The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Postini 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 Postini over the 3 months to 17 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 Postini, Inc.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Postini
Rank 508 575 578
Rank change year-on-year
+67 +3
Contract jobs citing Postini 22 3 10
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.047% 0.005% 0.016%
As % of the Vendors category 0.101% 0.011% 0.035%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 2 9
Average daily rate £295 £350 £365
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-15.71% -4.10%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £265 £350 £208
10% offered a daily rate of more than £375 £350 £375
UK excluding London average daily rate £295 - £208
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
21775 27088 28510
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 46.93% 46.48% 46.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 11633 13855 14263
Average daily rate £400 £400 £408
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -1.84%
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 1193 1289 1605
Average hourly rate £19.50 £20.00 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-2.50% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.15 £11.50 £11.25
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £41.50 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%

Postini
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Postini Jobs Demand Trend

Postini
Daily Rate Trend

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

Postini Daily Rate Trend

Postini
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Postini within the UK over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Postini Daily Rate Histogram

Postini
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Postini Hourly Rate Trend

Postini
Top 4 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Postini within the UK over the 3 months to 17 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 +67 22 £295 -15.71%
South East - 22 £295 -
Oxfordshire - 22 £295 -
Oxford - 18 £295 -

Postini
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Postini 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 Postini.

1 34 (100.00%) MS Exchange
1 34 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 30 (88.24%) Exchange Server 2010
3 29 (85.29%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
4 26 (76.47%) VMware
4 26 (76.47%) vSphere
4 26 (76.47%) SCOM
5 22 (64.71%) Data Protection
5 22 (64.71%) Exchange Server 2003
5 22 (64.71%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 22 (64.71%) MobileIron
5 22 (64.71%) Migration
5 22 (64.71%) Microsoft Certification
5 22 (64.71%) MCSE
6 16 (47.06%) Disaster Recovery
7 13 (38.24%) Lync
8 12 (35.29%) Exchange Server 2007
8 12 (35.29%) Windows
8 12 (35.29%) Active Directory
9 11 (32.35%) Windows Server 2008
10 10 (29.41%) SharePoint
11 8 (23.53%) Blackberry
11 8 (23.53%) SMTP
11 8 (23.53%) MS Office
11 8 (23.53%) ITIL
12 7 (20.59%) Apple
12 7 (20.59%) Law
12 7 (20.59%) iPhone
12 7 (20.59%) Office Communications Server
12 7 (20.59%) Windows Mobile

Postini
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Postini 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 Postini. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 5 (14.71%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 34 (100.00%) MS Exchange
2 30 (88.24%) Exchange Server 2010
3 29 (85.29%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
4 22 (64.71%) Exchange Server 2003
5 13 (38.24%) Lync
6 12 (35.29%) Exchange Server 2007
7 10 (29.41%) SharePoint
8 7 (20.59%) Office Communications Server
9 6 (17.65%) IIS
10 4 (11.76%) Lotus Notes
Applications
1 8 (23.53%) MS Office
2 4 (11.76%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 8 (23.53%) SMTP
2 6 (17.65%) DNS
General
1 7 (20.59%) Law
2 6 (17.65%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 19 (55.88%) Consultant
2 15 (44.12%) Messaging Consultant
3 8 (23.53%) Administrator
4 6 (17.65%) Exchange Administrator
4 6 (17.65%) Exchange Consultant
5 4 (11.76%) Analyst
5 4 (11.76%) Infrastructure Support Analyst
5 4 (11.76%) Support Analyst
5 4 (11.76%) Infrastructure Analyst
6 3 (8.824%) Messaging Engineer
7 2 (5.882%) Messaging Administrator
8 1 (2.941%) Migration Consultant
8 1 (2.941%) Web Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 8 (23.53%) Blackberry
2 7 (20.59%) iPhone
3 4 (11.76%) Clustering
4 2 (5.882%) Statistics
4 2 (5.882%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 12 (35.29%) Windows
2 11 (32.35%) Windows Server 2008
3 7 (20.59%) Windows Mobile
4 4 (11.76%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (64.71%) Migration
1 22 (64.71%) Data Protection
2 16 (47.06%) Disaster Recovery
3 8 (23.53%) ITIL
4 5 (14.71%) Business Continuity
5 4 (11.76%) Configuration Management
5 4 (11.76%) ITIL V2
Qualifications
1 22 (64.71%) MCSE
1 22 (64.71%) Microsoft Certification
1 22 (64.71%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 2 (5.882%) Degree
System Software
1 26 (76.47%) vSphere
2 12 (35.29%) Active Directory
3 3 (8.824%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 26 (76.47%) SCOM
2 5 (14.71%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
Vendors
1 34 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 26 (76.47%) VMware
3 22 (64.71%) MobileIron
4 7 (20.59%) Apple
5 5 (14.71%) Mercator
5 5 (14.71%) Symantec
6 4 (11.76%) CommVault
6 4 (11.76%) Lotus
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