The first table below looks at the demand for Visualfiles 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 Visualfiles over the 3 months to 21 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
LexisNexis Visualfiles
Rank 505 554 550
Rank change year-on-year
+49 -4
Contract jobs citing Visualfiles 7 3 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.017% 0.006% 0.009%
As % of the Business Applications category 0.198% 0.065% 0.103%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 2 2
Average daily rate £310 £263 £279
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+17.90% -5.82%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £288 £249 £256
10% offered a daily rate of more than £350 £277 £302
UK excluding London average daily rate £310 £263 £308
% change year-on-year
+17.90% -14.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £32.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £32.50
All Business Applications
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Business Applications category
3543 4592 4863
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 8.375% 8.582% 8.778%
Number of daily rates quoted 1887 2355 2527
Average daily rate £450 £450 £463
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -2.70%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £295 £300 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £600 £625
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £438 £420
% change year-on-year
-2.85% +4.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 80 56 86
Average hourly rate £37.80 £34.00 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+11.17% +70.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £13.25 £14.80
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £62.50 £57.50 £38.55
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.80 £22.50 £21.96
% change year-on-year
+68.00% +2.45%
Visualfiles
UK

Visualfiles
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England Visualfiles Jobs Demand Trend

Visualfiles
Daily Rate Trend

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

England Visualfiles Daily Rate Trend

Visualfiles
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England Visualfiles Hourly Rate Trend

Visualfiles
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Visualfiles within the England region over the 3 months to 21 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
South West +27 5 £310 +18.09%
North West - 2 £300 -
Visualfiles
UK

Visualfiles
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing Visualfiles 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 Visualfiles.

1 16 (84.21%) SQL
1 16 (84.21%) .NET
2 14 (73.68%) C#
2 14 (73.68%) ASP.NET
2 14 (73.68%) Legal
3 13 (68.42%) ASP.NET MVC
3 13 (68.42%) MVC
4 12 (63.16%) SharePoint
4 12 (63.16%) .NET Framework
5 11 (57.89%) Microsoft
5 11 (57.89%) UML
6 10 (52.63%) Data Security
7 8 (42.11%) Degree
8 3 (15.79%) Practice Management
8 3 (15.79%) T-SQL
8 3 (15.79%) VBScript
9 2 (10.53%) XML
9 2 (10.53%) VB
9 2 (10.53%) VBA
9 2 (10.53%) SQL Server
10 1 (5.263%) Crystal Reports
10 1 (5.263%) IIS
10 1 (5.263%) MS Office
10 1 (5.263%) OO
10 1 (5.263%) RAD
10 1 (5.263%) MS Excel
10 1 (5.263%) Web Services
10 1 (5.263%) HTML
10 1 (5.263%) Management Information System
10 1 (5.263%) Data Warehouse

Visualfiles
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing Visualfiles 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 Visualfiles. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 16 (84.21%) .NET
2 14 (73.68%) ASP.NET
3 13 (68.42%) ASP.NET MVC
4 12 (63.16%) .NET Framework
5 2 (10.53%) XML
6 1 (5.263%) Web Services
6 1 (5.263%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 12 (63.16%) SharePoint
2 1 (5.263%) IIS
2 1 (5.263%) CMS
Applications
1 1 (5.263%) MS Office
1 1 (5.263%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (10.53%) SQL Server
2 1 (5.263%) Crystal Reports
2 1 (5.263%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (5.263%) SQL Server 2005
2 1 (5.263%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (5.263%) SQL Server 2008
2 1 (5.263%) QlikView
General
1 14 (73.68%) Legal
2 1 (5.263%) Law
Job Titles
1 18 (94.74%) Developer
2 4 (21.05%) .NET Developer
3 3 (15.79%) C# Developer
3 3 (15.79%) ASP.NET Developer
3 3 (15.79%) Programmer
3 3 (15.79%) C# ASP.NET Developer
3 3 (15.79%) C# Programmer
3 3 (15.79%) ASP.NET Programmer
4 2 (10.53%) Technical Developer
5 1 (5.263%) Software Developer
5 1 (5.263%) MI Developer
5 1 (5.263%) Case Management Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.263%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (68.42%) MVC
2 11 (57.89%) UML
3 10 (52.63%) Data Security
4 3 (15.79%) Practice Management
5 1 (5.263%) OO
5 1 (5.263%) RAD
5 1 (5.263%) Business Intelligence
5 1 (5.263%) Workflow
5 1 (5.263%) Agile Software Development
5 1 (5.263%) Data Analysis
5 1 (5.263%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 16 (84.21%) SQL
2 14 (73.68%) C#
3 3 (15.79%) T-SQL
3 3 (15.79%) VBScript
4 2 (10.53%) VB
4 2 (10.53%) VBA
Qualifications
1 8 (42.11%) Degree
Vendors
1 11 (57.89%) Microsoft