The first table below looks at the demand for Abaqus skills in IT contracts advertised for the Sheffield region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Abaqus over the 3 months to 23 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 Applications category for the Sheffield 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SIMULIA Abaqus
Rank - - -
Contract jobs citing Abaqus 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Sheffield - - -
As % of the Applications category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate - - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Applications
Sheffield
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category
28 25 11
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Sheffield 18.67% 17.48% 6.748%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 9 4
Average daily rate £225 £200 £238
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+12.50% -15.78%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £93 £137 £222
10% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £400 £320
UK excluding London average daily rate £310 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+3.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 6 4
Average hourly rate £11.21 £11.75 £12.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-4.59% -6.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £9.48 £10.00 £10.16
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £32.50 £25.03 £17.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.50 £15.56 £16.00
% change year-on-year
-0.38% -2.75%
Abaqus
South Yorkshire