The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of VocaLink products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Milton Keynes region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited VocaLink over the 3 months to 17 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 Milton Keynes 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 VocaLink Limited.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
VocaLink
Rank - - 57
Contract jobs citing VocaLink 0 0 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Milton Keynes - - 0.168%
As % of the Vendors category - - 0.389%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate - - £500
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Vendors
Milton Keynes
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
236 374 257
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Milton Keynes 46.00% 51.44% 43.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 126 144 99
Average daily rate £325 £315 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.17% -3.07%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £163 £224 £152
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £400 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 29 41
Average hourly rate £13.00 £13.50 £14.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-3.70% -3.57%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.04 £13.00 £9.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.50 £47.50 £25.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
VocaLink
Buckinghamshire

VocaLink
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Milton Keynes VocaLink Jobs Demand Trend

VocaLink
Top 2 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Milton Keynes region citing VocaLink 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 VocaLink.

1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) SWIFT

VocaLink
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Milton Keynes region citing VocaLink 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 VocaLink. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) SWIFT