The first table below looks at the demand for LiveLink skills in IT contracts advertised for the Reading region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited LiveLink 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 Platforms category for the Reading 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
Open Text LiveLink
Rank - - -
Contract jobs citing LiveLink 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Reading - - -
As % of the Application Platforms category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £450 £400 £350
% change year-on-year
+12.50% +14.28%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £18.50 £17.50
% change year-on-year
- +5.71%
All Application Platforms
Reading
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
174 162 194
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Reading 20.84% 14.53% 18.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 76 61 84
Average daily rate £400 £325 £338
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+23.07% -3.70%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £235 £178 £260
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £425 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £343
% change year-on-year
- -5.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 5 10
Average hourly rate £18.00 £19.00 £16.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-5.26% +18.75%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.85 £10.00 £10.05
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £27.50 £37.00 £19.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.50 £20.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year
-2.50% -2.43%
LiveLink
Berkshire

LiveLink
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Reading LiveLink Jobs Demand Trend

LiveLink
Daily Rate Trend

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

Reading LiveLink Daily Rate Trend

LiveLink
Top 10 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Reading region citing LiveLink 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 LiveLink.

1 1 (100.00%) J2EE
1 1 (100.00%) RUP
1 1 (100.00%) Documentum
1 1 (100.00%) FileNet
1 1 (100.00%) Workflow
1 1 (100.00%) Open Text
1 1 (100.00%) Content Management
1 1 (100.00%) Document Management
1 1 (100.00%) Blog
1 1 (100.00%) Alfresco

LiveLink
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 1 (100.00%) J2EE
Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) Documentum
1 1 (100.00%) FileNet
1 1 (100.00%) Alfresco
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Solutions Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Blog
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) RUP
1 1 (100.00%) Workflow
1 1 (100.00%) Content Management
1 1 (100.00%) Document Management
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Open Text