The first part of the table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Novell products and/or services in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Novell over the 3 months to 22 May 2012 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Vendors currently tracked.

The figures below represent the IT job market in general and are NOT representative of salaries within Novell, Inc.

Novell
Location
3 months to
22 May 2012
Same period 2011Same period 2010
Rank798755630
Rank change year-on-year
Down-43Down-125
Matching permanent IT job ads77110122
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK0.064 %0.090 %0.128 %
As % of the Vendors category0.134 %0.191 %0.288 %
Number of salaries quoted63100105
Average salary£47,500£40,000£34,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+18.75 %+15.94 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£23,894£21,000£22,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£62,500£55,500£55,000
UK excluding London average salary£48,750£32,500£32,500
% change year-on-year
+50.00 %-
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryAll Vendors
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
574595751742374
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK47.65 %46.91 %44.38 %
Number of salaries quoted484194776133886
Average salary£45,000£45,000£45,000
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£28,500£27,500£26,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£70,000£70,000£72,500
UK excluding London average salary£40,000£40,000£40,000

Novell
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Novell within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

Novell Demand Trend

Novell
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Novell within the UK.

Novell Salary Trend

Novell
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Novell over the 3 months to 22 May 2012 within the UK.

Novell Salary Histogram

Novell
Top 30 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Novell within the UK over the 3 months to 22 May 2012. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EnglandDown-5266£50,000+25.00 %
South EastDown-3624£55,000+111.53 %
BerkshireDown-923£55,000+54.92 %
LondonDown-2021£45,500-4.21 %
ReadingNew entry-7£50,000-
East of EnglandDown-45£42,750+31.53 %
YorkshireDown-185£42,500+44.06 %
ManchesterDown-14£43,750+165.15 %
North WestDown-94£43,750+110.84 %
SwanseaNew entry-4--
WalesNew entry-4--
West WalesNew entry-4--
West YorkshireDown-133£30,000+1.69 %
West MidlandsDown-313£20,000-55.55 %
East MidlandsNew entry-3£20,000-
City of LondonNew entry-3£29,000-
UxbridgeNew entry-3£62,500-
HertfordshireUp+82£42,750+29.54 %
BirminghamDown-242£20,000-55.55 %
LutonNew entry-2£24,000-
DerbyNew entry-2£20,000-
BedfordshireNew entry-2£24,000-
DerbyshireNew entry-2£20,000-
ScotlandUp+71£30,000-
BuckinghamshireDown-21£70,000+55.55 %
EssexDown-131£57,500+187.50 %
LeedsDown-161£30,000-55.39 %
WarwickshireDown-221£38,500+71.11 %
MidlandsNew entry-1£44,000-
NottinghamshireNew entry-1£70,000-

Novell
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2012, IT jobs within the UK 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 IT job ads sampled that cited Novell.

193 (52.25 %)Microsoft
272 (40.45 %)Identity Management
366 (37.08 %)Windows
460 (33.71 %)Oracle
556 (31.46 %)MS Excel
556 (31.46 %)Active Directory
649 (27.53 %)Degree
746 (25.84 %)Novell Identity Manager
845 (25.28 %)Sun
944 (24.72 %)HP
944 (24.72 %)UNIX
944 (24.72 %)Linux
1042 (23.60 %)Tivoli
1139 (21.91 %)Information Security
1233 (18.54 %)Novell eDirectory
1332 (17.98 %)Citrix
1430 (16.85 %)IBM
1430 (16.85 %)Tivoli Identity Manager
1529 (16.29 %)VMware
1529 (16.29 %)PCI DSS
1626 (14.61 %)VMware Infrastructure
1626 (14.61 %)CA
1626 (14.61 %)LDAP
1725 (14.04 %)MS Exchange
1824 (13.48 %)SQL
1824 (13.48 %)Microsoft Certification
1824 (13.48 %)Firewall
1824 (13.48 %)Computer Science
1923 (12.92 %)DNS
1923 (12.92 %)SAN

