Yorkshire OpenView Contracts

This section looks at the demand for HP OpenView (HPOV) skills within the Yorkshire region with a comparison to our Systems Management category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited OpenView over the 3 months to 24 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

HP OpenView (HPOV)
Location Basingstoke Belfast Berkshire Bristol Buckinghamshire Bury St Edmunds Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cannock Cheltenham Cheshire Chester City of London Colchester County Antrim Crewe Devon Docklands, London East of England Edinburgh England Essex Exeter Gatwick Gloucestershire Hampshire Harrogate Hemel Hempstead Herefordshire Hertfordshire Ipswich Kent Knutsford Leeds Liverpool London M4 Corridor Maidenhead Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newbury Newcastle Newport North East North West North Yorkshire Northern Ireland Oxford Oxfordshire Plymouth Reading Rickmansworth Scotland Sheffield Shropshire Slough Solihull South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Staffordshire Suffolk Swindon Telford Tyne and Wear UK Wales Warwickshire West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Wiltshire Windsor Wokingham Yorkshire	3 months to 24 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	86	100
Rank change on same period last year	+14
Matching contract IT job ads	36	29
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.048 %	0.029 %
As % of the category below	36.36 %	31.18 %
Daily rates quoted	3	5
Average minimum daily rate	£240	£260
Average daily rate	£250	£293
% change on same period last year	-14.77 %
Average maximum daily rate	£260	£327
UK excluding London average daily rate	£334	£332
% change on same period last year	+0.60 %
Hourly rates quoted	10	1
Average minimum hourly rate	£30.07	£20.00
Average hourly rate	£30.57	£22.50
% change on same period last year	+35.86 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£31.07	£25.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£27.27	£27.07
% change on same period last year	+0.73 %
Systems Management Yorkshire
Matching contract IT job ads	99	93
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.132 %	0.094 %
Daily rates quoted	25	11
Average minimum daily rate	£278	£266
Average daily rate	£289	£287
% change on same period last year	+0.72 %
Average maximum daily rate	£301	£309
UK excluding London average daily rate	£367	£352
% change on same period last year	+4.07 %
Hourly rates quoted	16	9
Average minimum hourly rate	£27.51	£23.00
Average hourly rate	£29.05	£24.39
% change on same period last year	+19.09 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£30.58	£25.78
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£26.33	£26.11
% change on same period last year	+0.84 %
OpenView England

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

OpenView
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing OpenView across the Yorkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Systems Management category.

OpenView
Daily Rate Trend

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

OpenView
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing OpenView across the Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 24 July 2008.

OpenView
Hourly Rate Trend

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

OpenView
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing OpenView across the Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 24 July 2008.

OpenView
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing OpenView within the Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 24 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
West Yorkshire	+3	17	£250	-20.63 %
South Yorkshire	+10	11	-	-
North Yorkshire	+8	7	-	-

OpenView England

OpenView
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Yorkshire region citing OpenView 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 OpenView.

1 72 (90.00 %) HP 2 40 (50.00 %) ITIL 3 39 (48.75 %) Oracle 4 33 (41.25 %) HPUX 5 26 (32.50 %) Cisco 6 24 (30.00 %) SAN 7 23 (28.75 %) Oracle 8/8i 8 22 (27.50 %) Windows 9 21 (26.25 %) UNIX 9 21 (26.25 %) ITSM 10 19 (23.75 %) Telecoms 10 19 (23.75 %) OVSD 10 19 (23.75 %) Cisco Certification 11 18 (22.50 %) CCNP 12 16 (20.00 %) Linux

12 16 (20.00 %) Firewall 12 16 (20.00 %) Oracle RAC 13 15 (18.75 %) PRINCE2 13 15 (18.75 %) CCDA 13 15 (18.75 %) CCDP 13 15 (18.75 %) SSL 13 15 (18.75 %) TCP/IP 14 13 (16.25 %) Finance 15 11 (13.75 %) Active Directory 15 11 (13.75 %) WebLogic 16 10 (12.50 %) SharePoint 16 10 (12.50 %) SharePoint Portal Server 17 9 (11.25 %) Financial Institution 17 9 (11.25 %) Client/Server 17 9 (11.25 %) CCIE

