Novell Certification Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Novell Certification in IT contracts across the UK compared to all other Qualifications we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited Novell Certification over the 3 months to 4 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Bristol Buckinghamshire Chertsey City of London Dorset East Kilbride East Midlands East of England Edinburgh England Gerrards Cross Glasgow King's Lynn Leeds London Manchester Milton Keynes Norfolk North West Nottinghamshire Poole Scotland Sheffield South East South Lanarkshire South West South Yorkshire Surrey UK Warwick Warwickshire West Midlands West Yorkshire Yorkshire	3 months to 4 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	514	524
Rank change on same period last year	+10
Matching contract IT job ads	74	126
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.098 %	0.134 %
As % of the category below	0.941 %	1.364 %
Daily rates quoted	13	18
Average minimum daily rate	£316	£320
Average daily rate	£325	£332
% change on same period last year	-1.92 %
Average maximum daily rate	£335	£343
UK excluding London average daily rate	£333	£308
% change on same period last year	+8.17 %
Hourly rates quoted	32	42
Average minimum hourly rate	£27.34	£18.73
Average hourly rate	£27.70	£19.57
% change on same period last year	+41.53 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£28.07	£20.42
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£28.22	£20.01
% change on same period last year	+41.05 %
Qualifications UK
Matching contract IT job ads	7865	9235
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	10.37 %	9.796 %
Daily rates quoted	2500	2548
Average minimum daily rate	£340	£352
Average daily rate	£361	£373
% change on same period last year	-3.17 %
Average maximum daily rate	£382	£393
UK excluding London average daily rate	£330	£339
% change on same period last year	-2.53 %
Hourly rates quoted	847	946
Average minimum hourly rate	£23.96	£24.20
Average hourly rate	£25.72	£25.73
% change on same period last year	-0.03 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£27.47	£27.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£25.13	£25.68
% change on same period last year	-2.15 %

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.

Novell Certification
Demand Trend

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

Novell Certification
Daily Rate Trend

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

Novell Certification
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Novell Certification
Hourly Rate Trend

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

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Hourly Rate Histogram

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

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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 Novell Certification 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	+15	70	£325	-8.27 %
South East	+43	35	£382	+9.61 %
Buckinghamshire	+38	33	£382	-
Milton Keynes	+21	32	£399	-
London	+46	14	£299	-22.76 %
South West	+5	8	-	-
Bristol	-4	7	-	-
Scotland	+20	4	-	-
Norfolk	-	3	-	-
Manchester	-19	3	£140	-
North West	-11	3	£140	-
East of England	-11	3	-	-
East Midlands	-2	2	-	-
Warwickshire	-	2	-	-
Yorkshire	+10	2	-	-
Surrey	+4	2	-	-
King's Lynn	-	2	-	-
City of London	-28	2	£280	-29.24 %
Warwick	-	2	-	-
West Midlands	-3	2	-	-
Edinburgh	+11	2	-	-
Glasgow	+2	1	-	-
South Lanarkshire	0	1	-	-
East Kilbride	0	1	-	-
Leeds	-11	1	-	-
South Yorkshire	-	1	-	-
West Yorkshire	+1	1	-	-
Nottinghamshire	-	1	-	-
Gerrards Cross	-	1	£260	-
Poole	-	1	-	-

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 109 (85.16 %) CNE 2 85 (66.41 %) Microsoft Certification 3 77 (60.16 %) MCSE 4 63 (49.22 %) Windows 5 62 (48.44 %) Novell 6 48 (37.50 %) ITIL 7 47 (36.72 %) CNA 8 44 (34.38 %) Cisco 9 43 (33.59 %) Microsoft 10 42 (32.81 %) Windows NT 11 35 (27.34 %) Security Cleared 12 32 (25.00 %) NetWare 12 32 (25.00 %) OpenView 13 30 (23.44 %) ITSM 13 30 (23.44 %) OVOW

