The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of PlateSpin 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 PlateSpin over the 3 months to 23 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Vendors currently tracked.

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.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are NOT representative of contractor rates within PlateSpin Ltd.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
PlateSpin
Rank 529 561 562
Rank change year-on-year
+32 +1
Contract jobs citing PlateSpin 12 4 24
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.026% 0.007% 0.039%
As % of the Vendors category 0.055% 0.015% 0.083%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 2 12
Average daily rate £371 £358 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.84% -4.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £264 £328
10% offered a daily rate of more than £433 £452 £399
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £475 £375
% change year-on-year
-23.68% +26.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Vendors
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
21806 27110 28885
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 47.06% 46.44% 46.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 11630 13854 14453
Average daily rate £400 £400 £410
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -2.43%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £238 £235 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £550 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 1173 1314 1625
Average hourly rate £19.00 £19.56 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-2.87% -2.18%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.21 £11.50 £11.25
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £41.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.25
% change year-on-year
- -6.17%

PlateSpin
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing PlateSpin within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

PlateSpin Jobs Demand Trend

PlateSpin
Daily Rate Trend

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

PlateSpin Daily Rate Trend

PlateSpin
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing PlateSpin within the UK over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

PlateSpin Daily Rate Histogram

PlateSpin
Hourly Rate Trend

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

PlateSpin Hourly Rate Trend

PlateSpin
Top 6 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PlateSpin within the UK over the 3 months to 23 May 2013. 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
(Click each for more statistics)
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 +52 12 £371 +3.84%
London +41 10 £371 +54.68%
City of London +22 3 £331 -
East Midlands - 2 £363 -
Nottinghamshire - 2 £363 -
Nottingham - 2 £363 -

PlateSpin
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing PlateSpin 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 PlateSpin.

1 25 (92.59%) VMware
2 22 (81.48%) VMware Infrastructure
2 22 (81.48%) Windows
3 20 (74.07%) Windows Server 2003
4 19 (70.37%) Microsoft
5 18 (66.67%) vSphere
6 17 (62.96%) XenApp
6 17 (62.96%) Citrix Presentation Server
6 17 (62.96%) VMware ESX
6 17 (62.96%) Windows XP
6 17 (62.96%) IIS
6 17 (62.96%) Internet
6 17 (62.96%) HP
6 17 (62.96%) Dell
6 17 (62.96%) Citrix
6 17 (62.96%) SAN
7 16 (59.26%) Veritas
7 16 (59.26%) .NET
7 16 (59.26%) Windows 2000
8 15 (55.56%) ASP.NET
8 15 (55.56%) Web Services
8 15 (55.56%) Apache
8 15 (55.56%) Windows NT
8 15 (55.56%) ADSI
8 15 (55.56%) FTP
8 15 (55.56%) BMC
8 15 (55.56%) Legato
8 15 (55.56%) IBM
8 15 (55.56%) McAfee
8 15 (55.56%) Sophos

