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

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Capita
Rank 381 371 422
Rank change year-on-year
-10 +51
Contract jobs citing Capita 6 47 11
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 0.027% 0.172% 0.036%
As % of the Vendors category 0.060% 0.386% 0.079%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 7 3
Average daily rate £488 £350 £500
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+39.28% -30.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £373 £300 £320
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £445 £540
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £325 £301
% change year-on-year
-7.69% +8.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £28.57 £13.03 £14.50
% change year-on-year
+119.28% -10.13%
All Vendors
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
9944 12176 13868
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 45.21% 44.54% 45.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 6264 7379 8380
Average daily rate £425 £425 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -5.55%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £263 £270 £280
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £600 £625
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 294 302 402
Average hourly rate £21.34 £20.00 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+6.67% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £12.50 £12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £35.80 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
Capita
England

Capita
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London Capita Jobs Demand Trend

Capita
Daily Rate Trend

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

London Capita Daily Rate Trend

Capita
Daily Rate Histogram

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

London Capita Daily Rate Histogram

Capita
Hourly Rate Trend

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

London Capita Hourly Rate Trend

Capita
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 6 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 5 (27.78%) SQL
2 5 (27.78%) ISTQB
2 5 (27.78%) QA
2 5 (27.78%) Test Automation
2 5 (27.78%) HP Quality Center
3 4 (22.22%) Integration Testing
3 4 (22.22%) System Testing
3 4 (22.22%) User Acceptance Testing
3 4 (22.22%) Stakeholder Management
3 4 (22.22%) ISEB
4 3 (16.67%) MS Excel
4 3 (16.67%) CRM
4 3 (16.67%) Siebel
4 3 (16.67%) .NET
4 3 (16.67%) SQL Server
4 3 (16.67%) PRINCE2
4 3 (16.67%) UNIX
4 3 (16.67%) Performance Testing
4 3 (16.67%) Software Testing
4 3 (16.67%) Test Scripting
5 2 (11.11%) Capacity Management
5 2 (11.11%) Build Automation
5 2 (11.11%) Web Application Development
5 2 (11.11%) Waterfall
5 2 (11.11%) Test Strategy
5 2 (11.11%) MS PowerPoint
5 2 (11.11%) Problem Management
5 2 (11.11%) Unit Testing
5 2 (11.11%) Test Management

Capita
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 3 (16.67%) .NET
2 2 (11.11%) ASP.NET
3 1 (5.556%) HTML
3 1 (5.556%) CSS
3 1 (5.556%) HTML5
Application Platforms
1 1 (5.556%) MS Exchange
1 1 (5.556%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (16.67%) MS Excel
2 2 (11.11%) MS PowerPoint
2 2 (11.11%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.556%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (16.67%) SQL Server
2 2 (11.11%) DTS
3 1 (5.556%) MySQL
3 1 (5.556%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 2 (11.11%) Team Foundation Server
1 2 (11.11%) Visual Studio
2 1 (5.556%) QuickTest Pro
General
1 1 (5.556%) Retail
1 1 (5.556%) Finance
1 1 (5.556%) Games
Job Titles
1 5 (27.78%) Administrator
2 4 (22.22%) Analyst
3 3 (16.67%) Test Analyst
3 3 (16.67%) Systems Administrator
4 2 (11.11%) Teradata DBA
4 2 (11.11%) DBA
4 2 (11.11%) Test Manager
4 2 (11.11%) SQL DBA
4 2 (11.11%) Developer
5 1 (5.556%) Graduate
5 1 (5.556%) .NET Developer
5 1 (5.556%) Technical Analyst
5 1 (5.556%) Crystal Reports Developer
5 1 (5.556%) Test Consultant
5 1 (5.556%) Graduate Developer
5 1 (5.556%) Consultant
5 1 (5.556%) Test Automation Consultant
5 1 (5.556%) Graduate .NET Developer
5 1 (5.556%) Report Developer
5 1 (5.556%) Test Leader
Miscellaneous
1 2 (11.11%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 3 (16.67%) UNIX
2 2 (11.11%) Windows
3 1 (5.556%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (27.78%) Test Automation
2 4 (22.22%) Integration Testing
2 4 (22.22%) System Testing
2 4 (22.22%) User Acceptance Testing
2 4 (22.22%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (16.67%) CRM
3 3 (16.67%) PRINCE2
3 3 (16.67%) Performance Testing
3 3 (16.67%) Software Testing
3 3 (16.67%) Test Scripting
4 2 (11.11%) Capacity Management
4 2 (11.11%) Build Automation
4 2 (11.11%) Web Application Development
4 2 (11.11%) Waterfall
4 2 (11.11%) Test Strategy
4 2 (11.11%) Problem Management
4 2 (11.11%) Unit Testing
4 2 (11.11%) Test Management
4 2 (11.11%) Data Migration
4 2 (11.11%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 5 (27.78%) SQL
2 2 (11.11%) VB
2 2 (11.11%) C#
3 1 (5.556%) C++
3 1 (5.556%) Java
3 1 (5.556%) JavaScript
3 1 (5.556%) PHP
3 1 (5.556%) C
Qualifications
1 5 (27.78%) ISTQB
2 4 (22.22%) ISEB
3 1 (5.556%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (27.78%) QA
2 1 (5.556%) SLA
Systems Management
1 5 (27.78%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 6 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 3 (16.67%) Siebel
3 2 (11.11%) HP
3 2 (11.11%) Veritas
3 2 (11.11%) CheckPoint
4 1 (5.556%) Novell
4 1 (5.556%) SAP
4 1 (5.556%) Northgate
4 1 (5.556%) Civica