OpenView Configuration Management Contracts

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for OpenView Configuration Management skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited OpenView Configuration Management 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 Systems Management 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.

HP OpenView Configuration Management (formerly Radia)
Location Basingstoke Berkshire Derby Derbyshire East Midlands East of England England Erskine Hampshire Hertfordshire London Newcastle upon Tyne North East Reading Renfrewshire Scotland Shropshire South East Telford Tyne and Wear UK West Midlands	3 months to 16 May 2012	Same period 2011	Same period 2010
Rank	491	469	415
Rank change year-on-year	-22 -54
Matching contract IT job ads	88	112	121
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK	0.149 %	0.183 %	0.220 %
As % of the Systems Management category	2.418 %	3.109 %	4.329 %
Number of daily rates quoted	47	31	29
Average daily rate	£350	£300	£339
Average daily rate % change year-on-year	+16.66 % -11.43 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than	£210	£220	£261
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than	£420	£375	£382
UK excluding London average daily rate	£350	£300	£350
% change year-on-year	+16.66 % -14.28 %
Number of hourly rates quoted	3	4	7
Average hourly rate	£57.50	£34.88	£27.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year	+64.87 % +26.81 %
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£57.50	£34.88	£31.50
% change year-on-year	+64.87 % +10.71 %
All Systems Management UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the Systems Management category	3639	3603	2795
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK	6.148 %	5.872 %	5.076 %
Number of daily rates quoted	1850	1694	1236
Average daily rate	£350	£360	£338
Average daily rate % change year-on-year	-2.77 % +6.66 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than	£225	£210	£200
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than	£500	£500	£500
UK excluding London average daily rate	£325	£300	£314
% change year-on-year	+8.33 % -4.38 %
Number of hourly rates quoted	173	219	234
Average hourly rate	£19.00	£23.44	£21.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year	-18.93 % +9.01 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than	£13.50	£15.00	£14.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than	£45.00	£38.75	£38.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£17.50	£24.40	£20.50
% change year-on-year	-28.27 % +19.02 %

OpenView Configuration Management
Demand Trend

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

OpenView Configuration Management
Daily Rate Trend

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

OpenView Configuration Management
Daily Rate Histogram

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

OpenView Configuration Management
Hourly Rate Trend

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

OpenView Configuration Management
Top 21 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing OpenView Configuration Management 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.

Location	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
England	-22	79	£350	+16.66 %
South East	-38	41	£365	+21.66 %
Berkshire	-41	32	£357	+13.33 %
Reading	-23	29	£360	+19.91 %
West Midlands	-4	17	£338	+17.39 %
Shropshire	+6	16	£350	+21.73 %
North East	+6	13	£209	-16.60 %
Telford	+1	13	£350	+21.73 %
Tyne and Wear	+2	12	£209	-16.30 %
Newcastle upon Tyne	-3	11	£210	-6.66 %
Hampshire	-3	9	£405	+32.24 %
Renfrewshire	-	9	£360	-
Erskine	-	9	£360	-
Scotland	-	9	£360	-
Derbyshire	-	4	-	-
East Midlands	-	4	-	-
Derby	-	3	-	-
London	+28	2	£358	-
East of England	-7	2	-	-
Hertfordshire	-10	2	-	-
Basingstoke	-	1	-	-

OpenView Configuration Management
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

