The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Open Text 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 Open Text over the 3 months to 22 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 Open Text Corporation.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Open Text
Rank 224 240 233
Rank change year-on-year
+16 -7
Contract jobs citing Open Text 5 6 9
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.063% 0.058% 0.088%
As % of the Vendors category 0.126% 0.118% 0.179%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 4
Average daily rate - £415 £363
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +14.48%
UK excluding London average daily rate £475 £343 £350
% change year-on-year
+38.68% -2.14%
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
3980 5105 5023
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 50.24% 49.35% 48.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 1941 2222 1977
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 £244
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 321 390 415
Average hourly rate £19.63 £17.50 £21.65
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+12.14% -19.14%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £11.31 £11.07
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%
Open Text
England

Open Text
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East Open Text Jobs Demand Trend

Open Text
Daily Rate Trend

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

South East Open Text Daily Rate Trend

Open Text
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South East Open Text Hourly Rate Trend

Open Text
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Open Text within the South East region over the 3 months to 22 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
East Sussex - 2 - -
Surrey +17 1 - -
Buckinghamshire - 1 - -
Open Text
England

Open Text
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing Open Text 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 Open Text.

1 11 (64.71%) HTML
1 11 (64.71%) XML
1 11 (64.71%) jQuery
2 10 (58.82%) JavaScript
3 9 (52.94%) CMS
3 9 (52.94%) Dreamweaver
3 9 (52.94%) Web 2.0
3 9 (52.94%) WebSphere
4 8 (47.06%) Macromedia
5 4 (23.53%) Content Management
5 4 (23.53%) Migration
6 3 (17.65%) FileNet
6 3 (17.65%) RedDot
6 3 (17.65%) Documentum
6 3 (17.65%) Document Management
6 3 (17.65%) Alfresco
7 2 (11.76%) Knowledge Management
7 2 (11.76%) Taxonomies
7 2 (11.76%) ETL
7 2 (11.76%) CRM
7 2 (11.76%) SharePoint
7 2 (11.76%) ERP
7 2 (11.76%) XSLT
7 2 (11.76%) ODBC
7 2 (11.76%) SQL
7 2 (11.76%) Oracle
7 2 (11.76%) MS Office
7 2 (11.76%) CSS
7 2 (11.76%) Web Services
7 2 (11.76%) Kofax

Open Text
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing Open Text 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 Open Text. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 11 (64.71%) HTML
1 11 (64.71%) XML
1 11 (64.71%) jQuery
2 9 (52.94%) WebSphere
3 2 (11.76%) XSLT
3 2 (11.76%) ODBC
3 2 (11.76%) CSS
3 2 (11.76%) Web Services
4 1 (5.882%) J2EE
Application Platforms
1 9 (52.94%) CMS
2 3 (17.65%) FileNet
2 3 (17.65%) Documentum
2 3 (17.65%) Alfresco
3 2 (11.76%) SharePoint
4 1 (5.882%) LiveLink
Applications
1 2 (11.76%) MS Office
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (11.76%) EDRMS
Development Applications
1 9 (52.94%) Dreamweaver
General
1 2 (11.76%) Legal
Job Titles
1 10 (58.82%) Architect
2 7 (41.18%) Web Architect
3 4 (23.53%) Consultant
4 3 (17.65%) Solutions Architect
4 3 (17.65%) Designer
5 2 (11.76%) ETL Designer
5 2 (11.76%) Enterprise Consultant
5 2 (11.76%) WebSphere Architect
5 2 (11.76%) Management Consultant
6 1 (5.882%) Technical Architect
6 1 (5.882%) Web Content Editor
6 1 (5.882%) Content Editor
6 1 (5.882%) Technical Solutions Architect
6 1 (5.882%) Web Editor
6 1 (5.882%) WebSphere Engineer
6 1 (5.882%) Web Consultant
6 1 (5.882%) Web Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 9 (52.94%) Web 2.0
2 2 (11.76%) Taxonomies
3 1 (5.882%) Blog
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (23.53%) Content Management
1 4 (23.53%) Migration
2 3 (17.65%) Document Management
3 2 (11.76%) Knowledge Management
3 2 (11.76%) ETL
3 2 (11.76%) CRM
3 2 (11.76%) ERP
4 1 (5.882%) Workflow
4 1 (5.882%) Asset Management
4 1 (5.882%) RUP
4 1 (5.882%) Technical Architecture
4 1 (5.882%) Enterprise Architecture
Programming Languages
1 10 (58.82%) JavaScript
2 2 (11.76%) SQL
Vendors
1 8 (47.06%) Macromedia
2 3 (17.65%) RedDot
3 2 (11.76%) Oracle
3 2 (11.76%) Kofax
3 2 (11.76%) EMC
3 2 (11.76%) IBM
3 2 (11.76%) Adobe