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 Cheshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Open Text over the 3 months to 20 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 Cheshire 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Open Text
Rank 52 - 73
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Open Text 9 0 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 1.247% - 0.412%
As % of the Vendors category 2.473% - 0.833%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 0 3
Average daily rate £475 - £275
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
Cheshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
364 464 480
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 50.42% 57.07% 49.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 141 229 256
Average daily rate £370 £353 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.89% +0.78%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £226 £286 £240
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £494 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 11 12
Average hourly rate £37.50 £15.75 £12.46
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+138.09% +26.42%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.30 £14.00 £8.75
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £30.00 £35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
Open Text
North West

Open Text
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cheshire 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 Cheshire region.

Cheshire Open Text Daily Rate Trend

Open Text
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Open Text within the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 20 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
Warrington - 6 £475 -
Open Text
North West

Open Text
Top 22 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire region citing Open Text 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 Open Text.

1 20 (100.00%) SAP
2 18 (90.00%) Test Scripting
3 13 (65.00%) SAP HR
4 4 (20.00%) LiveLink
5 3 (15.00%) SAP FI-AP
6 2 (10.00%) SAP CO
6 2 (10.00%) SAP FI/CO
6 2 (10.00%) SAP FI
7 1 (5.000%) SAP MM
7 1 (5.000%) SAP PS
7 1 (5.000%) OO
7 1 (5.000%) Business Intelligence
7 1 (5.000%) Adobe
7 1 (5.000%) SAP SD
7 1 (5.000%) Workflow
7 1 (5.000%) Web Dynpro
7 1 (5.000%) Retail
7 1 (5.000%) QA
7 1 (5.000%) ABAP
7 1 (5.000%) SAP Business Workflow
7 1 (5.000%) SAP GRC
7 1 (5.000%) SAP BPC

Open Text
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire region citing Open Text 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 Open Text. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (5.000%) Web Dynpro
1 1 (5.000%) SAP Business Workflow
Application Platforms
1 4 (20.00%) LiveLink
Business Applications
1 13 (65.00%) SAP HR
2 3 (15.00%) SAP FI-AP
3 2 (10.00%) SAP FI/CO
3 2 (10.00%) SAP CO
3 2 (10.00%) SAP FI
4 1 (5.000%) SAP MM
4 1 (5.000%) SAP PS
4 1 (5.000%) SAP SD
4 1 (5.000%) SAP GRC
4 1 (5.000%) SAP BPC
General
1 1 (5.000%) Retail
Job Titles
1 19 (95.00%) Consultant
2 7 (35.00%) Functional Consultant
3 3 (15.00%) SAP Consultant
4 1 (5.000%) ABAP Developer
4 1 (5.000%) SAP FI Consultant
4 1 (5.000%) SAP CO Consultant
4 1 (5.000%) SAP Developer
4 1 (5.000%) SAP FI/CO Consultant
4 1 (5.000%) Developer
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (90.00%) Test Scripting
2 1 (5.000%) OO
2 1 (5.000%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (5.000%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.000%) ABAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.000%) QA
Vendors
1 20 (100.00%) SAP
2 1 (5.000%) Adobe