The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of ReadSoft products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Hertfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited ReadSoft over the 3 months to 24 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 Hertfordshire 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 ReadSoft.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
ReadSoft
Rank - - -
Contract jobs citing ReadSoft 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hertfordshire - - -
As % of the Vendors category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £50.50 -
All Vendors
Hertfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
298 360 465
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 46.78% 36.85% 53.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 132 134 179
Average daily rate £363 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.57% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £185 £188
10% offered a daily rate of more than £463 £475 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 36 69
Average hourly rate £17.50 £18.50 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-5.40% -47.14%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.65 £11.60 £14.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.50 £36.00 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
ReadSoft
East of England

ReadSoft
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hertfordshire ReadSoft Jobs Demand Trend

ReadSoft
Daily Rate Trend

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

Hertfordshire ReadSoft Daily Rate Trend

ReadSoft
Top 16 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire region citing ReadSoft 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 ReadSoft.

1 5 (100.00%) SAP
1 5 (100.00%) NetWeaver
1 5 (100.00%) SAP Basis
1 5 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 5 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 4 (80.00%) Oracle
3 3 (60.00%) Java
4 2 (40.00%) SAP Certification
4 2 (40.00%) Solaris
5 1 (20.00%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (20.00%) Oracle 8/8i
5 1 (20.00%) RDBMS
5 1 (20.00%) UNIX
5 1 (20.00%) Intranet
5 1 (20.00%) SAP PI
5 1 (20.00%) Oracle EBS R12

ReadSoft
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire region citing ReadSoft 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 ReadSoft. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 5 (100.00%) SAP Basis
2 1 (20.00%) SAP PI
Application Platforms
1 5 (100.00%) NetWeaver
Business Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Oracle EBS R12
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) Oracle Reports
1 1 (20.00%) Oracle 8/8i
1 1 (20.00%) RDBMS
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Administrator
1 3 (60.00%) SAP Basis Administrator
1 3 (60.00%) SAP Administrator
2 2 (40.00%) SAP Basis Consultant
2 2 (40.00%) SAP Consultant
2 2 (40.00%) Consultant
3 1 (20.00%) DBA
Operating Systems
1 2 (40.00%) Solaris
2 1 (20.00%) UNIX
Programming Languages
1 3 (60.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 5 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (40.00%) SAP Certification
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) SAP
2 4 (80.00%) Oracle