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The table below looks at the demand for Open Text LiveLink skills within the City of London region with a comparison to our Application Platforms category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited LiveLink over the 3 months to 7 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkOpen Text LiveLink
Location
3 months to
7 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank201-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads10
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.000 %
As % of the category below0.100 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£304£313
% change on same period last year-2.66 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.00£32.50
% change on same period last year-7.69 %
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
City of London
Matching contract IT job ads1001748
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.423 %0.755 %
Daily rates quoted521283
Average minimum daily rate£362£400
Average daily rate£391£420
% change on same period last year-6.90 %
Average maximum daily rate£420£440
UK excluding London average daily rate£350£339
% change on same period last year+3.32 %
Hourly rates quoted5462
Average minimum hourly rate£21.32£22.04
Average hourly rate£22.77£23.29
% change on same period last year-2.24 %
Average maximum hourly rate£24.22£24.54
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.54£24.08
% change on same period last year+1.92 %
LiveLink LondonLiveLink
London

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.

LiveLink
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing LiveLink across the City of London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Platforms category.

City of London LiveLink Demand Trend

LiveLink
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing LiveLink across the City of London region.

City of London LiveLink Daily Rate Trend

LiveLink
Top 28 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing LiveLink 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 LiveLink.

114 (93.33 %)Document Management
210 (66.67 %)Workflow
39 (60.00 %)Insurance
48 (53.33 %)Open Text
57 (46.67 %)EDRMS
66 (40.00 %)SharePoint
66 (40.00 %)Hummingbird
75 (33.33 %)C#
75 (33.33 %)SQL
75 (33.33 %)Transact-SQL
75 (33.33 %)VB.NET
75 (33.33 %).NET
75 (33.33 %)SQL Server
75 (33.33 %)ETL
84 (26.67 %)Documentum
84 (26.67 %)Business Analysis
92 (13.33 %)Risk Management
92 (13.33 %)Project Management
92 (13.33 %)Extranet
92 (13.33 %)MS Office
92 (13.33 %)Java
92 (13.33 %)CA Clarity
101 (6.667 %)MS Visio
101 (6.667 %)PRINCE2
101 (6.667 %)ERwin
101 (6.667 %)PRINCE2 Certification
101 (6.667 %)Content Management
101 (6.667 %)CMS

LiveLink
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing LiveLink 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 LiveLink. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
15 (33.33 %).NET
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
16 (40.00 %)SharePoint
24 (26.67 %)Documentum
31 (6.667 %)CMS
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
12 (13.33 %)MS Office
12 (13.33 %)CA Clarity
21 (6.667 %)MS Visio
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (13.33 %)Extranet
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
17 (46.67 %)EDRMS
25 (33.33 %)SQL Server
25 (33.33 %)ETL
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (6.667 %)ERwin
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
19 (60.00 %)Insurance
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
15 (33.33 %).NET Developer
15 (33.33 %)VB.NET Developer
15 (33.33 %)Developer
23 (20.00 %)Business Analyst
23 (20.00 %)Analyst
32 (13.33 %)Solutions Designer
32 (13.33 %)Business Systems Analyst
32 (13.33 %)Systems Analyst
32 (13.33 %)Project Manager
41 (6.667 %)Consultant
41 (6.667 %)Technical Project Manager
41 (6.667 %)IT Manager
41 (6.667 %)IT Project Manager
41 (6.667 %)Technical Manager
41 (6.667 %)Insurance Business Analyst
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
114 (93.33 %)Document Management
210 (66.67 %)Workflow
34 (26.67 %)Business Analysis
42 (13.33 %)Risk Management
42 (13.33 %)Project Management
51 (6.667 %)PRINCE2
51 (6.667 %)Content Management
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
15 (33.33 %)C#
15 (33.33 %)SQL
15 (33.33 %)Transact-SQL
15 (33.33 %)VB.NET
22 (13.33 %)Java
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (6.667 %)PRINCE2 Certification
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
18 (53.33 %)Open Text
26 (40.00 %)Hummingbird