OpenView
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Yorkshire region citing OpenView 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 OpenView. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 1 (1.250 %) ODBC	Application Platforms 1 11 (13.75 %) WebLogic 2 10 (12.50 %) SharePoint 2 10 (12.50 %) SharePoint Portal Server 3 6 (7.500 %) MS Exchange 4 5 (6.250 %) Exchange Server 2000 4 5 (6.250 %) Exchange Server 2003 5 3 (3.750 %) Apache 6 2 (2.500 %) Tomcat 7 1 (1.250 %) Lotus Notes 7 1 (1.250 %) Lotus Domino 7 1 (1.250 %) SharePoint Server 2007
Applications 1 7 (8.750 %) MS Excel 2 2 (2.500 %) MS Office	Business Applications 1 1 (1.250 %) assyst
Communications & Networking 1 24 (30.00 %) SAN 2 16 (20.00 %) Firewall 3 15 (18.75 %) TCP/IP 3 15 (18.75 %) SSL 4 6 (7.500 %) Internet 5 5 (6.250 %) ATM 6 3 (3.750 %) WAN 7 2 (2.500 %) LDAP 7 2 (2.500 %) DNS 7 2 (2.500 %) DAB 7 2 (2.500 %) Wireless 8 1 (1.250 %) VPN 8 1 (1.250 %) LAN 8 1 (1.250 %) PBX	Database & Business Intelligence 1 23 (28.75 %) Oracle 8/8i 2 6 (7.500 %) SQL Server 3 1 (1.250 %) Informix 3 1 (1.250 %) Oracle 10g 3 1 (1.250 %) BusinessObjects
General 1 19 (23.75 %) Telecoms 2 13 (16.25 %) Finance 3 9 (11.25 %) Financial Institution 4 5 (6.250 %) Health 5 4 (5.000 %) Government 6 1 (1.250 %) Legal	Job Titles 1 15 (18.75 %) Architect 1 15 (18.75 %) Network Architect 2 10 (12.50 %) Systems Engineer 3 8 (10.00 %) Support Engineer 4 7 (8.750 %) Developer 5 6 (7.500 %) UNIX Engineer 6 4 (5.000 %) Consultant 6 4 (5.000 %) OpenView Engineer 7 3 (3.750 %) Network Engineer 7 3 (3.750 %) 1st Line Support 7 3 (3.750 %) Applications Support 8 2 (2.500 %) Senior Systems Engineer 8 2 (2.500 %) Analyst 8 2 (2.500 %) DBA 8 2 (2.500 %) Systems Support 8 2 (2.500 %) Support Analyst 8 2 (2.500 %) Oracle DBA 8 2 (2.500 %) Applications Support Engineer 8 2 (2.500 %) UNIX Systems Engineer 8 2 (2.500 %) Linux Engineer
Miscellaneous 1 9 (11.25 %) Client/Server 2 8 (10.00 %) NHS 3 6 (7.500 %) CMDB 4 2 (2.500 %) N-Tier 5 1 (1.250 %) Mainframe	Operating Systems 1 33 (41.25 %) HPUX 2 22 (27.50 %) Windows 3 21 (26.25 %) UNIX 4 16 (20.00 %) Linux 5 6 (7.500 %) AIX 6 4 (5.000 %) Windows 2000 7 3 (3.750 %) NetWare 7 3 (3.750 %) SUSE 8 2 (2.500 %) Windows Server 2003 9 1 (1.250 %) Windows XP 9 1 (1.250 %) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies 1 40 (50.00 %) ITIL 2 21 (26.25 %) ITSM 3 15 (18.75 %) PRINCE2 4 8 (10.00 %) Knowledge Management 5 6 (7.500 %) Asset Management 5 6 (7.500 %) Release Management 6 2 (2.500 %) Fault Management 6 2 (2.500 %) Security Management 6 2 (2.500 %) Incident Management 6 2 (2.500 %) Service Management 6 2 (2.500 %) Change Management 7 1 (1.250 %) Disaster Recovery 7 1 (1.250 %) Requirements Analysis 7 1 (1.250 %) Problem Management 7 1 (1.250 %) Stakeholder Management 7 1 (1.250 %) Time Management 7 1 (1.250 %) BC Cleared 7 1 (1.250 %) Security Cleared	Programming Languages 1 5 (6.250 %) Perl 1 5 (6.250 %) Shell Script 2 2 (2.500 %) C 2 2 (2.500 %) PL/SQL 2 2 (2.500 %) SQL
Qualifications 1 19 (23.75 %) Cisco Certification 2 18 (22.50 %) CCNP 3 15 (18.75 %) CCDA 3 15 (18.75 %) CCDP 4 9 (11.25 %) CCIE 5 3 (3.750 %) Microsoft Certification 6 2 (2.500 %) MCSE 6 2 (2.500 %) MCDBA 6 2 (2.500 %) CCNA 7 1 (1.250 %) ISEB 7 1 (1.250 %) MCP 7 1 (1.250 %) SNIA Certification 7 1 (1.250 %) Degree	System Software 1 16 (20.00 %) Oracle RAC 2 11 (13.75 %) Active Directory 3 6 (7.500 %) NetBackup
Systems Management 1 19 (23.75 %) OVSD 2 8 (10.00 %) NNM 2 8 (10.00 %) OVOW 2 8 (10.00 %) OVIS 2 8 (10.00 %) AssetCenter 3 5 (6.250 %) OVPA 4 4 (5.000 %) OpenView Configuration Management 5 3 (3.750 %) HP Data Protector 6 2 (2.500 %) CiscoWorks 6 2 (2.500 %) OVPM 7 1 (1.250 %) Legato 7 1 (1.250 %) Tivoli 7 1 (1.250 %) ZENworks	Vendors 1 72 (90.00 %) HP 2 39 (48.75 %) Oracle 3 26 (32.50 %) Cisco 4 7 (8.750 %) EMC 4 7 (8.750 %) Microsoft 5 6 (7.500 %) VERITAS 5 6 (7.500 %) Brocade 6 5 (6.250 %) Remedy 6 5 (6.250 %) NetApp 7 2 (2.500 %) Sun 7 2 (2.500 %) BEA 7 2 (2.500 %) ESRI 8 1 (1.250 %) Hitachi 8 1 (1.250 %) Siemens 8 1 (1.250 %) Lotus 8 1 (1.250 %) CheckPoint 8 1 (1.250 %) Citrix 8 1 (1.250 %) Avaya 8 1 (1.250 %) IBM 8 1 (1.250 %) Business Objects