The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Empirix 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 Empirix 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 Empirix.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Empirix
Rank 222 - 252
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Empirix 2 0 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.026% - 0.010%
As % of the Vendors category 0.051% - 0.020%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
Average daily rate £300 - £250
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 - £360
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
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%
Empirix
England

Empirix
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East Empirix Jobs Demand Trend

Empirix
Daily Rate Trend

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

South East Empirix Daily Rate Trend

Empirix
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Empirix 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
Berkshire - 2 £300 -
Empirix
England

Empirix
Top 26 Related IT Skills

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

1 3 (100.00%) Oracle
2 2 (66.67%) .NET
2 2 (66.67%) Lotus Notes
2 2 (66.67%) MS Excel
2 2 (66.67%) MS PowerPoint
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 2 (66.67%) Lotus
3 1 (33.33%) Mainframe
3 1 (33.33%) HP
3 1 (33.33%) ISEB
3 1 (33.33%) LoadRunner
3 1 (33.33%) Performance Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Load Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Stress Testing
3 1 (33.33%) IBM Mainframe
3 1 (33.33%) Manual Testing
3 1 (33.33%) System Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Rational Performance Tester
3 1 (33.33%) iSeries
3 1 (33.33%) AS400
3 1 (33.33%) Finance
3 1 (33.33%) SilkPerformer
3 1 (33.33%) IBM
3 1 (33.33%) Oracle 8/8i
3 1 (33.33%) RPG
3 1 (33.33%) OO

Empirix
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 2 (66.67%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 2 (66.67%) Lotus Notes
Applications
1 2 (66.67%) MS Excel
1 2 (66.67%) MS PowerPoint
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) Oracle 8/8i
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) LoadRunner
1 1 (33.33%) Rational Performance Tester
1 1 (33.33%) SilkPerformer
General
1 1 (33.33%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Tester
1 2 (66.67%) Analyst
1 2 (66.67%) Test Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Performance Tester
2 1 (33.33%) Systems Tester
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Mainframe
1 1 (33.33%) IBM Mainframe
1 1 (33.33%) iSeries
1 1 (33.33%) AS400
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Performance Testing
1 1 (33.33%) Load Testing
1 1 (33.33%) Stress Testing
1 1 (33.33%) Manual Testing
1 1 (33.33%) System Testing
1 1 (33.33%) OO
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) RPG
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) ISEB
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Oracle
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 2 (66.67%) Lotus
3 1 (33.33%) HP
3 1 (33.33%) IBM