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

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Veritas
Rank 94 109 96
Rank change year-on-year
+15 -13
Contract jobs citing Veritas 5 1 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.298% 0.044% 0.162%
As % of the Vendors category 0.580% 0.089% 0.372%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 0
Average daily rate £340 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £375 £346
% change year-on-year
+6.66% +8.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
Average hourly rate - - £14.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-45.71% +75.00%
All Vendors
West Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
862 1126 807
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 51.40% 49.28% 43.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 369 459 317
Average daily rate £325 £325 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £225 £177
10% offered a daily rate of more than £520 £475 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 97 96 92
Average hourly rate £19.50 £16.50 £16.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+18.18% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.50 £11.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.80 £34.00 £35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
Veritas
England

Veritas
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands Veritas Jobs Demand Trend

Veritas
Daily Rate Trend

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

West Midlands Veritas Daily Rate Trend

Veritas
Hourly Rate Trend

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

West Midlands Veritas Hourly Rate Trend

Veritas
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Veritas within the West Midlands region 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
Birmingham - 3 £340 -
Veritas
England

Veritas
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region citing Veritas 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 Veritas.

1 6 (75.00%) UNIX
2 5 (62.50%) AIX
2 5 (62.50%) SAN
2 5 (62.50%) EMC
3 4 (50.00%) SUSE
3 4 (50.00%) VMware
3 4 (50.00%) Solaris
3 4 (50.00%) Linux
3 4 (50.00%) Sun
4 3 (37.50%) RDF
4 3 (37.50%) SLA
4 3 (37.50%) Oracle
4 3 (37.50%) Sybase
4 3 (37.50%) Finance
4 3 (37.50%) Shell Script
4 3 (37.50%) Banking
4 3 (37.50%) Investment Banking
4 3 (37.50%) Korn
4 3 (37.50%) Corporate Banking
4 3 (37.50%) Fund Management
4 3 (37.50%) Wealth Management
4 3 (37.50%) Veritas Volume Manager
4 3 (37.50%) Veritas Cluster Server
4 3 (37.50%) Symmetrix DMX
4 3 (37.50%) Business Transformation
5 2 (25.00%) SAS
6 1 (12.50%) DHCP
6 1 (12.50%) DNS
6 1 (12.50%) Windows
6 1 (12.50%) Microsoft

Veritas
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region citing Veritas 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 Veritas. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 2 (25.00%) SAS
2 1 (12.50%) SharePoint
2 1 (12.50%) MS Exchange
2 1 (12.50%) SharePoint 2010
2 1 (12.50%) Exchange Server 2010
2 1 (12.50%) Office Communications Server
2 1 (12.50%) Exchange Server 2003
Communications & Networking
1 5 (62.50%) SAN
2 1 (12.50%) DHCP
2 1 (12.50%) DNS
2 1 (12.50%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (12.50%) SQL Server
1 1 (12.50%) SQL Server 2000
1 1 (12.50%) SQL Server 2008
General
1 3 (37.50%) Finance
1 3 (37.50%) Banking
1 3 (37.50%) Investment Banking
1 3 (37.50%) Corporate Banking
Job Titles
1 6 (75.00%) UNIX Systems Administrator
2 1 (12.50%) Consultant
2 1 (12.50%) Systems Administrator
2 1 (12.50%) Administrator
2 1 (12.50%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) UNIX Administrator
2 1 (12.50%) Server Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (37.50%) Symmetrix DMX
2 1 (12.50%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 6 (75.00%) UNIX
2 5 (62.50%) AIX
3 4 (50.00%) SUSE
3 4 (50.00%) Solaris
3 4 (50.00%) Linux
4 1 (12.50%) Windows
4 1 (12.50%) Windows Server 2003
4 1 (12.50%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (37.50%) RDF
1 3 (37.50%) Fund Management
1 3 (37.50%) Wealth Management
1 3 (37.50%) Business Transformation
2 1 (12.50%) Migration
2 1 (12.50%) Business Continuity
2 1 (12.50%) Data Migration
2 1 (12.50%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (37.50%) Shell Script
1 3 (37.50%) Korn
2 1 (12.50%) SQL
2 1 (12.50%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) VCP5
1 1 (12.50%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (37.50%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (37.50%) Veritas Volume Manager
1 3 (37.50%) Veritas Cluster Server
2 1 (12.50%) Active Directory
2 1 (12.50%) ISA Server
2 1 (12.50%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 1 (12.50%) EMC NetWorker
1 1 (12.50%) SCCM
1 1 (12.50%) SCOM
Vendors
1 5 (62.50%) EMC
2 4 (50.00%) VMware
2 4 (50.00%) Sun
3 3 (37.50%) Oracle
3 3 (37.50%) Sybase
4 1 (12.50%) Microsoft
4 1 (12.50%) Citrix
4 1 (12.50%) Altiris