Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Nortel 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 Nortel over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 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 Vendors currently tracked.

LinkNortel
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank335186344
Rank change year-on-year
Down-149Up+158
Matching contract IT job ads165298288
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK0.342 %0.755 %0.350 %
As % of the Vendors category0.779 %1.712 %0.808 %
Daily rates quoted3533117
Average daily rate£325£325£344
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
--5.450 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£220£200£243
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£490£359£558
UK excluding London average daily rate£305£325£300
% change year-on-year
-6.150 %+8.330 %
Hourly rates quoted61024
Average hourly rate£21.25£23.00£32.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-7.600 %-28.12 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£16.50£19.05£17.50
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£44.00£72.50£35.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£17.50£22.00£24.38
% change year-on-year
-20.45 %-9.740 %
IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryAll Vendors
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
211921741035634
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK43.87 %44.13 %43.35 %
Daily rates quoted9143508310163
Average daily rate£400£375£400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.660 %-6.250 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£230£220£250
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£575£525£600
UK excluding London average daily rate£330£350£360
% change year-on-year
-5.710 %-2.770 %
Hourly rates quoted121613663140
Average hourly rate£20.00£21.50£21.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-6.970 %+2.380 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£10.46£11.50£12.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£36.46£40.00£40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£19.00£21.00£20.00
% change year-on-year
-9.520 %+5.000 %

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.

These figures represent the IT job market and are NOT representative of employment within the Nortel Networks Corporation.

Nortel
Demand Trend

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

Nortel Demand Trend

Nortel
Daily Rate Trend

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

Nortel Daily Rate Trend

Nortel
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Nortel within the UK over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

Nortel Daily Rate Histogram

Nortel
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Nortel Hourly Rate Trend

Nortel
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Nortel within the UK over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

Nortel Hourly Rate Histogram

Nortel
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 Nortel within the UK over the 3 months to 19 March 2010. 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
EnglandDown-143152£343+5.38 %
LondonDown-4461£475+46.15 %
South EastDown-10134£350+7.69 %
North WestNo change023£335-
South WestUp+717£300+76.47 %
WiltshireNew entry-17£300-
City of LondonDown-6016£450+44.00 %
SwindonNew entry-15£300-
BerkshireDown-6814£350+7.69 %
ManchesterUp+412--
WalesUp+1510£220-
BuckinghamshireDown-18£350-1.96 %
MiddlesexNew entry-7--
Milton KeynesNo change06--
West MidlandsUp+35--
East MidlandsDown-65£350+75.00 %
South WalesNew entry-5£220-
MidlandsUp+74£310-
NorthamptonshireDown-64£350+75.00 %
NorthamptonDown-74£350-
SwanseaNew entry-4£260-
West WalesNew entry-4£260-
YorkshireUp+53£300-
CheshireDown-203--
West YorkshireDown-82--
ScotlandDown-132--
EdinburghNew entry-2--
High WycombeNew entry-2£350-
BirminghamUp+31--
South YorkshireUp+31£300-

Nortel
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Nortel 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 Nortel.

1148 (43.40 %)Telecoms
2125 (36.66 %)Nokia
3124 (36.36 %)3G
4119 (34.90 %)Ericsson
5114 (33.43 %)2G
678 (22.87 %)Cisco
766 (19.35 %)NEC
849 (14.37 %)IVR
849 (14.37 %)Avaya
936 (10.56 %)Cisco Certification
1034 (9.971 %)ATM
1133 (9.677 %)PBX
1231 (9.091 %)Genesys
1330 (8.798 %)Security Cleared
1428 (8.211 %)Siemens
1526 (7.625 %)VoIP
1526 (7.625 %)Finance
1625 (7.331 %)WAN
1625 (7.331 %)IBM
1625 (7.331 %)Nortel Meridian
1723 (6.745 %)Microsoft
1822 (6.452 %)Windows
1822 (6.452 %)Firewall
1921 (6.158 %)LAN
2020 (5.865 %)SDH
2119 (5.572 %)UMTS
2119 (5.572 %)Ethernet
2119 (5.572 %)UNIX
2119 (5.572 %)CTI
2119 (5.572 %)Banking

