The first table below looks at the demand for ESB skills in IT contracts advertised for the Oxfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited ESB over the 3 months to 19 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 of the Application Platforms category for the Oxfordshire 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Enterprise Service Bus (ESB)
Rank - 51 46
Contract jobs citing ESB 0 2 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxfordshire - 0.348% 1.022%
As % of the Application Platforms category - 1.481% 4.310%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 2
Average daily rate - - £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £400 £450
% change year-on-year
-6.25% -11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £39.00 £40.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
-2.50% +14.28%
All Application Platforms
Oxfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
132 135 116
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 28.21% 23.48% 23.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 91 77 64
Average daily rate £350 £400 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-12.50% +14.28%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £295 £175 £171
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £476 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £340
% change year-on-year
- -4.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 14 17
Average hourly rate £23.75 £16.50 £15.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+43.93% +10.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.35 £12.65 £10.75
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £23.98 £22.40 £26.60
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £20.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year
-5.00% +5.26%
ESB
South East

ESB
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Oxfordshire ESB Jobs Demand Trend

ESB
Daily Rate Trend

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

Oxfordshire ESB Daily Rate Trend