NetBackup Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Veritas NetBackup skills across the UK with a comparison to our System Software category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited NetBackup over the 3 months to 4 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Veritas NetBackup
Location Aberdeen Aberdeenshire Basingstoke Bedfordshire Berkshire Birmingham Bournemouth Bridgend Brighton Bristol Buckinghamshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Cheshire Chester Chesterfield Chichester City of London Colchester Coventry Derbyshire Docklands, London Dorset East Midlands East of England East Sussex Edinburgh Elgin England Epsom Essex Glasgow Guildford Hammersmith Hampshire Hayes Hertfordshire Highlands Inverness Ipswich Kent Lanarkshire Leatherhead Livingston London Maidenhead Maidstone Middlesex Milton Keynes Moray Newport Norfolk North East North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxfordshire Portsmouth Reading Rickmansworth Rotherham Scotland Sheffield Slough South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Staines Stevenage Suffolk Surrey Swindon UK Wales West Lothian West Midlands West Sussex Wiltshire York Yorkshire	3 months to 4 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	271	268
Rank change on same period last year	-3
Matching contract IT job ads	394	507
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.520 %	0.538 %
As % of the category below	7.794 %	9.676 %
Daily rates quoted	94	131
Average minimum daily rate	£356	£347
Average daily rate	£376	£366
% change on same period last year	+2.70 %
Average maximum daily rate	£395	£385
UK excluding London average daily rate	£340	£382
% change on same period last year	-11.00 %
Hourly rates quoted	52	79
Average minimum hourly rate	£27.90	£32.96
Average hourly rate	£28.91	£34.88
% change on same period last year	-17.11 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£29.93	£36.81
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£28.65	£35.55
% change on same period last year	-19.41 %
System Software UK
Matching contract IT job ads	5055	5240
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	6.666 %	5.558 %
Daily rates quoted	1181	1178
Average minimum daily rate	£332	£337
Average daily rate	£351	£356
% change on same period last year	-1.37 %
Average maximum daily rate	£371	£375
UK excluding London average daily rate	£332	£328
% change on same period last year	+1.26 %
Hourly rates quoted	1109	1071
Average minimum hourly rate	£19.75	£21.23
Average hourly rate	£20.99	£22.57
% change on same period last year	-7.01 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£22.23	£23.92
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£20.53	£22.62
% change on same period last year	-9.26 %

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

NetBackup
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing NetBackup within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the System Software category.

NetBackup
Daily Rate Trend

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

NetBackup
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing NetBackup within the UK over the 3 months to 4 July 2008.

NetBackup
Hourly Rate Trend

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

NetBackup
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing NetBackup within the UK over the 3 months to 4 July 2008.

NetBackup
Top 30 Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT job ads citing NetBackup within the UK over the 3 months to 4 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
England	-5	342	£374	+4.23 %
London	+19	154	£405	+14.27 %
South East	-8	67	£317	-16.13 %
East of England	+14	47	£500	+8.10 %
Scotland	+56	43	£379	+22.31 %
City of London	-24	41	£456	+15.73 %
Hertfordshire	+9	28	-	-
Yorkshire	+12	25	£375	+25.00 %
South Yorkshire	-2	23	£375	+25.00 %
Berkshire	+26	20	£310	-15.40 %
South West	+6	19	£342	+7.00 %
Sheffield	+1	19	-	-
East Midlands	+12	17	£261	-
Glasgow	+22	14	£416	-
Aberdeen	+16	14	£263	+5.00 %
Buckinghamshire	-3	12	£375	+5.63 %
Hampshire	+10	11	£272	-36.37 %
Bristol	+11	11	£218	-37.85 %
Canary Wharf	+6	10	£400	-
Colchester	-	9	-	-
Nottinghamshire	-3	9	-	-
Essex	+4	9	-	-
Docklands, London	+22	8	-	-
North West	-7	8	-	-
Middlesex	+5	7	£310	-
Milton Keynes	-11	7	£350	-1.40 %
Norwich	+10	6	£525	-
Northamptonshire	-	6	£280	-
Northampton	-	6	£280	-
South Wales	-17	6	£454	-4.75 %

NetBackup
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing NetBackup 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 NetBackup.

