OpenView Contracts

This section looks at the demand for HP OpenView (HPOV) skills across the UK with a comparison to our Systems Management category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited OpenView over the 3 months to 4 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

HP OpenView (HPOV)
Location Basingstoke Belfast Berkshire Bracknell Bristol Buckinghamshire Bury St Edmunds Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cannock Cheltenham Cheshire Chester City of London Colchester County Antrim Crawley Crewe Devon Docklands, London East of England Edinburgh England Essex Exeter Gatwick Glasgow Gloucestershire Hampshire Harrogate Hemel Hempstead Herefordshire Hertfordshire Ipswich Kent Leeds Liverpool London M4 Corridor Manchester Merseyside Milton Keynes Newbury Newcastle Newport North East North West North Yorkshire Northern Ireland Oxford Oxfordshire Plymouth Reading Rickmansworth Scotland Sheffield Shropshire Slough Solihull South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Staffordshire Suffolk Surrey Sussex Telford Thames Valley Tyne and Wear UK Wales Warwickshire West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Wiltshire Windsor Wokingham Yorkshire	3 months to 4 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	317	242
Rank change on same period last year	-75
Matching contract IT job ads	320	580
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.422 %	0.615 %
As % of the category below	12.41 %	17.90 %
Daily rates quoted	99	194
Average minimum daily rate	£346	£350
Average daily rate	£359	£366
% change on same period last year	-1.81 %
Average maximum daily rate	£372	£382
UK excluding London average daily rate	£331	£326
% change on same period last year	+1.69 %
Hourly rates quoted	51	58
Average minimum hourly rate	£25.63	£23.87
Average hourly rate	£26.12	£26.19
% change on same period last year	-0.27 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£26.61	£28.51
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£27.02	£27.47
% change on same period last year	-1.65 %
Systems Management UK
Matching contract IT job ads	2578	3240
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	3.399 %	3.437 %
Daily rates quoted	818	933
Average minimum daily rate	£367	£363
Average daily rate	£386	£382
% change on same period last year	+1.24 %
Average maximum daily rate	£406	£400
UK excluding London average daily rate	£365	£351
% change on same period last year	+4.17 %
Hourly rates quoted	285	325
Average minimum hourly rate	£24.10	£25.10
Average hourly rate	£25.52	£26.78
% change on same period last year	-4.69 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£26.94	£28.46
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£25.90	£26.29
% change on same period last year	-1.48 %

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.

OpenView
Demand Trend

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

OpenView
Daily Rate Trend

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

OpenView
Daily Rate Histogram

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

OpenView
Hourly Rate Trend

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

OpenView
Hourly Rate Histogram

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

OpenView
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 OpenView 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	-65	308	£357	-2.64 %
South East	-21	114	£375	+3.08 %
London	-35	110	£399	-2.27 %
Buckinghamshire	+6	46	£381	+9.41 %
Milton Keynes	+5	45	£381	+45.12 %
Yorkshire	+24	37	£224	-30.62 %
Berkshire	+13	33	£231	-36.91 %
East of England	-14	18	£259	+5.66 %
City of London	-53	18	£363	-16.72 %
South Yorkshire	+3	13	£123	-57.01 %
North West	-14	13	£342	+230.89 %
West Yorkshire	0	12	£250	-27.74 %
Leeds	-7	12	£250	-30.06 %
Slough	+6	12	£215	-48.13 %
West Midlands	-3	12	£288	-28.12 %
Cheshire	-24	11	£324	+213.50 %
Sheffield	+7	11	-	-
North Yorkshire	-	10	£350	-
South West	+14	10	£298	-30.24 %
Sussex	-	8	-	-
Hampshire	+21	8	£350	-
Basingstoke	-	8	£350	-
Essex	-8	8	£195	+0.86 %
Suffolk	+7	7	£294	-
Harrogate	-	7	-	-
Scotland	+27	7	£400	-15.78 %
Staffordshire	-	6	£288	-
West Sussex	+17	6	£448	-
Ipswich	+4	5	£294	-
Reading	-5	4	£246	-42.05 %

