The first table below looks at the demand for OpenWorks 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 OpenWorks 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 of the Database & Business Intelligence 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Halliburton OpenWorks
Rank 511 554 564
Rank change year-on-year
+43 +10
Contract jobs citing OpenWorks 2 5 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.005% 0.009% 0.012%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 0.023% 0.049% 0.061%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 4
Average daily rate £345 £625 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-44.80% +38.88%
UK excluding London average daily rate - £700 £350
% change year-on-year
- +100.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Database & Business Intelligence
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
8593 10220 11506
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 20.67% 19.16% 20.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 5272 6030 6543
Average daily rate £400 £375 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.66% -6.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £260 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £529 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £330 £335
% change year-on-year
- -1.49%
Number of hourly rates quoted 203 241 362
Average hourly rate £25.00 £28.50 £31.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-12.28% -8.06%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.36 £14.16 £16.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £47.50 £45.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £29.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year
-5.17% -10.76%
OpenWorks
UK

OpenWorks
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing OpenWorks across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence category.

England OpenWorks Jobs Demand Trend

OpenWorks
Daily Rate Trend

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

England OpenWorks Daily Rate Trend

OpenWorks
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing OpenWorks 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 +37 2 £345 -37.27%
OpenWorks
UK

OpenWorks
Top 14 Related IT Skills

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

1 2 (66.67%) Windows
1 2 (66.67%) Linux
2 1 (33.33%) Red Hat
2 1 (33.33%) Remedy
2 1 (33.33%) GIS
2 1 (33.33%) ArcGIS
2 1 (33.33%) Service Delivery
2 1 (33.33%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Degree
2 1 (33.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (33.33%) VB
2 1 (33.33%) Oracle
2 1 (33.33%) ITIL
2 1 (33.33%) UNIX

OpenWorks
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Platforms
1 1 (33.33%) ArcGIS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) GIS
General
1 1 (33.33%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Business Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Systems Support
1 1 (33.33%) Applications Support
Operating Systems
1 2 (66.67%) Windows
1 2 (66.67%) Linux
2 1 (33.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (33.33%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Service Delivery
1 1 (33.33%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) VB
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Red Hat
1 1 (33.33%) Remedy
1 1 (33.33%) Oracle