1 510 (59.79 %) VERITAS 2 351 (41.15 %) Solaris 3 347 (40.68 %) Windows 4 329 (38.57 %) SAN 5 306 (35.87 %) Unix 6 190 (22.27 %) EMC 7 182 (21.34 %) HP 8 165 (19.34 %) Sun 9 145 (17.00 %) Linux 10 142 (16.65 %) Oracle 11 140 (16.41 %) VMware 12 128 (15.01 %) Microsoft 13 127 (14.89 %) Finance 14 107 (12.54 %) Red Hat 15 105 (12.31 %) Clustering

16 104 (12.19 %) Symantec 17 100 (11.72 %) Active Directory 18 98 (11.49 %) AIX 19 96 (11.25 %) Brocade 20 91 (10.67 %) Cisco 21 88 (10.32 %) NetApp 22 86 (10.08 %) HPUX 23 78 (9.144 %) IBM 23 78 (9.144 %) TCP/IP 24 74 (8.675 %) Banking 25 71 (8.324 %) Shell Script 26 69 (8.089 %) Windows Server 2003 27 68 (7.972 %) Windows 2000 28 65 (7.620 %) SQL Server 28 65 (7.620 %) SQL

NetBackup
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing NetBackup 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 NetBackup. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 13 (1.524 %) WebSphere 2 8 (0.938 %) WebServices 3 5 (0.586 %) .NET 3 5 (0.586 %) ISPF 4 4 (0.469 %) J2EE 5 3 (0.352 %) WMI 6 2 (0.234 %) Software Packaging 6 2 (0.234 %) POSIX 6 2 (0.234 %) WSH 6 2 (0.234 %) Middleware 6 2 (0.234 %) ASP 6 2 (0.234 %) EJB 7 1 (0.117 %) Struts 7 1 (0.117 %) XML 7 1 (0.117 %) ASP.NET 7 1 (0.117 %) LAMP 7 1 (0.117 %) ADSI 7 1 (0.117 %) Oracle Streams	Application Platforms 1 62 (7.268 %) Exchange Server 2003 2 61 (7.151 %) MS Exchange 3 34 (3.986 %) Apache 4 28 (3.283 %) IIS 4 28 (3.283 %) Exchange Server 2000 5 17 (1.993 %) SharePoint 6 15 (1.758 %) Exchange Server 2007 7 12 (1.407 %) Oracle Application Server 8 8 (0.938 %) WebLogic 9 6 (0.703 %) WebSphere MQ 10 5 (0.586 %) CICS 10 5 (0.586 %) Lotus Notes 10 5 (0.586 %) Lotus Domino 11 3 (0.352 %) Documentum 11 3 (0.352 %) WebSphere Application Server 11 3 (0.352 %) Exchange Server 5.5 12 2 (0.234 %) Oracle Workflow 13 1 (0.117 %) Live Communications Server 13 1 (0.117 %) JBoss 13 1 (0.117 %) Tomcat
Applications 1 46 (5.393 %) MS Excel 2 10 (1.172 %) MS Office 3 3 (0.352 %) MS Visio 4 1 (0.117 %) MS Project	Business Applications 1 6 (0.703 %) Summit 2 5 (0.586 %) Oracle Applications 3 4 (0.469 %) SAP ERP 4 3 (0.352 %) Global One 5 2 (0.234 %) Oracle 11i 6 1 (0.117 %) Kondor+
Communications & Networking 1 329 (38.57 %) SAN 2 78 (9.144 %) TCP/IP 3 61 (7.151 %) DNS 4 25 (2.931 %) LDAP 4 25 (2.931 %) DHCP 5 18 (2.110 %) Firewall 6 16 (1.876 %) WINS 7 13 (1.524 %) LAN 8 12 (1.407 %) iSCSI 9 10 (1.172 %) VLAN 9 10 (1.172 %) WAN 9 10 (1.172 %) Internet 10 9 (1.055 %) VPN 11 7 (0.821 %) SNMP 12 6 (0.703 %) SMS 13 4 (0.469 %) VoIP 14 3 (0.352 %) DMZ 14 3 (0.352 %) Cisco PIX 14 3 (0.352 %) Network Security 15 2 (0.234 %) Wireless	Database & Business Intelligence 1 65 (7.620 %) SQL Server 2 29 (3.400 %) DB2 3 27 (3.165 %) SQL Server 2005 4 26 (3.048 %) Oracle 10g 5 19 (2.227 %) SQL Server 2000 6 15 (1.758 %) Oracle 8/8i 7 14 (1.641 %) Oracle 9i 8 13 (1.524 %) SQL Server 7 9 9 (1.055 %) MySQL 9 9 (1.055 %) RDBMS 10 8 (0.938 %) DB2 UDB 11 6 (0.703 %) GIS 12 4 (0.469 %) Informix 13 3 (0.352 %) Oracle Reports 13 3 (0.352 %) SQL Server Integration Services 14 2 (0.234 %) SQL Server Reporting Services 15 1 (0.117 %) TOAD 15 1 (0.117 %) OLTP
