The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Kronos products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Kronos 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 England 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 Kronos, Inc.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Kronos
Rank 506 548 542
Rank change year-on-year
+42 -6
Contract jobs citing Kronos 6 9 13
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.014% 0.017% 0.023%
As % of the Vendors category 0.030% 0.036% 0.051%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 6 6
Average daily rate £300 £369 £388
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-18.64% -4.83%
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £338 £400
% change year-on-year
-11.11% -15.62%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Vendors
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
19712 24757 25541
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 46.59% 46.27% 46.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 10815 13100 13150
Average daily rate £400 £400 £420
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -4.76%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £230 £238 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £550 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 1143 1239 1486
Average hourly rate £19.63 £20.00 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-1.87% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.35 £11.64 £11.38
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £41.50 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year
- -7.31%
Kronos
UK

Kronos
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England Kronos Jobs Demand Trend

Kronos
Daily Rate Trend

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

England Kronos Daily Rate Trend

Kronos
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England Kronos Hourly Rate Trend

Kronos
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Kronos within the England region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
South West +24 4 - -
North East +8 1 £300 -
North West - 1 £300 -
Kronos
UK

Kronos
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing Kronos 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 Kronos.

1 8 (80.00%) Oracle
2 7 (70.00%) SQL
2 7 (70.00%) ITIL
2 7 (70.00%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
2 7 (70.00%) Microsoft
2 7 (70.00%) Lawson
2 7 (70.00%) Finance
2 7 (70.00%) Retail
2 7 (70.00%) Software Testing
2 7 (70.00%) Incident Management
2 7 (70.00%) Degree
2 7 (70.00%) Test Scripting
2 7 (70.00%) Time Management
2 7 (70.00%) Fiserv
3 4 (40.00%) Analytics
3 4 (40.00%) ATG
3 4 (40.00%) EPoS
3 4 (40.00%) Mobile Commerce
3 4 (40.00%) E-Commerce
3 4 (40.00%) Web Services
4 3 (30.00%) ISEB
4 3 (30.00%) JIRA
4 3 (30.00%) JMeter
5 1 (10.00%) Data Cleansing
5 1 (10.00%) i-GRasp
5 1 (10.00%) Taleo
5 1 (10.00%) Management Information System
5 1 (10.00%) Project Management
5 1 (10.00%) SAP HR
5 1 (10.00%) Data Warehouse

Kronos
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing Kronos 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 Kronos. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 4 (40.00%) Web Services
Business Applications
1 7 (70.00%) Lawson
2 1 (10.00%) Taleo
2 1 (10.00%) SAP HR
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (10.00%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 3 (30.00%) JIRA
1 3 (30.00%) JMeter
General
1 7 (70.00%) Finance
1 7 (70.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 9 (90.00%) Analyst
2 7 (70.00%) Applications Support
3 4 (40.00%) Support Analyst
3 4 (40.00%) Help Desk Analyst
4 3 (30.00%) Systems Support
4 3 (30.00%) Senior Analyst
5 1 (10.00%) Kronos Consultant
5 1 (10.00%) SAP Analyst
5 1 (10.00%) SAP HR Analyst
5 1 (10.00%) Systems Analyst
5 1 (10.00%) Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 4 (40.00%) EPoS
2 1 (10.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (70.00%) ITIL
1 7 (70.00%) Software Testing
1 7 (70.00%) Incident Management
1 7 (70.00%) Test Scripting
1 7 (70.00%) Time Management
2 4 (40.00%) Analytics
2 4 (40.00%) Mobile Commerce
2 4 (40.00%) E-Commerce
3 1 (10.00%) Data Cleansing
3 1 (10.00%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (70.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (70.00%) Degree
2 3 (30.00%) ISEB
Systems Management
1 7 (70.00%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
Vendors
1 8 (80.00%) Oracle
2 7 (70.00%) Microsoft
2 7 (70.00%) Fiserv
3 4 (40.00%) ATG
4 1 (10.00%) i-GRasp
4 1 (10.00%) SAP