The first table below looks at the demand for LiveLink skills in IT contracts advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited LiveLink 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 Application Platforms category 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.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Open Text LiveLink
Rank 496 491 511
Rank change year-on-year
-5 +20
Contract jobs citing LiveLink 14 67 61
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.034% 0.126% 0.108%
As % of the Application Platforms category 0.184% 0.765% 0.640%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 24 33
Average daily rate £433 £405 £385
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.79% +5.19%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £260 £315 £334
10% offered a daily rate of more than £483 £500 £448
UK excluding London average daily rate £463 £383 £350
% change year-on-year
+20.60% +9.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 7 1
Average hourly rate - £18.50 £17.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +5.71%
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £17.75 £17.50
% change year-on-year
- +1.42%
All Application Platforms
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
7610 8762 9528
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 18.31% 16.42% 16.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 4375 4958 5146
Average daily rate £360 £350 £388
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.85% -9.67%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £225 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £523 £500 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £350
% change year-on-year
- -7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 426 395 531
Average hourly rate £21.34 £20.00 £19.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+6.67% +5.26%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £12.00 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.20 £40.00 £41.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £20.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.00% -
LiveLink
UK

LiveLink
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England LiveLink Jobs Demand Trend

LiveLink
Daily Rate Trend

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

England LiveLink Daily Rate Trend

LiveLink
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing LiveLink across the England region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

England LiveLink Daily Rate Histogram

LiveLink
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England LiveLink Hourly Rate Trend

LiveLink
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing LiveLink within the England region over the 3 months to 17 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
London -5 7 £375 -8.53%
North West +12 5 £475 -
West Midlands +8 1 - -
South East +6 1 - -
LiveLink
UK

LiveLink
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing LiveLink 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 LiveLink.

1 25 (51.02%) Open Text
2 21 (42.86%) SharePoint
3 20 (40.82%) Document Management
4 13 (26.53%) Active Directory
5 12 (24.49%) Microsoft
5 12 (24.49%) Content Management
5 12 (24.49%) Finance
6 11 (22.45%) SQL
7 10 (20.41%) Windows
7 10 (20.41%) MS Excel
8 8 (16.33%) Siebel
8 8 (16.33%) LDAP
8 8 (16.33%) HTML
8 8 (16.33%) JavaScript
8 8 (16.33%) MS Office
8 8 (16.33%) CSS
9 5 (10.20%) Migration
9 5 (10.20%) Stakeholder Management
9 5 (10.20%) MS PowerPoint
9 5 (10.20%) Incident Management
9 5 (10.20%) Taxonomies
9 5 (10.20%) Test Scripting
9 5 (10.20%) Security Cleared
9 5 (10.20%) Windows 7
9 5 (10.20%) SAP
9 5 (10.20%) MS Project
9 5 (10.20%) Project Management
9 5 (10.20%) HP
10 4 (8.163%) Intranet
10 4 (8.163%) Lotus

