The first table below looks at the demand for NFS skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited NFS 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 of the System Software 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Network File System (NFS)
Rank 467 463 471
Rank change year-on-year
-4 +8
Contract jobs citing NFS 74 107 131
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.154% 0.184% 0.210%
As % of the System Software category 1.592% 2.263% 2.875%
Number of daily rates quoted 40 53 66
Average daily rate £425 £375 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+13.33% -16.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £363 £250 £350
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £450 £513
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £375 £375
% change year-on-year
+13.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 8 1
Average hourly rate £35.00 £41.50 £25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-15.66% +66.00%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £41.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-15.66% +66.00%
All System Software
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
4648 4728 4557
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 9.660% 8.147% 7.321%
Number of daily rates quoted 2236 2243 2028
Average daily rate £350 £340 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.94% -2.85%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £190 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £450 £480
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £318 £305
% change year-on-year
+2.36% +4.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 610 675 672
Average hourly rate £18.00 £17.50 £17.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+2.85% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £11.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £32.50 £35.00 £35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.00 £17.00 £16.75
% change year-on-year
- +1.49%

NFS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

NFS Jobs Demand Trend

NFS
Daily Rate Trend

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

NFS Daily Rate Trend

NFS
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing NFS within the UK over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

NFS Daily Rate Histogram

NFS
Hourly Rate Trend

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

NFS Hourly Rate Trend

NFS
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 NFS 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 -22 69 £425 +13.33% 28
London +22 46 £450 +20.00% 13
City of London +5 16 £550 +46.66% 4
South East +17 11 £425 +36.00% 8
Surrey +24 6 £425 -5.55% 3
South West +34 4 £450 - 3
Hertfordshire +23 4 - - 2
East of England -3 4 - - 3
Berkshire +15 3 £325 +44.44% 1
Yorkshire +6 3 £219 -35.58%
West Yorkshire +4 3 £219 -
Wiltshire - 3 £450 - 2
Buckinghamshire - 2 - - 2
East Midlands -1 1 - -
Docklands, London - 1 £525 -
Slough - 1 £500 - 1
Swindon - 1 £450 -
Gloucestershire - 1 - -
Kingston Upon Thames - 1 £375 -
Milton Keynes - 1 - - 2
Chippenham - 1 - - 2
Croydon - - - -
Dundee - - - -
Dunstable - - - -
Epping - - - -
Fareham - - - -
Helensburgh - - - -
Basingstoke - - - -
Bracknell - - - -
Bristol - - - - 1

NFS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 95 (54.91%) Linux
2 86 (49.71%) UNIX
3 82 (47.40%) SAN
4 66 (38.15%) Perl
5 61 (35.26%) Red Hat
6 60 (34.68%) Solaris
7 59 (34.10%) DNS
8 55 (31.79%) Windows
9 54 (31.21%) NAS
10 51 (29.48%) NetApp
11 48 (27.75%) VMware
12 46 (26.59%) Finance
13 41 (23.70%) Shell Script
14 40 (23.12%) LDAP
14 40 (23.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
15 36 (20.81%) TCP/IP
16 34 (19.65%) Oracle
16 34 (19.65%) iSCSI
17 32 (18.50%) EMC
18 30 (17.34%) Veritas
18 30 (17.34%) Windows Server 2008
19 29 (16.76%) Veritas Volume Manager
19 29 (16.76%) VMware Infrastructure
19 29 (16.76%) Apache
20 27 (15.61%) SQL
20 27 (15.61%) Active Directory
20 27 (15.61%) Degree
21 25 (14.45%) Banking
21 25 (14.45%) Nagios
22 24 (13.87%) Cisco

