The first table below looks at the demand for OpenROAD skills in IT contracts advertised for the Somerset region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited OpenROAD over the 3 months to 22 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 Somerset 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
OpenROAD
Rank 35 32 32
Rank change year-on-year
-3 0
Contract jobs citing OpenROAD 1 3 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Somerset 0.543% 1.786% 1.840%
As % of the Application Platforms category 2.632% 6.000% 6.250%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 3
Average daily rate £320 £320 £260
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +23.07%
UK excluding London average daily rate £428 £460 £260
% change year-on-year
-7.06% +76.92%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Application Platforms
Somerset
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
38 50 48
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Somerset 20.65% 29.76% 29.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 29 28
Average daily rate £353 £358 £328
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.39% +9.16%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £320 £238
10% offered a daily rate of more than £458 £403 £355
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £345
% change year-on-year
- -5.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 0
Average hourly rate £21.38 £25.00 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-14.50% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £20.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year
-5.00% -2.43%
OpenROAD
South West

OpenROAD
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Somerset OpenROAD Jobs Demand Trend

OpenROAD
Daily Rate Trend

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

Somerset OpenROAD Daily Rate Trend

OpenROAD
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing OpenROAD within the Somerset region over the 3 months to 22 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
Taunton -1 1 £320 -
OpenROAD
South West

OpenROAD
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Somerset region citing OpenROAD 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 OpenROAD.

1 23 (100.00%) C#
1 23 (100.00%) C++
1 23 (100.00%) HTML
1 23 (100.00%) Java
1 23 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 23 (100.00%) SQL
1 23 (100.00%) VB
1 23 (100.00%) VB.NET
1 23 (100.00%) .NET
1 23 (100.00%) Oracle
1 23 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 23 (100.00%) IIS
1 23 (100.00%) ASP
1 23 (100.00%) ASP.NET
1 23 (100.00%) XML
1 23 (100.00%) ITIL
1 23 (100.00%) UNIX
1 23 (100.00%) UML
1 23 (100.00%) SharePoint
1 23 (100.00%) Ingres
1 23 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 23 (100.00%) .NET Framework
2 19 (82.61%) ISEB
3 18 (78.26%) Unit Testing
4 15 (65.22%) Continuous Integration
5 13 (56.52%) Service Delivery
5 13 (56.52%) Security Cleared
6 11 (47.83%) SQLPlus
6 11 (47.83%) MSTest
6 11 (47.83%) NUnit

OpenROAD
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Somerset region citing OpenROAD 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 OpenROAD. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 23 (100.00%) HTML
1 23 (100.00%) .NET
1 23 (100.00%) ASP
1 23 (100.00%) ASP.NET
1 23 (100.00%) XML
1 23 (100.00%) .NET Framework
Application Platforms
1 23 (100.00%) IIS
1 23 (100.00%) SharePoint
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 23 (100.00%) Ingres
2 11 (47.83%) SQLPlus
Development Applications
1 11 (47.83%) MSTest
1 11 (47.83%) NUnit
2 8 (34.78%) VSS/SourceSafe
2 8 (34.78%) Jenkins
2 8 (34.78%) TeamCity
2 8 (34.78%) Team Foundation Server
2 8 (34.78%) CruiseControl
2 8 (34.78%) Subversion
Job Titles
1 23 (100.00%) Developer
2 14 (60.87%) Analyst
3 12 (52.17%) Analyst Developer
4 9 (39.13%) C# .NET Developer
4 9 (39.13%) .NET Developer
4 9 (39.13%) C# Developer
5 8 (34.78%) Senior Analyst
5 8 (34.78%) Senior Developer
6 6 (26.09%) Senior Analyst Developer
7 5 (21.74%) Support Analyst
8 3 (13.04%) Senior Support Analyst
8 3 (13.04%) Developer Analyst
9 2 (8.696%) C# ASP.NET Developer
9 2 (8.696%) ASP.NET Developer
10 1 (4.348%) Analyst Programmer
10 1 (4.348%) Programmer
Operating Systems
1 23 (100.00%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (100.00%) ITIL
1 23 (100.00%) UML
2 18 (78.26%) Unit Testing
3 15 (65.22%) Continuous Integration
4 13 (56.52%) Service Delivery
5 9 (39.13%) Service Management
5 9 (39.13%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 23 (100.00%) C#
1 23 (100.00%) C++
1 23 (100.00%) Java
1 23 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 23 (100.00%) SQL
1 23 (100.00%) VB
1 23 (100.00%) VB.NET
2 1 (4.348%) C
Qualifications
1 19 (82.61%) ISEB
2 13 (56.52%) Security Cleared
3 9 (39.13%) MCTS
3 9 (39.13%) MCPD
3 9 (39.13%) Microsoft Certification
3 9 (39.13%) MCP
4 3 (13.04%) SC Cleared
Vendors
1 23 (100.00%) Oracle
1 23 (100.00%) Microsoft