The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Software AG 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 Software AG over the 3 months to 17 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 Software AG.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software AG
Rank 218 231 249
Rank change year-on-year
+13 +18
Contract jobs citing Software AG 5 16 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.064% 0.158% 0.029%
As % of the Vendors category 0.129% 0.314% 0.058%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 0
Average daily rate - £588 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £550 £588 -
% change year-on-year
-6.38% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 4 0
Average hourly rate £39.00 £40.00 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-2.50% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £39.00 £40.00 -
% change year-on-year
-2.50% -
All Vendors
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
3883 5089 5129
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 49.69% 50.10% 49.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 1898 2223 2014
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 £201 £220 £250
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 314 380 413
Average hourly rate £19.63 £18.00 £22.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+9.02% -20.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.34 £11.50 £11.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £39.00 £45.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
Software AG
England

Software AG
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East Software AG Jobs Demand Trend

Software AG
Daily Rate Trend

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

South East Software AG Daily Rate Trend

Software AG
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South East Software AG Hourly Rate Trend

Software AG
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Software AG within the South East region over the 3 months to 17 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 -5 5 - -
Software AG
England

Software AG
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing Software AG 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 Software AG.

1 13 (86.67%) Java
2 10 (66.67%) webMethods
3 9 (60.00%) Oracle
4 8 (53.33%) Web Services
4 8 (53.33%) XML
4 8 (53.33%) OO
4 8 (53.33%) Linux
4 8 (53.33%) Subversion
5 7 (46.67%) TDD
5 7 (46.67%) Hibernate
5 7 (46.67%) ESB
5 7 (46.67%) Apache Axis
5 7 (46.67%) Eclipse
5 7 (46.67%) OOD
5 7 (46.67%) Java RMI
5 7 (46.67%) Swing
5 7 (46.67%) J2SE
5 7 (46.67%) Windows
5 7 (46.67%) JUnit
6 6 (40.00%) Degree
6 6 (40.00%) SOAP
7 5 (33.33%) ISTQB
7 5 (33.33%) QA
7 5 (33.33%) Final Cut Pro
7 5 (33.33%) soapUI
7 5 (33.33%) ISEB
7 5 (33.33%) Sony
8 4 (26.67%) Software Testing
9 2 (13.33%) EAI
10 1 (6.667%) UML

Software AG
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing Software AG 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 Software AG. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 8 (53.33%) Web Services
1 8 (53.33%) XML
2 7 (46.67%) Swing
2 7 (46.67%) J2SE
2 7 (46.67%) Java RMI
2 7 (46.67%) Hibernate
2 7 (46.67%) Apache Axis
3 6 (40.00%) SOAP
4 5 (33.33%) soapUI
5 1 (6.667%) JDBC
5 1 (6.667%) XSD
5 1 (6.667%) XML Schema
5 1 (6.667%) WS-I
5 1 (6.667%) JMS
Application Platforms
1 7 (46.67%) ESB
2 1 (6.667%) MQSeries
2 1 (6.667%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 5 (33.33%) Final Cut Pro
Development Applications
1 8 (53.33%) Subversion
2 7 (46.67%) JUnit
2 7 (46.67%) Eclipse
3 1 (6.667%) JIRA
General
1 1 (6.667%) Retail
Job Titles
1 8 (53.33%) Developer
2 7 (46.67%) Java Developer
3 5 (33.33%) QA Engineer
3 5 (33.33%) Java Swing Developer
4 1 (6.667%) Designer
4 1 (6.667%) webMethods Developer
4 1 (6.667%) IT Business Analyst
4 1 (6.667%) Test Engineer
4 1 (6.667%) Software Test Engineer
4 1 (6.667%) Business Analyst
4 1 (6.667%) Software Engineer
4 1 (6.667%) Analyst
4 1 (6.667%) Business Systems Analyst
4 1 (6.667%) Systems Analyst
4 1 (6.667%) Release Manager
4 1 (6.667%) Deployment Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (6.667%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 8 (53.33%) Linux
2 7 (46.67%) Windows
3 1 (6.667%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (53.33%) OO
2 7 (46.67%) OOD
2 7 (46.67%) TDD
3 4 (26.67%) Software Testing
4 2 (13.33%) EAI
5 1 (6.667%) UML
5 1 (6.667%) E-Commerce
5 1 (6.667%) SOA
5 1 (6.667%) B2B
5 1 (6.667%) Workflow
5 1 (6.667%) Use Case
5 1 (6.667%) User Acceptance Testing
5 1 (6.667%) Test Scripting
5 1 (6.667%) BPMN
5 1 (6.667%) Logistics
5 1 (6.667%) Systems Analysis
5 1 (6.667%) Business Analysis
Programming Languages
1 13 (86.67%) Java
2 1 (6.667%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (40.00%) Degree
2 5 (33.33%) ISEB
2 5 (33.33%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (33.33%) QA
Vendors
1 10 (66.67%) webMethods
2 9 (60.00%) Oracle
3 5 (33.33%) Sony
4 1 (6.667%) ATG
4 1 (6.667%) IBM
4 1 (6.667%) JDA