The first part of the table below looks at the demand for NetWare skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited NetWare over the 3 months to 16 May 2012 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Operating Systems 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.

Novell NetWare
Location
3 months to
16 May 2012
Same period 2011Same period 2010
Rank554556495
Rank change year-on-year
Up+2Down-61
Matching contract IT job ads252541
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK0.042 %0.041 %0.074 %
As % of the Operating Systems category0.208 %0.197 %0.409 %
Number of daily rates quoted12910
Average daily rate£334£214£298
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+56.32 %-28.23 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£210£110£277
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£425£316£333
UK excluding London average daily rate£305£214£295
% change year-on-year
+42.85 %-27.62 %
Number of hourly rates quoted3612
Average hourly rate£18.50£19.25£17.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-3.89 %+13.23 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£15.70£12.70£12.50
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£19.75£98.25£31.90
UK excluding London average hourly rate£19.28£21.50£16.25
% change year-on-year
-10.32 %+32.30 %
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryAll Operating Systems
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
120201270110029
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK20.31 %20.70 %18.21 %
Number of daily rates quoted606461864456
Average daily rate£350£375£375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.66 %-
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£200£215£200
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£500£550£550
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£324£306
% change year-on-year
+0.30 %+5.79 %
Number of hourly rates quoted118112531038
Average hourly rate£17.50£16.75£16.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+4.47 %+4.68 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£11.00£11.00£10.50
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£40.00£37.50£37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£17.00£16.20£15.50
% change year-on-year
+4.93 %+4.51 %

NetWare
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing NetWare within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

NetWare Demand Trend

NetWare
Daily Rate Trend

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

NetWare Daily Rate Trend

NetWare
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing NetWare within the UK over the 3 months to 16 May 2012.

NetWare Daily Rate Histogram

NetWare
Hourly Rate Trend

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

NetWare Hourly Rate Trend

NetWare
Top 18 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing NetWare within the UK over the 3 months to 16 May 2012. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank 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
EnglandUp+2225£334+58.92 %
LondonUp+3712£363+72.61 %
East of EnglandNo change06£305-
HertfordshireDown-36£305-
South EastDown-14£350+55.55 %
HertfordNew entry-4£305-
HampshireUp+43£425-
City of LondonNew entry-2£275-
SouthamptonDown-51£425-
BerkshireDown-111£275+22.22 %
YorkshireDown-131--
BristolDown-211--
South WestDown-231--
North WestNew entry-1--
South YorkshireNew entry-1--
ManchesterNew entry-1--
SheffieldNew entry-1--
WinchesterNew entry-1--

NetWare
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 16 May 2012, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing NetWare 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 NetWare.

129 (69.05 %)Windows
224 (57.14 %)Novell
224 (57.14 %)VMware
317 (40.48 %)Active Directory
413 (30.95 %)ZENworks
512 (28.57 %)SAN
611 (26.19 %)Clustering
611 (26.19 %)VMware Infrastructure
611 (26.19 %)Hyper-V
710 (23.81 %)Microsoft
89 (21.43 %)Migration
98 (19.05 %)Windows Server 2003
107 (16.67 %)MSI
107 (16.67 %)CommVault
107 (16.67 %)HP
107 (16.67 %)IBM
107 (16.67 %)Application Packaging
116 (14.29 %)Cisco
116 (14.29 %)Windows XP
116 (14.29 %)Linux
116 (14.29 %)Novell Certification
116 (14.29 %)NetApp
116 (14.29 %)vSphere
125 (11.90 %)Capacity Management
125 (11.90 %)Windows 7
125 (11.90 %)Windows Server 2008
125 (11.90 %)PowerShell
125 (11.90 %)GroupWise
125 (11.90 %)CNE
125 (11.90 %)Windows 2000

