The first table below looks at the demand for Open Workbench 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 Open Workbench 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 Applications 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 Workbench
Rank 494 542 558
Rank change year-on-year
+48 +16
Contract jobs citing Open Workbench 16 16 14
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.038% 0.030% 0.025%
As % of the Applications category 0.289% 0.239% 0.205%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 9 10
Average daily rate £330 £350 £475
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.71% -26.31%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £268 £306
10% offered a daily rate of more than £470 £368 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £350 £350
% change year-on-year
-5.71% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Applications
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category
5543 6687 6834
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 13.33% 12.53% 12.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 2844 3454 3407
Average daily rate £340 £350 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.85% -6.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £165 £175 £180
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £525 £575
UK excluding London average daily rate £305 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+1.66% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 655 702 841
Average hourly rate £16.50 £16.00 £16.20
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+3.12% -1.23%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.50 £10.50 £10.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £36.00 £35.00 £35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.50 £16.00 £15.50
% change year-on-year
-3.12% +3.22%
Open Workbench
UK

Open Workbench
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England Open Workbench Jobs Demand Trend

Open Workbench
Daily Rate Trend

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

England Open Workbench Daily Rate Trend

Open Workbench
Daily Rate Histogram

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

England Open Workbench Daily Rate Histogram

Open Workbench
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England Open Workbench Hourly Rate Trend

Open Workbench
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Open Workbench 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
South East +29 7 £413 +8.55%
London +25 5 £300 -
West Midlands +8 4 £323 +15.17%
Open Workbench
UK

Open Workbench
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 17 (56.67%) Finance
2 13 (43.33%) MicroStrategy
2 13 (43.33%) MS Excel
2 13 (43.33%) Project Planning
3 12 (40.00%) Niku
4 11 (36.67%) Project Management
5 10 (33.33%) PRINCE2
6 9 (30.00%) Change Management
7 8 (26.67%) Resource Management
8 6 (20.00%) Quality Management
8 6 (20.00%) Oracle
9 5 (16.67%) SQL
9 5 (16.67%) CA
9 5 (16.67%) Degree
9 5 (16.67%) CA Clarity
10 4 (13.33%) MS PowerPoint
10 4 (13.33%) Oracle UPK
10 4 (13.33%) Management Information System
10 4 (13.33%) SharePoint
11 3 (10.00%) Financial Institution
12 2 (6.667%) Portfolio Management
12 2 (6.667%) Change Control
12 2 (6.667%) Demand Management
12 2 (6.667%) CAPA
12 2 (6.667%) Banking
12 2 (6.667%) Retail
12 2 (6.667%) Stakeholder Management
12 2 (6.667%) Risk Management
12 2 (6.667%) ATM
12 2 (6.667%) MS Project

Open Workbench
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Platforms
1 4 (13.33%) SharePoint
1 4 (13.33%) Oracle UPK
Applications
1 13 (43.33%) MS Excel
2 4 (13.33%) MS PowerPoint
3 2 (6.667%) MS Project
3 2 (6.667%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 5 (16.67%) CA Clarity
Communications & Networking
1 2 (6.667%) ATM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.333%) Oracle OWB
General
1 17 (56.67%) Finance
2 3 (10.00%) Financial Institution
3 2 (6.667%) Banking
3 2 (6.667%) Retail
4 1 (3.333%) Investment Banking
4 1 (3.333%) Corporate Banking
4 1 (3.333%) Legal
Job Titles
1 10 (33.33%) Analyst
2 5 (16.67%) Project Manager
2 5 (16.67%) PMO Analyst
3 4 (13.33%) Team Leader
3 4 (13.33%) Support Analyst
3 4 (13.33%) Test Team Leader
4 3 (10.00%) Consultant
4 3 (10.00%) Clarity Consultant
5 2 (6.667%) Programme Analyst
5 2 (6.667%) Programme Support Analyst
5 2 (6.667%) Project Analyst
6 1 (3.333%) Coordinator
6 1 (3.333%) Data Analyst
6 1 (3.333%) Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 4 (13.33%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 2 (6.667%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (43.33%) Project Planning
2 11 (36.67%) Project Management
3 10 (33.33%) PRINCE2
4 9 (30.00%) Change Management
5 8 (26.67%) Resource Management
6 6 (20.00%) Quality Management
7 2 (6.667%) CAPA
7 2 (6.667%) Portfolio Management
7 2 (6.667%) Risk Management
7 2 (6.667%) Stakeholder Management
7 2 (6.667%) Change Control
7 2 (6.667%) Demand Management
8 1 (3.333%) Programme Management
8 1 (3.333%) Data Analysis
8 1 (3.333%) UML
8 1 (3.333%) Business Intelligence
8 1 (3.333%) Configuration Management
8 1 (3.333%) Project Governance
8 1 (3.333%) Waterfall
8 1 (3.333%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 5 (16.67%) SQL
2 2 (6.667%) Java
3 1 (3.333%) VBA
Qualifications
1 5 (16.67%) Degree
2 1 (3.333%) ISEB
2 1 (3.333%) PRINCE2 Certification
2 1 (3.333%) PMP
2 1 (3.333%) PMI Certification
2 1 (3.333%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.333%) QA
Vendors
1 13 (43.33%) MicroStrategy
2 12 (40.00%) Niku
3 6 (20.00%) Oracle
4 5 (16.67%) CA
5 2 (6.667%) Microsoft
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