NFS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 6 (3.468%) Middleware
2 5 (2.890%) JDBC
3 4 (2.312%) SOAP
3 4 (2.312%) Web Services
3 4 (2.312%) Memcached
3 4 (2.312%) Gearman
3 4 (2.312%) REST
4 3 (1.734%) Oracle Fusion
4 3 (1.734%) WebSphere
4 3 (1.734%) Rendezvous
4 3 (1.734%) XML
4 3 (1.734%) XSLT
4 3 (1.734%) HTML
5 2 (1.156%) Flash
5 2 (1.156%) LAMP
5 2 (1.156%) WebCenter
6 1 (0.578%) Apache Axis
6 1 (0.578%) MAPI
6 1 (0.578%) WSDL
6 1 (0.578%) J2EE
Application Platforms
1 29 (16.76%) Apache
2 24 (13.87%) MS Exchange
3 15 (8.671%) Exchange Server 2010
3 15 (8.671%) Tomcat
4 13 (7.514%) IIS
5 10 (5.780%) Exchange Server 2007
6 8 (4.624%) SharePoint
6 8 (4.624%) SAS
6 8 (4.624%) Liferay
7 7 (4.046%) SharePoint 2010
8 3 (1.734%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 3 (1.734%) Oracle Coherence
8 3 (1.734%) Oracle HTTP Server
8 3 (1.734%) WebLogic
9 2 (1.156%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
9 2 (1.156%) Exchange Server 2003
9 2 (1.156%) CMS
10 1 (0.578%) Rackspace Cloud
10 1 (0.578%) Confluence
10 1 (0.578%) Lync
Applications
1 9 (5.202%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (1.734%) RMDS
Communications & Networking
1 82 (47.40%) SAN
2 59 (34.10%) DNS
3 54 (31.21%) NAS
4 40 (23.12%) LDAP
5 36 (20.81%) TCP/IP
6 34 (19.65%) iSCSI
7 24 (13.87%) DHCP
7 24 (13.87%) Fibre Channel
8 21 (12.14%) SMTP
9 17 (9.827%) SNMP
10 15 (8.671%) LAN
11 14 (8.092%) HTTP
12 13 (7.514%) FTP
13 12 (6.936%) WAN
14 10 (5.780%) SSL
15 8 (4.624%) VLAN
16 7 (4.046%) Firewall
17 6 (3.468%) VoIP
17 6 (3.468%) Internet
17 6 (3.468%) FCoE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (11.56%) MySQL
2 8 (4.624%) PostgreSQL
3 6 (3.468%) SQL Server
4 5 (2.890%) Oracle 11g
5 4 (2.312%) Oracle Exadata
6 3 (1.734%) MarkLogic
6 3 (1.734%) Oracle BI EE
6 3 (1.734%) Data Mining
6 3 (1.734%) RDBMS
7 2 (1.156%) OLTP
7 2 (1.156%) Oracle 10g
7 2 (1.156%) Essbase
7 2 (1.156%) Hadoop
7 2 (1.156%) Oracle ODI
7 2 (1.156%) HBase
Development Applications
1 14 (8.092%) Git (software)
2 8 (4.624%) Hudson
2 8 (4.624%) Jenkins
3 6 (3.468%) Subversion
4 3 (1.734%) ClearCase
5 1 (0.578%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 1 (0.578%) JIRA
General
1 46 (26.59%) Finance
2 25 (14.45%) Banking
3 15 (8.671%) Telecoms
4 14 (8.092%) Legal
5 13 (7.514%) Investment Banking
6 8 (4.624%) Law
7 4 (2.312%) Games
8 3 (1.734%) Back Office
9 2 (1.156%) Pharmaceutical
9 2 (1.156%) Financial Institution
10 1 (0.578%) Swedish Language
10 1 (0.578%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 30 (17.34%) Administrator
2 25 (14.45%) Systems Administrator
3 19 (10.98%) UNIX Engineer
4 17 (9.827%) Linux Administrator
4 17 (9.827%) Linux Engineer
5 15 (8.671%) Linux Systems Administrator
6 13 (7.514%) UNIX Systems Administrator
6 13 (7.514%) Systems Engineer
7 10 (5.780%) Architect
7 10 (5.780%) Delivery Manager
7 10 (5.780%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 9 (5.202%) UNIX Administrator
