The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Software AG 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 Software AG 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 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 Software AG.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software AG
Rank 373 405 -
Rank change year-on-year
+32 -
Contract jobs citing Software AG 4 10 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 0.018% 0.037% -
As % of the Vendors category 0.041% 0.083% -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 3 0
Average daily rate £240 £525 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-54.28% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £550 £588 -
% change year-on-year
-6.38% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £39.00 £40.00 -
% change year-on-year
-2.50% -
All Vendors
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
9744 12013 14055
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 44.99% 44.59% 45.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 6123 7282 8491
Average daily rate £425 £425 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -5.55%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £267 £265 £285
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 287 296 406
Average hourly rate £22.00 £20.00 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+10.00% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £12.50 £12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £35.95 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
Software AG
England

Software AG
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London Software AG Jobs Demand Trend

Software AG
Daily Rate Trend

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

London Software AG Daily Rate Trend

Software AG
Hourly Rate Trend

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

London Software AG Hourly Rate Trend

Software AG
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing Software AG 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 Software AG.

1 25 (83.33%) Oracle
1 25 (83.33%) IBM
1 25 (83.33%) ESB
2 15 (50.00%) webMethods
3 14 (46.67%) TIBCO
4 12 (40.00%) SWIFT
5 10 (33.33%) Team Foundation Server
5 10 (33.33%) Jenkins
5 10 (33.33%) AIX
5 10 (33.33%) JIRA
5 10 (33.33%) Selenium
5 10 (33.33%) ATG
5 10 (33.33%) Subversion
6 9 (30.00%) Linux
6 9 (30.00%) E-Commerce
7 8 (26.67%) SQL Server
7 8 (26.67%) XML
7 8 (26.67%) Windows
7 8 (26.67%) Oracle 11g
7 8 (26.67%) Use Case
8 7 (23.33%) Oracle RAC
8 7 (23.33%) SUSE
8 7 (23.33%) Oracle 8/8i
8 7 (23.33%) Red Hat
8 7 (23.33%) Microsoft
9 5 (16.67%) SOA
9 5 (16.67%) Banking
9 5 (16.67%) TOGAF
10 4 (13.33%) Zachman Framework
10 4 (13.33%) Business Analysis

Software AG
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 8 (26.67%) XML
2 3 (10.00%) J2EE
3 1 (3.333%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (3.333%) Middleware
Application Platforms
1 25 (83.33%) ESB
Applications
1 2 (6.667%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (3.333%) Oracle BPM
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.333%) LDAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (26.67%) SQL Server
1 8 (26.67%) Oracle 11g
2 7 (23.33%) Oracle 8/8i
3 1 (3.333%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (3.333%) SQL Server 2005
3 1 (3.333%) DB2
Development Applications
1 10 (33.33%) Team Foundation Server
1 10 (33.33%) Jenkins
1 10 (33.33%) JIRA
1 10 (33.33%) Selenium
1 10 (33.33%) Subversion
2 3 (10.00%) Hudson
General
1 5 (16.67%) Banking
2 1 (3.333%) Retail
Job Titles
1 17 (56.67%) Analyst
2 10 (33.33%) Business Analyst
3 9 (30.00%) Payments Business Analyst
4 5 (16.67%) Architect
4 5 (16.67%) Environment Analyst
5 4 (13.33%) Release Analyst
6 3 (10.00%) Administrator
6 3 (10.00%) webMethods Administrator
7 1 (3.333%) Banking Business Analyst
7 1 (3.333%) Environment Manager
7 1 (3.333%) Developer
7 1 (3.333%) Systems Developer
7 1 (3.333%) Test Manager
7 1 (3.333%) Test Analyst
7 1 (3.333%) Lead Developer
7 1 (3.333%) Testing Analyst
7 1 (3.333%) Testing Manager
Miscellaneous
1 12 (40.00%) SWIFT
2 1 (3.333%) IBM Mainframe
2 1 (3.333%) EPoS
2 1 (3.333%) Mainframe
2 1 (3.333%) SaaS
Operating Systems
1 10 (33.33%) AIX
2 9 (30.00%) Linux
3 8 (26.67%) Windows
4 7 (23.33%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (30.00%) E-Commerce
2 8 (26.67%) Use Case
3 5 (16.67%) SOA
3 5 (16.67%) TOGAF
4 4 (13.33%) Zachman Framework
4 4 (13.33%) Business Analysis
5 2 (6.667%) Data Modelling
5 2 (6.667%) ETL
5 2 (6.667%) Migration
5 2 (6.667%) Enterprise Architecture
5 2 (6.667%) Systems Analysis
6 1 (3.333%) Release Management
6 1 (3.333%) UML
6 1 (3.333%) PRINCE2
6 1 (3.333%) Change Control
6 1 (3.333%) Infrastructure Management
6 1 (3.333%) Automation Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.333%) C
1 1 (3.333%) C++
1 1 (3.333%) Java
Qualifications
1 2 (6.667%) DV Cleared
1 2 (6.667%) Security Cleared
2 1 (3.333%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.667%) QA
System Software
1 7 (23.33%) Oracle RAC
Vendors
1 25 (83.33%) Oracle
1 25 (83.33%) IBM
2 15 (50.00%) webMethods
3 14 (46.67%) TIBCO
4 10 (33.33%) ATG
5 7 (23.33%) Red Hat
5 7 (23.33%) Microsoft
6 2 (6.667%) Fundtech
7 1 (3.333%) Pega
7 1 (3.333%) Serena
7 1 (3.333%) Actimize
7 1 (3.333%) SmartStream
7 1 (3.333%) JBoss