Observium Contracts

Observium
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Observium skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Observium over the 6 months to 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 593 715 854
Rank change year-on-year +122 +139 -
Contract jobs citing Observium 1 1 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.002% 0.002% 0.001%
As % of the Systems Management category 0.020% 0.010% 0.007%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £463 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £550
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -13.64% -
75th Percentile - £488 £600
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 - £550

All Systems Management Skills
UK

Observium is in the Systems Management category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 5,089 9,617 14,231
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 11.75% 16.11% 16.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,637 6,944 10,283
10th Percentile £256 £355 £363
25th Percentile £413 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £563 £565
Median % change year-on-year -8.44% -0.44% +13.00%
75th Percentile £625 £675 £675
90th Percentile £700 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 125 209 186
10th Percentile £14.00 £16.48 £13.87
25th Percentile £17.75 £22.75 £15.78
Median hourly rate £30.00 £57.50 £22.39
Median % change year-on-year -47.83% +156.81% -44.03%
75th Percentile £53.75 £71.50 £48.75
90th Percentile £70.75 £82.50 £66.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.50 £43.75 £20.00
% change year-on-year -12.00% +118.75% -10.11%

Observium
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Observium as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Observium in the UK

Observium
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Observium.

Daily rate trend for Observium in the UK

Observium
Top 2 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Observium within the UK over the 6 months to 28 April 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
UK excluding London - 1 £450 - 1
Scotland - 1 £450 -

Observium
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) BGP
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) OSPF
1 1 (100.00%) SD-WAN
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Field Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Network Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Network Field Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) CMDB
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Change Control
1 1 (100.00%) ITSM
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Palo Alto
1 1 (100.00%) SolarWinds
1 1 (100.00%) Zscaler