The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Microgen 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 Microgen 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 Microgen plc.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microgen
Rank 510 548 546
Rank change year-on-year
+38 -2
Contract jobs citing Microgen 3 11 25
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.007% 0.021% 0.044%
As % of the Vendors category 0.015% 0.045% 0.096%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 5 25
Average daily rate £650 £600 £650
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+8.33% -7.69%
UK excluding London average daily rate - - £444
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%
Microgen
UK

Microgen
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England Microgen Jobs Demand Trend

Microgen
Daily Rate Trend

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

England Microgen Daily Rate Trend

Microgen
Daily Rate Histogram

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

England Microgen Daily Rate Histogram

Microgen
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Microgen 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
London +30 3 £650 +8.33%
Microgen
UK

Microgen
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 6 (100.00%) Finance
2 4 (66.67%) Banking
3 2 (33.33%) Investment Banking
3 2 (33.33%) General Ledger
3 2 (33.33%) Migration
3 2 (33.33%) Oracle OLAP
3 2 (33.33%) Java
3 2 (33.33%) Oracle
3 2 (33.33%) Sybase
3 2 (33.33%) OLAP
3 2 (33.33%) FTP
3 2 (33.33%) RDBMS
3 2 (33.33%) TDD
4 1 (16.67%) Financial Institution
4 1 (16.67%) Regression Testing
4 1 (16.67%) Disaster Recovery
4 1 (16.67%) Front Office
4 1 (16.67%) Back Office
4 1 (16.67%) SunGard
4 1 (16.67%) QuickTest Pro
4 1 (16.67%) Motif
4 1 (16.67%) Project Management
4 1 (16.67%) PeopleSoft
4 1 (16.67%) Data Modelling
4 1 (16.67%) Matrix Management
4 1 (16.67%) User Acceptance Testing
4 1 (16.67%) Reference Data
4 1 (16.67%) Data Conversion
4 1 (16.67%) Cash Management
4 1 (16.67%) Change Control

Microgen
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 1 (16.67%) Motif
Communications & Networking
1 2 (33.33%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (33.33%) Oracle OLAP
1 2 (33.33%) OLAP
1 2 (33.33%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) QuickTest Pro
General
1 6 (100.00%) Finance
2 4 (66.67%) Banking
3 2 (33.33%) Investment Banking
3 2 (33.33%) General Ledger
4 1 (16.67%) Financial Institution
4 1 (16.67%) Front Office
4 1 (16.67%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) Analyst
1 2 (33.33%) Project Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Business Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Test Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Senior Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Business Data Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Automation Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Senior IT Project Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Data Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Senior Project Manager
2 1 (16.67%) IT Project Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Technical Leader
2 1 (16.67%) Automation Test Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Reference Data
1 1 (16.67%) Data Conversion
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (33.33%) Migration
1 2 (33.33%) TDD
2 1 (16.67%) Regression Testing
2 1 (16.67%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (16.67%) Project Management
2 1 (16.67%) Data Modelling
2 1 (16.67%) Matrix Management
2 1 (16.67%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (16.67%) Cash Management
2 1 (16.67%) Change Control
2 1 (16.67%) Test Strategy
2 1 (16.67%) Business Analysis
2 1 (16.67%) Project Planning
Programming Languages
1 2 (33.33%) Java
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) Oracle
1 2 (33.33%) Sybase
2 1 (16.67%) SunGard
2 1 (16.67%) PeopleSoft