The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Open Text products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Reading region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Open Text over the 3 months to 21 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 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.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are NOT representative of contractor rates within the Open Text Corporation.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Open Text
Rank - - -
Contract jobs citing Open Text 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Reading - - -
As % of the Vendors category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £475 £343 £350
% change year-on-year
+38.68% -2.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Vendors
Reading
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
446 616 601
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Reading 52.10% 55.75% 58.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 182 190 246
Average daily rate £350 £345 £390
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.44% -11.53%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £140 £213 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 40 22
Average hourly rate £20.75 £15.50 £16.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+33.87% -3.12%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.45 £10.00 £10.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £32.50 £30.00 £42.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year
- -7.31%
Open Text
Berkshire

Open Text
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Reading Open Text Jobs Demand Trend

Open Text
Daily Rate Trend

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

Reading Open Text Daily Rate Trend

Open Text
Top 20 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Reading region citing Open Text 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 Open Text.

1 9 (90.00%) HTML
1 9 (90.00%) XML
1 9 (90.00%) Dreamweaver
1 9 (90.00%) CMS
1 9 (90.00%) Web 2.0
1 9 (90.00%) jQuery
1 9 (90.00%) WebSphere
2 8 (80.00%) Macromedia
2 8 (80.00%) JavaScript
3 3 (30.00%) RedDot
4 2 (20.00%) Content Management
5 1 (10.00%) Alfresco
5 1 (10.00%) Blog
5 1 (10.00%) FileNet
5 1 (10.00%) Workflow
5 1 (10.00%) LiveLink
5 1 (10.00%) Document Management
5 1 (10.00%) J2EE
5 1 (10.00%) RUP
5 1 (10.00%) Documentum

Open Text
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Reading region citing Open Text 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 Open Text. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 9 (90.00%) HTML
1 9 (90.00%) XML
1 9 (90.00%) jQuery
1 9 (90.00%) WebSphere
2 1 (10.00%) J2EE
Application Platforms
1 9 (90.00%) CMS
2 1 (10.00%) Alfresco
2 1 (10.00%) FileNet
2 1 (10.00%) LiveLink
2 1 (10.00%) Documentum
Development Applications
1 9 (90.00%) Dreamweaver
Job Titles
1 9 (90.00%) Architect
2 7 (70.00%) Web Architect
3 2 (20.00%) Solutions Architect
3 2 (20.00%) WebSphere Architect
4 1 (10.00%) Web Content Editor
4 1 (10.00%) Content Editor
4 1 (10.00%) Web Consultant
4 1 (10.00%) Web Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) Technical Solutions Architect
4 1 (10.00%) Web Editor
4 1 (10.00%) WebSphere Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) Technical Architect
4 1 (10.00%) Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 9 (90.00%) Web 2.0
2 1 (10.00%) Blog
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (20.00%) Content Management
2 1 (10.00%) Workflow
2 1 (10.00%) Document Management
2 1 (10.00%) RUP
Programming Languages
1 8 (80.00%) JavaScript
Vendors
1 8 (80.00%) Macromedia
2 3 (30.00%) RedDot