The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Open Text products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Birmingham region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Open Text over the 3 months to 23 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 Birmingham 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 the Open Text Corporation.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Open Text
Rank - - 48
Contract jobs citing Open Text 0 0 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Birmingham - - 0.193%
As % of the Vendors category - - 0.407%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £475 £343 £350
% change year-on-year
+38.68% -2.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Vendors
Birmingham
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
214 300 246
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Birmingham 48.97% 47.92% 47.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 90 137 119
Average daily rate £340 £325 £320
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.61% +1.56%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £212 £163 £173
10% offered a daily rate of more than £457 £478 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 22 22
Average hourly rate £20.98 £14.50 £15.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+44.68% -3.33%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.76 £10.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £106.00 £33.00 £20.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.25
% change year-on-year
- -6.17%
Open Text
West Midlands

Open Text
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Birmingham Open Text Jobs Demand Trend

Open Text
Daily Rate Trend

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

Birmingham Open Text Daily Rate Trend
Birmingham, West Midlands
Must have skillsVisual Basic 6 Visual Basic .NET (ideally Visual Studio 2008 or above) Ideally have (but not absolutely essential) Oracle PL/SQL (10g or higher) ViewStar (OpenText...
Capita Resourcing
Rate: £25000.00 - £35000.00 per annum
Posted: 1 May 2013