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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SolarWinds
Rank 88 102 99
Rank change year-on-year
+14 -3
Contract jobs citing SolarWinds 7 1 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.429% 0.045% 0.159%
As % of the Vendors category 0.828% 0.090% 0.359%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 1 0
Average daily rate £559 £350 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+59.64% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £300 £272
% change year-on-year
+16.66% +10.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.00 £17.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-14.28% -12.50%
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%
SolarWinds
England

SolarWinds
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands SolarWinds Jobs Demand Trend

SolarWinds
Daily Rate Trend

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

West Midlands SolarWinds Daily Rate Trend

SolarWinds
Daily Rate Histogram

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

West Midlands SolarWinds Daily Rate Histogram

SolarWinds
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SolarWinds 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
Shropshire - 6 £559 -
Coventry - 1 - -
SolarWinds
England

SolarWinds
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 8 (88.89%) Cisco
1 8 (88.89%) Firewall
2 6 (66.67%) OpenView
2 6 (66.67%) HP
2 6 (66.67%) BMC
2 6 (66.67%) OPNET
3 5 (55.56%) Load Balancing
4 4 (44.44%) Network Management
4 4 (44.44%) Cisco Nexus
4 4 (44.44%) Nokia
4 4 (44.44%) CheckPoint
4 4 (44.44%) Juniper
4 4 (44.44%) OSPF
4 4 (44.44%) BGP
4 4 (44.44%) WAN
4 4 (44.44%) LAN
5 3 (33.33%) ITIL
5 3 (33.33%) CSS
5 3 (33.33%) Fortinet
5 3 (33.33%) F5
5 3 (33.33%) Security Cleared
5 3 (33.33%) BIG-IP
6 2 (22.22%) Middleware
6 2 (22.22%) Continuous Improvement
6 2 (22.22%) CCNP
6 2 (22.22%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (11.11%) CiscoWorks
7 1 (11.11%) Shell Script
7 1 (11.11%) TACACS
7 1 (11.11%) IPsec

SolarWinds
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 3 (33.33%) CSS
2 2 (22.22%) Middleware
3 1 (11.11%) XML
3 1 (11.11%) LAMP
Applications
1 1 (11.11%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 8 (88.89%) Firewall
2 4 (44.44%) Cisco Nexus
2 4 (44.44%) OSPF
2 4 (44.44%) BGP
2 4 (44.44%) WAN
2 4 (44.44%) LAN
3 3 (33.33%) BIG-IP
4 1 (11.11%) TACACS
4 1 (11.11%) IPsec
4 1 (11.11%) IPv4
4 1 (11.11%) DHCP
4 1 (11.11%) HTTP
4 1 (11.11%) TCP/IP
4 1 (11.11%) VPN
4 1 (11.11%) VoIP
4 1 (11.11%) Cisco ASA
4 1 (11.11%) Asterisk PBX
4 1 (11.11%) MPLS
4 1 (11.11%) Cisco PIX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (11.11%) MySQL
General
1 1 (11.11%) Telecoms
1 1 (11.11%) Finance
Job Titles
1 5 (55.56%) Network Specialist
2 1 (11.11%) Network Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) Telephony Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) Design Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) VoIP Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) Network Design Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) Senior Network Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) Handset
1 1 (11.11%) IVR
Operating Systems
1 1 (11.11%) Linux
1 1 (11.11%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (55.56%) Load Balancing
2 4 (44.44%) Network Management
3 3 (33.33%) ITIL
4 2 (22.22%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (11.11%) Network Design
5 1 (11.11%) Performance Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (11.11%) Shell Script
1 1 (11.11%) PHP
Qualifications
1 3 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 2 (22.22%) CCNP
2 2 (22.22%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (11.11%) CCNA
3 1 (11.11%) CCDP
3 1 (11.11%) BC Cleared
Systems Management
1 6 (66.67%) OpenView
2 1 (11.11%) CiscoWorks
2 1 (11.11%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 8 (88.89%) Cisco
2 6 (66.67%) HP
2 6 (66.67%) BMC
2 6 (66.67%) OPNET
3 4 (44.44%) Nokia
3 4 (44.44%) CheckPoint
3 4 (44.44%) Juniper
4 3 (33.33%) Fortinet
4 3 (33.33%) F5
5 1 (11.11%) Aastra