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The table below looks at the demand for Serena TeamTrack skills within the England region with a comparison to our Development Applications category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited TeamTrack over the 3 months to 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSerena TeamTrack
Location
3 months to
21 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank514618
Rank change on same period last yearUp+104
Matching contract IT job ads57
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.008 %0.008 %
As % of the category below0.092 %0.090 %
Daily rates quoted14
Average minimum daily rate£350£253
Average daily rate£350£259
% change on same period last year+35.26 %
Average maximum daily rate£350£265
UK excluding London average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Hourly rates quoted02
Average minimum hourly rate-£20.00
Average hourly rate-£25.00
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£30.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
England IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
England
Matching contract IT job ads54137775
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled8.526 %8.331 %
Daily rates quoted17272427
Average minimum daily rate£325£351
Average daily rate£348£373
% change on same period last year-6.61 %
Average maximum daily rate£372£395
UK excluding London average daily rate£311£326
% change on same period last year-4.49 %
Hourly rates quoted442657
Average minimum hourly rate£28.16£29.36
Average hourly rate£30.15£31.13
% change on same period last year-3.14 %
Average maximum hourly rate£32.15£32.90
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.68£31.31
% change on same period last year-2.00 %
TeamTrack UKTeamTrack
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.

TeamTrack
Demand Trend

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

England TeamTrack Demand Trend

TeamTrack
Daily Rate Trend

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

England TeamTrack Daily Rate Trend

TeamTrack
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England TeamTrack Hourly Rate Trend

TeamTrack
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing TeamTrack within the England region over the 3 months to 21 November 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
South EastNew entry-3--
LondonUp+861£350+35.26 %
MidlandsNew entry-1--
TeamTrack UKTeamTrack
UK

TeamTrack
Top 21 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing TeamTrack 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 TeamTrack.

13 (50.00 %)SAP
13 (50.00 %)OpenView
22 (33.33 %)Serena
22 (33.33 %)Change Management
22 (33.33 %)Migration
31 (16.67 %)Perforce
31 (16.67 %)Disaster Recovery
31 (16.67 %)SCCM
31 (16.67 %)Security Cleared
31 (16.67 %)CMMI
31 (16.67 %)HP
31 (16.67 %)Shell Script
31 (16.67 %)ASP.NET
31 (16.67 %)Solaris
31 (16.67 %)Linux
31 (16.67 %)Apache
31 (16.67 %)VB.NET
31 (16.67 %).NET
31 (16.67 %)Crystal Reports
31 (16.67 %)IIS
31 (16.67 %)PVCS

TeamTrack
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing TeamTrack 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 TeamTrack. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

England IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (16.67 %).NET
11 (16.67 %)ASP.NET
England IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (16.67 %)IIS
11 (16.67 %)Apache
England IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (16.67 %)Crystal Reports
England IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (16.67 %)PVCS
England IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
12 (33.33 %)Analyst
21 (16.67 %)Systems Administrator
21 (16.67 %)Configuration Manager
21 (16.67 %)Administrator
21 (16.67 %).NET Developer
21 (16.67 %)VB.NET Developer
21 (16.67 %)Change Analyst
21 (16.67 %)Linux Systems Administrator
21 (16.67 %)Linux Administrator
21 (16.67 %)Developer
England IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (16.67 %)Solaris
11 (16.67 %)Linux
England IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (33.33 %)Change Management
12 (33.33 %)Migration
21 (16.67 %)Security Cleared
21 (16.67 %)Disaster Recovery
21 (16.67 %)CMMI
England IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (16.67 %)VB.NET
11 (16.67 %)Shell Script
England IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
13 (50.00 %)OpenView
21 (16.67 %)SCCM
England IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
13 (50.00 %)SAP
22 (33.33 %)Serena
31 (16.67 %)HP
31 (16.67 %)Perforce