NetWare
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 16 May 2012, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing NetWare 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 NetWare. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
17 (16.67 %)Application Packaging
IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
15 (11.90 %)GroupWise
23 (7.143 %)MS Exchange
23 (7.143 %)Lotus Notes
32 (4.762 %)Exchange Server 2003
41 (2.381 %)Lotus Domino
41 (2.381 %)Office Project Server
IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
14 (9.524 %)MS Office
23 (7.143 %)MS Excel
31 (2.381 %)Spreadsheet
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
112 (28.57 %)SAN
24 (9.524 %)DHCP
24 (9.524 %)VPN
24 (9.524 %)DNS
32 (4.762 %)IP Telephony
32 (4.762 %)Network Security
32 (4.762 %)Firewall
32 (4.762 %)LAN
32 (4.762 %)WAN
32 (4.762 %)SMTP
32 (4.762 %)ADSL
32 (4.762 %)TCP/IP
41 (2.381 %)3G
41 (2.381 %)Broadband
IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
17 (16.67 %)MSI
21 (2.381 %)AdminStudio
IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
14 (9.524 %)Telecoms
14 (9.524 %)Finance
22 (4.762 %)Law
22 (4.762 %)Legal
IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
17 (16.67 %)Novell Engineer
24 (9.524 %)Applications Packager
24 (9.524 %)3rd Line Support
33 (7.143 %)Virtualisation Specialist
33 (7.143 %)Architect
33 (7.143 %)Analyst
33 (7.143 %)Technical Architect
33 (7.143 %)Support Engineer
33 (7.143 %)Technical Specialist
42 (4.762 %)Helpdesk Support
42 (4.762 %)Technical Leader
42 (4.762 %)Server Engineer
42 (4.762 %)Desktop Analyst
42 (4.762 %)Infrastructure Engineer
42 (4.762 %)Desktop Support
42 (4.762 %)Software Engineer
42 (4.762 %)Network Engineer
51 (2.381 %)3rd Line Server Support
51 (2.381 %)Novell Specialist
51 (2.381 %)Wintel Engineer
IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
111 (26.19 %)Clustering
23 (7.143 %)Client/Server
32 (4.762 %)Replication
32 (4.762 %)HACMP
41 (2.381 %)NHS
41 (2.381 %)Thin Client
41 (2.381 %)Blackberry
41 (2.381 %)Fat Client
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
129 (69.05 %)Windows
28 (19.05 %)Windows Server 2003
36 (14.29 %)Windows XP
36 (14.29 %)Linux
45 (11.90 %)Windows 7
45 (11.90 %)Windows Server 2008
45 (11.90 %)Windows 2000
53 (7.143 %)Windows NT
62 (4.762 %)AIX
62 (4.762 %)HPUX
62 (4.762 %)Solaris
62 (4.762 %)UNIX
62 (4.762 %)Mac OS X
71 (2.381 %)SUSE
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
19 (21.43 %)Migration
25 (11.90 %)Capacity Management
25 (11.90 %)ITIL
25 (11.90 %)Enterprise Architecture
25 (11.90 %)Project Planning
32 (4.762 %)Service Management
32 (4.762 %)Disaster Recovery
32 (4.762 %)Business Continuity
32 (4.762 %)PRINCE2
32 (4.762 %)Configuration Management
32 (4.762 %)Project Management
32 (4.762 %)Network Management
32 (4.762 %)Root Cause Analysis
41 (2.381 %)ITIL V3
41 (2.381 %)System Testing
41 (2.381 %)PRINCE
41 (2.381 %)PLM
41 (2.381 %)Problem Management
41 (2.381 %)Matrix Management
41 (2.381 %)Time Management
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
15 (11.90 %)PowerShell
22 (4.762 %)Korn
22 (4.762 %)VBScript
22 (4.762 %)C
22 (4.762 %)C++
22 (4.762 %)Java
22 (4.762 %)Perl
22 (4.762 %)Shell Script
22 (4.762 %)Bash shell
31 (2.381 %)SQL
IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
16 (14.29 %)Novell Certification
25 (11.90 %)CNE
33 (7.143 %)Degree
42 (4.762 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
51 (2.381 %)PMP
51 (2.381 %)PMI Certification
51 (2.381 %)Cisco Certification
51 (2.381 %)Microsoft Certification
51 (2.381 %)CNA
51 (2.381 %)CCNA
51 (2.381 %)MCSE
51 (2.381 %)BC Cleared
51 (2.381 %)Security Cleared
51 (2.381 %)MCTS
51 (2.381 %)MCITP
IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
117 (40.48 %)Active Directory
211 (26.19 %)VMware Infrastructure
211 (26.19 %)Hyper-V
36 (14.29 %)vSphere
44 (9.524 %)Novell eDirectory
52 (4.762 %)NDS
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
113 (30.95 %)ZENworks
24 (9.524 %)SCCM
33 (7.143 %)Tivoli
42 (4.762 %)Backup Exec
42 (4.762 %)Novell Identity Manager
IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
124 (57.14 %)Novell
124 (57.14 %)VMware
210 (23.81 %)Microsoft
37 (16.67 %)CommVault
37 (16.67 %)HP
37 (16.67 %)IBM
46 (14.29 %)Cisco
46 (14.29 %)NetApp
54 (9.524 %)Lotus
54 (9.524 %)EMC
63 (7.143 %)Citrix
72 (4.762 %)Symantec
72 (4.762 %)Veritas
72 (4.762 %)Compaq
72 (4.762 %)Juniper
72 (4.762 %)Hitachi
81 (2.381 %)Apple
81 (2.381 %)Remedy
81 (2.381 %)Altiris