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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Compuware
Rank 217 - 237
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Compuware 7 0 16
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.090% - 0.154%
As % of the Vendors category 0.178% - 0.316%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 2
Average daily rate £550 - £438
90% offered a daily rate of more than £350 - £428
10% offered a daily rate of more than £553 - £448
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £250 £438
% change year-on-year
+50.00% -42.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
Average hourly rate - - £35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £35.00
All Vendors
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
3939 4993 5071
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 50.54% 49.21% 48.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 1932 2185 1996
Average daily rate £350 £360 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.77% +2.85%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £220 £240
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £500 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 315 378 421
Average hourly rate £19.63 £17.50 £21.79
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+12.14% -19.68%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.44 £11.48 £11.30
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £45.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
Compuware
England

Compuware
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East Compuware Jobs Demand Trend

Compuware
Daily Rate Trend

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

South East Compuware Daily Rate Trend

Compuware
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Compuware across the South East region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

South East Compuware Daily Rate Histogram

Compuware
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Compuware across the South East region.

South East Compuware Hourly Rate Trend

Compuware
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Compuware within the South East region over the 3 months to 24 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
Buckinghamshire - 4 £350 -
Hampshire - 3 £550 -
Compuware
England

Compuware
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing Compuware 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 Compuware.

1 7 (70.00%) SQL
2 6 (60.00%) DB2
3 4 (40.00%) COBOL
3 4 (40.00%) JCL
3 4 (40.00%) Micro Focus
4 3 (30.00%) Mainframe
4 3 (30.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (30.00%) ITIL
4 3 (30.00%) E-Commerce
4 3 (30.00%) Retail
4 3 (30.00%) Data Analysis
4 3 (30.00%) Performance Management
4 3 (30.00%) SaaS
4 3 (30.00%) Demand Management
5 2 (20.00%) Project Planning
5 2 (20.00%) Agile Software Development
5 2 (20.00%) Data Management
5 2 (20.00%) IBM
5 2 (20.00%) Management Information System
5 2 (20.00%) Oracle
5 2 (20.00%) SQL Server
5 2 (20.00%) HP
6 1 (10.00%) Citrix
6 1 (10.00%) SAN
6 1 (10.00%) CA
6 1 (10.00%) QuickTest Pro
6 1 (10.00%) Veritas
6 1 (10.00%) Netcool
6 1 (10.00%) OpenView Configuration Management
6 1 (10.00%) TIBCO

Compuware
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 1 (10.00%) XML
1 1 (10.00%) XSL
1 1 (10.00%) HTML
1 1 (10.00%) Middleware
Applications
1 1 (10.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (10.00%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (60.00%) DB2
2 2 (20.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (10.00%) QuickTest Pro
General
1 3 (30.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 3 (30.00%) Developer
2 2 (20.00%) COBOL Developer
2 2 (20.00%) Applications Specialist
3 1 (10.00%) Oracle Developer
3 1 (10.00%) Test Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 3 (30.00%) Mainframe
1 3 (30.00%) SaaS
2 2 (20.00%) Management Information System
3 1 (10.00%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 1 (10.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (30.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 3 (30.00%) ITIL
1 3 (30.00%) E-Commerce
1 3 (30.00%) Data Analysis
1 3 (30.00%) Performance Management
1 3 (30.00%) Demand Management
2 2 (20.00%) Project Planning
2 2 (20.00%) Agile Software Development
2 2 (20.00%) Data Management
3 1 (10.00%) Project Management
3 1 (10.00%) Asset Management
3 1 (10.00%) Software Testing
3 1 (10.00%) Data Mapping
3 1 (10.00%) Information Assurance
Programming Languages
1 7 (70.00%) SQL
2 4 (40.00%) COBOL
2 4 (40.00%) JCL
3 1 (10.00%) JavaScript
3 1 (10.00%) T-SQL
3 1 (10.00%) XPath
Qualifications
1 1 (10.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (10.00%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (10.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (10.00%) Netcool
1 1 (10.00%) OpenView Configuration Management
1 1 (10.00%) HP UCMDB
Vendors
1 4 (40.00%) Micro Focus
2 2 (20.00%) IBM
2 2 (20.00%) Oracle
2 2 (20.00%) HP
3 1 (10.00%) Citrix
3 1 (10.00%) CA
3 1 (10.00%) Veritas
3 1 (10.00%) TIBCO
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