The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Orchard 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 Orchard over the 3 months to 22 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 Orchard Information Systems Ltd.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Orchard
Rank - - -
Contract jobs citing Orchard 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East Midlands - - -
As % of the Vendors category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate - £275 -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £16.50 -
All Vendors
East Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
580 588 579
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East Midlands 45.96% 42.06% 42.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 228 282 205
Average daily rate £325 £335 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.98% +3.07%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £245 £175 £160
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £475 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 65 51 69
Average hourly rate £17.75 £17.50 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+1.42% -12.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.14 £8.50 £11.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £30.00 £57.50 £34.88
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
Orchard
England

Orchard
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East Midlands Orchard Jobs Demand Trend

Orchard
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Orchard across the East Midlands region.

East Midlands Orchard Daily Rate Trend

Orchard
Hourly Rate Trend

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

East Midlands Orchard Hourly Rate Trend

Orchard
Top 5 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands region citing Orchard 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 Orchard.

1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) MS Access
1 1 (100.00%) CRM
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Workflow

Orchard
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands region citing Orchard 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 Orchard. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) MS Access
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
1 1 (100.00%) CRM Developer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) CRM
1 1 (100.00%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft