The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Nortel 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 Nortel 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 the Nortel Networks Corporation.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Nortel
Rank 93 84 101
Rank change year-on-year
-9 +17
Contract jobs citing Nortel 2 19 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.122% 0.847% 0.053%
As % of the Vendors category 0.237% 1.718% 0.120%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 1
Average daily rate £189 - £235
UK excluding London average daily rate £290 £310 £325
% change year-on-year
-6.45% -4.61%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.71 - £15.58
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%
Nortel
England

Nortel
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands Nortel Jobs Demand Trend

Nortel
Daily Rate Trend

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

West Midlands Nortel Daily Rate Trend

Nortel
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Nortel across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

West Midlands Nortel Daily Rate Histogram

Nortel
Hourly Rate Trend

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

West Midlands Nortel Hourly Rate Trend

Nortel
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Nortel 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
Staffordshire +3 2 £189 -
Nortel
England

Nortel
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 4 (80.00%) WAN
2 3 (60.00%) Ethernet
2 3 (60.00%) ATM
2 3 (60.00%) SDH
2 3 (60.00%) Ericsson
3 2 (40.00%) Avaya
4 1 (20.00%) Windows Server 2003
4 1 (20.00%) Symantec
4 1 (20.00%) Norton AntiVirus
4 1 (20.00%) Project Management
4 1 (20.00%) Change Management
4 1 (20.00%) Firewall
4 1 (20.00%) Telecoms
4 1 (20.00%) Manufacturing
4 1 (20.00%) VMware
4 1 (20.00%) Dynamics AX
4 1 (20.00%) Exchange Server 2003
4 1 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (20.00%) Windows Server 2008
4 1 (20.00%) Windows 7
4 1 (20.00%) VoIP
4 1 (20.00%) LAN
4 1 (20.00%) PBX
4 1 (20.00%) MS Office
4 1 (20.00%) Windows
4 1 (20.00%) MS Excel
4 1 (20.00%) SharePoint
4 1 (20.00%) ERP
4 1 (20.00%) MS Exchange
4 1 (20.00%) SharePoint 2010

Nortel
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Platforms
1 1 (20.00%) Exchange Server 2003
1 1 (20.00%) SharePoint
1 1 (20.00%) MS Exchange
1 1 (20.00%) SharePoint 2010
1 1 (20.00%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 1 (20.00%) MS Office
1 1 (20.00%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Dynamics AX
Communications & Networking
1 4 (80.00%) WAN
2 3 (60.00%) Ethernet
2 3 (60.00%) ATM
2 3 (60.00%) SDH
3 1 (20.00%) Firewall
3 1 (20.00%) VoIP
3 1 (20.00%) LAN
3 1 (20.00%) PBX
3 1 (20.00%) PABX
3 1 (20.00%) TCP/IP
General
1 1 (20.00%) Telecoms
1 1 (20.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Transmission Planner
2 1 (20.00%) 2nd Line Support
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Windows Server 2003
1 1 (20.00%) Windows Server 2008
1 1 (20.00%) Windows 7
1 1 (20.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (20.00%) Project Management
1 1 (20.00%) Change Management
1 1 (20.00%) ERP
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (20.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) Norton AntiVirus
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) Ericsson
2 2 (40.00%) Avaya
3 1 (20.00%) Symantec
3 1 (20.00%) VMware
3 1 (20.00%) Microsoft