The first table below looks at the demand for VisionPLUS skills 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 VisionPLUS over the 3 months to 17 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 of the Business Applications category 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.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
First Data VisionPLUS
Rank - 84 69
Contract jobs citing VisionPLUS 0 2 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East Midlands - 0.147% 0.439%
As % of the Business Applications category - 2.000% 5.660%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 5
Average daily rate - £513 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +20.58%
UK excluding London average daily rate £338 £500 £400
% change year-on-year
-32.50% +25.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Business Applications
East Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Business Applications category
76 100 106
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East Midlands 6.027% 7.326% 7.749%
Number of daily rates quoted 38 42 45
Average daily rate £450 £425 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.88% +6.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £308 £290 £325
10% offered a daily rate of more than £585 £530 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £438 £420
% change year-on-year
-2.85% +4.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 9 3
Average hourly rate £15.50 £55.00 £28.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-71.81% +96.42%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.80 £22.92 £20.00
% change year-on-year
+64.92% +14.60%
VisionPLUS
England

VisionPLUS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East Midlands VisionPLUS Jobs Demand Trend

VisionPLUS
Daily Rate Trend

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

East Midlands VisionPLUS Daily Rate Trend

VisionPLUS
Hourly Rate Trend

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

East Midlands VisionPLUS Hourly Rate Trend

VisionPLUS
Top 25 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands region citing VisionPLUS 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 VisionPLUS.

1 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
1 2 (66.67%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Migration
2 1 (33.33%) SQL
2 1 (33.33%) MS Office
2 1 (33.33%) RUP
2 1 (33.33%) MS Excel
2 1 (33.33%) MS Visio
2 1 (33.33%) ATM
2 1 (33.33%) Change Management
2 1 (33.33%) GAP Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) Banking
2 1 (33.33%) Retail
2 1 (33.33%) Business Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) Capita
2 1 (33.33%) Requirements Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) Retail Banking
2 1 (33.33%) QA
2 1 (33.33%) Credit Risk
2 1 (33.33%) Use Case
2 1 (33.33%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Data Migration
2 1 (33.33%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (33.33%) Business Process Improvement
2 1 (33.33%) Business Transformation

VisionPLUS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands region citing VisionPLUS 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 VisionPLUS. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications
1 1 (33.33%) MS Office
1 1 (33.33%) MS Excel
1 1 (33.33%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) ATM
General
1 2 (66.67%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Banking
2 1 (33.33%) Retail
2 1 (33.33%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Business Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Tester
1 1 (33.33%) Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Test Team Leader
1 1 (33.33%) Team Leader
1 1 (33.33%) QA Tester
1 1 (33.33%) VisionPlus Business Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) QA Leader
1 1 (33.33%) Lead Tester
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Credit Risk
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (33.33%) Business Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) Requirements Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) Use Case
2 1 (33.33%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Data Migration
2 1 (33.33%) Business Process Improvement
2 1 (33.33%) Business Transformation
2 1 (33.33%) RUP
2 1 (33.33%) Change Management
2 1 (33.33%) GAP Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Capita