Nortel
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Nortel 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 Nortel. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
112 (3.519 %)XML
210 (2.933 %)Middleware
37 (2.053 %)WebSphere
45 (1.466 %)Java EE
54 (1.173 %)JSP
54 (1.173 %)Web Services
63 (0.880 %)HTML
72 (0.587 %)VXML
72 (0.587 %)JMS
72 (0.587 %).NET
72 (0.587 %)J2EE
72 (0.587 %)ASP.NET
72 (0.587 %)XSD
81 (0.293 %)TAPI
81 (0.293 %)SAP Business Workflow
81 (0.293 %)Spring
81 (0.293 %)ODBC
IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
19 (2.639 %)IIS
28 (2.346 %)SharePoint
37 (2.053 %)WebSphere Application Server
37 (2.053 %)Apache
37 (2.053 %)IBM HTTP Server
46 (1.760 %)WebSphere MQ
55 (1.466 %)Documentum
64 (1.173 %)Oracle HTTP Server
64 (1.173 %)BizTalk Server
64 (1.173 %)SharePoint Server 2007
73 (0.880 %)MS Exchange
82 (0.587 %)Tomcat
82 (0.587 %)WebLogic
91 (0.293 %)JCAPS
91 (0.293 %)Lotus Domino
IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
19 (2.639 %)MS Excel
28 (2.346 %)MS Office
28 (2.346 %)MS PowerPoint
34 (1.173 %)MS Project
IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
116 (4.692 %)Nortel Periphonics
24 (1.173 %)WebTrends
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
1124 (36.36 %)3G
2114 (33.43 %)2G
334 (9.971 %)ATM
433 (9.677 %)PBX
526 (7.625 %)VoIP
625 (7.331 %)WAN
625 (7.331 %)Nortel Meridian
722 (6.452 %)Firewall
821 (6.158 %)LAN
920 (5.865 %)SDH
1019 (5.572 %)UMTS
1019 (5.572 %)Ethernet
1019 (5.572 %)CTI
1117 (4.985 %)VPN
1117 (4.985 %)MPLS
1117 (4.985 %)BGP
1216 (4.692 %)GSM
1315 (4.399 %)OSPF
1315 (4.399 %)DWDM
1414 (4.106 %)Nokia NetAct
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
17 (2.053 %)MS Access
26 (1.760 %)SQL Server
35 (1.466 %)BusinessObjects
42 (0.587 %)Oracle 9i
51 (0.293 %)Oracle 10g
IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
13 (0.880 %)JIRA
IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
1148 (43.40 %)Telecoms
226 (7.625 %)Finance
319 (5.572 %)Banking
416 (4.692 %)Government
56 (1.760 %)Multimedia
64 (1.173 %)Back Office
73 (0.880 %)Auditing
73 (0.880 %)Retail Banking
73 (0.880 %)Retail
73 (0.880 %)Investment Banking
73 (0.880 %)Education
82 (0.587 %)Front Office
82 (0.587 %)Marketing
91 (0.293 %)Pensions
91 (0.293 %)Billing
91 (0.293 %)Games
91 (0.293 %)Chemicals
91 (0.293 %)Law
91 (0.293 %)Legal
IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
195 (27.86 %)Field Engineer
226 (7.625 %)Architect
226 (7.625 %)Analyst
317 (4.985 %)Network Engineer
414 (4.106 %)ATM Engineer
513 (3.812 %)Business Analyst
611 (3.226 %)Consultant
611 (3.226 %)Support Engineer
79 (2.639 %)Support Analyst
88 (2.346 %)Network Support
97 (2.053 %)Designer
97 (2.053 %)Change Analyst
106 (1.760 %)Integration Engineer
106 (1.760 %)Switch Engineer
106 (1.760 %)Transmission Engineer
115 (1.466 %)Configuration Engineer
115 (1.466 %)WebSphere Specialist
115 (1.466 %)Senior Analyst
115 (1.466 %)Network Analyst
115 (1.466 %)Telephony Engineer
IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
149 (14.37 %)IVR
26 (1.760 %)Statistics
35 (1.466 %)Video Conferencing
44 (1.173 %)Blackberry
44 (1.173 %)Speech Recognition
53 (0.880 %)Clustering
62 (0.587 %)DTV
62 (0.587 %)Client/Server
62 (0.587 %)IPTV
62 (0.587 %)French Language
62 (0.587 %)Video on Demand
62 (0.587 %)iPhone
71 (0.293 %)NHS
71 (0.293 %)Handset
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
122 (6.452 %)Windows
219 (5.572 %)UNIX
316 (4.692 %)Linux
414 (4.106 %)Windows Server 2003
512 (3.519 %)Windows Server 2008
512 (3.519 %)Red Hat Linux
67 (2.053 %)Solaris
74 (1.173 %)Windows XP
82 (0.587 %)HPUX
82 (0.587 %)Windows 2000
82 (0.587 %)Windows Mobile
82 (0.587 %)Windows Vista
82 (0.587 %)Windows 2000 Server
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
118 (5.279 %)Network Design
213 (3.812 %)Project Management
311 (3.226 %)Integration Testing
410 (2.933 %)Stakeholder Management
410 (2.933 %)ITIL
59 (2.639 %)Change Management
68 (2.346 %)GAP Analysis
77 (2.053 %)Network Load Balancing
77 (2.053 %)Migration
77 (2.053 %)Workflow
86 (1.760 %)Validation
86 (1.760 %)Capacity Planning
95 (1.466 %)TOGAF
95 (1.466 %)Configuration Management
104 (1.173 %)Service Management
104 (1.173 %)Incident Management
113 (0.880 %)Network Architecture
113 (0.880 %)Fault Management
113 (0.880 %)Test Scripting
113 (0.880 %)Statistical Analysis
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
112 (3.519 %)C
211 (3.226 %)SQL
36 (1.760 %)Java
44 (1.173 %)Perl
44 (1.173 %)Bash shell
53 (0.880 %)VBA
62 (0.587 %)Jython
62 (0.587 %)PL/SQL
62 (0.587 %)C#
62 (0.587 %)Shell Script
62 (0.587 %)Korn
62 (0.587 %)C-shell
IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
136 (10.56 %)Cisco Certification
230 (8.798 %)Security Cleared
319 (5.572 %)SC Cleared
417 (4.985 %)CCNP
514 (4.106 %)CCNA
69 (2.639 %)CCIE
76 (1.760 %)CCVP
83 (0.880 %)Microsoft Certification
92 (0.587 %)CCSA
92 (0.587 %)MCSE
92 (0.587 %)HNC
92 (0.587 %)CCSP
92 (0.587 %)Degree
101 (0.293 %)CCIP
101 (0.293 %)Citrix Certification
101 (0.293 %)MCP
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
112 (3.519 %)SLA
22 (0.587 %)QA
IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
18 (2.346 %)Active Directory
24 (1.173 %)VMware Infrastructure
33 (0.880 %)VMware ESX
41 (0.293 %)Terminal Services
41 (0.293 %)MetaFrame
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
16 (1.760 %)CiscoWorks
24 (1.173 %)OpenView
32 (0.587 %)Netcool
41 (0.293 %)Cacti
41 (0.293 %)SCOM
41 (0.293 %)Nagios
41 (0.293 %)CA SiteMinder
41 (0.293 %)Tivoli
41 (0.293 %)Tivoli Monitoring
41 (0.293 %)MOM
41 (0.293 %)Backup Exec
IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1125 (36.66 %)Nokia
2119 (34.90 %)Ericsson
378 (22.87 %)Cisco
466 (19.35 %)NEC
549 (14.37 %)Avaya
631 (9.091 %)Genesys
728 (8.211 %)Siemens
825 (7.331 %)IBM
923 (6.745 %)Microsoft
1014 (4.106 %)Chordiant
1014 (4.106 %)Oracle
1112 (3.519 %)BT
1112 (3.519 %)Red Hat
1112 (3.519 %)Juniper
1112 (3.519 %)Nokia Siemens Networks
1211 (3.226 %)Panasonic
139 (2.639 %)Alcatel
139 (2.639 %)HP
148 (2.346 %)CheckPoint
148 (2.346 %)SAP