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This section looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of CA products and/or services in IT contracts within the England region with a comparison to our Vendors category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited CA over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkCA
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank352389
Rank change on same period last yearUp+37
Matching contract IT job ads219275
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.292 %0.278 %
As % of the category below0.737 %0.691 %
Daily rates quoted5887
Average minimum daily rate£404£333
Average daily rate£426£346
% change on same period last year+23.25 %
Average maximum daily rate£449£359
UK excluding London average daily rate£406£360
% change on same period last year+12.68 %
Hourly rates quoted314
Average minimum hourly rate£30.44£31.13
Average hourly rate£32.11£32.40
% change on same period last year-0.90 %
Average maximum hourly rate£33.77£33.67
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.11£35.50
% change on same period last year-9.55 %
England IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
England
Matching contract IT job ads2973439815
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled39.63 %40.28 %
Daily rates quoted913111801
Average minimum daily rate£384£388
Average daily rate£408£412
% change on same period last year-0.92 %
Average maximum daily rate£433£436
UK excluding London average daily rate£357£359
% change on same period last year-0.40 %
Hourly rates quoted26843366
Average minimum hourly rate£21.99£24.20
Average hourly rate£23.52£25.82
% change on same period last year-8.91 %
Average maximum hourly rate£25.05£27.44
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.25£24.99
% change on same period last year-6.94 %
CA UKCA
UK

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.

These figures represent the IT job market and are NOT representative of employment within CA, Inc.

CA
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing CA across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

England CA Demand Trend

CA
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing CA across the England region.

England CA Daily Rate Trend

CA
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing CA across the England region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

England CA Daily Rate Histogram

CA
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing CA across the England region.

England CA Hourly Rate Trend

CA
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CA within the England region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
South EastUp+3489£332-10.41 %
LondonUp+1862£462+40.15 %
East of EnglandUp+2018£549+29.17 %
West MidlandsUp+1417£500-
North WestDown-314£360-13.50 %
South WestUp+227£474+143.87 %
YorkshireUp+103£330-
East MidlandsNew entry-2--
MidlandsDown-32--
CA UKCA
UK

CA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing CA 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 CA.

181 (20.98 %)SAP
267 (17.36 %)Finance
364 (16.58 %)Unicenter
457 (14.77 %)Windows
552 (13.47 %)Oracle
649 (12.69 %)SQL
747 (12.18 %)IBM
846 (11.92 %)SAP FI
943 (11.14 %)Security Cleared
1042 (10.88 %)Mainframe
1141 (10.62 %)SAP FI-CA
1236 (9.326 %)SQL Server
1236 (9.326 %)SC Cleared
1334 (8.808 %)UNIX
1430 (7.772 %)Government
1529 (7.513 %)SAP IS-U
1627 (6.995 %)Microsoft
1627 (6.995 %)Billing
1726 (6.736 %)Data Modelling
1825 (6.477 %)HP
1825 (6.477 %)Oracle 8/8i
1825 (6.477 %)Java
1923 (5.959 %)Configuration Management
2022 (5.699 %)Tivoli
2022 (5.699 %)Retail
2022 (5.699 %)WebSphere
2121 (5.440 %)CA Clarity
2220 (5.181 %)Migration
2220 (5.181 %)Tomcat
2319 (4.922 %)ITIL

CA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing CA 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 CA. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

England IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
122 (5.699 %)WebSphere
219 (4.922 %)XML
311 (2.850 %).NET
311 (2.850 %)WebServices
49 (2.332 %)Middleware
49 (2.332 %)SAP BSP
58 (2.073 %)ASP.NET
67 (1.813 %)BAPI
76 (1.554 %)SAP Smart Forms
85 (1.295 %)J2EE
85 (1.295 %)SAP XI
94 (1.036 %)SAP Business Workflow
103 (0.777 %)ASP
103 (0.777 %)HTML
112 (0.518 %)EJB
112 (0.518 %)CSS
112 (0.518 %)JSP
112 (0.518 %)Servlets
112 (0.518 %)Hibernate
112 (0.518 %)Application Packaging
England IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
120 (5.181 %)Tomcat
216 (4.145 %)WebLogic
216 (4.145 %)Apache
312 (3.109 %)CICS
47 (1.813 %)CMS
47 (1.813 %)IIS
54 (1.036 %)SAS
54 (1.036 %)MQSeries
54 (1.036 %)ESB
63 (0.777 %)SharePoint
63 (0.777 %)Lotus Notes
72 (0.518 %)MS Exchange
72 (0.518 %)SharePoint Server 2007
72 (0.518 %)Exchange Server 2003
72 (0.518 %)WebSphere MQ
81 (0.259 %)Oracle Collaboration Suite
81 (0.259 %)Oracle Application Server
81 (0.259 %)Exchange Server 2000
81 (0.259 %)SharePoint Portal Server
81 (0.259 %)Oracle Spatial
England IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
121 (5.440 %)CA Clarity
215 (3.886 %)MS Project
313 (3.368 %)Open Workbench
46 (1.554 %)MS Office
54 (1.036 %)MS Excel
63 (0.777 %)PrintSoft PReS
72 (0.518 %)MS PowerPoint
72 (0.518 %)MS Visio
England IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
146 (11.92 %)SAP FI
241 (10.62 %)SAP FI-CA
329 (7.513 %)SAP IS-U
47 (1.813 %)SAP FI/CO
47 (1.813 %)SAP CO
55 (1.295 %)SAP CRM
64 (1.036 %)Oracle EBS
73 (0.777 %)MAXIMO
82 (0.518 %)SAP Oil and Gas
82 (0.518 %)Oracle 11i
82 (0.518 %)WebTrends
91 (0.259 %)SAP R/3
91 (0.259 %)SAP HR
91 (0.259 %)Oracle Applications
91 (0.259 %)BPCS
91 (0.259 %)Dynamics AX
91 (0.259 %)SAP MDM
England IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
111 (2.850 %)LDAP
29 (2.332 %)TCP/IP
38 (2.073 %)SAN
47 (1.813 %)VPN
55 (1.295 %)DNS
55 (1.295 %)VLAN
64 (1.036 %)Firewall
64 (1.036 %)WAN
64 (1.036 %)LAN
64 (1.036 %)Internet
64 (1.036 %)MPLS
73 (0.777 %)DHCP
82 (0.518 %)Extranet
82 (0.518 %)VoIP
82 (0.518 %)CTI
82 (0.518 %)Intranet
91 (0.259 %)3G
91 (0.259 %)NetScreen
91 (0.259 %)FTP
91 (0.259 %)HTTP
England IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
136 (9.326 %)SQL Server
225 (6.477 %)Oracle 8/8i
315 (3.886 %)TOAD
414 (3.627 %)Oracle Reports
513 (3.368 %)Datawarehouse
610 (2.591 %)BusinessObjects
77 (1.813 %)DB2
77 (1.813 %)Crystal Reports
84 (1.036 %)Data Cleansing
93 (0.777 %)Oracle 10g
93 (0.777 %)Oracle 9i
93 (0.777 %)ETL
102 (0.518 %)MS Access
102 (0.518 %)SQL Server 2005
102 (0.518 %)SQL Server 2000
111 (0.259 %)GIS
111 (0.259 %)Oracle OWB
111 (0.259 %)SAP BW
111 (0.259 %)SQL Server 7
111 (0.259 %)Adabas
England IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
113 (3.368 %)StarTeam
212 (3.109 %)ERwin
38 (2.073 %)ClearCase
46 (1.554 %)WebLogic Workshop
53 (0.777 %)Oracle Forms
62 (0.518 %)Visual Studio
62 (0.518 %)MSI
62 (0.518 %)InstallShield
71 (0.259 %)CruiseControl
71 (0.259 %)Subversion
71 (0.259 %)Ant
71 (0.259 %)WinRunner
71 (0.259 %)TestDirector
71 (0.259 %)LoadRunner
71 (0.259 %)Synon
71 (0.259 %)Advantage 2E
71 (0.259 %)COOL2E
71 (0.259 %)RequisitePro
71 (0.259 %)ClearQuest
71 (0.259 %)Rational Robot
England IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
167 (17.36 %)Finance
230 (7.772 %)Government
327 (6.995 %)Billing
422 (5.699 %)Retail
59 (2.332 %)Banking
68 (2.073 %)Pensions
77 (1.813 %)Insurance
84 (1.036 %)Investment Banking
84 (1.036 %)Auditing
84 (1.036 %)Telecoms
91 (0.259 %)Pharmaceutical
91 (0.259 %)Back Office
91 (0.259 %)Manufacturing
91 (0.259 %)Publishing
England IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1137 (35.49 %)Consultant
258 (15.03 %)SAP Consultant
350 (12.95 %)Developer
440 (10.36 %)Analyst
530 (7.772 %)Architect
629 (7.513 %)SAP FI Consultant
728 (7.254 %)Administrator
819 (4.922 %)SAP IS-U Consultant
819 (4.922 %)SAP ISU Consultant
918 (4.663 %)Business Analyst
1013 (3.368 %)Solutions Architect
1112 (3.109 %)Project Manager
1112 (3.109 %)Programmer
1112 (3.109 %)Systems Programmer
1211 (2.850 %)Storage Administrator
