82 (10.64%) Symantec
10 53 (6.874%) Brocade
11 35 (4.540%) Juniper
12 33 (4.280%) CheckPoint
13 31 (4.021%) Veritas
14 23 (2.983%) Sun
14 23 (2.983%) Dell
15 22 (2.853%) F5
16 21 (2.724%) ProCurve
17 20 (2.594%) 3PAR
18 19 (2.464%) SAP
City of London
Infrastructure Engineer - Cisco, Unified Comms, NetApp, VmwareMy client is currently looking for a broadly skilled Infrastructure Engineer to join their busy Infrastructure team for a global project.
Mint
Rate: £300 - £350 per day
Posted: 30 April 2013
City of London
Server / VMware / NetApp / Cisco / UCS / Exchange / Active Directory Mint is currently looking for an experienced Infrastructure Build Engineer to work on a large scale International project. The contract...
Mint
Rate: £300 - £330 per day
Posted: 30 April 2013
London
My Client in Central London is a prestigious organisation who is looking to add a Contractor to their Infrastructure team. The requirement is for an Infrastructure Engineer/ Build...
Mint
Rate: £300 - £330 per day
Posted: 27 April 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
We are looking for experienced self-employed storage consultants (SAN, NAS, EMC, NetApp, HP, 3PAR etc.) for future assignments in 2013 with our clients in the IT channel.
Orderwork
Rate: Competitive dayrates
Posted: 6 May 2013
West London
We are looking for experienced self-employed storage consultants (SAN, NAS, EMC, NetApp, HP, 3PAR etc.) for future assignments in 2013 with our clients in the IT channel.
Orderwork
Rate: Competitive dayrates
Posted: 6 May 2013
Southampton, Hampshire
This role for a Windows Desktop support Engineer is to join a small but busy team providing 1st / 2nd and some 3rd level support at a satellite office...
Claremont Consulting Ltd
Rate: £120 - £130 per day
Posted: 17 May 2013
Southampton, South East
This role for a Windows Desktop support Engineer is to join a small but busy team providing 1st / 2nd and some 3rd level support at a satellite office...
Claremont Consulting
Rate: £120 - £130 per day
Posted: 18 May 2013
West Sussex
System Centre Operations Manager (SCOM) VMWARE ESXi 4.0, 5.0, VSphere. Citrix XenApp 5.0, 6.0. Cisco Layer 2\CAT switching, ASA Firewall. HP Proliant Server,...
Smart Sourcing
Rate: £39,000 per annum
Posted: 14 May 2013
Hereford, West Midlands
2nd/ 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer, Active Directory, Exchange, VMware, Windows ServerInfrastructure Analyst/Engineer - Contract - Hereford, £250Contract Urgent requirement for an experienced Infrastructure Analyst,The postholder will be responsible...
OPUS
Rate: GBP250 per day
Posted: 11 May 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
An ideal candidate would have a number of these skills and Microsoft / Cisco certification would be advantageous although not essential: Windows Server 2000 \ 2003 \ 2008 (Group Policy \ DNS \...
Search Consultancy
Rate: Market rate
Posted: 15 May 2013
London
Thorough understanding of security fundamentals, including firewalls (Checkpoint specifically), RSA SecurID Server, anti-virus, Juniper SA SSL appliances, and web filtering systems. * Experienced in Server Virtualisation technologies, NAS/...
RDF Resources
Rate: £300 - £350 per day
Posted: 17 May 2013
London
Thorough understanding of security fundamentals, including firewalls (Checkpoint specifically), RSA SecurID Server, anti-virus, Juniper SA SSL appliances, and web filtering systems. * Experienced in Server Virtualisation technologies, NAS/...
RDF Resources
Rate: £300 - £350 per day
Posted: 16 May 2013
City of London
infrastructure, windows server, network, exchange, cisco, active directory, windows server, sql, citrix, lyncA leading investment firm require two Windows Infrastructure Analysts with different technical focuses for a minimum...
Hudson IT London
Rate: £350 - £465 per day
Posted: 19 May 2013
Hampshire
NetApp, Windows Server, Low level Design... The work will consist of working extensively with NetApp as well as SQL Server 2008... NetApp... SQL Server 2008... Windows Server 2008...
Lucid Support Services
Rate: Competitive Market Rates
Posted: 15 May 2013
Leeds, Yorkshire
Main Duties/ Responsibilities Applicants will be expected to demonstrate that they possess the following; * a deep understanding and experience of IT DBA-related third-line issue and problem...
Capita Resourcing
Posted: 2 May 2013
Leeds, Yorkshire
The IT Operations team manage 50+ physical servers, including latest HP blade technology, and 300+ virtual servers with over 500Tb of SAN based data, delivering a first rate...
Capita Resourcing
Posted: 2 May 2013
Camberley, Surrey
A leading investment bank requires a senior UNIX engineer to work within their infrastructure area. The successful candidate will need: Requirements: * Deep knowledge of Linux and Solaris Operating...
iKas International
Rate: £400 - £475 per day
Posted: 17 May 2013
Crawley, West Sussex
Technology environment: Operating Systems: Solaris 10, Red Hat Linux 5, Microsoft Windows 2003 / 2008, VMWare ESX 5 Databases: Oracle 10g / 11i, SQL Server 2008 Web Technologies: Apache, Weblogic...
Clearwater People Solutions
Rate: £330 - 350 Per Day
Posted: 14 May 2013
Hampshire
The role will predominantly involve BAU support but there will be ad-hoc involvement in project roles and storage infrastructure design if the successful applicant has depth of...
Sanderson
Rate: Negotiable
Posted: 13 May 2013