The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Veeam 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 Veeam 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 Veeam Software.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Veeam
Rank 497 562 582
Rank change year-on-year
+65 +20
Contract jobs citing Veeam 33 16 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.071% 0.027% 0.010%
As % of the Vendors category 0.152% 0.059% 0.021%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 7 0
Average daily rate £335 £375 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-10.66% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £175 £375 -
% change year-on-year
-53.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 2
Average hourly rate £35.25 - £20.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £20.00
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%

Veeam
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Veeam Jobs Demand Trend

Veeam
Daily Rate Trend

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

Veeam Daily Rate Trend

Veeam
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Veeam Daily Rate Histogram

Veeam
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Veeam Hourly Rate Trend

Veeam
Hourly Rate Histogram

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

Veeam Hourly Rate Histogram

Veeam
Top 27 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Veeam 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 +62 29 £335 -10.66%
London +26 18 £450 +20.00%
City of London +14 7 £450 +20.00%
Scotland -12 4 - -
Edinburgh - 4 - -
West Midlands - 3 £175 -
Leeds - 2 - -
Hertfordshire - 2 £180 -
Yorkshire - 2 - -
West Yorkshire - 2 - -
East Midlands - 2 £290 -
Birmingham - 2 - -
Stevenage - 2 £180 -
East of England - 2 £180 -
South West +24 1 - -
North West - 1 £165 -
Nottingham - 1 £290 -
Manchester - 1 £165 -
Staffordshire - 1 £175 -
Somerset - 1 - -
Nottinghamshire - 1 £290 -
Willenhall - 1 £175 -
Weston-super-Mare - 1 - -
Wednesbury - 1 £175 -
Halesowen - 1 £175 -
Clevedon - 1 - -
Cannock - 1 £175 -

Veeam
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 37 (90.24%) VMware
2 36 (87.80%) Windows
3 34 (82.93%) Windows Server 2008
4 23 (56.10%) Windows Server 2003
5 20 (48.78%) Active Directory
6 19 (46.34%) MS Exchange
6 19 (46.34%) SAN
7 18 (43.90%) HP
7 18 (43.90%) VMware Infrastructure
7 18 (43.90%) vSphere
8 15 (36.59%) Exchange Server 2010
8 15 (36.59%) Citrix
9 12 (29.27%) Cisco
9 12 (29.27%) Firewall
10 11 (26.83%) VLAN
10 11 (26.83%) SQL
11 10 (24.39%) ITIL
11 10 (24.39%) DNS
11 10 (24.39%) LAN
11 10 (24.39%) WAN
11 10 (24.39%) DHCP
11 10 (24.39%) Microsoft
11 10 (24.39%) Security Cleared
12 8 (19.51%) WSUS
12 8 (19.51%) Symantec
12 8 (19.51%) Hyper-V
12 8 (19.51%) Windows Server 2012
13 7 (17.07%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 7 (17.07%) DV Cleared
13 7 (17.07%) SCCM

