The first table below looks at the demand for VisionPLUS 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 VisionPLUS over the 3 months to 22 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 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
First Data VisionPLUS
Rank 504 558 547
Rank change year-on-year
+54 -11
Contract jobs citing VisionPLUS 10 12 17
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.024% 0.022% 0.031%
As % of the Business Applications category 0.284% 0.258% 0.350%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 6 10
Average daily rate £350 £500 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-30.00% +25.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £325 £413 £375
10% offered a daily rate of more than £912 £525 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £338 £500 £400
% change year-on-year
-32.50% +25.00%
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
3527 4657 4860
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 8.355% 8.584% 8.774%
Number of daily rates quoted 1881 2390 2519
Average daily rate £450 £450 £463
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -2.70%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £293 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £600 £625
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £433 £420
% change year-on-year
-1.73% +2.97%
Number of hourly rates quoted 81 56 88
Average hourly rate £37.80 £35.00 £21.48
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+8.00% +62.94%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £13.20 £15.20
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £62.50 £57.50 £40.80
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.80 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
+68.00% -10.00%
VisionPLUS
UK

VisionPLUS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England VisionPLUS Jobs Demand Trend

VisionPLUS
Daily Rate Trend

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

England VisionPLUS Daily Rate Trend

VisionPLUS
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing VisionPLUS across the England region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

England VisionPLUS Daily Rate Histogram

VisionPLUS
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England VisionPLUS Hourly Rate Trend

VisionPLUS
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing VisionPLUS within the England region over the 3 months to 22 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 +27 6 £480 +3.78%
South East - 2 £350 -
East of England - 2 £325 -
VisionPLUS
UK

VisionPLUS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing VisionPLUS 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 VisionPLUS.

1 14 (70.00%) Finance
2 7 (35.00%) Migration
3 5 (25.00%) Business Analysis
3 5 (25.00%) Workflow
3 5 (25.00%) Use Case
4 4 (20.00%) User Acceptance Testing
4 4 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 3 (15.00%) BASE24
5 3 (15.00%) PRINCE2
5 3 (15.00%) SOA
5 3 (15.00%) GAP Analysis
6 2 (10.00%) HP Quality Center
6 2 (10.00%) Credit Risk
6 2 (10.00%) Mobile Payment
6 2 (10.00%) Retail Banking
6 2 (10.00%) Banking
6 2 (10.00%) Retail
6 2 (10.00%) zOS
6 2 (10.00%) Mainframe
6 2 (10.00%) Programme Management
6 2 (10.00%) ITIL
7 1 (5.000%) Process Management
7 1 (5.000%) Change Management
7 1 (5.000%) Scrum
7 1 (5.000%) PRINCE
7 1 (5.000%) Middleware
7 1 (5.000%) ATM
7 1 (5.000%) Business Intelligence
7 1 (5.000%) OLTP
7 1 (5.000%) RUP

VisionPLUS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing VisionPLUS 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 VisionPLUS. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (5.000%) Middleware
1 1 (5.000%) Web Services
Applications
1 1 (5.000%) MS Excel
1 1 (5.000%) MS Visio
1 1 (5.000%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 3 (15.00%) BASE24
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.000%) ATM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.000%) OLTP
General
1 14 (70.00%) Finance
2 2 (10.00%) Retail Banking
2 2 (10.00%) Banking
2 2 (10.00%) Retail
3 1 (5.000%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 10 (50.00%) Business Analyst
1 10 (50.00%) Analyst
2 6 (30.00%) VisionPlus Business Analyst
3 3 (15.00%) Payments Business Analyst
4 2 (10.00%) Programme Director
4 2 (10.00%) Programme Manager
5 1 (5.000%) Tester
5 1 (5.000%) Test Manager
5 1 (5.000%) Consultant
5 1 (5.000%) Senior Manager
5 1 (5.000%) Senior Business Analyst
5 1 (5.000%) Test Team Leader
5 1 (5.000%) Senior Project Manager
5 1 (5.000%) Team Leader
5 1 (5.000%) QA Tester
5 1 (5.000%) Senior Analyst
5 1 (5.000%) Architect
5 1 (5.000%) Project Manager
5 1 (5.000%) VisionPLUS Consultant
5 1 (5.000%) QA Leader
Miscellaneous
1 2 (10.00%) Credit Risk
1 2 (10.00%) Mobile Payment
1 2 (10.00%) Mainframe
2 1 (5.000%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 2 (10.00%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (35.00%) Migration
2 5 (25.00%) Business Analysis
2 5 (25.00%) Workflow
2 5 (25.00%) Use Case
3 4 (20.00%) User Acceptance Testing
3 4 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (15.00%) PRINCE2
4 3 (15.00%) SOA
4 3 (15.00%) GAP Analysis
5 2 (10.00%) Programme Management
5 2 (10.00%) ITIL
6 1 (5.000%) Process Management
6 1 (5.000%) Change Management
6 1 (5.000%) Scrum
6 1 (5.000%) PRINCE
6 1 (5.000%) Business Intelligence
6 1 (5.000%) RUP
6 1 (5.000%) E-Commerce
6 1 (5.000%) TOGAF
6 1 (5.000%) Requirements Analysis
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.000%) C
1 1 (5.000%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.000%) QA
Systems Management
1 2 (10.00%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 1 (5.000%) Capita