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The table below looks at the demand for OpenROAD 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 OpenROAD over the 3 months to 6 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkOpenROAD
Location
3 months to
6 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank-631
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads010
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.000 %0.010 %
As % of the category below0.000 %0.082 %
Daily rates quoted03
Average minimum daily rate-£475
Average daily rate-£483
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£490
UK excluding London average daily rate-£248
% change on same period last year-
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
England IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
England
Matching contract IT job ads898712236
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled12.55 %12.29 %
Daily rates quoted28303417
Average minimum daily rate£350£349
Average daily rate£374£371
% change on same period last year+0.79 %
Average maximum daily rate£397£392
UK excluding London average daily rate£351£340
% change on same period last year+3.04 %
Hourly rates quoted8001279
Average minimum hourly rate£22.70£22.57
Average hourly rate£24.26£24.09
% change on same period last year+0.71 %
Average maximum hourly rate£25.82£25.60
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.63£24.22
% change on same period last year+1.68 %
OpenROAD UKOpenROAD
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.

OpenROAD
Demand Trend

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

England OpenROAD Demand Trend

OpenROAD
Daily Rate Trend

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

England OpenROAD Daily Rate Trend

OpenROAD
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England OpenROAD Hourly Rate Trend

OpenROAD
Top 22 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 6 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing OpenROAD 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 OpenROAD.

114 (82.35 %)Ingres
212 (70.59 %)VMS
311 (64.71 %)Finance
311 (64.71 %)Banking
410 (58.82 %)Migration
58 (47.06 %)ISEB
58 (47.06 %)TestDirector
65 (29.41 %)Middleware
65 (29.41 %)SQL
65 (29.41 %)Tuxedo
74 (23.53 %)Windows
74 (23.53 %)Oracle
83 (17.65 %)Financial Institution
83 (17.65 %)GAP Analysis
92 (11.76 %)UNIX
92 (11.76 %)VB
92 (11.76 %)C
92 (11.76 %)Investment Banking
92 (11.76 %)Requirements Analysis
92 (11.76 %)User Acceptance Testing
101 (5.882 %)Client/Server
101 (5.882 %)Government

OpenROAD
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 6 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing OpenROAD 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 OpenROAD. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

England IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
15 (29.41 %)Middleware
England IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
15 (29.41 %)Tuxedo
England IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
114 (82.35 %)Ingres
England IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
18 (47.06 %)TestDirector
England IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
111 (64.71 %)Finance
111 (64.71 %)Banking
23 (17.65 %)Financial Institution
32 (11.76 %)Investment Banking
41 (5.882 %)Government
England IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
110 (58.82 %)Test Manager
25 (29.41 %)Developer
34 (23.53 %)OpenROAD Developer
42 (11.76 %)Test Specialist
England IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (5.882 %)Client/Server
England IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
112 (70.59 %)VMS
24 (23.53 %)Windows
32 (11.76 %)UNIX
England IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
110 (58.82 %)Migration
23 (17.65 %)GAP Analysis
32 (11.76 %)Requirements Analysis
32 (11.76 %)User Acceptance Testing
England IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
15 (29.41 %)SQL
22 (11.76 %)VB
22 (11.76 %)C
England IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
18 (47.06 %)ISEB
England IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
14 (23.53 %)Oracle