LiveLink
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 8 (16.33%) HTML
1 8 (16.33%) CSS
2 3 (6.122%) .NET
3 1 (2.041%) J2EE
Application Platforms
1 21 (42.86%) SharePoint
2 4 (8.163%) Lotus Notes
3 3 (6.122%) Documentum
3 3 (6.122%) CMS
3 3 (6.122%) MS Project Server
4 1 (2.041%) Alfresco
4 1 (2.041%) IIS
4 1 (2.041%) FileNet
4 1 (2.041%) Apache
4 1 (2.041%) Tomcat
Applications
1 10 (20.41%) MS Excel
2 8 (16.33%) MS Office
3 5 (10.20%) MS Project
3 5 (10.20%) MS PowerPoint
4 4 (8.163%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (8.163%) SAP HR
2 1 (2.041%) Maximo
2 1 (2.041%) SAP QM
2 1 (2.041%) TrackWise
Communications & Networking
1 8 (16.33%) LDAP
2 4 (8.163%) Intranet
3 1 (2.041%) Internet
3 1 (2.041%) HTTP
3 1 (2.041%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (8.163%) SQL Server
2 3 (6.122%) EDRMS
3 1 (2.041%) EDMS
3 1 (2.041%) Oracle OWB
3 1 (2.041%) SQL Server 2005
3 1 (2.041%) Oracle 8/8i
3 1 (2.041%) Data Mining
3 1 (2.041%) Oracle 10g
3 1 (2.041%) DataStage
General
1 12 (24.49%) Finance
2 2 (4.082%) Telecoms
3 1 (2.041%) Pharmaceutical
3 1 (2.041%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 14 (28.57%) Analyst
2 10 (20.41%) Consultant
3 8 (16.33%) Systems Engineer
4 7 (14.29%) Support Analyst
5 4 (8.163%) Infrastructure Analyst
5 4 (8.163%) Infrastructure Support Analyst
6 3 (6.122%) SharePoint Developer
6 3 (6.122%) .NET Developer
6 3 (6.122%) Applications Support Analyst
6 3 (6.122%) PMO Analyst
6 3 (6.122%) Developer
6 3 (6.122%) Administrator
6 3 (6.122%) Applications Support
6 3 (6.122%) Systems Administrator
6 3 (6.122%) Business Analyst
7 2 (4.082%) Document Manager
8 1 (2.041%) Disaster Recovery Consultant
8 1 (2.041%) Project Coordinator
8 1 (2.041%) Team Leader
8 1 (2.041%) IT Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 5 (10.20%) Taxonomies
2 1 (2.041%) Blog
2 1 (2.041%) Smart Meter
2 1 (2.041%) SaaS
2 1 (2.041%) PMI
2 1 (2.041%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 10 (20.41%) Windows
2 5 (10.20%) Windows 7
3 4 (8.163%) Windows XP
4 1 (2.041%) Windows Server 2003
4 1 (2.041%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (40.82%) Document Management
2 12 (24.49%) Content Management
3 5 (10.20%) Migration
3 5 (10.20%) Stakeholder Management
3 5 (10.20%) Project Management
3 5 (10.20%) Incident Management
3 5 (10.20%) Test Scripting
4 4 (8.163%) ITIL
5 3 (6.122%) PRINCE2
5 3 (6.122%) User Acceptance Testing
6 2 (4.082%) Enterprise Content Management
6 2 (4.082%) E-Discovery
6 2 (4.082%) Workflow
6 2 (4.082%) Information Management
7 1 (2.041%) Business Analysis
7 1 (2.041%) Validation
7 1 (2.041%) Agile Software Development
7 1 (2.041%) RUP
7 1 (2.041%) ETL
7 1 (2.041%) PRINCE
Programming Languages
1 11 (22.45%) SQL
2 8 (16.33%) JavaScript
3 1 (2.041%) C
3 1 (2.041%) Java
Qualifications
1 5 (10.20%) Security Cleared
2 4 (8.163%) MCDST
2 4 (8.163%) MCITP
2 4 (8.163%) SC Cleared
2 4 (8.163%) MCP
2 4 (8.163%) MCSE
2 4 (8.163%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (2.041%) PRINCE2 Certification
3 1 (2.041%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (8.163%) ISO 9000
1 4 (8.163%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 4 (8.163%) BS25999
2 1 (2.041%) GxP
2 1 (2.041%) SLA
System Software
1 13 (26.53%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (8.163%) OpenView
1 4 (8.163%) ServiceCenter
Vendors
1 25 (51.02%) Open Text
2 12 (24.49%) Microsoft
3 8 (16.33%) Siebel
4 5 (10.20%) SAP
4 5 (10.20%) HP
5 4 (8.163%) Lotus
6 2 (4.082%) Remedy
7 1 (2.041%) Kofax
7 1 (2.041%) Citrix
7 1 (2.041%) Informatica
7 1 (2.041%) Oracle
7 1 (2.041%) Business Objects
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