OpenView
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 552 (83.13 %) HP 2 215 (32.38 %) ITIL 3 193 (29.07 %) Cisco 4 168 (25.30 %) Windows 5 141 (21.23 %) Unix 6 101 (15.21 %) LAN 7 99 (14.91 %) Oracle 8 96 (14.46 %) Firewall 9 95 (14.31 %) Security Cleared 10 94 (14.16 %) CiscoWorks 11 93 (14.01 %) SAN 11 93 (14.01 %) WAN 12 92 (13.86 %) Cisco Certification 12 92 (13.86 %) Telecoms 13 90 (13.55 %) TCP/IP

14 87 (13.10 %) ITSM 15 78 (11.75 %) Finance 16 77 (11.60 %) HPUX 17 76 (11.45 %) OVOW 18 74 (11.14 %) Remedy 19 71 (10.69 %) SQL 20 69 (10.39 %) Microsoft 21 64 (9.639 %) OVSD 22 60 (9.036 %) SC Cleared 23 59 (8.886 %) BMC 24 56 (8.434 %) PRINCE2 25 53 (7.982 %) Active Directory 26 49 (7.380 %) CCNP 26 49 (7.380 %) Windows Server 2003 27 48 (7.229 %) VPN

OpenView
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development 1 15 (2.259 %) XML 2 6 (0.904 %) WMI 3 5 (0.753 %) ADSI 4 4 (0.602 %) HTML 5 3 (0.452 %) WebSphere 5 3 (0.452 %) X-Windows 5 3 (0.452 %) Software Packaging 6 1 (0.151 %) Application Packaging 6 1 (0.151 %) Advantage:Gen 6 1 (0.151 %) WebServices 6 1 (0.151 %) ODBC 6 1 (0.151 %) CORBA	Application Platforms 1 29 (4.367 %) MS Exchange 2 24 (3.614 %) Exchange Server 2003 3 20 (3.012 %) Exchange Server 2000 4 14 (2.108 %) Lotus Notes 5 12 (1.807 %) Lotus Domino 6 10 (1.506 %) SharePoint 6 10 (1.506 %) SharePoint Portal Server 7 9 (1.355 %) WebLogic 8 4 (0.602 %) SAS 8 4 (0.602 %) Exchange Server 5.5 9 3 (0.452 %) IIS 10 2 (0.301 %) GroupWise 10 2 (0.301 %) Apache 11 1 (0.151 %) Tuxedo 11 1 (0.151 %) SharePoint Server 2007 11 1 (0.151 %) Exchange Server 2007
Applications 1 36 (5.422 %) MS Excel 2 30 (4.518 %) MS Office 3 6 (0.904 %) MS Visio 4 5 (0.753 %) MS PowerPoint 5 3 (0.452 %) MS Project 6 1 (0.151 %) RoboHelp 6 1 (0.151 %) AutoCAD	Business Applications 1 3 (0.452 %) e-Work 2 2 (0.301 %) assyst 3 1 (0.151 %) Remedy AR System 3 1 (0.151 %) RMDS
Communications & Networking 1 101 (15.21 %) LAN 2 96 (14.46 %) Firewall 3 93 (14.01 %) WAN 3 93 (14.01 %) SAN 4 90 (13.55 %) TCP/IP 5 48 (7.229 %) VPN 6 30 (4.518 %) SNMP 7 29 (4.367 %) SSL 8 28 (4.217 %) BGP 9 23 (3.464 %) OSPF 10 22 (3.313 %) Ethernet 11 21 (3.163 %) EIGRP 12 19 (2.861 %) Wireless 13 18 (2.711 %) Cisco PIX 14 16 (2.410 %) TACACS 14 16 (2.410 %) VoIP 15 15 (2.259 %) DNS 16 13 (1.958 %) Internet 17 12 (1.807 %) MPLS 17 12 (1.807 %) ISDN	Database & Business Intelligence 1 42 (6.325 %) Oracle 8/8i 2 17 (2.560 %) SQL Server 3 10 (1.506 %) Crystal Reports 4 4 (0.602 %) BusinessObjects 5 3 (0.452 %) Oracle 10g 5 3 (0.452 %) Informix 6 2 (0.301 %) Oracle 9i 6 2 (0.301 %) ETL 7 1 (0.151 %) RDBMS 7 1 (0.151 %) MS Access 7 1 (0.151 %) DB2 7 1 (0.151 %) SQL Server 2000