138 (2.073 %)Windows Administrator
138 (2.073 %)Support Analyst
147 (1.813 %)Systems Architect
147 (1.813 %)Enterprise Architect
156 (1.554 %)Systems Manager
England IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
142 (10.88 %)Mainframe
213 (3.368 %)Data Integration
312 (3.109 %)IBM Mainframe
410 (2.591 %)Replication
55 (1.295 %)Management Information System
62 (0.518 %)AS400
62 (0.518 %)Client/Server
62 (0.518 %)Smartcard
62 (0.518 %)CMDB
62 (0.518 %)Neural Network
62 (0.518 %)PKI
71 (0.259 %)Spread Betting
71 (0.259 %)French Language
71 (0.259 %)German Language
71 (0.259 %)Portuguese Language
71 (0.259 %)Spanish Language
71 (0.259 %)Credit Risk
71 (0.259 %)Fat Client
71 (0.259 %)Blackberry
71 (0.259 %)Thin Client
England IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
157 (14.77 %)Windows
234 (8.808 %)UNIX
317 (4.404 %)zOS
412 (3.109 %)Solaris
511 (2.850 %)AIX
69 (2.332 %)MVS
78 (2.073 %)HPUX
87 (1.813 %)Windows 2000
96 (1.554 %)Windows NT
105 (1.295 %)Windows XP
105 (1.295 %)Linux
114 (1.036 %)Windows Server 2003
114 (1.036 %)SUSE
121 (0.259 %)OS/400
England IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
143 (11.14 %)Security Cleared
236 (9.326 %)SC Cleared
326 (6.736 %)Data Modelling
423 (5.959 %)Configuration Management
520 (5.181 %)Migration
619 (4.922 %)ITIL
717 (4.404 %)CRM
815 (3.886 %)Change Management
815 (3.886 %)Data Migration
914 (3.627 %)Data Mapping
1012 (3.109 %)Software Engineering
1111 (2.850 %)Project Management
1111 (2.850 %)Service Management
129 (2.332 %)Service Delivery
129 (2.332 %)Data Analysis
129 (2.332 %)User Acceptance Testing
138 (2.073 %)PRINCE
147 (1.813 %)Technical Architecture
156 (1.554 %)Release Management
156 (1.554 %)Asset Management
England IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
149 (12.69 %)SQL
225 (6.477 %)Java
315 (3.886 %)ABAP
411 (2.850 %)REXX
59 (2.332 %)Shell Script
59 (2.332 %)JavaScript
68 (2.073 %)JCL
77 (1.813 %)C#
86 (1.554 %)C
86 (1.554 %)VBA
95 (1.295 %)PL/SQL
103 (0.777 %)SAPscript
103 (0.777 %)Korn
111 (0.259 %)XPath
111 (0.259 %)MapBasic
111 (0.259 %)RPG
111 (0.259 %)VB
111 (0.259 %)Perl
England IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
111 (2.850 %)MCSE
111 (2.850 %)Microsoft Certification
29 (2.332 %)MCSA
35 (1.295 %)ITIL Certification
44 (1.036 %)ACCA
44 (1.036 %)CCIE
44 (1.036 %)Cisco Certification
44 (1.036 %)Degree
53 (0.777 %)CIMA
62 (0.518 %)Citrix Certification
62 (0.518 %)MIIA
71 (0.259 %)PRINCE2 Certification
71 (0.259 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
England IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
17 (1.813 %)QA
25 (1.295 %)COBIT
34 (1.036 %)SLA
43 (0.777 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
52 (0.518 %)GCP
England IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
113 (3.368 %)Active Directory
28 (2.073 %)Oracle RAC
32 (0.518 %)RACF
32 (0.518 %)VMware ESX
41 (0.259 %)NetBackup
41 (0.259 %)Backup Exec
41 (0.259 %)VMware Infrastructure
41 (0.259 %)ISA Server
41 (0.259 %)NFS
England IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
164 (16.58 %)Unicenter
222 (5.699 %)Tivoli
318 (4.663 %)AutoSys
47 (1.813 %)OpenView
55 (1.295 %)MOM
64 (1.036 %)BMC PATROL
64 (1.036 %)OMEGAMON
73 (0.777 %)EMC TimeFinder
73 (0.777 %)CA SiteMinder
73 (0.777 %)ARCserve
73 (0.777 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
73 (0.777 %)Netcool
73 (0.777 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
73 (0.777 %)Legato
82 (0.518 %)CONTROL-M
82 (0.518 %)MIIS
82 (0.518 %)EMC NetWorker
91 (0.259 %)SCOM
91 (0.259 %)WSUS
91 (0.259 %)MAILsweeper
England IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
181 (20.98 %)SAP
252 (13.47 %)Oracle
347 (12.18 %)IBM
427 (6.995 %)Microsoft
525 (6.477 %)HP
616 (4.145 %)EMC
715 (3.886 %)Actuate
715 (3.886 %)Niku
814 (3.627 %)VMware
814 (3.627 %)Serena
814 (3.627 %)Borland
912 (3.109 %)Hitachi
1010 (2.591 %)Business Objects
1010 (2.591 %)Cisco
117 (1.813 %)BMC
124 (1.036 %)Informatica
124 (1.036 %)Citrix
124 (1.036 %)Avaya
124 (1.036 %)Sybase
124 (1.036 %)Blue Coat
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