Novell
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2012, IT jobs within the UK 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 IT job ads sampled that cited Novell. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
123 (12.92 %)Web Services
215 (8.427 %)XSLT
215 (8.427 %)SailPoint
313 (7.303 %)XML
411 (6.180 %)HTML
58 (4.494 %)J2EE
58 (4.494 %)SOAP
67 (3.933 %)CSS
67 (3.933 %).NET
76 (3.371 %)Application Packaging
85 (2.809 %)JSP
85 (2.809 %)Struts
94 (2.247 %)Servlets
94 (2.247 %)ADO.NET
94 (2.247 %)SPML
94 (2.247 %)XHTML
94 (2.247 %)WSDL
94 (2.247 %)Ajax
94 (2.247 %)ASP.NET
103 (1.685 %)Forefront TMG
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
125 (14.04 %)MS Exchange
214 (7.865 %)SharePoint
310 (5.618 %)IIS
49 (5.056 %)GroupWise
58 (4.494 %)Exchange Server 2007
67 (3.933 %)Exchange Server 2010
75 (2.809 %)Lotus Notes
75 (2.809 %)Lotus Domino
83 (1.685 %)Exchange Server 2003
92 (1.124 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
92 (1.124 %)Office Communications Server
92 (1.124 %)Google App Engine
101 (0.562 %)Drupal
101 (0.562 %)WordPress
101 (0.562 %)Apache
101 (0.562 %)Tomcat
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
156 (31.46 %)MS Excel
214 (7.865 %)MS Office
39 (5.056 %)MS Visio
43 (1.685 %)MS PowerPoint
52 (1.124 %)Google Apps
52 (1.124 %)Acrobat
52 (1.124 %)MS Project
IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
17 (3.933 %)Sentinel
22 (1.124 %)Remedy ITSM
31 (0.562 %)Line 50
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
126 (14.61 %)LDAP
224 (13.48 %)Firewall
323 (12.92 %)DNS
323 (12.92 %)SAN
419 (10.67 %)VPN
517 (9.551 %)TCP/IP
615 (8.427 %)SMTP
615 (8.427 %)NAS
78 (4.494 %)Internet
85 (2.809 %)DHCP
93 (1.685 %)FTP
93 (1.685 %)LAN
93 (1.685 %)WAN
93 (1.685 %)OpenLDAP
93 (1.685 %)Wireless
93 (1.685 %)Network Security
102 (1.124 %)DMZ
111 (0.562 %)MPLS
111 (0.562 %)OSPF
111 (0.562 %)BGP
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
117 (9.551 %)SQL Server
26 (3.371 %)Oracle 8/8i
35 (2.809 %)MySQL
44 (2.247 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
44 (2.247 %)Crystal Reports
53 (1.685 %)MS Access
61 (0.562 %)SAP BI
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
15 (2.809 %)Rational Rose
22 (1.124 %)MSI
22 (1.124 %)InstallShield
31 (0.562 %)Metasploit
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
19 (5.056 %)Finance
27 (3.933 %)Telecoms
27 (3.933 %)Retail
27 (3.933 %)Local Government
36 (3.371 %)Banking
44 (2.247 %)Manufacturing
52 (1.124 %)Advertising
52 (1.124 %)Aerospace
61 (0.562 %)Pharmaceutical
61 (0.562 %)Back Office
61 (0.562 %)German Language
61 (0.562 %)Italian Language
61 (0.562 %)Spanish Language
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
183 (46.63 %)Consultant
229 (16.29 %)Architect
321 (11.80 %)Management Consultant
419 (10.67 %)Technical Consultant
419 (10.67 %)Security Architect
517 (9.551 %)Identity Management Consultant
517 (9.551 %)Support Engineer
615 (8.427 %)Novell Consultant
710 (5.618 %)Security Consultant
89 (5.056 %)Technical Support
89 (5.056 %)Analyst
89 (5.056 %)Virtualisation Consultant
98 (4.494 %)Support Analyst
107 (3.933 %)Senior Consultant
116 (3.371 %)Developer
116 (3.371 %)Support Consultant
116 (3.371 %)Novell Engineer
125 (2.809 %)Solutions Consultant
125 (2.809 %)Pre Sales Consultant
125 (2.809 %)Information Security Consultant
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
124 (13.48 %)Computer Science
216 (8.989 %)Mathematics
313 (7.303 %)Smartcard
412 (6.742 %)NHS
412 (6.742 %)Clustering
56 (3.371 %)Management Information System
56 (3.371 %)Eucalyptus
65 (2.809 %)Biometrics
65 (2.809 %)SecurID
74 (2.247 %)Blackberry
83 (1.685 %)EqualLogic
92 (1.124 %)iPad
92 (1.124 %)iPhone
92 (1.124 %)Cloud Computing
92 (1.124 %)PDA
92 (1.124 %)Mainframe
92 (1.124 %)Enterprise Storage
101 (0.562 %)Client/Server
101 (0.562 %)E-Learning
101 (0.562 %)Tandem
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
166 (37.08 %)Windows
244 (24.72 %)UNIX
244 (24.72 %)Linux
319 (10.67 %)Windows Server 2008
417 (9.551 %)Windows Server 2003
516 (8.989 %)NetWare
613 (7.303 %)Windows 7
613 (7.303 %)Windows 2000
79 (5.056 %)Windows Vista
88 (4.494 %)Solaris
97 (3.933 %)Windows XP
97 (3.933 %)SUSE
106 (3.371 %)Windows 2000 Server
106 (3.371 %)AIX
113 (1.685 %)Windows NT
122 (1.124 %)OS/400
122 (1.124 %)HPUX
122 (1.124 %)OS/390
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
172 (40.45 %)Identity Management
239 (21.91 %)Information Security
322 (12.36 %)Project Management
420 (11.24 %)Security Architecture
517 (9.551 %)SOA
517 (9.551 %)Migration
616 (8.989 %)E-business
616 (8.989 %)IT Governance
715 (8.427 %)Enterprise Architecture
814 (7.865 %)Disaster Recovery
814 (7.865 %)Project Planning
814 (7.865 %)Workflow
913 (7.303 %)Business Continuity
913 (7.303 %)Security Management
1012 (6.742 %)BCP
1012 (6.742 %)Load Balancing
1012 (6.742 %)Requirements Analysis
1012 (6.742 %)Capacity Planning
1012 (6.742 %)High Availability
1111 (6.180 %)SIEM
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
124 (13.48 %)SQL
213 (7.303 %)Java
311 (6.180 %)JavaScript
46 (3.371 %)C
54 (2.247 %)VBScript
54 (2.247 %)VB.NET
54 (2.247 %)BeanShell
63 (1.685 %)C#
63 (1.685 %)Perl
72 (1.124 %)PHP
72 (1.124 %)VB
72 (1.124 %)Python
81 (0.562 %)Shell Script
81 (0.562 %)Bash shell
81 (0.562 %)C++
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
149 (27.53 %)Degree
224 (13.48 %)Microsoft Certification
320 (11.24 %)MCSE
419 (10.67 %)CISSP
517 (9.551 %)Cisco Certification
517 (9.551 %)CCNA
616 (8.989 %)IBM Certification
79 (5.056 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
79 (5.056 %)Security Cleared
88 (4.494 %)SC Cleared
95 (2.809 %)MCP
104 (2.247 %)CISA
104 (2.247 %)Novell Certification
113 (1.685 %)Sun Certification
113 (1.685 %)Citrix Certification
113 (1.685 %)NCDA
113 (1.685 %)NCIE
113 (1.685 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
122 (1.124 %)CRISC
122 (1.124 %)EMC Certification
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
129 (16.29 %)PCI DSS
217 (9.551 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
315 (8.427 %)ISO/IEC 27001
48 (4.494 %)SLA
54 (2.247 %)QA
IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
156 (31.46 %)Active Directory
233 (18.54 %)Novell eDirectory
326 (14.61 %)VMware Infrastructure
412 (6.742 %)vSphere
511 (6.180 %)Hyper-V
68 (4.494 %)NDS
76 (3.371 %)vCloud
76 (3.371 %)Xen
76 (3.371 %)PowerConvert
76 (3.371 %)ISA Server
84 (2.247 %)VMware ESX
84 (2.247 %)XenApp
93 (1.685 %)XenServer
93 (1.685 %)XenDesktop
93 (1.685 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
93 (1.685 %)Sendmail
101 (0.562 %)Nmap
IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
146 (25.84 %)Novell Identity Manager
242 (23.60 %)Tivoli
330 (16.85 %)Tivoli Identity Manager
415 (8.427 %)CA SiteMinder
55 (2.809 %)Backup Exec
55 (2.809 %)SCCM
55 (2.809 %)McAfee ePO
62 (1.124 %)Oracle Identity Manager
62 (1.124 %)NetBackup
62 (1.124 %)ServiceCenter
62 (1.124 %)MOM
71 (0.562 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
71 (0.562 %)ARCserve
71 (0.562 %)ZENworks
71 (0.562 %)MIMEsweeper
71 (0.562 %)Nessus
71 (0.562 %)Oracle Identity Management
71 (0.562 %)vCenter
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
193 (52.25 %)Microsoft
260 (33.71 %)Oracle
345 (25.28 %)Sun
444 (24.72 %)HP
532 (17.98 %)Citrix
630 (16.85 %)IBM
729 (16.29 %)VMware
826 (14.61 %)CA
921 (11.80 %)Cisco
1017 (9.551 %)NetIQ
1115 (8.427 %)ArcSight
1214 (7.865 %)Oblix
1214 (7.865 %)Aveksa
1214 (7.865 %)EMC
1313 (7.303 %)LogLogic
1411 (6.180 %)Dell
1510 (5.618 %)NetApp
1510 (5.618 %)Lotus
1510 (5.618 %)PlateSpin
167 (3.933 %)Apple