The first table below looks at the demand for EAI skills 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 EAI 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 of the Processes & Methodologies category 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.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Enterprise Application Integration (EAI)
Rank 214 203 204
Rank change year-on-year
-11 +1
Contract jobs citing EAI 6 42 49
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.076% 0.413% 0.477%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.112% 0.638% 0.737%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 9 16
Average daily rate £450 £425 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.88% +21.42%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £269 £304
10% offered a daily rate of more than £490 £518 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £500 £400 £425
% change year-on-year
+25.00% -5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Processes & Methodologies
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
5367 6583 6648
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 67.75% 64.80% 64.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 2775 3152 3028
Average daily rate £375 £360 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.16% -4.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £250 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £500 £514
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 212 329 357
Average hourly rate £27.00 £25.25 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+6.93% -27.85%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.50 £13.50 £13.54
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £50.00 £45.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.50 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.00% -16.66%
EAI
England

EAI
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East EAI Jobs Demand Trend

EAI
Daily Rate Trend

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

South East EAI Daily Rate Trend

EAI
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing EAI across the South East region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

South East EAI Daily Rate Histogram

EAI
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South East EAI Hourly Rate Trend

EAI
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing EAI within the South East region over the 3 months to 21 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
West Sussex +8 2 - -
Berkshire -5 1 - -
Hampshire -14 1 £450 -11.76%
Home Counties - 1 £388 -
EAI
England

EAI
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing EAI 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 EAI.

1 11 (40.74%) Web Services
1 11 (40.74%) XML
1 11 (40.74%) CRM
2 10 (37.04%) Siebel
2 10 (37.04%) Workflow
3 9 (33.33%) Java
4 8 (29.63%) Project Management
5 7 (25.93%) Oracle
5 7 (25.93%) Data Modelling
6 6 (22.22%) Business Intelligence
6 6 (22.22%) ABAP
6 6 (22.22%) C#
6 6 (22.22%) .NET
6 6 (22.22%) SAP
6 6 (22.22%) Finance
6 6 (22.22%) Migration
6 6 (22.22%) Data Migration
7 5 (18.52%) Windows Azure
7 5 (18.52%) Oracle BI EE
7 5 (18.52%) QA
7 5 (18.52%) WCF
7 5 (18.52%) Silverlight
7 5 (18.52%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 5 (18.52%) Dynamics CRM
7 5 (18.52%) Dynamics AX
7 5 (18.52%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 5 (18.52%) .NET Framework
7 5 (18.52%) Active Directory
7 5 (18.52%) Microsoft
7 5 (18.52%) BizTalk Server

EAI
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing EAI 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 EAI. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 11 (40.74%) Web Services
1 11 (40.74%) XML
2 6 (22.22%) .NET
3 5 (18.52%) WCF
3 5 (18.52%) Silverlight
3 5 (18.52%) .NET Framework
3 5 (18.52%) Middleware
3 5 (18.52%) SOAP
3 5 (18.52%) HTML
4 3 (11.11%) WS-I
4 3 (11.11%) XML Schema
4 3 (11.11%) JDBC
4 3 (11.11%) SAP Basis
5 2 (7.407%) WSDL
5 2 (7.407%) JMS
6 1 (3.704%) SAP XI
6 1 (3.704%) XSD
Application Platforms
1 5 (18.52%) Windows Azure
1 5 (18.52%) BizTalk Server
1 5 (18.52%) IIS
1 5 (18.52%) SharePoint
2 3 (11.11%) MQSeries
3 1 (3.704%) NetWeaver
3 1 (3.704%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 5 (18.52%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 5 (18.52%) Dynamics CRM
1 5 (18.52%) Dynamics AX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (18.52%) Oracle BI EE
1 5 (18.52%) SQL Server Reporting Services
1 5 (18.52%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 5 (18.52%) SQL Server
2 3 (11.11%) BusinessObjects
3 1 (3.704%) Oracle 8/8i
3 1 (3.704%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 5 (18.52%) Visual Studio
General
1 6 (22.22%) Finance
2 3 (11.11%) Automotive
3 1 (3.704%) Telecoms
3 1 (3.704%) Manufacturing
3 1 (3.704%) Banking
3 1 (3.704%) Retail
3 1 (3.704%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 9 (33.33%) Consultant
2 7 (25.93%) Architect
3 6 (22.22%) CRM Consultant
4 5 (18.52%) Microsoft Consultant
4 5 (18.52%) Siebel Architect
4 5 (18.52%) Microsoft CRM Consultant
5 4 (14.81%) Developer
6 2 (7.407%) Siebel Consultant
6 2 (7.407%) Siebel Developer
6 2 (7.407%) Technical Leader
6 2 (7.407%) webMethods Consultant
6 2 (7.407%) Analyst
6 2 (7.407%) Business Analyst
7 1 (3.704%) Solutions Architect
7 1 (3.704%) Business Systems Analyst
7 1 (3.704%) Systems Analyst
7 1 (3.704%) Technical Architect
7 1 (3.704%) SAP Developer
7 1 (3.704%) webMethods Developer
7 1 (3.704%) OBIEE Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.704%) N-Tier
1 1 (3.704%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 5 (18.52%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (40.74%) CRM
2 10 (37.04%) Workflow
3 8 (29.63%) Project Management
4 7 (25.93%) Data Modelling
5 6 (22.22%) Business Intelligence
5 6 (22.22%) Migration
5 6 (22.22%) Data Migration
6 5 (18.52%) SOA
7 2 (7.407%) SAP Implementation
7 2 (7.407%) Data Transformation
7 2 (7.407%) UML
8 1 (3.704%) Stakeholder Management
8 1 (3.704%) TDD
8 1 (3.704%) Zachman Framework
8 1 (3.704%) TOGAF
8 1 (3.704%) OO
8 1 (3.704%) B2B
8 1 (3.704%) Document Management
8 1 (3.704%) User Acceptance Testing
8 1 (3.704%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 9 (33.33%) Java
2 6 (22.22%) ABAP
2 6 (22.22%) C#
3 1 (3.704%) ActionScript
3 1 (3.704%) SQL
3 1 (3.704%) ActionScript 2.0
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (18.52%) QA
System Software
1 5 (18.52%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 10 (37.04%) Siebel
2 7 (25.93%) Oracle
3 6 (22.22%) SAP
4 5 (18.52%) Microsoft
5 4 (14.81%) webMethods
6 3 (11.11%) Business Objects
7 2 (7.407%) Software AG
8 1 (3.704%) JDA
8 1 (3.704%) JD Edwards