OpenView Configuration Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development 1 13 (5.882 %) Application Packaging 2 7 (3.167 %) Software Packaging 3 5 (2.262 %) XML 3 5 (2.262 %) Middleware 4 3 (1.357 %) .NET 4 3 (1.357 %) MFC 4 3 (1.357 %) COM 4 3 (1.357 %) WebSphere 5 2 (0.905 %) SOAP 5 2 (0.905 %) Web Services 6 1 (0.452 %) JMS 6 1 (0.452 %) WSDL	Application Platforms 1 13 (5.882 %) MS Exchange 2 10 (4.525 %) Apache 2 10 (4.525 %) IIS 3 5 (2.262 %) Documentum 4 4 (1.810 %) SharePoint Server 4 4 (1.810 %) Lotus Domino 5 3 (1.357 %) Tomcat 5 3 (1.357 %) WebSphere Application Server 5 3 (1.357 %) WebLogic 5 3 (1.357 %) WebSphere MQ 6 2 (0.905 %) Lync 6 2 (0.905 %) Exchange Server 2010 6 2 (0.905 %) Lotus Notes
Applications 1 21 (9.502 %) MS Excel 2 7 (3.167 %) MS Visio 3 4 (1.810 %) MS Office 4 2 (0.905 %) MS Project	Business Applications 1 3 (1.357 %) Teamcenter
Communications & Networking 1 27 (12.22 %) DNS 1 27 (12.22 %) DHCP 2 16 (7.240 %) SMS 3 15 (6.787 %) Firewall 4 12 (5.430 %) SAN 5 11 (4.977 %) NAS 6 10 (4.525 %) Internet 6 10 (4.525 %) SMTP 7 7 (3.167 %) TCP/IP 8 6 (2.715 %) HTTP 8 6 (2.715 %) HTTPS 9 5 (2.262 %) iSCSI 10 3 (1.357 %) VLAN 11 1 (0.452 %) LAN 11 1 (0.452 %) WAN 11 1 (0.452 %) IPsec	Database & Business Intelligence 1 15 (6.787 %) SQL Server 2 10 (4.525 %) SQL Server 2005 3 9 (4.072 %) Oracle 8/8i 4 4 (1.810 %) EDMS 5 1 (0.452 %) SQL Server 2000
Development Applications 1 85 (38.46 %) MSI 2 49 (22.17 %) InstallShield 3 39 (17.65 %) StarTeam 4 9 (4.072 %) TestDirector 5 4 (1.810 %) WinRunner 5 4 (1.810 %) QuickTest Pro 6 3 (1.357 %) Subversion 6 3 (1.357 %) Wise Package Studio 7 1 (0.452 %) COOL:Gen	General 1 28 (12.67 %) Telecoms 2 24 (10.86 %) Finance 3 1 (0.452 %) Front Office 3 1 (0.452 %) Banking
Job Titles 1 57 (25.79 %) Applications Packager 2 23 (10.41 %) Integration Engineer 3 18 (8.145 %) Build Engineer 4 15 (6.787 %) Architect 5 13 (5.882 %) Technical Architect 6 12 (5.430 %) Analyst 7 11 (4.977 %) Test Analyst 8 8 (3.620 %) Wintel Engineer 8 8 (3.620 %) Consultant 8 8 (3.620 %) Systems Engineer 9 7 (3.167 %) Systems Integration Engineer 10 5 (2.262 %) Infrastructure Engineer 10 5 (2.262 %) Server Engineer 11 4 (1.810 %) Technical Specialist 11 4 (1.810 %) Project Engineer 11 4 (1.810 %) UNIX Specialist 11 4 (1.810 %) Administrator 11 4 (1.810 %) Systems Administrator 12 3 (1.357 %) Desktop Support 12 3 (1.357 %) Developer	Miscellaneous 1 30 (13.57 %) Clustering 2 23 (10.41 %) Client/Server 3 8 (3.620 %) PKI 4 5 (2.262 %) Replication 4 5 (2.262 %) CESG 4 5 (2.262 %) Open Source 5 3 (1.357 %) Enterprise Storage 6 2 (0.905 %) iPhone 6 2 (0.905 %) Blackberry 7 1 (0.452 %) Thin Client 7 1 (0.452 %) Management Information System 7 1 (0.452 %) Fat Client 7 1 (0.452 %) CMDB 7 1 (0.452 %) Cryptography
