The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Wyse 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 Wyse 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 Dell Wyse.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Wyse
Rank 494 570 555
Rank change year-on-year
+76 -15
Contract jobs citing Wyse 40 16 31
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.085% 0.027% 0.052%
As % of the Vendors category 0.180% 0.058% 0.111%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 8 10
Average daily rate £438 £300 £330
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+45.83% -9.09%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £193 £262 £269
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £406 £533
UK excluding London average daily rate £410 £278 £310
% change year-on-year
+47.74% -10.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 5 9
Average hourly rate - £17.00 £30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -43.33%
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £18.75 £30.00
% change year-on-year
- -37.50%
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%

Wyse
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Wyse Jobs Demand Trend

Wyse
Daily Rate Trend

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

Wyse Daily Rate Trend

Wyse
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Wyse Daily Rate Histogram

Wyse
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Wyse Hourly Rate Trend

Wyse
Top 15 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Wyse 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 +71 30 £425 +41.66%
London +47 21 £450 +12.50%
City of London +17 9 £475 +18.75%
East of England - 7 £400 -
Colchester - 7 £400 -
Essex - 7 £400 -
Scotland -14 3 £463 -
Renfrewshire - 3 £463 -
Erskine - 3 £463 -
Leeds +3 1 £125 -
Yorkshire +1 1 £125 -
West Yorkshire -1 1 £125 -
Wiltshire - 1 - -
Swindon - 1 - -
South West - 1 - -

Wyse
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 56 (76.71%) Citrix
2 45 (61.64%) Windows
2 45 (61.64%) XenApp
3 39 (53.42%) VMware
4 37 (50.68%) XenDesktop
5 34 (46.58%) Microsoft
6 31 (42.47%) AppSense
7 28 (38.36%) Thin Client
7 28 (38.36%) Fat Client
8 21 (28.77%) vSphere
8 21 (28.77%) HP
9 19 (26.03%) Active Directory
9 19 (26.03%) VMware Infrastructure
9 19 (26.03%) Windows Server 2008
10 18 (24.66%) SQL Server
10 18 (24.66%) Finance
11 17 (23.29%) PowerShell
11 17 (23.29%) XenServer
12 14 (19.18%) SCOM
12 14 (19.18%) Hyper-V
13 13 (17.81%) NetScaler
14 12 (16.44%) Security Cleared
14 12 (16.44%) SharePoint
15 11 (15.07%) TCP/IP
15 11 (15.07%) Windows Server 2003
15 11 (15.07%) Citrix Certification
15 11 (15.07%) Windows 7
16 10 (13.70%) Change Control
16 10 (13.70%) McAfee
16 10 (13.70%) VBScript

