The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Lagan 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 Lagan over the 3 months to 24 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 KANA Lagan.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Lagan
Rank 501 547 565
Rank change year-on-year
+46 +18
Contract jobs citing Lagan 12 12 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.029% 0.022% 0.011%
As % of the Vendors category 0.062% 0.049% 0.023%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 3 5
Average daily rate £375 £475 £365
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-21.05% +30.13%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £289 £475 £335
10% offered a daily rate of more than £413 £495 £375
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £475 £365
% change year-on-year
-21.05% +30.13%
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
19388 24654 25908
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 46.63% 46.22% 46.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 10664 13039 13321
Average daily rate £400 £400 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -5.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £230 £235 £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 1105 1232 1516
Average hourly rate £19.63 £19.63 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -1.87%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.35 £11.50 £11.38
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £41.50 £39.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
Lagan
UK

Lagan
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England Lagan Jobs Demand Trend

Lagan
Daily Rate Trend

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

England Lagan Daily Rate Trend

Lagan
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Lagan across the England region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

England Lagan Daily Rate Histogram

Lagan
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England Lagan Hourly Rate Trend

Lagan
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Lagan within the England region over the 3 months to 24 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 East - 7 £289 -
Yorkshire -2 2 £413 -13.15%
North West - 1 - -
South West - 1 £400 -
West Midlands - 1 £350 -
Lagan
UK

Lagan
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing Lagan 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 Lagan.

1 9 (56.25%) CRM
2 7 (43.75%) SQL Server
3 6 (37.50%) SQL
4 5 (31.25%) .NET
4 5 (31.25%) C#
4 5 (31.25%) Business Objects
4 5 (31.25%) XML
4 5 (31.25%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 5 (31.25%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 5 (31.25%) BusinessObjects XI
4 5 (31.25%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 3 (18.75%) Ajax
5 3 (18.75%) XHTML
5 3 (18.75%) Visual Studio
5 3 (18.75%) ASP.NET
5 3 (18.75%) CSS
5 3 (18.75%) HTML
5 3 (18.75%) Java
5 3 (18.75%) VB.NET
5 3 (18.75%) Web Services
6 2 (12.50%) SLA
6 2 (12.50%) BizTalk Server
6 2 (12.50%) Project Management
6 2 (12.50%) JavaScript
6 2 (12.50%) PHP
6 2 (12.50%) SOAP
6 2 (12.50%) XSL
6 2 (12.50%) HTML5
6 2 (12.50%) Back Office
6 2 (12.50%) Workflow

Lagan
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing Lagan 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 Lagan. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 5 (31.25%) .NET
1 5 (31.25%) XML
2 3 (18.75%) Ajax
2 3 (18.75%) XHTML
2 3 (18.75%) ASP.NET
2 3 (18.75%) CSS
2 3 (18.75%) HTML
2 3 (18.75%) Web Services
3 2 (12.50%) SOAP
3 2 (12.50%) XSL
3 2 (12.50%) HTML5
4 1 (6.250%) XSLT
4 1 (6.250%) JavaBeans
Application Platforms
1 2 (12.50%) BizTalk Server
2 1 (6.250%) Apache
2 1 (6.250%) Tomcat
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.250%) CTI
1 1 (6.250%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (43.75%) SQL Server
2 5 (31.25%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 5 (31.25%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 5 (31.25%) BusinessObjects XI
2 5 (31.25%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 1 (6.250%) SQL Server 2005
3 1 (6.250%) Oracle 8/8i
Development Applications
1 3 (18.75%) Visual Studio
General
1 2 (12.50%) Back Office
2 1 (6.250%) Telecoms
2 1 (6.250%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 6 (37.50%) Developer
2 5 (31.25%) Systems Administrator
2 5 (31.25%) Administrator
3 3 (18.75%) Web Developer
3 3 (18.75%) Consultant
4 2 (12.50%) Analyst
4 2 (12.50%) Project Manager
5 1 (6.250%) Java Developer
5 1 (6.250%) Systems Developer
5 1 (6.250%) Business Consultant
5 1 (6.250%) CRM Consultant
5 1 (6.250%) BizTalk Developer
5 1 (6.250%) BizTalk Consultant
5 1 (6.250%) Systems Integrator
5 1 (6.250%) Telecoms Project Manager
5 1 (6.250%) Telephony Project Manager
5 1 (6.250%) CRM Analyst
5 1 (6.250%) Business Analyst
5 1 (6.250%) IT Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (6.250%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 1 (6.250%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (56.25%) CRM
2 2 (12.50%) Project Management
2 2 (12.50%) Workflow
3 1 (6.250%) Web Development
3 1 (6.250%) WFM
3 1 (6.250%) PRINCE2
3 1 (6.250%) BPR
Programming Languages
1 6 (37.50%) SQL
2 5 (31.25%) C#
3 3 (18.75%) Java
3 3 (18.75%) VB.NET
4 2 (12.50%) JavaScript
4 2 (12.50%) PHP
5 1 (6.250%) XPath
5 1 (6.250%) T-SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (12.50%) SLA
Vendors
1 5 (31.25%) Business Objects
2 1 (6.250%) KANA
2 1 (6.250%) Mitel
2 1 (6.250%) Oracle
2 1 (6.250%) Microsoft