The first table below looks at the demand for XPages skills in IT contracts advertised for the London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited XPages 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 of the Application Development category 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.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IBM XPages
Rank - 411 -
Contract jobs citing XPages 0 4 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London - 0.015% -
As % of the Application Development category - 0.053% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 0
Average daily rate - £325 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £320 £300 £450
% change year-on-year
+6.66% -33.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £41.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Application Development
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
6329 7546 9494
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 29.22% 28.01% 30.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 4552 4974 6394
Average daily rate £401 £400 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+0.12% -11.11%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £280 £280 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £575 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 91 107 136
Average hourly rate £40.00 £34.00 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+17.64% -2.85%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £19.00 £15.95 £17.65
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £54.00 £47.50 £57.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
XPages
England

XPages
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London XPages Jobs Demand Trend

XPages
Daily Rate Trend

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

London XPages Daily Rate Trend