The first table below looks at the demand for Open Workbench 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 Open Workbench 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 of the Applications 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Open Workbench
Rank 218 237 251
Rank change year-on-year
+19 +14
Contract jobs citing Open Workbench 6 2 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.077% 0.020% 0.019%
As % of the Applications category 0.508% 0.151% 0.135%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 1
Average daily rate £413 £380 £250
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+8.55% +52.00%
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £356 £250
% change year-on-year
-7.36% +42.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Applications
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category
1182 1326 1480
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 15.17% 13.07% 14.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 475 577 550
Average daily rate £308 £300 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.50% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £150 £160 £156
10% offered a daily rate of more than £431 £450 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £310 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+3.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 199 182 239
Average hourly rate £16.00 £15.00 £16.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+6.66% -6.25%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.15 £10.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £35.00 £30.00 £35.80
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.50 £15.50 £16.00
% change year-on-year
- -3.12%
Open Workbench
England

Open Workbench
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East Open Workbench Jobs Demand Trend

Open Workbench
Daily Rate Trend

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

South East Open Workbench Daily Rate Trend

Open Workbench
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Open Workbench 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 - 6 £413 -
Open Workbench
England

Open Workbench
Top 22 Related IT Skills

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

1 6 (85.71%) Project Management
2 5 (71.43%) MicroStrategy
3 4 (57.14%) Finance
3 4 (57.14%) Project Planning
4 3 (42.86%) CA Clarity
4 3 (42.86%) Oracle UPK
4 3 (42.86%) CA
4 3 (42.86%) Management Information System
4 3 (42.86%) Niku
4 3 (42.86%) MS Excel
4 3 (42.86%) SQL
4 3 (42.86%) Oracle
5 2 (28.57%) Resource Management
6 1 (14.29%) Change Control
6 1 (14.29%) MS Office
6 1 (14.29%) PRINCE2
6 1 (14.29%) UML
6 1 (14.29%) Microsoft
6 1 (14.29%) Risk Management
6 1 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
6 1 (14.29%) Retail
6 1 (14.29%) MS PowerPoint

Open Workbench
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Platforms
1 3 (42.86%) Oracle UPK
Applications
1 3 (42.86%) MS Excel
2 1 (14.29%) MS Office
2 1 (14.29%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (42.86%) CA Clarity
General
1 4 (57.14%) Finance
2 1 (14.29%) Retail
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) Clarity Consultant
1 3 (42.86%) Analyst
1 3 (42.86%) Consultant
2 1 (14.29%) PMO Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Project Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Project Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (42.86%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (85.71%) Project Management
2 4 (57.14%) Project Planning
3 2 (28.57%) Resource Management
4 1 (14.29%) Change Control
4 1 (14.29%) PRINCE2
4 1 (14.29%) UML
4 1 (14.29%) Risk Management
4 1 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (42.86%) SQL
Vendors
1 5 (71.43%) MicroStrategy
2 3 (42.86%) CA
2 3 (42.86%) Niku
2 3 (42.86%) Oracle
3 1 (14.29%) Microsoft