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This section looks at the demand for Open Text LiveLink skills within the England region with a comparison to our Application Platforms category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited LiveLink over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkOpen Text LiveLink
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank522549
Rank change on same period last yearUp+27
Matching contract IT job ads3784
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.049 %0.085 %
As % of the category below0.369 %0.681 %
Daily rates quoted845
Average minimum daily rate£324£454
Average daily rate£332£484
% change on same period last year-31.55 %
Average maximum daily rate£339£515
UK excluding London average daily rate£300£338
% change on same period last year-11.29 %
Hourly rates quoted36
Average minimum hourly rate£21.83£27.50
Average hourly rate£22.50£28.75
% change on same period last year-21.73 %
Average maximum hourly rate£23.17£30.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate-£32.50
% change on same period last year-
England IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
England
Matching contract IT job ads1003512336
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled13.38 %12.48 %
Daily rates quoted30353209
Average minimum daily rate£353£358
Average daily rate£377£379
% change on same period last year-0.54 %
Average maximum daily rate£400£400
UK excluding London average daily rate£355£349
% change on same period last year+1.64 %
Hourly rates quoted10901265
Average minimum hourly rate£22.54£22.80
Average hourly rate£24.12£24.23
% change on same period last year-0.42 %
Average maximum hourly rate£25.70£25.65
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.28£23.70
% change on same period last year+2.44 %
LiveLink UKLiveLink
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.

LiveLink
Demand Trend

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

England LiveLink Demand Trend

LiveLink
Daily Rate Trend

The 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

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

England LiveLink Daily Rate Histogram

LiveLink
Hourly Rate Trend

The 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
Hourly Rate Histogram

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

England LiveLink Hourly Rate Histogram

LiveLink
Contract Locations

This section 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 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
LondonUp+3326£336-35.68 %
North WestDown-15--
West MidlandsUp+103£300+150.00 %
South EastUp+373--
LiveLink UKLiveLink
UK

LiveLink
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, 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.

144 (36.67 %)Open Text
231 (25.83 %).NET
231 (25.83 %)SharePoint
329 (24.17 %)SQL Server
329 (24.17 %)Document Management
426 (21.67 %)Microsoft
524 (20.00 %)Windows
623 (19.17 %)XML
721 (17.50 %)Oracle
819 (15.83 %)Java
918 (15.00 %)SQL
1017 (14.17 %)C#
1017 (14.17 %)CMS
1116 (13.33 %)Workflow
1116 (13.33 %)Content Management
1214 (11.67 %)Hummingbird
1214 (11.67 %)WinForms
1313 (10.83 %)Insurance
1313 (10.83 %)VB.NET
1412 (10.00 %)JavaScript
1412 (10.00 %)Documentum
1511 (9.167 %)ASP.NET
1511 (9.167 %)Tridion
1511 (9.167 %)EDRMS
1511 (9.167 %)Project Management
1610 (8.333 %)RDBMS
1610 (8.333 %)XSLT
1610 (8.333 %)WebServices
1610 (8.333 %)Linux
179 (7.500 %)CSS

LiveLink
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, 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.

England IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
131 (25.83 %).NET
223 (19.17 %)XML
314 (11.67 %)WinForms
411 (9.167 %)ASP.NET
510 (8.333 %)XSLT
510 (8.333 %)WebServices
69 (7.500 %)HTML
69 (7.500 %)CSS
78 (6.667 %)XHTML
87 (5.833 %)AJAX
96 (5.000 %)J2EE
105 (4.167 %)ASP
114 (3.333 %)MAPI
123 (2.500 %)JSP
123 (2.500 %)ArcObjects
132 (1.667 %)Spring
132 (1.667 %)XForms
141 (0.833 %)WF
141 (0.833 %).NET Framework
England IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
131 (25.83 %)SharePoint
217 (14.17 %)CMS
312 (10.00 %)Documentum
47 (5.833 %)ArcGIS
56 (5.000 %)MS Exchange
65 (4.167 %)Tomcat
65 (4.167 %)Content Management Server
73 (2.500 %)Rhythmyx
73 (2.500 %)Alfresco
73 (2.500 %)TeamSite
82 (1.667 %)IIS
82 (1.667 %)Apache
82 (1.667 %)SharePoint Server 2007
91 (0.833 %)WebLogic
91 (0.833 %)Lotus Notes
England IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
19 (7.500 %)MS Project
28 (6.667 %)MS Excel
36 (5.000 %)MS Visio
36 (5.000 %)MS PowerPoint
36 (5.000 %)CA Clarity
36 (5.000 %)MS Office
42 (1.667 %)Photoshop
England IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
18 (6.667 %)Oracle EBS
22 (1.667 %)WebTrends
22 (1.667 %)Summit
31 (0.833 %)SAP CO
31 (0.833 %)SAP HR
31 (0.833 %)SAP R/3
31 (0.833 %)SAP FI
31 (0.833 %)SAP FI/CO
England IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
18 (6.667 %)Intranet
26 (5.000 %)Internet
34 (3.333 %)LDAP
43 (2.500 %)Broadband
52 (1.667 %)LAN
52 (1.667 %)WAN
52 (1.667 %)DHCP
52 (1.667 %)HTTP
52 (1.667 %)DNS
52 (1.667 %)Firewall
61 (0.833 %)Extranet
England IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
129 (24.17 %)SQL Server
211 (9.167 %)EDRMS
310 (8.333 %)RDBMS
49 (7.500 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
49 (7.500 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
49 (7.500 %)SQL Server Integration Services
49 (7.500 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
57 (5.833 %)Datawarehouse
66 (5.000 %)ETL
75 (4.167 %)Crystal Reports
84 (3.333 %)BusinessObjects
93 (2.500 %)EDMS
93 (2.500 %)SQL Server 2005
93 (2.500 %)Oracle Reports
93 (2.500 %)MySQL
93 (2.500 %)SQL Server 2000
102 (1.667 %)MS Access
102 (1.667 %)Crystal Enterprise
102 (1.667 %)SQL Server 7
111 (0.833 %)GIS
England IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
15 (4.167 %)Visual Studio
23 (2.500 %)ERwin
32 (1.667 %)Subversion
32 (1.667 %)VSS/SourceSafe
32 (1.667 %)Oracle Forms
32 (1.667 %)JUnit
England IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
113 (10.83 %)Insurance
28 (6.667 %)Government
34 (3.333 %)Pharmaceutical
34 (3.333 %)Telecoms
42 (1.667 %)Finance
42 (1.667 %)Law
42 (1.667 %)Legal
42 (1.667 %)Publishing
42 (1.667 %)Police
42 (1.667 %)Education
51 (0.833 %)Retail
51 (0.833 %)Local Government
51 (0.833 %)Marketing
51 (0.833 %)Auditing
51 (0.833 %)Criminal Justice
51 (0.833 %)Construction
51 (0.833 %)Back Office
England IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
135 (29.17 %)Developer
212 (10.00 %).NET Developer
311 (9.167 %)Consultant
410 (8.333 %)Analyst
410 (8.333 %)Solutions Designer
58 (6.667 %)Web Developer
58 (6.667 %)Project Manager
67 (5.833 %)Business Analyst
67 (5.833 %)Administrator
76 (5.000 %)Coordinator
76 (5.000 %)VB.NET Developer
84 (3.333 %)Business Systems Analyst
84 (3.333 %)Systems Analyst
84 (3.333 %)C# Developer
84 (3.333 %)Graduate
93 (2.500 %)Senior Developer
93 (2.500 %)Architect
93 (2.500 %)Senior .NET Developer
102 (1.667 %)Java Consultant
102 (1.667 %)Web Architect
England IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
13 (2.500 %)Dutch Language
13 (2.500 %)French Language
13 (2.500 %)German Language
13 (2.500 %)Video Conferencing
22 (1.667 %)Client/Server
22 (1.667 %)W3C
31 (0.833 %)Management Information System
31 (0.833 %)BBC
31 (0.833 %)PMI
31 (0.833 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
31 (0.833 %)Data Conversion
England IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
124 (20.00 %)Windows
210 (8.333 %)Linux
37 (5.833 %)UNIX
46 (5.000 %)Solaris
52 (1.667 %)Windows 2000
52 (1.667 %)Windows XP
52 (1.667 %)Windows Server 2003
England IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
129 (24.17 %)Document Management
216 (13.33 %)Workflow
216 (13.33 %)Content Management
311 (9.167 %)Project Management
48 (6.667 %)Web Development
56 (5.000 %)Business Analysis
56 (5.000 %)Project Planning
64 (3.333 %)Risk Management
64 (3.333 %)E-business
64 (3.333 %)Security Cleared
73 (2.500 %)Service Management
73 (2.500 %)OO
73 (2.500 %)Incident Management
73 (2.500 %)Unit Testing
73 (2.500 %)Resource Management
82 (1.667 %)Supplier Management
82 (1.667 %)DV Cleared
82 (1.667 %)ERP
82 (1.667 %)ITIL
82 (1.667 %)PRINCE2
England IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
119 (15.83 %)Java
218 (15.00 %)SQL
317 (14.17 %)C#
413 (10.83 %)VB.NET
512 (10.00 %)JavaScript
67 (5.833 %)Transact-SQL
76 (5.000 %)C++
83 (2.500 %)VB
92 (1.667 %)VBScript
92 (1.667 %)PL/SQL
92 (1.667 %)XQuery
101 (0.833 %)C
England IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (0.833 %)PRINCE2 Certification
England IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
13 (2.500 %)SLA
13 (2.500 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
England IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
144 (36.67 %)Open Text
226 (21.67 %)Microsoft
321 (17.50 %)Oracle
414 (11.67 %)Hummingbird
511 (9.167 %)Tridion
69 (7.500 %)Niku
77 (5.833 %)RedDot
86 (5.000 %)Stellent
86 (5.000 %)SAP
95 (4.167 %)FatWire
95 (4.167 %)ESRI
104 (3.333 %)Mapinfo
104 (3.333 %)Business Objects
104 (3.333 %)Sun
104 (3.333 %)Interwoven
113 (2.500 %)EMC
113 (2.500 %)Vignette
113 (2.500 %)Mediasurface
113 (2.500 %)Percussion
122 (1.667 %)Cisco
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