The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Dell products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the West Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Dell 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 Vendors for the West Midlands region.

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, Inc.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Dell
Rank 68 95 98
Rank change year-on-year
+27 +3
Contract jobs citing Dell 27 8 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 1.653% 0.357% 0.211%
As % of the Vendors category 3.195% 0.723% 0.479%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 1
Average daily rate £325 £350 £238
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.14% +47.36%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £300 £325
% change year-on-year
+8.33% -7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 2 1
Average hourly rate £19.50 £13.25 £14.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+47.16% -8.62%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.25 £15.58 £15.13
% change year-on-year
-2.08% +2.97%
All Vendors
West Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
845 1106 835
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 51.75% 49.33% 44.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 358 457 326
Average daily rate £330 £325 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.53% -7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £220 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £526 £475 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 94 98 100
Average hourly rate £20.00 £16.85 £16.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+18.67% +2.13%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.76 £11.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.80 £34.70 £35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
Dell
England

Dell
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Dell across the West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

West Midlands Dell Jobs Demand Trend

Dell
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Dell across the West Midlands region.

West Midlands Dell Daily Rate Trend

Dell
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Dell across the West Midlands region.

West Midlands Dell Hourly Rate Trend

Dell
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Dell within the West Midlands region 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
Worcestershire - 12 £250 -
Warwickshire -1 4 - -
Shropshire - 4 - -
Birmingham +14 3 - -
Staffordshire +15 1 - -
Dell
England

Dell
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region citing Dell 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 Dell.

1 22 (81.48%) Sun
2 18 (66.67%) Windows
3 17 (62.96%) Cisco
4 13 (48.15%) Compaq
5 12 (44.44%) Solaris
5 12 (44.44%) TCP/IP
6 11 (40.74%) DNS
6 11 (40.74%) SMTP
6 11 (40.74%) SNMP
6 11 (40.74%) HP
7 9 (33.33%) Oracle
7 9 (33.33%) IBM
8 5 (18.52%) Microsoft
8 5 (18.52%) Internet
9 4 (14.81%) SAN
9 4 (14.81%) StorageTek
9 4 (14.81%) Firewall
9 4 (14.81%) Telecoms
9 4 (14.81%) VMware
9 4 (14.81%) VMware Infrastructure
9 4 (14.81%) Windows Server 2008
10 3 (11.11%) Citrix
11 2 (7.407%) Cisco Certification
11 2 (7.407%) Windows Server 2003
11 2 (7.407%) MPLS
11 2 (7.407%) MSI
11 2 (7.407%) SQL Server
11 2 (7.407%) SharePoint
11 2 (7.407%) MS Exchange
11 2 (7.407%) LAN

Dell
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region citing Dell 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 Dell. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (7.407%) Application Packaging
Application Platforms
1 2 (7.407%) SharePoint
1 2 (7.407%) MS Exchange
1 2 (7.407%) SharePoint 2010
2 1 (3.704%) Lync
Applications
1 2 (7.407%) S-PLUS
2 1 (3.704%) MS Office
2 1 (3.704%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 12 (44.44%) TCP/IP
2 11 (40.74%) DNS
2 11 (40.74%) SMTP
2 11 (40.74%) SNMP
3 5 (18.52%) Internet
4 4 (14.81%) SAN
4 4 (14.81%) Firewall
5 2 (7.407%) MPLS
5 2 (7.407%) LAN
5 2 (7.407%) WAN
5 2 (7.407%) Wireless
5 2 (7.407%) VLAN
5 2 (7.407%) NAS
5 2 (7.407%) iSCSI
6 1 (3.704%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (7.407%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (7.407%) MSI
General
1 4 (14.81%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 8 (29.63%) Data Centre Engineer
2 6 (22.22%) Technical Specialist
2 6 (22.22%) Data Centre Technician
3 3 (11.11%) Computer Engineer
3 3 (11.11%) Support Engineer
3 3 (11.11%) Hardware Engineer
3 3 (11.11%) Team Leader
3 3 (11.11%) Server Engineer
4 2 (7.407%) Consultant
4 2 (7.407%) Technical Team Leader
4 2 (7.407%) Technical Consultant
4 2 (7.407%) VMware Engineer
5 1 (3.704%) VMware Technical Consultant
5 1 (3.704%) Data Centre Analyst
5 1 (3.704%) Technical Infrastructure Consultant
5 1 (3.704%) Data Centre Team Leader
5 1 (3.704%) Data Centre Specialist
5 1 (3.704%) VMware Consultant
5 1 (3.704%) Implementation Specialist
5 1 (3.704%) Sun Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (7.407%) Clustering
1 2 (7.407%) EqualLogic
Operating Systems
1 18 (66.67%) Windows
2 12 (44.44%) Solaris
3 4 (14.81%) Windows Server 2008
4 2 (7.407%) Windows Server 2003
5 1 (3.704%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (3.704%) Windows 7
5 1 (3.704%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (7.407%) Change Control
2 1 (3.704%) Project Management
Qualifications
1 2 (7.407%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (7.407%) CCNP
1 2 (7.407%) CCNA
1 2 (7.407%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 1 (3.704%) VCP4
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (7.407%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (14.81%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (7.407%) Active Directory
3 1 (3.704%) XenServer
Systems Management
1 2 (7.407%) SCCM
2 1 (3.704%) FortiGate
2 1 (3.704%) SCOM
Vendors
1 22 (81.48%) Sun
2 17 (62.96%) Cisco
3 13 (48.15%) Compaq
4 11 (40.74%) HP
5 9 (33.33%) Oracle
5 9 (33.33%) IBM
6 5 (18.52%) Microsoft
7 4 (14.81%) StorageTek
7 4 (14.81%) VMware
8 3 (11.11%) Citrix
9 2 (7.407%) Veeam
9 2 (7.407%) SonicWALL
10 1 (3.704%) WatchGuard
10 1 (3.704%) NetApp
West Midlands
Infrastructure Engineer (Vmware/Cisco/SAN) I have a contract requirement for an infrastructure engineer (3rd line/Vmware/Cisco/SAN) to be based out of the West Midlands... You...
Real Staffing
Rate: £200 - £300 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
Redditch, Worcestershire
knowledge of hardware, including PC (Compaq, Dell, Sun, etc.), Windows OSs, DNS, SMTP, SNMP, Modems, Disc Packs and Tape drives. Working knowledge of Windows Sun Solaris and their...
Lorien Resourcing
Rate: £18 - £20 per hour
Posted: 17 May 2013
Redditch, West Midlands
Knowledge of Hardware, including PC (Compaq, Dell, Sun, etc.), Windows OSs, DNS, SMTP, SNMP, Modems, Disc Packs and Tape drives. "Working knowledge of Windows Sun Solaris and their...
Fulcrum Telecom
Rate: £19.00 - £20.00 per hour
Posted: 18 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
Essential skills are skills and experience in similar roles providing 2nd line support to end users :- Windows XP (client in middle of moving to Windows 7/8 shortly...
CPS Group UK
Rate: £15 - £18 per hour + depending on experience
Posted: 22 May 2013