Veeam
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Platforms
1 19 (46.34%) MS Exchange
2 15 (36.59%) Exchange Server 2010
3 7 (17.07%) IIS
4 6 (14.63%) Exchange Server 2003
4 6 (14.63%) Exchange Server 2007
5 2 (4.878%) Lync
5 2 (4.878%) Apache
6 1 (2.439%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 3 (7.317%) MS Office
2 2 (4.878%) MS Excel
2 2 (4.878%) S-PLUS
2 2 (4.878%) Office 365
3 1 (2.439%) MS PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 19 (46.34%) SAN
2 12 (29.27%) Firewall
3 11 (26.83%) VLAN
4 10 (24.39%) DNS
4 10 (24.39%) LAN
4 10 (24.39%) WAN
4 10 (24.39%) DHCP
5 6 (14.63%) Cisco ASA
6 5 (12.20%) MPLS
7 4 (9.756%) IP Telephony
8 3 (7.317%) Internet
8 3 (7.317%) LDAP
8 3 (7.317%) iSCSI
9 2 (4.878%) VPN
9 2 (4.878%) Wireless
10 1 (2.439%) SSH
10 1 (2.439%) TCP/IP
10 1 (2.439%) SMTP
10 1 (2.439%) VoIP
10 1 (2.439%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (17.07%) SQL Server
2 3 (7.317%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (2.439%) SQL Server 2000
3 1 (2.439%) SQL Server 2005
General
1 1 (2.439%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 9 (21.95%) Administrator
2 8 (19.51%) Systems Administrator
3 7 (17.07%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 5 (12.20%) Analyst
4 5 (12.20%) Senior Systems Administrator
4 5 (12.20%) Windows Administrator
5 4 (9.756%) Server Engineer
5 4 (9.756%) Senior Windows Administrator
5 4 (9.756%) Windows Systems Administrator
6 3 (7.317%) Citrix Support
6 3 (7.317%) Technical Manager
6 3 (7.317%) VMware Engineer
6 3 (7.317%) Citrix Support Analyst
6 3 (7.317%) Deployment Engineer
6 3 (7.317%) Storage Specialist
6 3 (7.317%) Support Analyst
6 3 (7.317%) Support Engineer
6 3 (7.317%) 3rd Line Support
7 2 (4.878%) Senior Manager
7 2 (4.878%) Systems Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 5 (12.20%) Replication
2 3 (7.317%) Clustering
2 3 (7.317%) EqualLogic
2 3 (7.317%) Enterprise Storage
3 2 (4.878%) Statistics
3 2 (4.878%) Blackberry
3 2 (4.878%) Handset
4 1 (2.439%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 36 (87.80%) Windows
2 34 (82.93%) Windows Server 2008
3 23 (56.10%) Windows Server 2003
4 8 (19.51%) Windows Server 2012
5 7 (17.07%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 7 (17.07%) Windows XP
6 6 (14.63%) Linux
7 5 (12.20%) CentOS
8 3 (7.317%) Windows Vista
8 3 (7.317%) Windows 8
9 2 (4.878%) Windows 7
9 2 (4.878%) HPUX
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (24.39%) ITIL
2 7 (17.07%) Service Management
2 7 (17.07%) Service Delivery
3 6 (14.63%) Disaster Recovery
4 4 (9.756%) Infrastructure Management
5 2 (4.878%) Data Management
5 2 (4.878%) Migration
5 2 (4.878%) Risk Analysis
5 2 (4.878%) Information Assurance
6 1 (2.439%) Network Management
6 1 (2.439%) Change Control
6 1 (2.439%) Business Transformation
6 1 (2.439%) Business Continuity
6 1 (2.439%) Network Load Balancing
Programming Languages
1 11 (26.83%) SQL
2 4 (9.756%) PowerShell
3 1 (2.439%) C
3 1 (2.439%) VBScript
3 1 (2.439%) VB
3 1 (2.439%) VBA
3 1 (2.439%) LINC
Qualifications
1 10 (24.39%) Security Cleared
2 7 (17.07%) DV Cleared
2 7 (17.07%) CCNA
2 7 (17.07%) Cisco Certification
3 5 (12.20%) CCNP
3 5 (12.20%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 3 (7.317%) MCITP
4 3 (7.317%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (4.878%) MCSA
6 1 (2.439%) MCP
6 1 (2.439%) MCSE
6 1 (2.439%) CCA
6 1 (2.439%) Citrix Certification
6 1 (2.439%) SC Cleared
6 1 (2.439%) VCP4
System Software
1 20 (48.78%) Active Directory
2 18 (43.90%) VMware Infrastructure
2 18 (43.90%) vSphere
3 8 (19.51%) Hyper-V
4 6 (14.63%) XenApp
5 4 (9.756%) DFS Replication
6 3 (7.317%) XenDesktop
6 3 (7.317%) VMware ESX
7 2 (4.878%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (4.878%) Terminal Services
8 1 (2.439%) ISA Server
8 1 (2.439%) Terminal Server
8 1 (2.439%) XenServer
8 1 (2.439%) VMware Workstation
8 1 (2.439%) Citrix Presentation Server
Systems Management
1 8 (19.51%) WSUS
2 7 (17.07%) SCCM
2 7 (17.07%) HP Data Protector
3 6 (14.63%) Norton AntiVirus
4 5 (12.20%) Backup Exec
5 4 (9.756%) SCOM
6 2 (4.878%) FortiGate
7 1 (2.439%) ARCserve
7 1 (2.439%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 37 (90.24%) VMware
2 18 (43.90%) HP
3 15 (36.59%) Citrix
4 12 (29.27%) Cisco
5 10 (24.39%) Microsoft
6 8 (19.51%) Symantec
7 5 (12.20%) IBM
8 4 (9.756%) Dell
8 4 (9.756%) Brocade
9 3 (7.317%) SonicWALL
9 3 (7.317%) Red Hat
10 2 (4.878%) Apple
10 2 (4.878%) Nortel
10 2 (4.878%) McAfee
10 2 (4.878%) Sophos
10 2 (4.878%) Juniper
11 1 (2.439%) Hitachi
11 1 (2.439%) NetApp
11 1 (2.439%) EMC
11 1 (2.439%) Websense
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