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 East Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Open Text over the 3 months to 21 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 East Midlands 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Open Text
Rank 83 83 -
Rank change year-on-year
0 -
Contract jobs citing Open Text 1 2 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East Midlands 0.079% 0.146% -
As % of the Vendors category 0.172% 0.348% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
Average daily rate £363 £300 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+20.83% -
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
East Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
580 575 581
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East Midlands 45.63% 42.06% 42.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 229 275 204
Average daily rate £325 £338 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.70% +3.84%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £245 £180 £160
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £475 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 64 50 70
Average hourly rate £17.50 £17.50 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -12.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.11 £8.50 £11.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £30.00 £57.50 £34.63
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year
- -7.31%
Open Text
England

Open Text
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East Midlands 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 East Midlands region.

East Midlands Open Text Daily Rate Trend

Open Text
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Open Text across the East Midlands region.

East Midlands Open Text Hourly Rate Trend

Open Text
Top 12 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands 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 3 (75.00%) Migration
1 3 (75.00%) LiveLink
1 3 (75.00%) Document Management
2 2 (50.00%) Content Management
2 2 (50.00%) PRINCE2
2 2 (50.00%) Project Management
3 1 (25.00%) Management Information System
3 1 (25.00%) Information Management
3 1 (25.00%) Northgate
3 1 (25.00%) Data Migration
3 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
3 1 (25.00%) SWIFT

Open Text
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands 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 Platforms
1 3 (75.00%) LiveLink
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Business Analyst
1 2 (50.00%) Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Business Systems Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Systems Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Consultant
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Business Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Management Consultant
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (25.00%) SWIFT
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Migration
1 3 (75.00%) Document Management
2 2 (50.00%) Content Management
2 2 (50.00%) PRINCE2
2 2 (50.00%) Project Management
3 1 (25.00%) Information Management
3 1 (25.00%) Data Migration
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Northgate