The first table below looks at the demand for Optimost 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 Optimost over the 3 months to 18 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 of the Business 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Autonomy Optimost
Rank 533 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Optimost 2 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.005% - -
As % of the Business Applications category 0.055% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
Average daily rate £750 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £1,000 - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Business Applications
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Business Applications category
3633 4437 5028
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 8.299% 8.369% 8.793%
Number of daily rates quoted 1934 2235 2664
Average daily rate £450 £450 £450
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £280 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £600 £625
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £425 £405
% change year-on-year
- +4.93%
Number of hourly rates quoted 81 51 97
Average hourly rate £36.75 £35.11 £29.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+4.67% +20.03%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £13.50 £17.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £63.25 £56.15 £60.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £36.75 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+47.00% -13.79%
Optimost
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Optimost
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England Optimost Jobs Demand Trend

Optimost
Daily Rate Trend

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

England Optimost Daily Rate Trend

Optimost
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Optimost across the England region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

England Optimost Daily Rate Histogram

Optimost
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Optimost within the England region over the 3 months to 18 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
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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
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Optimost
Top 8 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing Optimost 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 Optimost.

1 2 (100.00%) HP
1 2 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 2 (100.00%) IDOL
1 2 (100.00%) Content Management
1 2 (100.00%) Marketing
1 2 (100.00%) Use Case
1 2 (100.00%) Social Media
1 2 (100.00%) Facebook

Optimost
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing Optimost 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 Optimost. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) IDOL
General
1 2 (100.00%) Marketing
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 2 (100.00%) Content Management
1 2 (100.00%) Use Case
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) HP
1 2 (100.00%) Facebook