Development Applications 1 9 (1.055 %) Eclipse 2 6 (0.703 %) TestDirector 3 5 (0.586 %) Oracle APEX 4 3 (0.352 %) Oracle Forms 4 3 (0.352 %) MSI 5 2 (0.234 %) WebLOAD 6 1 (0.117 %) LoadRunner 6 1 (0.117 %) ERwin	General 1 127 (14.89 %) Finance 2 74 (8.675 %) Banking 3 32 (3.751 %) Telecoms 4 28 (3.283 %) Investment Banking 5 26 (3.048 %) Government 6 21 (2.462 %) Retail 7 19 (2.227 %) Insurance 8 18 (2.110 %) Retail Banking 9 14 (1.641 %) Health 10 8 (0.938 %) Financial Institution 11 7 (0.821 %) Back Office 12 6 (0.703 %) Billing 13 5 (0.586 %) Pharmaceutical 13 5 (0.586 %) Law 14 4 (0.469 %) Legal 15 2 (0.234 %) Front Office 15 2 (0.234 %) Military 16 1 (0.117 %) Construction 16 1 (0.117 %) Education 16 1 (0.117 %) Local Government
Job Titles 1 220 (25.79 %) Administrator 2 92 (10.79 %) Analyst 3 88 (10.32 %) Consultant 4 86 (10.08 %) Systems Administrator 5 72 (8.441 %) Support Engineer 6 63 (7.386 %) UNIX Administrator 7 47 (5.510 %) Storage Administrator 8 41 (4.807 %) Support Analyst 9 40 (4.689 %) Storage Specialist 10 38 (4.455 %) Storage Engineer 10 38 (4.455 %) UNIX Systems Administrator 11 32 (3.751 %) DBA 11 32 (3.751 %) Server Support 12 28 (3.283 %) 3rd Line Support 13 27 (3.165 %) Server Engineer 14 25 (2.931 %) Systems Engineer 14 25 (2.931 %) Solaris Administrator 15 24 (2.814 %) Architect 16 23 (2.696 %) Senior Analyst 16 23 (2.696 %) UNIX Support	Miscellaneous 1 105 (12.31 %) Clustering 2 63 (7.386 %) CLARiiON 3 31 (3.634 %) Symmetrix 4 25 (2.931 %) Celerra 5 17 (1.993 %) EMC Centera 6 15 (1.758 %) Mainframe 7 12 (1.407 %) Thin Client 7 12 (1.407 %) Fat Client 8 10 (1.172 %) Replication 9 8 (0.938 %) Client/Server 10 7 (0.821 %) Blackberry 10 7 (0.821 %) AS400 10 7 (0.821 %) Asset Management 11 6 (0.703 %) Fixed Income 11 6 (0.703 %) Derivative 12 5 (0.586 %) HACMP 13 4 (0.469 %) Statistics 13 4 (0.469 %) IPTV 13 4 (0.469 %) Fund Management 14 3 (0.352 %) Management Information System
Operating Systems 1 351 (41.15 %) Solaris 2 347 (40.68 %) Windows 3 306 (35.87 %) Unix 4 145 (17.00 %) Linux 5 98 (11.49 %) AIX 6 86 (10.08 %) HPUX 7 69 (8.089 %) Windows Server 2003 8 68 (7.972 %) Windows 2000 9 32 (3.751 %) Windows NT 10 16 (1.876 %) SUSE 11 11 (1.290 %) FreeBSD 12 10 (1.172 %) Windows XP 13 9 (1.055 %) Tru64 14 5 (0.586 %) zOS 15 4 (0.469 %) VMS 16 3 (0.352 %) MVS 17 1 (0.117 %) Fedora	Processes & Methodologies 1 57 (6.682 %) Security Cleared 2 55 (6.448 %) ITIL 3 47 (5.510 %) Change Management 4 39 (4.572 %) Disaster Recovery 5 37 (4.338 %) SC Cleared 6 22 (2.579 %) Migration 7 20 (2.345 %) Investment Management 8 19 (2.227 %) Service Delivery 9 16 (1.876 %) Performance Management 10 13 (1.524 %) Configuration Management 11 11 (1.290 %) ITSM 12 10 (1.172 %) Data Protection 13 9 (1.055 %) BC Cleared 13 9 (1.055 %) Service Management 14 8 (0.938 %) Data Management 15 7 (0.821 %) Project Management 15 7 (0.821 %) PRINCE2 16 6 (0.703 %) Data Migration 17 5 (0.586 %) Load Balancing 17 5 (0.586 %) ERP