9 6 (3.468%) Support Engineer
9 6 (3.468%) Storage Engineer
9 6 (3.468%) Platform Engineer
10 5 (2.890%) Technical Infrastructure Manager
10 5 (2.890%) Service Manager
10 5 (2.890%) Infrastructure Manager
10 5 (2.890%) Technical Manager
10 5 (2.890%) UNIX Support
Miscellaneous
1 18 (10.40%) Clustering
2 17 (9.827%) Equities
3 7 (4.046%) Open Source
3 7 (4.046%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
3 7 (4.046%) Blackberry
4 6 (3.468%) Replication
5 5 (2.890%) Hedge funds
5 5 (2.890%) Computer Science
5 5 (2.890%) Cryptography
6 4 (2.312%) Client/Server
6 4 (2.312%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 4 (2.312%) Online Games
6 4 (2.312%) Embedded Systems
7 3 (1.734%) EqualLogic
7 3 (1.734%) Celerra
7 3 (1.734%) Firmware
8 2 (1.156%) Thin Client
8 2 (1.156%) Grid Computing
8 2 (1.156%) Symmetrix
8 2 (1.156%) EMC Centera
Operating Systems
1 95 (54.91%) Linux
2 86 (49.71%) UNIX
3 60 (34.68%) Solaris
4 55 (31.79%) Windows
5 40 (23.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 30 (17.34%) Windows Server 2008
7 22 (12.72%) Windows Server 2003
8 16 (9.249%) SUSE
9 14 (8.092%) CentOS
10 13 (7.514%) AIX
11 11 (6.358%) HPUX
12 10 (5.780%) Debian
13 9 (5.202%) Windows 7
13 9 (5.202%) Ubuntu
14 8 (4.624%) Gentoo
15 5 (2.890%) FreeBSD
16 2 (1.156%) Windows 2000
17 1 (0.578%) OS/2
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (10.98%) Migration
2 12 (6.936%) Disaster Recovery
3 11 (6.358%) ITIL
4 9 (5.202%) Configuration Management
5 7 (4.046%) Agile Software Development
6 6 (3.468%) Benchmarking
6 6 (3.468%) Service Management
6 6 (3.468%) Workflow
6 6 (3.468%) Scrum
6 6 (3.468%) Product Management
6 6 (3.468%) Kanban
7 5 (2.890%) Root Cause Analysis
7 5 (2.890%) Memory Management
7 5 (2.890%) Load Balancing
8 4 (2.312%) OO
8 4 (2.312%) Regression Testing
8 4 (2.312%) Time Management
8 4 (2.312%) Capacity Management
9 3 (1.734%) High Availability
9 3 (1.734%) Change Control
Programming Languages
1 66 (38.15%) Perl
2 41 (23.70%) Shell Script
3 27 (15.61%) SQL
4 21 (12.14%) Java
5 20 (11.56%) Bash shell
6 19 (10.98%) C
7 16 (9.249%) Python
8 15 (8.671%) C++
9 14 (8.092%) PHP
10 11 (6.358%) Korn
11 6 (3.468%) AWK
11 6 (3.468%) sed
12 5 (2.890%) C-shell
13 4 (2.312%) Ruby
13 4 (2.312%) PowerShell
14 3 (1.734%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 27 (15.61%) Degree
2 9 (5.202%) Microsoft Certification
2 9 (5.202%) MCSE
3 8 (4.624%) RHCE
4 5 (2.890%) Security Cleared
4 5 (2.890%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 4 (2.312%) DV Cleared
6 2 (1.156%) HNC
6 2 (1.156%) CCA
6 2 (1.156%) Citrix Certification
7 1 (0.578%) NCDA
7 1 (0.578%) NCIE
7 1 (0.578%) RHCT
7 1 (0.578%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (0.578%) Sun Certification
7 1 (0.578%) CCNP
7 1 (0.578%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (9.249%) QA
2 3 (1.734%) SLA
System Software
1 29 (16.76%) Veritas Volume Manager
