The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Mercator 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 Mercator over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Mercator Software, Inc.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Mercator
Rank 488 494 519
Rank change year-on-year
+6 +25
Contract jobs citing Mercator 44 51 61
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.102% 0.096% 0.107%
As % of the Vendors category 0.217% 0.208% 0.228%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 16 11
Average daily rate £390 £485 £290
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-19.58% +67.24%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £295 £325 £230
10% offered a daily rate of more than £555 £520 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £370 £400
% change year-on-year
-18.91% -7.50%
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
20241 24494 26701
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 46.78% 46.25% 46.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 11110 12869 13881
Average daily rate £400 £395 £413
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.26% -4.24%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £225 £245
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 1142 1229 1552
Average hourly rate £20.00 £19.50 £20.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+2.56% -4.87%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.50 £11.37 £11.25
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £40.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.26 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
+1.36% -5.00%
Mercator
UK

Mercator
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England Mercator Jobs Demand Trend

Mercator
Daily Rate Trend

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

England Mercator Daily Rate Trend

Mercator
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Mercator across the England region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

England Mercator Daily Rate Histogram

Mercator
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England Mercator Hourly Rate Trend

Mercator
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Mercator within the England region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
London +21 25 £425 -15.00%
South East +30 7 £295 -37.23%
East of England +19 7 £300 +14.28%
East Midlands - - - -
Mercator
UK

Mercator
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing Mercator 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 Mercator.

1 27 (28.42%) VMware
2 21 (22.11%) Oracle
3 19 (20.00%) Microsoft
4 18 (18.95%) Finance
5 15 (15.79%) SQL Server
5 15 (15.79%) CSS
5 15 (15.79%) Security Cleared
6 13 (13.68%) SC Cleared
6 13 (13.68%) User Acceptance Testing
6 13 (13.68%) Active Directory
7 12 (12.63%) PHP
7 12 (12.63%) SQL Server 2008
8 11 (11.58%) Publishing
9 10 (10.53%) Java
9 10 (10.53%) JavaScript
10 9 (9.474%) Windows
10 9 (9.474%) MCSE
10 9 (9.474%) MS Exchange
10 9 (9.474%) Middleware
10 9 (9.474%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
10 9 (9.474%) Microsoft Certification
10 9 (9.474%) Migration
10 9 (9.474%) MobileIron
10 9 (9.474%) vSphere
10 9 (9.474%) Exchange Server 2010
10 9 (9.474%) Data Protection
10 9 (9.474%) Drupal
10 9 (9.474%) SCOM
10 9 (9.474%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 9 (9.474%) Exchange Server 2003

