The first table below looks at the demand for VisionPLUS 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 VisionPLUS 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 of the Business 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
First Data VisionPLUS
Rank 221 - 241
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing VisionPLUS 2 0 11
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.026% - 0.105%
As % of the Business Applications category 0.328% - 1.213%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 5
Average daily rate £350 - £375
UK excluding London average daily rate £338 £500 £400
% change year-on-year
-32.50% +25.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Business Applications
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Business Applications category
609 885 907
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 7.794% 8.712% 8.679%
Number of daily rates quoted 313 464 379
Average daily rate £425 £450 £410
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.55% +9.75%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £288 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £575 £541
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £438 £420
% change year-on-year
-2.85% +4.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 10 14
Average hourly rate £23.00 £17.00 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+35.29% -15.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £13.53 £8.60
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £62.50 £53.00 £35.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.80 £22.92 £20.00
% change year-on-year
+64.92% +14.60%
VisionPLUS
England

VisionPLUS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East VisionPLUS Jobs Demand Trend

VisionPLUS
Daily Rate Trend

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

South East VisionPLUS Daily Rate Trend

VisionPLUS
Contract Locations

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

VisionPLUS
Top 7 Related IT Skills

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

1 4 (100.00%) Finance
2 3 (75.00%) Migration
3 2 (50.00%) ITIL
3 2 (50.00%) PRINCE2
4 1 (25.00%) BASE24
4 1 (25.00%) Programme Management
4 1 (25.00%) Use Case

VisionPLUS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Business Applications
1 1 (25.00%) BASE24
General
1 4 (100.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Business Analyst
1 3 (75.00%) Analyst
1 3 (75.00%) VisionPlus Business Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Payments Business Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Programme Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Migration
2 2 (50.00%) ITIL
2 2 (50.00%) PRINCE2
3 1 (25.00%) Programme Management
3 1 (25.00%) Use Case