Operating Systems 1 183 (82.81 %) Windows 2 84 (38.01 %) Windows Server 2003 3 36 (16.29 %) Windows Server 2008 4 30 (13.57 %) Windows XP 5 29 (13.12 %) Windows 7 6 25 (11.31 %) UNIX 7 19 (8.597 %) Solaris 8 12 (5.430 %) Linux 9 10 (4.525 %) Windows NT 10 8 (3.620 %) Red Hat Enterprise Linux 11 7 (3.167 %) AIX 12 6 (2.715 %) Windows Vista 13 2 (0.905 %) Windows 2000 Server	Processes & Methodologies 1 59 (26.70 %) Configuration Management 2 40 (18.10 %) Validation 3 30 (13.57 %) Service Delivery 4 26 (11.76 %) Migration 5 15 (6.787 %) ITIL 5 15 (6.787 %) Change Control 6 11 (4.977 %) Unit Testing 7 8 (3.620 %) Test Scripting 7 8 (3.620 %) Project Management 8 7 (3.167 %) ITIL V3 9 5 (2.262 %) Data Migration 9 5 (2.262 %) Load Balancing 9 5 (2.262 %) Security Testing 9 5 (2.262 %) Root Cause Analysis 10 4 (1.810 %) Test Automation 10 4 (1.810 %) Asset Management 11 3 (1.357 %) OOD 11 3 (1.357 %) Business Continuity 11 3 (1.357 %) Multithreading 11 3 (1.357 %) High Availability
Programming Languages 1 61 (27.60 %) VBScript 2 36 (16.29 %) SQL 3 34 (15.38 %) VB 4 14 (6.335 %) Shell Script 5 11 (4.977 %) C 6 6 (2.715 %) PowerShell 7 5 (2.262 %) Tcl 8 4 (1.810 %) C# 9 3 (1.357 %) C++ 9 3 (1.357 %) PL/SQL 9 3 (1.357 %) VC++ 10 2 (0.905 %) REXX 10 2 (0.905 %) T-SQL 11 1 (0.452 %) Java 11 1 (0.452 %) JavaScript	Qualifications 1 169 (76.47 %) Security Cleared 2 127 (57.47 %) SC Cleared 3 34 (15.38 %) DV Cleared 4 11 (4.977 %) Microsoft Certification 5 8 (3.620 %) MCSE 6 6 (2.715 %) HP APS 7 4 (1.810 %) BC Cleared 7 4 (1.810 %) MCP 7 4 (1.810 %) ISEB 8 2 (0.905 %) MCITP 8 2 (0.905 %) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 9 (4.072 %) QA	System Software 1 83 (37.56 %) Active Directory 2 27 (12.22 %) VMware Infrastructure 3 9 (4.072 %) Hyper-V 4 4 (1.810 %) Citrix Presentation Server 5 3 (1.357 %) NFS 5 3 (1.357 %) Microsoft Virtual Server 6 2 (0.905 %) vSphere 7 1 (0.452 %) VMware ESX 7 1 (0.452 %) VMware ESXi 7 1 (0.452 %) vCloud
Systems Management 1 40 (18.10 %) Systems Management Server (SMS) 2 29 (13.12 %) SCCM 3 23 (10.41 %) Netcool 4 11 (4.977 %) OpenView 5 7 (3.167 %) Tivoli 5 7 (3.167 %) HP Quality Center 6 4 (1.810 %) McAfee ePO 7 3 (1.357 %) WMI 8 2 (0.905 %) WSUS 9 1 (0.452 %) Unicenter 9 1 (0.452 %) HP SIM	Vendors 1 115 (52.04 %) Microsoft 2 66 (29.86 %) HP 3 43 (19.46 %) VMware 4 36 (16.29 %) Altiris 5 35 (15.84 %) Citrix 6 28 (12.67 %) Borland 7 14 (6.335 %) Oracle 8 13 (5.882 %) McAfee 8 13 (5.882 %) Veritas 9 12 (5.430 %) Lumension 10 11 (4.977 %) Sun 10 11 (4.977 %) StorageTek 11 8 (3.620 %) Red Hat 12 5 (2.262 %) EMC 12 5 (2.262 %) CA 12 5 (2.262 %) Symantec 13 4 (1.810 %) Dell 14 2 (0.905 %) Lotus 15 1 (0.452 %) IBM 15 1 (0.452 %) Compuware