The first table below looks at the demand for LiveCycle 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 LiveCycle 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 Application Platforms 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
Adobe LiveCycle
Rank 219 241 242
Rank change year-on-year
+22 +1
Contract jobs citing LiveCycle 1 4 11
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.013% 0.039% 0.107%
As % of the Application Platforms category 0.068% 0.250% 0.631%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 3 9
Average daily rate - £425 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate - £425 £425
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Application Platforms
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
1478 1599 1744
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 18.66% 15.74% 16.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 768 778 731
Average daily rate £340 £325 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.61% -7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £215 £210 £215
10% offered a daily rate of more than £471 £475 £463
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £345
% change year-on-year
- -5.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 103 83 153
Average hourly rate £18.00 £19.00 £20.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-5.26% -7.31%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.20 £12.45 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £39.60 £40.00 £43.20
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.50 £20.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.50% -
LiveCycle
England

LiveCycle
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East LiveCycle Jobs Demand Trend

LiveCycle
Daily Rate Trend

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

South East LiveCycle Daily Rate Trend

LiveCycle
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing LiveCycle 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
Berkshire - 1 - -
LiveCycle
England

LiveCycle
Top 18 Related IT Skills

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

1 3 (100.00%) Workflow
1 3 (100.00%) Adobe
2 2 (66.67%) BusinessObjects
2 2 (66.67%) SAP PSCD
2 2 (66.67%) Revenue Management
2 2 (66.67%) Web Dynpro
2 2 (66.67%) SAP XI
2 2 (66.67%) ABAP
2 2 (66.67%) Business Objects
2 2 (66.67%) SAP
2 2 (66.67%) Web Services
2 2 (66.67%) OOP
2 2 (66.67%) OO
3 1 (33.33%) HTML
3 1 (33.33%) JavaScript
3 1 (33.33%) SQL
3 1 (33.33%) XML
3 1 (33.33%) Business Analysis

LiveCycle
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 2 (66.67%) Web Dynpro
1 2 (66.67%) SAP XI
1 2 (66.67%) Web Services
2 1 (33.33%) HTML
2 1 (33.33%) XML
Business Applications
1 2 (66.67%) SAP PSCD
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) BusinessObjects
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Developer
2 2 (66.67%) ABAP Developer
2 2 (66.67%) SAP Developer
3 1 (33.33%) Front-End Developer
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Workflow
2 2 (66.67%) Revenue Management
2 2 (66.67%) OOP
2 2 (66.67%) OO
3 1 (33.33%) Business Analysis
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) ABAP
2 1 (33.33%) JavaScript
2 1 (33.33%) SQL
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Adobe
2 2 (66.67%) Business Objects
2 2 (66.67%) SAP