Mercator
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing Mercator 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 Mercator. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 15 (15.79%) CSS
2 9 (9.474%) Middleware
3 8 (8.421%) HTML5
3 8 (8.421%) CSS3
4 7 (7.368%) WebSphere
4 7 (7.368%) WebSphere MQ
4 7 (7.368%) Web Services
4 7 (7.368%) XSLT
4 7 (7.368%) HTML
4 7 (7.368%) .NET
5 6 (6.316%) XML
5 6 (6.316%) .NET Framework
5 6 (6.316%) WCF
6 3 (3.158%) jQuery
6 3 (3.158%) Ajax
6 3 (3.158%) LAMP
6 3 (3.158%) Oracle ADF
7 2 (2.105%) XHTML
7 2 (2.105%) SOAP
7 2 (2.105%) Oracle Fusion
Application Platforms
1 9 (9.474%) MS Exchange
1 9 (9.474%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
1 9 (9.474%) Exchange Server 2010
1 9 (9.474%) Drupal
1 9 (9.474%) Exchange Server 2003
2 5 (5.263%) Lync
3 4 (4.211%) WebLogic
4 3 (3.158%) Oracle Service Bus
4 3 (3.158%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 3 (3.158%) Office Communications Server
5 2 (2.105%) IIS
Applications
1 2 (2.105%) MS Visio
2 1 (1.053%) MS Excel
2 1 (1.053%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 5 (5.263%) Temenos T24
2 4 (4.211%) Oracle BPM
3 3 (3.158%) SAP GTS
4 2 (2.105%) Oracle EBS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.105%) Nortel Meridian
2 1 (1.053%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (15.79%) SQL Server
2 12 (12.63%) SQL Server 2008
3 8 (8.421%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 7 (7.368%) Oracle 8/8i
5 5 (5.263%) Oracle 11g
6 3 (3.158%) MySQL
7 2 (2.105%) Oracle Reports
8 1 (1.053%) Hadoop
8 1 (1.053%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 1 (1.053%) Oracle 10g
Development Applications
1 5 (5.263%) Team Foundation Server
2 3 (3.158%) Hudson
2 3 (3.158%) Git (software)
3 2 (2.105%) Oracle Forms
3 2 (2.105%) Oracle APEX
4 1 (1.053%) NetBeans
4 1 (1.053%) PowerDesigner
4 1 (1.053%) JDeveloper
4 1 (1.053%) Eclipse
4 1 (1.053%) PVCS
General
1 18 (18.95%) Finance
2 11 (11.58%) Publishing
3 5 (5.263%) Banking
3 5 (5.263%) Financial Institution
4 2 (2.105%) Front Office
4 2 (2.105%) Back Office
4 2 (2.105%) Retail
5 1 (1.053%) Telecoms
5 1 (1.053%) Legal
Job Titles
1 35 (36.84%) Consultant
2 23 (24.21%) Developer
3 17 (17.89%) Architect
4 12 (12.63%) Wintel Consultant
5 11 (11.58%) Analyst
6 7 (7.368%) Project Manager
7 6 (6.316%) Business Analyst
7 6 (6.316%) DBA
7 6 (6.316%) SQL Server DBA
7 6 (6.316%) SQL DBA
7 6 (6.316%) Oracle Consultant
7 6 (6.316%) Messaging Consultant
7 6 (6.316%) Middleware Developer
8 5 (5.263%) Drupal Developer
9 4 (4.211%) Business Developer
9 4 (4.211%) Functional Analyst
9 4 (4.211%) Storage Consultant
9 4 (4.211%) Business Architect
9 4 (4.211%) Analyst Developer
9 4 (4.211%) Business Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 6 (6.316%) W3C
1 6 (6.316%) Data Conversion
2 5 (5.263%) SWIFT
3 2 (2.105%) Management Information System
3 2 (2.105%) APACS
3 2 (2.105%) IVR
3 2 (2.105%) Semantic Web
Operating Systems
1 9 (9.474%) Windows
2 4 (4.211%) UNIX
3 3 (3.158%) Solaris
3 3 (3.158%) Linux
4 2 (2.105%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (13.68%) User Acceptance Testing
2 9 (9.474%) Migration
2 9 (9.474%) Data Protection
3 6 (6.316%) Disaster Recovery
3 6 (6.316%) Content Management
4 5 (5.263%) Software Testing
4 5 (5.263%) MVC
4 5 (5.263%) SOA
4 5 (5.263%) ITIL
5 4 (4.211%) Change Management
5 4 (4.211%) Project Management
6 3 (3.158%) Root Cause Analysis
6 3 (3.158%) Test Scripting
6 3 (3.158%) Unit Testing
6 3 (3.158%) Stakeholder Management
6 3 (3.158%) ERP
6 3 (3.158%) PRINCE2
7 2 (2.105%) UML
7 2 (2.105%) RDF
7 2 (2.105%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 12 (12.63%) PHP
2 10 (10.53%) Java
2 10 (10.53%) JavaScript
3 7 (7.368%) C#
4 6 (6.316%) Python
4 6 (6.316%) XQuery
5 5 (5.263%) T-SQL
6 3 (3.158%) PL/SQL
6 3 (3.158%) SQL
7 2 (2.105%) SPARQL
Qualifications
1 15 (15.79%) Security Cleared
2 13 (13.68%) SC Cleared
3 9 (9.474%) MCSE
3 9 (9.474%) Microsoft Certification
3 9 (9.474%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 2 (2.105%) DV Cleared
5 1 (1.053%) Degree
5 1 (1.053%) ISEB
5 1 (1.053%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (1.053%) ACCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.053%) PCI DSS
1 1 (1.053%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 13 (13.68%) Active Directory
2 9 (9.474%) vSphere
3 3 (3.158%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (2.105%) VMware Server
4 2 (2.105%) XenApp
4 2 (2.105%) XenDesktop
5 1 (1.053%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 1 (1.053%) VMware ESX
Systems Management
1 9 (9.474%) SCOM
2 3 (3.158%) Puppet
2 3 (3.158%) Red Hat Satellite
2 3 (3.158%) NetBackup
3 2 (2.105%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
4 1 (1.053%) Oracle Identity Manager
4 1 (1.053%) Oracle Identity Management
Vendors
1 27 (28.42%) VMware
2 21 (22.11%) Oracle
3 19 (20.00%) Microsoft
4 9 (9.474%) MobileIron
5 7 (7.368%) IBM
6 6 (6.316%) Postini
7 5 (5.263%) Cisco
8 4 (4.211%) OpenLink
8 4 (4.211%) Microgen
9 3 (3.158%) T-Plan
9 3 (3.158%) Citrix
9 3 (3.158%) Red Hat
9 3 (3.158%) SAP
10 2 (2.105%) PeopleSoft
10 2 (2.105%) Siebel
10 2 (2.105%) Nortel
10 2 (2.105%) Polycom
11 1 (1.053%) HP
11 1 (1.053%) EMC