The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of i2 products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the South Wales region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited i2 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 Wales 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 i2 Technologies, Inc.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
i2
Rank - - -
Contract jobs citing i2 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in South Wales - - -
As % of the Vendors category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £416 £406 £438
% change year-on-year
+2.46% -7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Vendors
South Wales
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
150 183 191
As % of all contract IT jobs located in South Wales 45.59% 45.52% 46.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 80 81 108
Average daily rate £350 £313 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+12.00% -3.84%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £200 £236
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £450 £405
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 10 8
Average hourly rate £15.00 £18.75 £13.05
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-20.00% +43.67%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £11.80 £9.55
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.50 £24.55 £20.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
i2
Wales

i2
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing i2 across the South Wales region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

South Wales i2 Jobs Demand Trend

i2
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing i2 across the South Wales region.

South Wales i2 Daily Rate Trend

i2
Top 14 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South Wales region citing i2 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 i2.

1 3 (100.00%) SAP
1 3 (100.00%) JDA
1 3 (100.00%) Mainframe
2 2 (66.67%) Web Services
2 2 (66.67%) MQSeries
2 2 (66.67%) E-Commerce
2 2 (66.67%) EDI
2 2 (66.67%) EAI
2 2 (66.67%) SOA
2 2 (66.67%) Cordys
2 2 (66.67%) ESB
2 2 (66.67%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (33.33%) Integration Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Test Strategy

i2
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South Wales region citing i2 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 i2. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (66.67%) Web Services
1 2 (66.67%) EDI
Application Platforms
1 2 (66.67%) MQSeries
1 2 (66.67%) ESB
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Designer
1 2 (66.67%) SOA Designer
2 1 (33.33%) SAP Test Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Test Manager
2 1 (33.33%) SAP Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Mainframe
2 2 (66.67%) Enterprise Software
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) E-Commerce
1 2 (66.67%) EAI
1 2 (66.67%) SOA
2 1 (33.33%) Integration Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Test Strategy
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) SAP
1 3 (100.00%) JDA
2 2 (66.67%) Cordys