The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Open Text 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 Open Text over the 3 months to 18 June 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 the Open Text Corporation.

Location
3 months to
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Open Text
Rank 347 382 416
Rank change year-on-year
+35 +34
Contract jobs citing Open Text 45 31 39
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 0.195% 0.116% 0.124%
As % of the Vendors category 0.433% 0.259% 0.271%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 13 23
Average daily rate £375 £425 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-11.76% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £259 £333
10% offered a daily rate of more than £540 £538 £515
UK excluding London average daily rate £419 £343 £363
% change year-on-year
+22.26% -5.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 0
Average hourly rate - £21.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Vendors
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
10387 11971 14407
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 45.04% 44.95% 45.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 6537 7224 8747
Average daily rate £425 £425 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -5.55%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £274 £250 £280
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £600 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 295 307 400
Average hourly rate £22.00 £19.50 £21.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+12.82% -7.14%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £12.50 £13.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £35.50 £40.95
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.63 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-3.18% -1.87%
Open Text
England

Open Text
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London Open Text Jobs Demand Trend

Open Text
Daily Rate Trend

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

London Open Text Daily Rate Trend

Open Text
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Open Text across the London region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

London Open Text Daily Rate Histogram

Open Text
Hourly Rate Trend

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

London Open Text Hourly Rate Trend

Open Text
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Open Text within the London region over the 3 months to 18 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
City of London +16 12 £325 -49.01% 1
Brentford - - - -
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England

Open Text
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing Open Text 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 Open Text.

1 24 (30.77%) Content Management
2 21 (26.92%) HTML
3 20 (25.64%) Windows
4 19 (24.36%) Finance
4 19 (24.36%) Document Management
5 18 (23.08%) JavaScript
5 18 (23.08%) SQL
6 17 (21.79%) SharePoint
7 15 (19.23%) Active Directory
7 15 (19.23%) CSS
8 14 (17.95%) LiveLink
9 12 (15.38%) Web Services
9 12 (15.38%) XML
9 12 (15.38%) Siebel
9 12 (15.38%) Microsoft
9 12 (15.38%) EDRMS
10 11 (14.10%) LDAP
10 11 (14.10%) .NET
11 10 (12.82%) Oracle
11 10 (12.82%) IIS
11 10 (12.82%) Java
11 10 (12.82%) CMS
12 9 (11.54%) VB
13 8 (10.26%) C#
13 8 (10.26%) Linux
13 8 (10.26%) Java EE
14 7 (8.974%) Retail
14 7 (8.974%) Windows Server 2003
14 7 (8.974%) JBoss
14 7 (8.974%) Apache