14 26 (20.31 %) SC Cleared 14 26 (20.31 %) Active Directory 15 25 (19.53 %) HP 16 24 (18.75 %) Windows Server 2003 16 24 (18.75 %) Telecoms 17 23 (17.97 %) MCP 18 21 (16.41 %) GroupWise 19 18 (14.06 %) CiscoWorks 20 16 (12.50 %) OVPA 20 16 (12.50 %) OVPI 20 16 (12.50 %) SAN 20 16 (12.50 %) SQL 20 16 (12.50 %) Oracle 20 16 (12.50 %) Oracle 8/8i 20 16 (12.50 %) MS Exchange

Novell Certification
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development 1 3 (2.344 %) Application Packaging 2 2 (1.563 %) WebSphere 3 1 (0.781 %) XML	Application Platforms 1 21 (16.41 %) GroupWise 2 16 (12.50 %) MS Exchange 3 11 (8.594 %) Exchange Server 2000 3 11 (8.594 %) Exchange Server 2003 4 10 (7.813 %) Exchange Server 5.5 5 6 (4.688 %) Lotus Notes 6 3 (2.344 %) IIS 6 3 (2.344 %) Exchange Server 2007
Applications 1 15 (11.72 %) MS Office 2 5 (3.906 %) MS Excel	Communications & Networking 1 16 (12.50 %) SAN 2 15 (11.72 %) Firewall 3 10 (7.813 %) TCP/IP 4 9 (7.031 %) WAN 5 6 (4.688 %) DHCP 6 5 (3.906 %) LAN 6 5 (3.906 %) DNS 7 4 (3.125 %) SNMP 8 3 (2.344 %) Intranet 8 3 (2.344 %) Internet 8 3 (2.344 %) SSL 9 2 (1.563 %) WINS 9 2 (1.563 %) VoIP 10 1 (0.781 %) VPN 10 1 (0.781 %) SMS 10 1 (0.781 %) Kerberos 10 1 (0.781 %) 3G 10 1 (0.781 %) L2TP 10 1 (0.781 %) TELNET 10 1 (0.781 %) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence 1 16 (12.50 %) Oracle 8/8i 2 3 (2.344 %) SQL Server 3 1 (0.781 %) MS Access	Development Applications 1 3 (2.344 %) MSI 2 2 (1.563 %) AdminStudio
General 1 24 (18.75 %) Telecoms 2 10 (7.813 %) Finance 3 8 (6.250 %) Government 4 4 (3.125 %) Banking 4 4 (3.125 %) Back Office 5 3 (2.344 %) Construction 5 3 (2.344 %) Insurance 6 2 (1.563 %) Financial Institution 6 2 (1.563 %) Investment Banking 7 1 (0.781 %) Legal 7 1 (0.781 %) Pensions	Job Titles 1 17 (13.28 %) Support Engineer 1 17 (13.28 %) Novell Engineer 2 16 (12.50 %) OpenView Specialist 3 11 (8.594 %) Desktop Support 4 10 (7.813 %) Network Engineer 5 9 (7.031 %) Technical Support 5 9 (7.031 %) Technical Engineer 6 8 (6.250 %) Technical Support Engineer 6 8 (6.250 %) Consultant 7 7 (5.469 %) Analyst 7 7 (5.469 %) Systems Engineer 8 6 (4.688 %) Trainer 8 6 (4.688 %) Messaging Specialist 9 5 (3.906 %) SAN Consultant 9 5 (3.906 %) SAN Specialist 9 5 (3.906 %) IT Trainer 9 5 (3.906 %) Senior Network Engineer 10 4 (3.125 %) Support Analyst 11 3 (2.344 %) Desktop Support Engineer 11 3 (2.344 %) Helpdesk Support
Miscellaneous 1 3 (2.344 %) Blackberry 1 3 (2.344 %) PKI 2 2 (1.563 %) Fat Client 2 2 (1.563 %) NHS 2 2 (1.563 %) Thin Client 3 1 (0.781 %) Mainframe 3 1 (0.781 %) Clustering 3 1 (0.781 %) PDA	Operating Systems 1 63 (49.22 %) Windows 2 42 (32.81 %) Windows NT 3 32 (25.00 %) NetWare 4 24 (18.75 %) Windows Server 2003 5 13 (10.16 %) Windows 2000 6 12 (9.375 %) Windows XP 7 11 (8.594 %) Linux 8 8 (6.250 %) SUSE 9 2 (1.563 %) Unix
Processes & Methodologies 1 48 (37.50 %) ITIL 2 35 (27.34 %) Security Cleared 3 30 (23.44 %) ITSM 4 26 (20.31 %) SC Cleared 5 9 (7.031 %) Migration 5 9 (7.031 %) PRINCE2 6 8 (6.250 %) Data Migration 6 8 (6.250 %) Problem Management 7 5 (3.906 %) Operations Management 8 3 (2.344 %) Load Balancing 8 3 (2.344 %) E-Commerce 8 3 (2.344 %) Incident Management 9 2 (1.563 %) Project Management 9 2 (1.563 %) Service Management 10 1 (0.781 %) Quality Management 10 1 (0.781 %) PRINCE 10 1 (0.781 %) Investment Management 10 1 (0.781 %) Time Management 10 1 (0.781 %) Data Protection	Programming Languages 1 16 (12.50 %) SQL
Qualifications 1 109 (85.16 %) CNE 2 85 (66.41 %) Microsoft Certification 3 77 (60.16 %) MCSE 4 47 (36.72 %) CNA 5 23 (17.97 %) MCP 6 10 (7.813 %) CCNA 6 10 (7.813 %) Cisco Certification 7 4 (3.125 %) VMware Certified Professional (VCP) 8 3 (2.344 %) CCNP 8 3 (2.344 %) IBM Certification 8 3 (2.344 %) MCSA 9 2 (1.563 %) HNC 9 2 (1.563 %) Citrix Certification 9 2 (1.563 %) CCEA 9 2 (1.563 %) ITIL Certification 10 1 (0.781 %) Degree 10 1 (0.781 %) CCDA 10 1 (0.781 %) CCA 10 1 (0.781 %) MCT 10 1 (0.781 %) Network+ Certification	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 3 (2.344 %) SLA 2 1 (0.781 %) QA
System Software 1 26 (20.31 %) Active Directory 2 13 (10.16 %) NDS 3 7 (5.469 %) MailMarshal 3 7 (5.469 %) Citrix Presentation Server 3 7 (5.469 %) VMware Infrastructure 4 5 (3.906 %) VMware Workstation 5 4 (3.125 %) Novell eDirectory 5 4 (3.125 %) VMware ESX 6 2 (1.563 %) Terminal Server 6 2 (1.563 %) ISA Server 7 1 (0.781 %) BorderManager	Systems Management 1 32 (25.00 %) OpenView 2 30 (23.44 %) OVOW 3 18 (14.06 %) CiscoWorks 4 16 (12.50 %) OVPA 4 16 (12.50 %) OVPI 5 10 (7.813 %) ARCserve 6 9 (7.031 %) ZENworks 7 7 (5.469 %) HP Data Protector 8 5 (3.906 %) DameWare 9 3 (2.344 %) Systems Management Server (SMS) 10 1 (0.781 %) Novell Identity Manager 10 1 (0.781 %) DirXML
Vendors 1 62 (48.44 %) Novell 2 44 (34.38 %) Cisco 3 43 (33.59 %) Microsoft 4 25 (19.53 %) HP 5 16 (12.50 %) Oracle 6 11 (8.594 %) Citrix 7 9 (7.031 %) VMware 8 8 (6.250 %) Reuters 8 8 (6.250 %) Bloomberg 9 7 (5.469 %) Lotus 10 3 (2.344 %) CheckPoint 10 3 (2.344 %) IBM 11 2 (1.563 %) Compaq 11 2 (1.563 %) Dell 11 2 (1.563 %) BT 11 2 (1.563 %) SurfControl 11 2 (1.563 %) Macrovision 11 2 (1.563 %) Altiris 11 2 (1.563 %) Finjan 12 1 (0.781 %) Symantec