The first table below looks at the demand for AquaLogic skills 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 AquaLogic over the 3 months to 20 June 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 Application Platforms category 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.

Location
3 months to
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
BEA AquaLogic
Rank 108 132 120
Rank change year-on-year
+24 -12
Contract jobs citing AquaLogic 2 3 8
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 0.098% 0.097% 0.263%
As % of the Application Platforms category 0.567% 0.560% 1.521%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 2
Average daily rate £325 £454 £469
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-28.37% -3.20%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £450
% change year-on-year
- -27.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £47.50
All Application Platforms
South West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
353 536 526
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 17.33% 17.39% 17.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 219 329 271
Average daily rate £350 £358 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.09% +19.16%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £220 £170
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £450 £423
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £340
% change year-on-year
- -4.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 28 36
Average hourly rate £19.00 £23.88 £18.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-20.41% +32.63%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.50 £20.00 £13.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £24.50 £30.00 £32.10
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £20.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year
-5.00% +5.26%
AquaLogic
England

AquaLogic
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South West AquaLogic Jobs Demand Trend

AquaLogic
Daily Rate Trend

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

South West AquaLogic Daily Rate Trend

AquaLogic
Top 10 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West region citing AquaLogic 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 AquaLogic.

1 2 (100.00%) Oracle
1 2 (100.00%) SOAP
1 2 (100.00%) XML
1 2 (100.00%) SOA
1 2 (100.00%) Middleware
1 2 (100.00%) Oracle 11g
1 2 (100.00%) Git (software)
1 2 (100.00%) AquaLogic Service Bus
1 2 (100.00%) Oracle Service Bus
2 1 (50.00%) WSDL

AquaLogic
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 2 (100.00%) SOAP
1 2 (100.00%) XML
1 2 (100.00%) Middleware
2 1 (50.00%) WSDL
Application Platforms
1 2 (100.00%) AquaLogic Service Bus
1 2 (100.00%) Oracle Service Bus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Oracle 11g
Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Git (software)
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Developer
1 2 (100.00%) Oracle Developer
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) SOA
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Oracle