PlateSpin
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing PlateSpin 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 PlateSpin. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 16 (59.26%) .NET
2 15 (55.56%) ASP.NET
2 15 (55.56%) Web Services
2 15 (55.56%) ADSI
Application Platforms
1 17 (62.96%) IIS
2 15 (55.56%) Apache
3 7 (25.93%) Oracle Application Server
4 1 (3.704%) Exchange Server 2010
4 1 (3.704%) MS Exchange
4 1 (3.704%) CMS
Applications
1 2 (7.407%) Spreadsheet
2 1 (3.704%) AutoCAD
Communications & Networking
1 17 (62.96%) Internet
1 17 (62.96%) SAN
2 15 (55.56%) FTP
2 15 (55.56%) NAS
3 9 (33.33%) VPN
4 7 (25.93%) Firewall
4 7 (25.93%) BIG-IP
5 3 (11.11%) WAN
5 3 (11.11%) TCP/IP
5 3 (11.11%) LAN
6 2 (7.407%) DHCP
6 2 (7.407%) DNS
6 2 (7.407%) Network Security
6 2 (7.407%) VLAN
7 1 (3.704%) SSH
7 1 (3.704%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (7.407%) SQL Server
General
1 3 (11.11%) Finance
2 2 (7.407%) Telecoms
3 1 (3.704%) Banking
Job Titles
1 15 (55.56%) Wintel Engineer
2 6 (22.22%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 5 (18.52%) Wintel Infrastructure Engineer
4 3 (11.11%) Consultant
4 3 (11.11%) Project Manager
5 2 (7.407%) Analyst
5 2 (7.407%) Data Manager
5 2 (7.407%) Data Centre Manager
5 2 (7.407%) Data Centre Project Manager
6 1 (3.704%) Wintel Support Engineer
6 1 (3.704%) VMware Specialist
6 1 (3.704%) VMware Engineer
6 1 (3.704%) Windows Support Engineer
6 1 (3.704%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
6 1 (3.704%) Infrastructure Consultant
6 1 (3.704%) Build Manager
6 1 (3.704%) Wintel Support
6 1 (3.704%) Migration Engineer
6 1 (3.704%) Migration Consultant
6 1 (3.704%) Systems Manager
Miscellaneous
1 15 (55.56%) Clustering
2 4 (14.81%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 22 (81.48%) Windows
2 20 (74.07%) Windows Server 2003
3 17 (62.96%) Windows XP
4 16 (59.26%) Windows 2000
5 15 (55.56%) Windows NT
6 13 (48.15%) Windows Server 2008
7 10 (37.04%) Linux
8 9 (33.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 2 (7.407%) UNIX
9 2 (7.407%) HPUX
9 2 (7.407%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (29.63%) Migration
2 3 (11.11%) Project Management
3 2 (7.407%) RAD
3 2 (7.407%) Waterfall
3 2 (7.407%) Change Control
4 1 (3.704%) ITIL
4 1 (3.704%) PRINCE2
4 1 (3.704%) Service Delivery
4 1 (3.704%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 9 (33.33%) SQL
1 9 (33.33%) VBScript
1 9 (33.33%) VB
Qualifications
1 4 (14.81%) Degree
2 2 (7.407%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (7.407%) MCSE
2 2 (7.407%) MCITP
3 1 (3.704%) VTSP
3 1 (3.704%) VCP5
3 1 (3.704%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
3 1 (3.704%) MCSA
3 1 (3.704%) CCNA
3 1 (3.704%) PRINCE2 Certification
3 1 (3.704%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (3.704%) Cisco Certification
System Software
1 22 (81.48%) VMware Infrastructure
2 18 (66.67%) vSphere
3 17 (62.96%) XenApp
3 17 (62.96%) Citrix Presentation Server
3 17 (62.96%) VMware ESX
4 7 (25.93%) ProxySG
5 4 (14.81%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (7.407%) Active Directory
7 1 (3.704%) XenServer
7 1 (3.704%) Hyper-V
7 1 (3.704%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 15 (55.56%) Legato
1 15 (55.56%) NetBackup
1 15 (55.56%) Backup Exec
1 15 (55.56%) SCOM
2 3 (11.11%) SCCM
Vendors
1 25 (92.59%) VMware
2 19 (70.37%) Microsoft
3 17 (62.96%) HP
3 17 (62.96%) Dell
3 17 (62.96%) Citrix
4 16 (59.26%) Veritas
5 15 (55.56%) BMC
5 15 (55.56%) IBM
5 15 (55.56%) McAfee
5 15 (55.56%) Sophos
5 15 (55.56%) Leostream
6 9 (33.33%) Red Hat
7 7 (25.93%) Cisco
7 7 (25.93%) Oracle
7 7 (25.93%) F5
7 7 (25.93%) Blue Coat
8 2 (7.407%) Juniper
8 2 (7.407%) EMC
8 2 (7.407%) Altiris
8 2 (7.407%) Riverbed
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