1 29 (16.76%) VMware Infrastructure
2 27 (15.61%) Active Directory
3 19 (10.98%) vSphere
4 18 (10.40%) Postfix
5 16 (9.249%) VMware ESX
6 15 (8.671%) Hyper-V
7 12 (6.936%) Xen
7 12 (6.936%) XenDesktop
8 11 (6.358%) VMware ESXi
9 10 (5.780%) Samba
9 10 (5.780%) Veritas Cluster Server
9 10 (5.780%) XenApp
10 8 (4.624%) Squid
10 8 (4.624%) SRDF
11 5 (2.890%) Oracle RAC
11 5 (2.890%) Nmap
12 4 (2.312%) Varnish
13 3 (1.734%) Veritas File System
13 3 (1.734%) Oracle RMAN
Systems Management
1 25 (14.45%) Nagios
2 23 (13.29%) Puppet
3 14 (8.092%) NetBackup
3 14 (8.092%) Backup Exec
3 14 (8.092%) SCOM
4 8 (4.624%) Cacti
5 7 (4.046%) Cobbler
6 6 (3.468%) SCCM
6 6 (3.468%) Red Hat Spacewalk
6 6 (3.468%) Splunk
7 4 (2.312%) BladeLogic
8 3 (1.734%) EMC NetWorker
8 3 (1.734%) Data Guard
8 3 (1.734%) OpenNMS
8 3 (1.734%) HP Quality Center
8 3 (1.734%) Legato
8 3 (1.734%) ARCserve
8 3 (1.734%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
9 2 (1.156%) Norton AntiVirus
9 2 (1.156%) OpenView
Vendors
1 61 (35.26%) Red Hat
2 51 (29.48%) NetApp
3 48 (27.75%) VMware
4 34 (19.65%) Oracle
5 32 (18.50%) EMC
6 30 (17.34%) Veritas
7 24 (13.87%) Cisco
8 22 (12.72%) Citrix
9 20 (11.56%) Microsoft
9 20 (11.56%) HP
10 19 (10.98%) Amdocs
11 13 (7.514%) Sun
12 10 (5.780%) Symantec
13 8 (4.624%) SAP
14 7 (4.046%) Infoblox
14 7 (4.046%) Intel
14 7 (4.046%) IBM
15 6 (3.468%) Sybase
15 6 (3.468%) Dell
16 5 (2.890%) JBoss
Milton Keynes, Thames Valley
UNIX SYSTEM ADMINISTRATOR (Linux OS)2 month contract Milton KeynesExperienced Unix system administrator with strong understanding of Linux operation system required to execute on migrations (servers and storage)...
Posted: 28 May 2013
Brentford, Middlesex
The successful candidate will have Relevant industry experience in large enterprise sized environments for windows servers and virtualisation and have Solid understanding of Incident, Change, and Problem Management...
Experis IT
Rate: £350 - £400 per day
Posted: 14 June 2013
Central London / West End
Good scripting skills in Perl, Ruby or Python as well as shell scripting. Database and application support experience, knowledge of SQL... TCP/IP, NFS, HTTP. Experience of managing...
MPC
Rate: Up to £35,000 per annum
Posted: 7 June 2013
West London
MS Windows Server 2003 and 2008 (MCSE Preferred) SCOM/SCCM 2007 R2 Hyper-V... PHP/Perl knowledge GIT Python NFS, especially via NetApp Filers. Nagios (Opsview) Splunk. SharePoint...
Experis IT
Rate: £350 - £385 per day
Posted: 14 June 2013
West London
MS Windows Server 2003 and 2008 (MCSE Preferred) SCOM/SCCM 2007 R2 Hyper-V... PHP/Perl knowledge GIT Python NFS, especially via NetApp Filers. Nagios (Opsview) Splunk. SharePoint...
Experis IT
Rate: £325 - £385 per day
Posted: 18 June 2013
City, London
Austin Fraser
Rate: £0.00 per day
Posted: 14 June 2013
City of London
Huxley Associates
Rate: £575 - £576 per day
Posted: 5 June 2013
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