The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of AppSense products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the South West region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited AppSense over the 3 months to 21 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 West 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 AppSense Limited.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
AppSense
Rank - 141 118
Contract jobs citing AppSense 0 1 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West - 0.031% 0.073%
As % of the Vendors category - 0.072% 0.165%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 1
Average daily rate - £400 £181
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +120.99%
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £353 £300
% change year-on-year
+6.38% +17.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.00 - £27.25
All Vendors
South West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
902 1389 1215
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 43.28% 42.54% 44.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 520 802 559
Average daily rate £370 £400 £370
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.50% +8.10%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £258 £210
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 56 101 114
Average hourly rate £13.95 £25.00 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-44.20% +25.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.00 £12.50 £12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.10 £50.00 £31.45
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year
- -7.31%
AppSense
England

AppSense
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South West AppSense Jobs Demand Trend

AppSense
Daily Rate Trend

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

South West AppSense Daily Rate Trend

AppSense
Top 20 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West region citing AppSense 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 AppSense.

1 5 (100.00%) Citrix
2 4 (80.00%) VMware
3 3 (60.00%) MS Office
3 3 (60.00%) Windows
3 3 (60.00%) Windows 7
4 2 (40.00%) TCP/IP
4 2 (40.00%) Blackberry
4 2 (40.00%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (40.00%) iPhone
5 1 (20.00%) Panasonic
5 1 (20.00%) XenApp
5 1 (20.00%) XenDesktop
5 1 (20.00%) Requirements Analysis
5 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
5 1 (20.00%) Middleware
5 1 (20.00%) 3G
5 1 (20.00%) VPN
5 1 (20.00%) Cisco
5 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
5 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management

AppSense
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West region citing AppSense 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 AppSense. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (20.00%) Middleware
Applications
1 3 (60.00%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 2 (40.00%) TCP/IP
2 1 (20.00%) 3G
2 1 (20.00%) VPN
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Technical Support
2 1 (20.00%) Citrix Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) Citrix Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Junior
2 1 (20.00%) Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Blackberry
1 2 (40.00%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 3 (60.00%) Windows
1 3 (60.00%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (20.00%) Requirements Analysis
1 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 2 (40.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (20.00%) XenApp
2 1 (20.00%) XenDesktop
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) Citrix
2 4 (80.00%) VMware
3 1 (20.00%) Panasonic
3 1 (20.00%) Cisco
3 1 (20.00%) Microsoft