The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Mercator products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Oxfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Mercator 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 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.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are NOT representative of contractor rates within Mercator Software, Inc.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Mercator
Rank 42 53 -
Rank change year-on-year
+11 -
Contract jobs citing Mercator 7 5 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 1.620% 0.781% -
As % of the Vendors category 3.211% 1.351% -
Number of daily rates quoted 7 1 0
Average daily rate £295 £540 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-45.37% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £325 £350
% change year-on-year
-7.69% -7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Vendors
Oxfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
218 370 228
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 50.46% 57.81% 51.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 122 177 101
Average daily rate £330 £413 £313
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-20.00% +32.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £238 £253 £180
10% offered a daily rate of more than £498 £525 £403
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 59 31
Average hourly rate £14.81 £17.50 £15.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-15.35% +16.66%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.50 £11.00 £11.36
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £23.75 £27.50 £25.80
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
Mercator
South East

Mercator
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Oxfordshire Mercator Jobs Demand Trend

Mercator
Daily Rate Trend

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

Oxfordshire Mercator Daily Rate Trend

Mercator
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Mercator within the Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 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
Oxford +5 7 £295 -45.37%
Mercator
South East

Mercator
Top 18 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire region citing Mercator 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 Mercator.

1 7 (100.00%) MCSE
1 7 (100.00%) MS Exchange
1 7 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 7 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 7 (100.00%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
1 7 (100.00%) VMware
1 7 (100.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
1 7 (100.00%) Exchange Server 2003
1 7 (100.00%) SCOM
1 7 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 7 (100.00%) vSphere
1 7 (100.00%) Exchange Server 2010
1 7 (100.00%) MobileIron
2 5 (71.43%) Postini
2 5 (71.43%) Disaster Recovery
2 5 (71.43%) Migration
3 2 (28.57%) Lync
3 2 (28.57%) Office Communications Server

Mercator
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Platforms
1 7 (100.00%) MS Exchange
1 7 (100.00%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
1 7 (100.00%) Exchange Server 2003
1 7 (100.00%) Exchange Server 2010
2 2 (28.57%) Office Communications Server
2 2 (28.57%) Lync
Job Titles
1 5 (71.43%) Consultant
1 5 (71.43%) Messaging Consultant
2 2 (28.57%) Messaging Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Data Protection
2 5 (71.43%) Disaster Recovery
2 5 (71.43%) Migration
Qualifications
1 7 (100.00%) MCSE
1 7 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 7 (100.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
System Software
1 7 (100.00%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 7 (100.00%) SCOM
Vendors
1 7 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 7 (100.00%) VMware
1 7 (100.00%) MobileIron
2 5 (71.43%) Postini