The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Micro Focus products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Hampshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Micro Focus 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 Vendors for the Hampshire 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.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are NOT representative of contractor rates within Micro Focus.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Micro Focus
Rank 102 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Micro Focus 3 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hampshire 0.192% - -
As % of the Vendors category 0.345% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
Average daily rate £260 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £260 £220 £300
% change year-on-year
+18.18% -26.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Vendors
Hampshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
870 873 950
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hampshire 55.70% 54.84% 52.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 467 415 339
Average daily rate £365 £375 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.66% +7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £240 £263
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 97 116 134
Average hourly rate £25.00 £27.00 £25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-7.40% +8.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.88 £13.38 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £41.30 £36.15
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year
- -7.31%
Micro Focus
South East

Micro Focus
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Micro Focus across the Hampshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

Hampshire Micro Focus Jobs Demand Trend

Micro Focus
Daily Rate Trend

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

Hampshire Micro Focus Daily Rate Trend

Micro Focus
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Micro Focus within the Hampshire 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
Farnborough - 2 £260 -
Micro Focus
South East

Micro Focus
Top 4 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire region citing Micro Focus 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 Micro Focus.

1 3 (100.00%) Oracle
1 3 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 3 (100.00%) COBOL
2 1 (33.33%) SQL

Micro Focus
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) SQL Server
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Software Developer
1 3 (100.00%) Software Engineer
1 3 (100.00%) Developer
1 3 (100.00%) COBOL Developer
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) COBOL
2 1 (33.33%) SQL
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Oracle