The first table below looks at the demand for Sysprep skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Sysprep over the 3 months to 24 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 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.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Sysprep
Rank 513 578 575
Rank change year-on-year
+65 -3
Contract jobs citing Sysprep 16 6 9
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.034% 0.010% 0.015%
As % of the Systems Management category 0.501% 0.168% 0.249%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 1 5
Average daily rate £425 £325 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+30.76% -7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £197 £325 £255
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £325 £470
UK excluding London average daily rate £213 £325 £255
% change year-on-year
-34.61% +27.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 1
Average hourly rate - £20.00 £16.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +21.21%
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £16.50
All Systems Management
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Systems Management category
3192 3573 3609
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 6.880% 6.127% 5.912%
Number of daily rates quoted 1794 1824 1718
Average daily rate £375 £350 £370
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% -5.40%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £238 £225 £210
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £475 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £328 £300
% change year-on-year
+0.76% +9.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 168 170 236
Average hourly rate £20.00 £19.81 £22.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+0.94% -12.91%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £13.50 £14.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £45.00 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.00 £17.50 £24.00
% change year-on-year
+14.28% -27.08%

Sysprep
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Sysprep Jobs Demand Trend

Sysprep
Daily Rate Trend

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

Sysprep Daily Rate Trend

Sysprep
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Sysprep within the UK over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Sysprep Daily Rate Histogram

Sysprep
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Sysprep Hourly Rate Trend

Sysprep
Top 5 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Sysprep within the UK over the 3 months to 24 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 +55 15 £425 +30.76%
London +46 12 £438 -
City of London +20 7 £450 -
South East +16 3 £213 -34.61%
Surrey +16 3 £213 -34.61%

Sysprep
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Sysprep 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 Sysprep.

1 26 (100.00%) Windows
2 24 (92.31%) Microsoft
3 21 (80.77%) Windows 7
4 16 (61.54%) MS Office
5 14 (53.85%) PowerShell
6 13 (50.00%) XenApp
6 13 (50.00%) SCCM
7 12 (46.15%) XenDesktop
7 12 (46.15%) AppSense
8 10 (38.46%) LANDesk
9 9 (34.62%) Finance
9 9 (34.62%) Windows Server 2003
10 8 (30.77%) Windows XP
11 7 (26.92%) Microsoft Certification
11 7 (26.92%) MS Excel
11 7 (26.92%) Banking
11 7 (26.92%) Enterprise Architecture
12 6 (23.08%) Active Directory
13 5 (19.23%) MS Exchange
13 5 (19.23%) Symantec
14 4 (15.38%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
14 4 (15.38%) Mac OS X
14 4 (15.38%) Apple
14 4 (15.38%) DHCP
14 4 (15.38%) VPN
14 4 (15.38%) DNS
14 4 (15.38%) Exchange Server 2003
14 4 (15.38%) Windows Vista
14 4 (15.38%) Exchange Server 2007
14 4 (15.38%) VMware

Sysprep
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Sysprep 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 Sysprep. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (3.846%) Application Packaging
1 1 (3.846%) X-Windows
Application Platforms
1 5 (19.23%) MS Exchange
2 4 (15.38%) Exchange Server 2003
2 4 (15.38%) Exchange Server 2007
2 4 (15.38%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 16 (61.54%) MS Office
2 7 (26.92%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 4 (15.38%) DHCP
1 4 (15.38%) VPN
1 4 (15.38%) DNS
2 3 (11.54%) FTP
3 1 (3.846%) Firewall
3 1 (3.846%) Wireless
3 1 (3.846%) TCP/IP
3 1 (3.846%) ADSL
3 1 (3.846%) 3G
3 1 (3.846%) Internet
3 1 (3.846%) MPLS
Development Applications
1 3 (11.54%) InstallShield
2 1 (3.846%) MSI
General
1 9 (34.62%) Finance
2 7 (26.92%) Banking
3 3 (11.54%) Advertising
3 3 (11.54%) Publishing
4 1 (3.846%) French Language
Job Titles
1 14 (53.85%) Architect
2 2 (7.692%) Systems Manager
2 2 (7.692%) Support Engineer
2 2 (7.692%) Configuration Manager
3 1 (3.846%) Desktop Support
3 1 (3.846%) Technical Architect
3 1 (3.846%) Consultant
3 1 (3.846%) Applications Specialist
3 1 (3.846%) Solutions Architect
3 1 (3.846%) Desktop Engineer
3 1 (3.846%) EMC Engineer
3 1 (3.846%) SCCM Consultant
3 1 (3.846%) SCCM Engineer
3 1 (3.846%) VMware Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.846%) Smartcard
1 1 (3.846%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 26 (100.00%) Windows
2 21 (80.77%) Windows 7
3 9 (34.62%) Windows Server 2003
4 8 (30.77%) Windows XP
5 4 (15.38%) Mac OS X
5 4 (15.38%) Windows Vista
5 4 (15.38%) Windows Server 2008
6 3 (11.54%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (26.92%) Enterprise Architecture
2 2 (7.692%) ITIL
3 1 (3.846%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (3.846%) Asset Management
3 1 (3.846%) System Testing
Programming Languages
1 14 (53.85%) PowerShell
2 3 (11.54%) VBScript
3 1 (3.846%) VB
Qualifications
1 7 (26.92%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (3.846%) MCITP
2 1 (3.846%) MCSE
2 1 (3.846%) MCSA
2 1 (3.846%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (3.846%) CCNA
2 1 (3.846%) DV Cleared
2 1 (3.846%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 13 (50.00%) XenApp
2 12 (46.15%) XenDesktop
3 6 (23.08%) Active Directory
4 4 (15.38%) Microsoft App-V
5 3 (11.54%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (3.846%) VMware ESX
6 1 (3.846%) Terminal Services
6 1 (3.846%) vSphere
6 1 (3.846%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 13 (50.00%) SCCM
2 4 (15.38%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
3 3 (11.54%) Business Desktop Deployment
4 2 (7.692%) Backup Exec
5 1 (3.846%) DameWare
5 1 (3.846%) EMC NetWorker
Vendors
1 24 (92.31%) Microsoft
2 12 (46.15%) AppSense
3 10 (38.46%) LANDesk
4 5 (19.23%) Symantec
5 4 (15.38%) Apple
5 4 (15.38%) VMware
6 3 (11.54%) Adobe
7 2 (7.692%) Citrix
7 2 (7.692%) HP
8 1 (3.846%) Wyse
8 1 (3.846%) Altiris
8 1 (3.846%) Dell
8 1 (3.846%) EMC
8 1 (3.846%) Cisco
8 1 (3.846%) Remedy
8 1 (3.846%) McAfee