The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Foundry 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 Foundry 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 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 Foundry Networks.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Foundry
Rank - - -
Contract jobs citing Foundry 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West - - -
As % of the Vendors category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate - - £348
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £22.50 -
All Vendors
South West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
899 1395 1222
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 43.62% 42.23% 44.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 523 802 562
Average daily rate £370 £400 £363
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.50% +10.34%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £271 £204
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 56 101 111
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 £12.40
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.10 £50.00 £35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
Foundry
England

Foundry
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South West Foundry Jobs Demand Trend

Foundry
Daily Rate Trend

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

South West Foundry Daily Rate Trend

Foundry
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Foundry across the South West region.

South West Foundry Hourly Rate Trend

Foundry
Top 10 Related IT Skills

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

1 3 (100.00%) C#
1 3 (100.00%) Java
1 3 (100.00%) .NET
1 3 (100.00%) ASP.NET
1 3 (100.00%) MVC
1 3 (100.00%) WCF
1 3 (100.00%) Silverlight
1 3 (100.00%) jQuery
1 3 (100.00%) ASP.NET MVC
1 3 (100.00%) ASP.NET MVC 4

Foundry
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 3 (100.00%) .NET
1 3 (100.00%) ASP.NET
1 3 (100.00%) WCF
1 3 (100.00%) Silverlight
1 3 (100.00%) jQuery
1 3 (100.00%) ASP.NET MVC
1 3 (100.00%) ASP.NET MVC 4
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Developer
1 3 (100.00%) .NET Developer
1 3 (100.00%) C# Developer
1 3 (100.00%) Silverlight Developer
1 3 (100.00%) C# .NET Developer
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) MVC
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) C#
1 3 (100.00%) Java