Wyse
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 4 (5.479%) Application Packaging
2 1 (1.370%) RSS
Application Platforms
1 12 (16.44%) SharePoint
2 7 (9.589%) IIS
2 7 (9.589%) MS Exchange
3 3 (4.110%) Exchange Server 2010
4 1 (1.370%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
4 1 (1.370%) Lotus Notes
4 1 (1.370%) Exchange Server 2007
4 1 (1.370%) Lync
Applications
1 8 (10.96%) MS Office
2 5 (6.849%) MS Excel
3 1 (1.370%) Office 365
Business Applications
1 3 (4.110%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (1.370%) assyst
2 1 (1.370%) 3000 Xtra
Communications & Networking
1 13 (17.81%) NetScaler
2 11 (15.07%) TCP/IP
3 9 (12.33%) DNS
3 9 (12.33%) SAN
4 6 (8.219%) DHCP
4 6 (8.219%) SSL
5 5 (6.849%) VPN
6 2 (2.740%) LAN
6 2 (2.740%) VoIP
6 2 (2.740%) WAN
6 2 (2.740%) Internet
6 2 (2.740%) Firewall
6 2 (2.740%) Wireless
7 1 (1.370%) IP Telephony
7 1 (1.370%) Intrusion Detection
7 1 (1.370%) MPLS
7 1 (1.370%) ADSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (24.66%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.370%) SQL Server 2005
2 1 (1.370%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 5 (6.849%) MSI
General
1 18 (24.66%) Finance
2 9 (12.33%) Banking
3 4 (5.479%) Investment Banking
4 3 (4.110%) Financial Institution
5 2 (2.740%) Front Office
6 1 (1.370%) Telecoms
6 1 (1.370%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 18 (24.66%) Consultant
2 8 (10.96%) Citrix Consultant
3 7 (9.589%) Desktop Engineer
4 6 (8.219%) 2nd Line Support
5 5 (6.849%) Desktop Support
5 5 (6.849%) Administrator
5 5 (6.849%) Technical Consultant
5 5 (6.849%) Citrix Administrator
5 5 (6.849%) Citrix Engineer
5 5 (6.849%) Infrastructure Consultant
6 4 (5.479%) Support Engineer
7 3 (4.110%) Support Analyst
7 3 (4.110%) Applications Packager
7 3 (4.110%) Citrix Specialist
7 3 (4.110%) Desktop Support Engineer
7 3 (4.110%) Analyst
8 2 (2.740%) Citrix Technical Consultant
8 2 (2.740%) Citrix Architect
8 2 (2.740%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
8 2 (2.740%) Architect
Miscellaneous
1 28 (38.36%) Thin Client
1 28 (38.36%) Fat Client
2 7 (9.589%) Blackberry
3 2 (2.740%) Video Conferencing
3 2 (2.740%) NHS
3 2 (2.740%) Clustering
4 1 (1.370%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.370%) PDA
4 1 (1.370%) Smartcard
4 1 (1.370%) iPhone
4 1 (1.370%) iPad
Operating Systems
1 45 (61.64%) Windows
2 19 (26.03%) Windows Server 2008
3 11 (15.07%) Windows Server 2003
3 11 (15.07%) Windows 7
4 8 (10.96%) Windows Vista
5 6 (8.219%) Windows XP
6 3 (4.110%) Linux
7 2 (2.740%) Mac OS X
8 1 (1.370%) SUSE
8 1 (1.370%) UNIX
8 1 (1.370%) Apple iOS
8 1 (1.370%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (13.70%) Change Control
2 7 (9.589%) Build Automation
3 5 (6.849%) Release Management
3 5 (6.849%) Load Balancing
3 5 (6.849%) Problem Management
3 5 (6.849%) Capacity Planning
4 4 (5.479%) ITSM
5 3 (4.110%) Service Management
5 3 (4.110%) Workflow
5 3 (4.110%) Incident Management
5 3 (4.110%) ITIL
5 3 (4.110%) User Acceptance Testing
6 2 (2.740%) Project Management
6 2 (2.740%) Project Planning
6 2 (2.740%) Service Delivery
7 1 (1.370%) Change Management
7 1 (1.370%) Disaster Recovery
7 1 (1.370%) Security Management
7 1 (1.370%) Migration
7 1 (1.370%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 17 (23.29%) PowerShell
2 10 (13.70%) VBScript
3 3 (4.110%) SQL
4 2 (2.740%) C
Qualifications
1 12 (16.44%) Security Cleared
2 11 (15.07%) Citrix Certification
3 8 (10.96%) CCA
4 7 (9.589%) Microsoft Certification
5 5 (6.849%) MCSE
5 5 (6.849%) SC Cleared
6 4 (5.479%) DV Cleared
7 3 (4.110%) CCEE
8 2 (2.740%) MCP
9 1 (1.370%) Degree
9 1 (1.370%) IBM Certification
9 1 (1.370%) MCSA
9 1 (1.370%) CCAA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (9.589%) SLA
System Software
1 45 (61.64%) XenApp
2 37 (50.68%) XenDesktop
3 21 (28.77%) vSphere
4 19 (26.03%) Active Directory
4 19 (26.03%) VMware Infrastructure
5 17 (23.29%) XenServer
6 14 (19.18%) Hyper-V
7 5 (6.849%) Microsoft App-V
7 5 (6.849%) IAG
8 3 (4.110%) VMware ESX
8 3 (4.110%) Terminal Services
9 1 (1.370%) Xen
9 1 (1.370%) MetaFrame
9 1 (1.370%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 14 (19.18%) SCOM
2 7 (9.589%) OpenView Configuration Management
3 6 (8.219%) SCCM
4 5 (6.849%) WSUS
5 1 (1.370%) DameWare
5 1 (1.370%) NetBackup
5 1 (1.370%) Backup Exec
5 1 (1.370%) ZENworks
5 1 (1.370%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 1 (1.370%) SCVMM
5 1 (1.370%) Sysprep
5 1 (1.370%) HP SIM
Vendors
1 56 (76.71%) Citrix
2 39 (53.42%) VMware
3 34 (46.58%) Microsoft
4 31 (42.47%) AppSense
5 21 (28.77%) HP
6 10 (13.70%) McAfee
7 8 (10.96%) Sophos
7 8 (10.96%) Symantec
8 7 (9.589%) Oracle
8 7 (9.589%) Lumension
9 6 (8.219%) Dell
10 4 (5.479%) Remedy
11 3 (4.110%) Websense
12 2 (2.740%) EMC
12 2 (2.740%) Cisco
12 2 (2.740%) Apple
12 2 (2.740%) CA
13 1 (1.370%) Altiris
13 1 (1.370%) Reuters
13 1 (1.370%) Bloomberg