The first table below looks at the demand for LiveLink 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 LiveLink over the 3 months to 23 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Open Text LiveLink
Rank 222 224 254
Rank change year-on-year
+2 +30
Contract jobs citing LiveLink 1 18 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.013% 0.177% 0.047%
As % of the Application Platforms category 0.070% 1.136% 0.278%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 13 5
Average daily rate - £400 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +6.66%
UK excluding London average daily rate £450 £367 £350
% change year-on-year
+22.62% +4.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Average hourly rate - £19.26 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £18.50 £17.50
% change year-on-year
- +5.71%
All Application Platforms
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
1435 1584 1800
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 18.44% 15.58% 17.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 754 771 760
Average daily rate £348 £325 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.92% -7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £205 £216
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £475 £451
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £345
% change year-on-year
- -5.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 98 81 159
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 £13.00 £12.35 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £40.00 £43.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £20.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year
-5.00% -2.43%
LiveLink
England

LiveLink
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East LiveLink Jobs Demand Trend

LiveLink
Daily Rate Trend

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

South East LiveLink Daily Rate Trend

LiveLink
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South East LiveLink Hourly Rate Trend

LiveLink
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing LiveLink within the South East region over the 3 months to 23 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
Hampshire -2 1 - -
LiveLink
England

LiveLink
Top 20 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing LiveLink 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 LiveLink.

1 1 (50.00%) J2EE
1 1 (50.00%) MS Project
1 1 (50.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (50.00%) RUP
1 1 (50.00%) MS Excel
1 1 (50.00%) Documentum
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (50.00%) Project Management
1 1 (50.00%) Service Delivery
1 1 (50.00%) Telecoms
1 1 (50.00%) FileNet
1 1 (50.00%) Workflow
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Open Text
1 1 (50.00%) Content Management
1 1 (50.00%) Document Management
1 1 (50.00%) MS PowerPoint
1 1 (50.00%) Blog
1 1 (50.00%) Alfresco
1 1 (50.00%) Smart Meter

LiveLink
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing LiveLink 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 LiveLink. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (50.00%) J2EE
Application Platforms
1 1 (50.00%) Documentum
1 1 (50.00%) FileNet
1 1 (50.00%) Alfresco
Applications
1 1 (50.00%) MS Project
1 1 (50.00%) MS Excel
1 1 (50.00%) MS PowerPoint
General
1 1 (50.00%) Telecoms
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Coordinator
1 1 (50.00%) Architect
1 1 (50.00%) Solutions Architect
1 1 (50.00%) Project Coordinator
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Blog
1 1 (50.00%) Smart Meter
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (50.00%) RUP
1 1 (50.00%) Project Management
1 1 (50.00%) Service Delivery
1 1 (50.00%) Workflow
1 1 (50.00%) Content Management
1 1 (50.00%) Document Management
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (50.00%) Open Text