The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Novell products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the West Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Novell over the 3 months to 17 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 Yorkshire 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 Novell, Inc.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Novell
Rank 90 93 60
Rank change year-on-year
+3 -33
Contract jobs citing Novell 1 1 14
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 0.079% 0.062% 1.249%
As % of the Vendors category 0.182% 0.139% 3.457%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Average daily rate £338 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £263 £378 £263
% change year-on-year
-30.46% +43.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 10
Average hourly rate - - £21.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £9.50 £16.00
% change year-on-year
+100.00% -40.62%
All Vendors
West Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
549 721 405
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 43.26% 44.56% 36.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 253 358 157
Average daily rate £300 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.69% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £213 £170 £192
10% offered a daily rate of more than £470 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 38 35 44
Average hourly rate £15.25 £14.50 £16.72
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+5.17% -13.27%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £8.76 £10.30 £9.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £35.50 £32.50 £26.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
Novell
Yorkshire

Novell
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Yorkshire Novell Jobs Demand Trend

Novell
Daily Rate Trend

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

West Yorkshire Novell Daily Rate Trend

Novell
Hourly Rate Trend

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

West Yorkshire Novell Hourly Rate Trend

Novell
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Yorkshire region citing Novell 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 Novell.

1 4 (100.00%) Windows
2 3 (75.00%) Linux
2 3 (75.00%) MCSE
2 3 (75.00%) Windows Server 2003
2 3 (75.00%) ZENworks
2 3 (75.00%) Configuration Management
2 3 (75.00%) ITIL
2 3 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (75.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (75.00%) Migration
2 3 (75.00%) Business Desktop Deployment
2 3 (75.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 2 (50.00%) Windows 7
3 2 (50.00%) ITIL V2
3 2 (50.00%) Software Deployment
3 2 (50.00%) Change Management
3 2 (50.00%) Application Packaging
3 2 (50.00%) Problem Management
3 2 (50.00%) Release Management
3 2 (50.00%) PowerShell
3 2 (50.00%) Software Testing
3 2 (50.00%) SLA
3 2 (50.00%) VB
4 1 (25.00%) MS Project
4 1 (25.00%) MS Office
4 1 (25.00%) COM
4 1 (25.00%) MS Excel
4 1 (25.00%) Windows XP
4 1 (25.00%) Project Management
4 1 (25.00%) Active Directory

Novell
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Yorkshire region citing Novell 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 Novell. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (50.00%) Application Packaging
2 1 (25.00%) COM
Applications
1 1 (25.00%) MS Project
1 1 (25.00%) MS Office
1 1 (25.00%) MS Excel
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Design Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) IT Project Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Project Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Systems Administrator
2 1 (25.00%) Systems Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Administrator
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Windows
2 3 (75.00%) Linux
2 3 (75.00%) Windows Server 2003
2 3 (75.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 2 (50.00%) Windows 7
4 1 (25.00%) Windows Vista
4 1 (25.00%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) ITIL
1 3 (75.00%) Configuration Management
1 3 (75.00%) Migration
2 2 (50.00%) Change Management
2 2 (50.00%) Software Testing
2 2 (50.00%) Problem Management
2 2 (50.00%) Release Management
2 2 (50.00%) ITIL V2
2 2 (50.00%) Software Deployment
3 1 (25.00%) Project Management
3 1 (25.00%) PRINCE
3 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) VB
1 2 (50.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) MCSE
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (75.00%) ZENworks
1 3 (75.00%) Business Desktop Deployment
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft
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