Programming Languages 1 71 (8.324 %) Shell Script 2 65 (7.620 %) SQL 3 54 (6.331 %) Perl 4 23 (2.696 %) Korn 5 22 (2.579 %) AWK 6 8 (0.938 %) JCL 7 6 (0.703 %) Java 7 6 (0.703 %) PL/SQL 8 3 (0.352 %) C 8 3 (0.352 %) VBScript 8 3 (0.352 %) VB 8 3 (0.352 %) VBA 9 2 (0.234 %) Transact-SQL 10 1 (0.117 %) C# 10 1 (0.117 %) PHP 10 1 (0.117 %) XPath 10 1 (0.117 %) VB.NET	Qualifications 1 40 (4.689 %) Microsoft Certification 2 35 (4.103 %) MCSE 3 18 (2.110 %) Degree 4 12 (1.407 %) Cisco Certification 4 12 (1.407 %) VERITAS Certified Professional (VCP) 5 11 (1.290 %) Citrix Certification 6 10 (1.172 %) MCP 7 8 (0.938 %) CCEA 8 7 (0.821 %) CCA 8 7 (0.821 %) RHCE 9 6 (0.703 %) IBM Certification 9 6 (0.703 %) CCNA 9 6 (0.703 %) VMware Certified Professional (VCP) 10 3 (0.352 %) SNIA Certification 10 3 (0.352 %) SCSA 10 3 (0.352 %) MCSA 10 3 (0.352 %) OCP 10 3 (0.352 %) OCA 10 3 (0.352 %) Oracle Certification 11 2 (0.234 %) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 26 (3.048 %) SLA 2 8 (0.938 %) QA	System Software 1 100 (11.72 %) Active Directory 2 60 (7.034 %) VMware ESX 3 54 (6.331 %) Backup Exec 4 45 (5.275 %) VMware Infrastructure 5 35 (4.103 %) NFS 6 25 (2.931 %) Oracle RMAN 7 24 (2.814 %) Oracle RAC 8 14 (1.641 %) Citrix Presentation Server 9 9 (1.055 %) VMware Server 10 8 (0.938 %) Samba 11 6 (0.703 %) MetaFrame 12 4 (0.469 %) Terminal Server 12 4 (0.469 %) ISA Server 13 3 (0.352 %) VMware GSX 14 2 (0.234 %) Terminal Services 14 2 (0.234 %) VMware Workstation 14 2 (0.234 %) Xen 15 1 (0.117 %) Microsoft Virtual Server 15 1 (0.117 %) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
Systems Management 1 53 (6.213 %) Legato 2 37 (4.338 %) Tivoli 3 36 (4.220 %) OpenView 4 32 (3.751 %) MOM 5 26 (3.048 %) Tivoli Storage Manager 5 26 (3.048 %) EMC NetWorker 6 17 (1.993 %) ARCserve 7 16 (1.876 %) Norton AntiVirus 8 14 (1.641 %) WSUS 9 13 (1.524 %) AutoSys 9 13 (1.524 %) CONTROL-M 10 11 (1.290 %) Systems Management Server (SMS) 11 9 (1.055 %) RepliStor 12 8 (0.938 %) BMC PATROL 12 8 (0.938 %) DiskXtender 13 7 (0.821 %) HP Data Protector 14 6 (0.703 %) EMC Navisphere 15 5 (0.586 %) Unicenter 16 4 (0.469 %) Veritas Storage Foundation 17 3 (0.352 %) Oracle Enterprise Manager	Vendors 1 510 (59.79 %) VERITAS 2 190 (22.27 %) EMC 3 182 (21.34 %) HP 4 165 (19.34 %) Sun 5 142 (16.65 %) Oracle 6 140 (16.41 %) VMware 7 128 (15.01 %) Microsoft 8 107 (12.54 %) Red Hat 9 104 (12.19 %) Symantec 10 96 (11.25 %) Brocade 11 91 (10.67 %) Cisco 12 88 (10.32 %) NetApp 13 78 (9.144 %) IBM 14 49 (5.744 %) Citrix 15 39 (4.572 %) CommVault 16 36 (4.220 %) StorageTek 17 31 (3.634 %) Remedy 18 29 (3.400 %) ADIC 19 28 (3.283 %) BMC 20 27 (3.165 %) Hitachi