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 Wales region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Open Text 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 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 the Open Text Corporation.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Open Text
Rank - 34 39
Contract jobs citing Open Text 0 6 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in South Wales - 1.550% 1.737%
As % of the Vendors category - 3.371% 3.743%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 3
Average daily rate - - £310
UK excluding London average daily rate £475 £343 £330
% change year-on-year
+38.68% +3.78%
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
141 178 187
As % of all contract IT jobs located in South Wales 46.08% 45.99% 46.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 77 76 107
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 £213 £200 £238
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 16 9 11
Average hourly rate £15.00 £17.50 £12.10
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-14.28% +44.62%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £11.70 £9.36
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £16.25 £20.00 £20.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
Open Text
Wales

Open Text
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South Wales Open Text Jobs Demand Trend

Open Text
Top 5 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South Wales 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 5 (100.00%) SAP
1 5 (100.00%) Web Services
2 3 (60.00%) ABAP
2 3 (60.00%) LiveLink
3 1 (20.00%) Change Management

Open Text
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South Wales 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 5 (100.00%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 3 (60.00%) LiveLink
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Consultant
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (20.00%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (60.00%) ABAP
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) SAP