The first table below looks at the demand for VME skills in IT contracts advertised for the Lancashire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited VME over the 3 months to 23 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 Operating Systems category for the Lancashire 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
ICL VME
Rank - - -
Contract jobs citing VME 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Lancashire - - -
As % of the Operating Systems category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £435 £250 -
% change year-on-year
+74.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Operating Systems
Lancashire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
68 77 65
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Lancashire 32.69% 18.47% 27.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 30 26
Average daily rate £275 £380 £268
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-27.63% +41.79%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £290 £172
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £501 £375
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 7 13
Average hourly rate £19.00 £25.50 £30.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-25.49% -16.39%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £16.90 £18.00 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £30.00 £30.00 £41.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.20 £17.00 £16.50
% change year-on-year
-4.70% +3.03%
VME
North West

VME
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing VME across the Lancashire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

Lancashire VME Jobs Demand Trend

VME
Daily Rate Trend

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

Lancashire VME Daily Rate Trend

VME
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Lancashire VME Hourly Rate Trend

VME
Top 24 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Lancashire region citing VME 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 VME.

1 1 (100.00%) UNIX
1 1 (100.00%) UML
1 1 (100.00%) RAD
1 1 (100.00%) SSADM
1 1 (100.00%) DSDM
1 1 (100.00%) CRM
1 1 (100.00%) ATM
1 1 (100.00%) ISDN
1 1 (100.00%) VoIP
1 1 (100.00%) Ethernet
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) MVS
1 1 (100.00%) Middleware
1 1 (100.00%) Workflow
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) CESG
1 1 (100.00%) CESG CLAS
1 1 (100.00%) TOGAF
1 1 (100.00%) Enterprise Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) BC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared

VME
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Lancashire region citing VME 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 VME. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (100.00%) Middleware
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) ATM
1 1 (100.00%) ISDN
1 1 (100.00%) VoIP
1 1 (100.00%) Ethernet
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Security Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) CESG
1 1 (100.00%) CESG CLAS
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) UNIX
1 1 (100.00%) MVS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) UML
1 1 (100.00%) RAD
1 1 (100.00%) SSADM
1 1 (100.00%) DSDM
1 1 (100.00%) CRM
1 1 (100.00%) Workflow
1 1 (100.00%) TOGAF
1 1 (100.00%) Enterprise Architecture
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) BC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft