The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of ION Trading 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 ION Trading 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 ION Trading.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
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Rank 116 140 119
Rank change year-on-year
+24 -21
Contract jobs citing ION Trading 1 2 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 0.048% 0.061% 0.036%
As % of the Vendors category 0.111% 0.144% 0.082%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 0
Average daily rate - £388 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £388 £400 £310
% change year-on-year
-3.12% +29.03%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £16.00 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 - £35.00
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%
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England

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Jobs Demand Trend

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

South West ION Trading Jobs Demand Trend

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Daily Rate Trend

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

South West ION Trading Daily Rate Trend

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

South West ION Trading Hourly Rate Trend

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Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ION Trading within the South West region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Wiltshire +3 1 - -
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England

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Top 20 Related IT Skills

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

1 2 (66.67%) SQL
1 2 (66.67%) T-SQL
1 2 (66.67%) Oracle
1 2 (66.67%) SQL Server
1 2 (66.67%) OLAP
1 2 (66.67%) Data Warehouse
1 2 (66.67%) ERP
1 2 (66.67%) Business Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) Oracle 11i
1 2 (66.67%) Oracle EBS
1 2 (66.67%) Data Analysis
1 2 (66.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 2 (66.67%) Oracle OLAP
1 2 (66.67%) Oracle BI EE
1 2 (66.67%) Infor
2 1 (33.33%) Asset Management
2 1 (33.33%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Cognos
2 1 (33.33%) Management Information System
2 1 (33.33%) MS Office

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Applications
1 1 (33.33%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Oracle 11i
1 2 (66.67%) Oracle EBS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) SQL Server
1 2 (66.67%) OLAP
1 2 (66.67%) Data Warehouse
1 2 (66.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 2 (66.67%) Oracle OLAP
1 2 (66.67%) Oracle BI EE
General
1 1 (33.33%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Consultant
1 2 (66.67%) Business Intelligence Consultant
1 2 (66.67%) Business Consultant
2 1 (33.33%) Business Intelligence Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Business Intelligence Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Administrator
2 1 (33.33%) Business Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Business Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) ERP
1 2 (66.67%) Business Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) Data Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) Asset Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) SQL
1 2 (66.67%) T-SQL
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Oracle
1 2 (66.67%) Infor
2 1 (33.33%) Cognos