The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Siemens 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 Siemens over the 3 months to 22 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 Siemens AG.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Siemens
Rank 465 414 536
Rank change year-on-year
-51 +122
Contract jobs citing Siemens 69 173 50
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.146% 0.292% 0.083%
As % of the Vendors category 0.311% 0.628% 0.179%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 48 23
Average daily rate £433 £353 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+22.76% +0.71%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £110 £125 £282
10% offered a daily rate of more than £535 £477 £474
UK excluding London average daily rate £428 £365 £350
% change year-on-year
+17.26% +4.28%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 15 0
Average hourly rate £25.00 £30.00 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-16.66% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £55.00 -
% change year-on-year
-54.54% -
All Vendors
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
22169 27540 27997
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 47.04% 46.46% 46.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 11827 14057 14005
Average daily rate £400 £400 £410
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -2.43%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £235 £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 1214 1336 1586
Average hourly rate £19.00 £20.00 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-5.00% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.21 £11.50 £11.25
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £41.50 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%

Siemens
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Siemens Jobs Demand Trend

Siemens
Daily Rate Trend

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

Siemens Daily Rate Trend

Siemens
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Siemens within the UK over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Siemens Daily Rate Histogram

Siemens
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Siemens Hourly Rate Trend

Siemens
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Siemens within the UK over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Siemens Hourly Rate Histogram

Siemens
Top 30 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Siemens within the UK over the 3 months to 22 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 -26 61 £423 +15.75%
North West +11 18 £433 -2.75%
South East +4 14 £142 -54.32%
East Midlands -16 10 - -
Cumbria +11 9 £438 -7.89%
Leicestershire -7 9 - -
London +26 8 £500 +58.73%
Scotland -27 7 £500 -
Leicester - 6 - -
Crewe - 6 £110 -
Cheshire - 6 £110 -
Yorkshire +5 5 - -
Hampshire +2 5 £110 -
Surrey - 5 £285 -
South West +19 4 - -
Basingstoke - 4 £110 -
Aberdeenshire - 4 £500 -
Berkshire -4 3 - -
Weybridge - 3 £285 -
Hull - 3 - -
East Yorkshire - 3 - -
Manchester +13 2 - -
Barrow-in-Furness +6 2 £438 -7.89%
Reading +5 2 - -
East of England +3 2 - -
Taunton +2 2 - -
West Midlands +1 2 - -
Somerset 0 2 - -
Essex -6 2 - -
Edinburgh - 2 - -

Siemens
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Siemens 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 Siemens.

1 32 (21.33%) Windows
2 30 (20.00%) TCP/IP
3 29 (19.33%) Cisco
3 29 (19.33%) SQL Server
4 28 (18.67%) Microsoft
4 28 (18.67%) Telecoms
4 28 (18.67%) SCADA
5 27 (18.00%) VoIP
6 25 (16.67%) .NET
6 25 (16.67%) Oracle
7 21 (14.00%) Modbus
8 19 (12.67%) C#
8 19 (12.67%) Visual Studio
9 18 (12.00%) SQL
10 17 (11.33%) IP Telephony
11 16 (10.67%) PLM
11 16 (10.67%) MPLS
11 16 (10.67%) LAN
12 15 (10.00%) WAN
12 15 (10.00%) Security Cleared
13 14 (9.333%) Allen-Bradley
14 13 (8.667%) .NET Framework
14 13 (8.667%) Degree
14 13 (8.667%) Avaya
15 12 (8.000%) BGP
15 12 (8.000%) Nokia
15 12 (8.000%) Active Directory
15 12 (8.000%) C++
15 12 (8.000%) Logistics
15 12 (8.000%) Teamcenter