Development Applications 1 6 (0.904 %) MSI 2 4 (0.602 %) TestDirector 3 3 (0.452 %) Rational Rose 4 1 (0.151 %) Dreamweaver 4 1 (0.151 %) JUnit 4 1 (0.151 %) GoLive 4 1 (0.151 %) FrontPage	General 1 92 (13.86 %) Telecoms 2 78 (11.75 %) Finance 3 38 (5.723 %) Banking 4 29 (4.367 %) Investment Banking 5 25 (3.765 %) Government 6 20 (3.012 %) Financial Institution 7 12 (1.807 %) Health 8 6 (0.904 %) Insurance 9 5 (0.753 %) Retail 9 5 (0.753 %) Back Office 10 4 (0.602 %) Law 11 3 (0.452 %) Front Office 12 2 (0.301 %) Multimedia 12 2 (0.301 %) Pensions 12 2 (0.301 %) Legal 12 2 (0.301 %) Games 12 2 (0.301 %) Automotive 12 2 (0.301 %) FMCG 13 1 (0.151 %) Education 13 1 (0.151 %) Military
Job Titles 1 147 (22.14 %) Analyst 2 70 (10.54 %) Consultant 3 62 (9.337 %) Network Engineer 4 48 (7.229 %) Support Engineer 5 45 (6.777 %) Administrator 6 33 (4.970 %) Support Analyst 6 33 (4.970 %) Architect 6 33 (4.970 %) Project Manager 7 28 (4.217 %) Cisco Engineer 8 26 (3.916 %) Operations Analyst 8 26 (3.916 %) Systems Administrator 9 23 (3.464 %) OpenView Specialist 10 22 (3.313 %) Computer Operator 10 22 (3.313 %) Network Support 11 21 (3.163 %) Cisco Network Engineer 12 20 (3.012 %) Developer 13 19 (2.861 %) Network Architect 14 18 (2.711 %) Network Support Engineer 14 18 (2.711 %) Network Analyst 15 17 (2.560 %) Service Analyst	Miscellaneous 1 30 (4.518 %) Asset Management 2 14 (2.108 %) CMDB 3 11 (1.657 %) NHS 4 10 (1.506 %) SecurID 5 9 (1.355 %) Clustering 6 8 (1.205 %) Thin Client 6 8 (1.205 %) Fat Client 7 7 (1.054 %) VAX 7 7 (1.054 %) Client/Server 8 5 (0.753 %) French Language 9 4 (0.602 %) Video Conferencing 10 3 (0.452 %) e-Health 10 3 (0.452 %) Blackberry 10 3 (0.452 %) AS400 11 2 (0.301 %) Mainframe 11 2 (0.301 %) Fixed Income 11 2 (0.301 %) Derivative 12 1 (0.151 %) PDA 12 1 (0.151 %) Replication 12 1 (0.151 %) CLARiiON
Operating Systems 1 168 (25.30 %) Windows 2 141 (21.23 %) Unix 3 77 (11.60 %) HPUX 4 49 (7.380 %) Windows Server 2003 5 44 (6.627 %) Linux 5 44 (6.627 %) Windows NT 6 43 (6.476 %) Solaris 7 42 (6.325 %) Windows 2000 8 31 (4.669 %) VMS 9 12 (1.807 %) AIX 10 11 (1.657 %) Windows XP 11 6 (0.904 %) NetWare 12 4 (0.602 %) Windows Vista 13 3 (0.452 %) SUSE 13 3 (0.452 %) OpenVMS	Processes & Methodologies 1 215 (32.38 %) ITIL 2 95 (14.31 %) Security Cleared 3 87 (13.10 %) ITSM 4 60 (9.036 %) SC Cleared 5 56 (8.434 %) PRINCE2 6 41 (6.175 %) Problem Management 7 39 (5.873 %) Service Delivery 8 33 (4.970 %) Service Management 9 26 (3.916 %) Change Management 10 24 (3.614 %) Migration 10 24 (3.614 %) Stakeholder Management 11 19 (2.861 %) Security Management 12 18 (2.711 %) Incident Management 12 18 (2.711 %) Performance Management 13 17 (2.560 %) Supplier Management 14 12 (1.807 %) Configuration Management 15 11 (1.657 %) Project Management 16 9 (1.355 %) Release Management 16 9 (1.355 %) Data Migration 17 8 (1.205 %) Knowledge Management