Open Text
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing Open Text 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 Open Text. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 21 (26.92%) HTML
2 15 (19.23%) CSS
3 12 (15.38%) Web Services
3 12 (15.38%) XML
4 11 (14.10%) .NET
5 8 (10.26%) Java EE
6 6 (7.692%) jQuery
7 5 (6.410%) OSGi
7 5 (6.410%) GWT
7 5 (6.410%) Struts
8 3 (3.846%) .NET Framework
8 3 (3.846%) WinForms
8 3 (3.846%) JSP
8 3 (3.846%) CGI
8 3 (3.846%) ASP
8 3 (3.846%) ASP.NET
8 3 (3.846%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
9 2 (2.564%) Node.js
10 1 (1.282%) REST
10 1 (1.282%) XSLT
Application Platforms
1 17 (21.79%) SharePoint
2 14 (17.95%) LiveLink
3 10 (12.82%) IIS
3 10 (12.82%) CMS
4 7 (8.974%) Apache
5 5 (6.410%) MS Exchange
5 5 (6.410%) AquaLogic
5 5 (6.410%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
6 3 (3.846%) ESB
6 3 (3.846%) MS Project Server
6 3 (3.846%) Documentum
6 3 (3.846%) WebLogic
6 3 (3.846%) WebLogic Portal
7 2 (2.564%) Windows Azure
7 2 (2.564%) Amazon AWS
8 1 (1.282%) SharePoint 2010
8 1 (1.282%) Escenic
8 1 (1.282%) Adobe CQ
8 1 (1.282%) CoreMedia CMS
8 1 (1.282%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 4 (5.128%) MS Excel
2 1 (1.282%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 5 (6.410%) Oracle BPM
2 3 (3.846%) SAP HR
2 3 (3.846%) Remedy AR System
3 1 (1.282%) SAP HCM
3 1 (1.282%) SAP FI-AP
3 1 (1.282%) SAP ECC
3 1 (1.282%) SAP GRC
3 1 (1.282%) SAP FI
3 1 (1.282%) SAP FI/CO
3 1 (1.282%) SAP CO
3 1 (1.282%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 11 (14.10%) LDAP
2 5 (6.410%) SMTP
2 5 (6.410%) Internet
3 4 (5.128%) DHCP
3 4 (5.128%) HTTP
3 4 (5.128%) TCP/IP
3 4 (5.128%) DNS
3 4 (5.128%) Intranet
4 3 (3.846%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (15.38%) EDRMS
2 7 (8.974%) SQL Server
3 5 (6.410%) MySQL
4 2 (2.564%) SAP BW
4 2 (2.564%) Oracle 8/8i
5 1 (1.282%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (1.282%) OLTP
5 1 (1.282%) Oracle 10g
5 1 (1.282%) DataStage
5 1 (1.282%) DB2
5 1 (1.282%) Oracle OWB
5 1 (1.282%) Data Mart
5 1 (1.282%) SQL Server 2005
5 1 (1.282%) QlikView
5 1 (1.282%) BusinessObjects XI
Development Applications
1 2 (2.564%) Subversion
1 2 (2.564%) Git (software)
2 1 (1.282%) JIRA
General
1 19 (24.36%) Finance
2 7 (8.974%) Retail
3 5 (6.410%) Law
4 4 (5.128%) Front Office
4 4 (5.128%) Banking
5 3 (3.846%) Financial Institution
6 2 (2.564%) Pharmaceutical
6 2 (2.564%) Back Office
6 2 (2.564%) Publishing
7 1 (1.282%) Billing
7 1 (1.282%) Investment Banking
7 1 (1.282%) Retail Banking
7 1 (1.282%) Marketing
7 1 (1.282%) Telecoms
7 1 (1.282%) Legal
7 1 (1.282%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.282%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 16 (20.51%) Consultant
2 11 (14.10%) Systems Engineer
2 11 (14.10%) Architect
3 10 (12.82%) Analyst
4 8 (10.26%) Developer
5 7 (8.974%) Business Analyst
6 6 (7.692%) Technical Architect
7 5 (6.410%) Messaging Consultant
8 3 (3.846%) Web Engineer
8 3 (3.846%) Exchange Consultant
8 3 (3.846%) Web Architect
8 3 (3.846%) Test Manager
8 3 (3.846%) Project Manager
8 3 (3.846%) SAP Consultant
8 3 (3.846%) Integration Engineer
9 2 (2.564%) Enterprise Architect
9 2 (2.564%) SAP Functional Consultant
9 2 (2.564%) 2nd Line Support
9 2 (2.564%) Support Consultant
9 2 (2.564%) Functional Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 6 (7.692%) Management Information System
2 5 (6.410%) Blackberry
3 1 (1.282%) Fixed Income
3 1 (1.282%) Equities
3 1 (1.282%) Taxonomies
3 1 (1.282%) Data Integration
3 1 (1.282%) SaaS
3 1 (1.282%) PaaS
3 1 (1.282%) IaaS
Operating Systems
1 20 (25.64%) Windows
2 8 (10.26%) Linux
3 7 (8.974%) Windows Server 2003
4 6 (7.692%) Windows Server 2008
4 6 (7.692%) Solaris
4 6 (7.692%) UNIX
5 2 (2.564%) Windows XP
6 1 (1.282%) Windows 7
6 1 (1.282%) Apple iOS
6 1 (1.282%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (30.77%) Content Management
2 19 (24.36%) Document Management
3 7 (8.974%) ITIL
4 5 (6.410%) Change Management
4 5 (6.410%) Migration
4 5 (6.410%) Use Case
4 5 (6.410%) BPMN
5 4 (5.128%) E-Discovery
5 4 (5.128%) Stakeholder Management
5 4 (5.128%) TOGAF
5 4 (5.128%) Enterprise Architecture
5 4 (5.128%) E-Commerce
5 4 (5.128%) Project Management
5 4 (5.128%) SOA
6 3 (3.846%) ETL
6 3 (3.846%) PRINCE2
6 3 (3.846%) Test Scripting
6 3 (3.846%) Enterprise Content Management
6 3 (3.846%) Problem Management
7 2 (2.564%) Information Architecture
Programming Languages
1 18 (23.08%) SQL
1 18 (23.08%) JavaScript
2 10 (12.82%) Java
3 9 (11.54%) VB
4 8 (10.26%) C#
5 4 (5.128%) PowerShell
6 3 (3.846%) Perl
6 3 (3.846%) C
7 2 (2.564%) VB.NET
7 2 (2.564%) PL/SQL
7 2 (2.564%) VB6
8 1 (1.282%) Ruby
8 1 (1.282%) Python
8 1 (1.282%) C++
Qualifications
1 5 (6.410%) Microsoft Certification
2 4 (5.128%) DV Cleared
2 4 (5.128%) Security Cleared
2 4 (5.128%) MCSE
3 3 (3.846%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 1 (1.282%) MOS
4 1 (1.282%) MCDST
4 1 (1.282%) Degree
4 1 (1.282%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.282%) SLA
1 1 (1.282%) Data Quality
System Software
1 15 (19.23%) Active Directory
2 3 (3.846%) ISA Server
2 3 (3.846%) VMware ESX
2 3 (3.846%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (3.846%) vSphere
3 2 (2.564%) Varnish
4 1 (1.282%) Citrix Presentation Server
Systems Management
1 5 (6.410%) MAILsweeper
1 5 (6.410%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
Vendors
1 12 (15.38%) Siebel
1 12 (15.38%) Microsoft
2 10 (12.82%) Oracle
3 7 (8.974%) SAP
3 7 (8.974%) JBoss
4 6 (7.692%) Vignette
4 6 (7.692%) IBM
4 6 (7.692%) RedDot
5 5 (6.410%) Clearswift
5 5 (6.410%) Metastorm
5 5 (6.410%) Google
5 5 (6.410%) Lombardi
5 5 (6.410%) Pega
5 5 (6.410%) Cordys
5 5 (6.410%) Symantec
5 5 (6.410%) RightFax
6 4 (5.128%) hybris
6 4 (5.128%) Endeca
6 4 (5.128%) TIBCO
6 4 (5.128%) Hummingbird
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