Siemens
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Siemens 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 Siemens. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 25 (16.67%) .NET
2 13 (8.667%) .NET Framework
3 6 (4.000%) WebSphere
4 1 (0.667%) Java EE
4 1 (0.667%) ASP.NET
Application Platforms
1 8 (5.333%) Lync
2 7 (4.667%) WinCC
2 7 (4.667%) IIS
2 7 (4.667%) Apache
2 7 (4.667%) Tomcat
3 4 (2.667%) MS Exchange
4 2 (1.333%) Exchange Server 2010
4 2 (1.333%) Office Communications Server
5 1 (0.667%) Exchange Server 2007
5 1 (0.667%) SharePoint
Applications
1 9 (6.000%) AutoCAD
2 7 (4.667%) Windchill
3 2 (1.333%) MS Visio
3 2 (1.333%) MS Excel
3 2 (1.333%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 12 (8.000%) Teamcenter
2 7 (4.667%) ENOVIA
3 1 (0.667%) SAP PLM
3 1 (0.667%) SAP MM
Communications & Networking
1 30 (20.00%) TCP/IP
2 27 (18.00%) VoIP
3 21 (14.00%) Modbus
4 17 (11.33%) IP Telephony
5 16 (10.67%) MPLS
5 16 (10.67%) LAN
6 15 (10.00%) WAN
7 12 (8.000%) BGP
8 10 (6.667%) Unified Communications
9 9 (6.000%) Firewall
10 8 (5.333%) PBX
11 7 (4.667%) Wireless
12 6 (4.000%) DMZ
12 6 (4.000%) 3G
12 6 (4.000%) DHCP
12 6 (4.000%) VPN
13 5 (3.333%) SS7
14 4 (2.667%) PABX
14 4 (2.667%) VLAN
15 3 (2.000%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (19.33%) SQL Server
2 5 (3.333%) Oracle 8/8i
3 3 (2.000%) SQL Server 2005
4 2 (1.333%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 19 (12.67%) Visual Studio
2 3 (2.000%) VSS/SourceSafe
General
1 28 (18.67%) Telecoms
2 5 (3.333%) Manufacturing
3 4 (2.667%) Electronics
3 4 (2.667%) Back Office
4 3 (2.000%) Finance
4 3 (2.000%) Front Office
5 2 (1.333%) Automotive
6 1 (0.667%) French Language
6 1 (0.667%) German Language
6 1 (0.667%) Billing
6 1 (0.667%) Retail
6 1 (0.667%) Advertising
6 1 (0.667%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 22 (14.67%) Developer
2 18 (12.00%) Consultant
3 13 (8.667%) Analyst
4 11 (7.333%) Network Engineer
4 11 (7.333%) Systems Engineer
5 10 (6.667%) C# Developer
6 8 (5.333%) Software Developer
6 8 (5.333%) Software Engineer
6 8 (5.333%) Telephony Engineer
7 7 (4.667%) Architect
7 7 (4.667%) Test Analyst
8 6 (4.000%) Programmer
8 6 (4.000%) Voice Engineer
9 5 (3.333%) PLC Programmer
9 5 (3.333%) PLC Engineer
9 5 (3.333%) Solutions Architect
10 4 (2.667%) Project Manager
11 3 (2.000%) Electrical Engineer
11 3 (2.000%) SAP Test Analyst
11 3 (2.000%) Network Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 28 (18.67%) SCADA
2 5 (3.333%) Handset
3 4 (2.667%) IVR
4 2 (1.333%) Video Conferencing
4 2 (1.333%) Computer Science
5 1 (0.667%) Streaming Video
5 1 (0.667%) iPad
5 1 (0.667%) IaaS
5 1 (0.667%) Blackberry
5 1 (0.667%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 32 (21.33%) Windows
2 4 (2.667%) Windows 7
3 3 (2.000%) Windows Server 2003
4 2 (1.333%) Windows XP
4 2 (1.333%) Windows Server 2008
5 1 (0.667%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.667%) Android
5 1 (0.667%) Windows Phone
5 1 (0.667%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (10.67%) PLM
2 12 (8.000%) Logistics
3 11 (7.333%) ITIL
4 9 (6.000%) Integration Testing
4 9 (6.000%) CAD
5 8 (5.333%) Project Management
6 6 (4.000%) UML
7 5 (3.333%) Migration
7 5 (3.333%) Change Management
8 4 (2.667%) Configuration Management
8 4 (2.667%) Supplier Management
9 3 (2.000%) TDD
9 3 (2.000%) Problem Management
9 3 (2.000%) Business Transformation
9 3 (2.000%) PRINCE2
10 2 (1.333%) Workflow
10 2 (1.333%) Data Modelling
10 2 (1.333%) Embedded Software Development
10 2 (1.333%) Root Cause Analysis
10 2 (1.333%) Agile Software Development
Programming Languages
1 19 (12.67%) C#
2 18 (12.00%) SQL
3 12 (8.000%) C++
4 7 (4.667%) Java
5 6 (4.000%) VB.NET
6 4 (2.667%) C
6 4 (2.667%) VB
7 2 (1.333%) VBA
8 1 (0.667%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 15 (10.00%) Security Cleared
2 13 (8.667%) Degree
3 12 (8.000%) SC Cleared
4 11 (7.333%) Cisco Certification
5 10 (6.667%) ISEB
6 6 (4.000%) ITIL Certification
6 6 (4.000%) CCNA
7 5 (3.333%) CCNP
8 4 (2.667%) HNC
9 3 (2.000%) MCITP
9 3 (2.000%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 3 (2.000%) CCIP
9 3 (2.000%) CCIE
10 2 (1.333%) HND
10 2 (1.333%) CCDP
11 1 (0.667%) MCDST
11 1 (0.667%) MCTS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (7.333%) ISO 9001
2 4 (2.667%) SLA
3 3 (2.000%) QA
4 1 (0.667%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.667%) ISO 9000
System Software
1 12 (8.000%) Active Directory
2 6 (4.000%) ISA Server
2 6 (4.000%) Forefront TMG
3 3 (2.000%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (2.000%) UAG
3 3 (2.000%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.667%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 2 (1.333%) Cisco UCCE
2 1 (0.667%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 29 (19.33%) Cisco
2 28 (18.67%) Microsoft
3 25 (16.67%) Oracle
4 14 (9.333%) Allen-Bradley
5 13 (8.667%) Avaya
6 12 (8.000%) Nokia
7 11 (7.333%) SAP
7 11 (7.333%) BT
8 10 (6.667%) Nokia Siemens Networks
9 6 (4.000%) Ericsson
9 6 (4.000%) SolarWinds
9 6 (4.000%) Wonderware
10 5 (3.333%) VMware
11 4 (2.667%) Nortel
11 4 (2.667%) Mitel
12 3 (2.000%) Huawei
12 3 (2.000%) ProCurve
12 3 (2.000%) Genesys
12 3 (2.000%) Alcatel-Lucent
12 3 (2.000%) HP
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