The first table below looks at the demand for OVSD skills in IT contracts advertised for the Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited OVSD 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 of the Systems Management category for the 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.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
HP OpenView Service Desk (OVSD)
Rank 110 110 -
Rank change year-on-year
0 -
Contract jobs citing OVSD 3 2 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Yorkshire 0.158% 0.087% -
As % of the Systems Management category 1.705% 1.250% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Average daily rate £440 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £95 £142 £86
% change year-on-year
-33.09% +64.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Average hourly rate - £10.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £10.75 £10.50 £14.00
% change year-on-year
+2.38% -25.00%
All Systems Management
Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Systems Management category
176 160 189
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Yorkshire 9.273% 6.981% 10.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 107 92 78
Average daily rate £325 £300 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+8.33% -7.69%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £213 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £413 £400 £463
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £325 £300
% change year-on-year
+1.53% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 6 12
Average hourly rate £15.25 £12.16 £22.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+25.38% -44.71%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.83 £9.68 £15.90
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £22.60 £21.45 £121.45
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.00 £17.50 £24.40
% change year-on-year
+14.28% -28.27%
OVSD
England

OVSD
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Yorkshire OVSD Jobs Demand Trend

OVSD
Daily Rate Trend

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

Yorkshire OVSD Daily Rate Trend

OVSD
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Yorkshire OVSD Hourly Rate Trend

OVSD
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing OVSD within the Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 17 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
West Yorkshire - 3 £440 -
OVSD
England

OVSD
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 6 (100.00%) OpenView
1 6 (100.00%) HP
2 4 (66.67%) Shell Script
2 4 (66.67%) Business Intelligence
2 4 (66.67%) RDBMS
2 4 (66.67%) SQL
2 4 (66.67%) Oracle
2 4 (66.67%) ITIL
2 4 (66.67%) UNIX
2 4 (66.67%) Oracle 8/8i
2 4 (66.67%) Data Warehouse
2 4 (66.67%) Oracle 10g
2 4 (66.67%) Oracle EBS
2 4 (66.67%) Perforce
2 4 (66.67%) Oracle RMAN
2 4 (66.67%) Oracle RAC
2 4 (66.67%) Oracle 11g
2 4 (66.67%) Oracle BI EE
2 4 (66.67%) Oracle EBS R12
2 4 (66.67%) Database Security
3 3 (50.00%) PL/SQL
3 3 (50.00%) SQL Server 2008
3 3 (50.00%) SQL Server 2005
3 3 (50.00%) Oracle APEX
3 3 (50.00%) Finance
3 3 (50.00%) SOA
3 3 (50.00%) SQL Server
3 3 (50.00%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
4 2 (33.33%) Microsoft
4 2 (33.33%) MS Office

OVSD
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Applications
1 2 (33.33%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 4 (66.67%) Oracle EBS
1 4 (66.67%) Oracle EBS R12
2 1 (16.67%) Oracle BPM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (66.67%) Oracle 8/8i
1 4 (66.67%) Data Warehouse
1 4 (66.67%) RDBMS
1 4 (66.67%) Oracle 10g
1 4 (66.67%) Oracle 11g
1 4 (66.67%) Oracle BI EE
2 3 (50.00%) SQL Server 2008
2 3 (50.00%) SQL Server
2 3 (50.00%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 3 (50.00%) Oracle APEX
General
1 3 (50.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) DBA
2 2 (33.33%) Support Technician
2 2 (33.33%) 1st Line Support
2 2 (33.33%) Oracle DBA
2 2 (33.33%) 1st Line Support Technician
Operating Systems
1 4 (66.67%) UNIX
2 2 (33.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) ITIL
1 4 (66.67%) Business Intelligence
1 4 (66.67%) Database Security
2 3 (50.00%) SOA
3 1 (16.67%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 4 (66.67%) SQL
1 4 (66.67%) Shell Script
2 3 (50.00%) PL/SQL
System Software
1 4 (66.67%) Oracle RMAN
1 4 (66.67%) Oracle RAC
2 2 (33.33%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 6 (100.00%) OpenView
2 3 (50.00%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Data Guard
Vendors
1 6 (100.00%) HP
2 4 (66.67%) Perforce
2 4 (66.67%) Oracle
3 2 (33.33%) Microsoft
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