Programming Languages 1 71 (10.69 %) SQL 2 45 (6.777 %) Shell Script 3 31 (4.669 %) Perl 4 12 (1.807 %) VBScript 4 12 (1.807 %) VB 5 9 (1.355 %) PL/SQL 6 8 (1.205 %) AWK 7 5 (0.753 %) C 8 4 (0.602 %) Java 8 4 (0.602 %) JavaScript 9 3 (0.452 %) DHTML 9 3 (0.452 %) DCL 10 2 (0.301 %) PHP 11 1 (0.151 %) C++	Qualifications 1 92 (13.86 %) Cisco Certification 2 49 (7.380 %) CCNP 3 45 (6.777 %) CCNA 4 41 (6.175 %) Microsoft Certification 5 39 (5.873 %) MCSE 6 32 (4.819 %) CNE 6 32 (4.819 %) Novell Certification 6 32 (4.819 %) ITIL Certification 7 25 (3.765 %) CCDA 7 25 (3.765 %) CCDP 8 24 (3.614 %) PRINCE2 Practitioner 9 23 (3.464 %) CCIE 10 10 (1.506 %) CCIP 10 10 (1.506 %) Degree 11 9 (1.355 %) ISEB 12 6 (0.904 %) CISSP 12 6 (0.904 %) CCSA 13 5 (0.753 %) SCSP 14 4 (0.602 %) CCVP 14 4 (0.602 %) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 7 (1.054 %) SLA 2 4 (0.602 %) QA 3 1 (0.151 %) ISO9001 3 1 (0.151 %) Sarbanes-Oxley	System Software 1 53 (7.982 %) Active Directory 2 36 (5.422 %) NetBackup 3 16 (2.410 %) Oracle RAC 4 9 (1.355 %) VMware Server 5 6 (0.904 %) VMware Infrastructure 5 6 (0.904 %) MetaFrame 6 4 (0.602 %) MailMarshal 7 2 (0.301 %) VMware Workstation 7 2 (0.301 %) Backup Exec 7 2 (0.301 %) NDS 8 1 (0.151 %) NFS 8 1 (0.151 %) Tivoli Workload Scheduler 8 1 (0.151 %) ISA Server
Systems Management 1 94 (14.16 %) CiscoWorks 2 76 (11.45 %) OVOW 3 64 (9.639 %) OVSD 4 45 (6.777 %) Tivoli 5 43 (6.476 %) HP Data Protector 6 39 (5.873 %) AssetCenter 7 35 (5.271 %) CONTROL-M 8 32 (4.819 %) OpenView Configuration Management 9 31 (4.669 %) Unicenter 10 28 (4.217 %) ServiceCenter 11 26 (3.916 %) OVPA 11 26 (3.916 %) OVPI 12 25 (3.765 %) NNM 13 24 (3.614 %) AutoSys 14 20 (3.012 %) BMC PATROL 15 17 (2.560 %) MOM 16 16 (2.410 %) Tivoli Monitoring 17 12 (1.807 %) Systems Management Server (SMS) 17 12 (1.807 %) Netcool 17 12 (1.807 %) ARCserve	Vendors 1 552 (83.13 %) HP 2 193 (29.07 %) Cisco 3 99 (14.91 %) Oracle 4 74 (11.14 %) Remedy 5 69 (10.39 %) Microsoft 6 59 (8.886 %) BMC 7 43 (6.476 %) IBM 8 36 (5.422 %) VERITAS 8 36 (5.422 %) CheckPoint 9 35 (5.271 %) Juniper 10 29 (4.367 %) Citrix 11 28 (4.217 %) Nortel 12 26 (3.916 %) Peregrine 13 25 (3.765 %) EMC 14 22 (3.313 %) VMware 15 21 (3.163 %) Lotus 16 18 (2.711 %) Sun 17 15 (2.259 %) McAfee Security 17 15 (2.259 %) Brocade 18 13 (1.958 %) NetScout