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This section looks at the demand for Open Text LiveLink skills within the South West region with a comparison to our Application Platforms category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited LiveLink over the 3 months to 4 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkOpen Text LiveLink
Location
3 months to 4 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank132157
Rank change on same period last yearUp+25
Matching contract IT job ads11
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.001 %
As % of the category below0.187 %0.168 %
Daily rates quoted10
Average minimum daily rate£340-
Average daily rate£370-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£400-
UK excluding London average daily rate£343£334
% change on same period last year+2.54 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£19.25£32.50
% change on same period last year-40.76 %
Application Platforms South WestApplication Platforms
South West
Matching contract IT job ads535596
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.705 %0.632 %
Daily rates quoted118116
Average minimum daily rate£325£287
Average daily rate£346£306
% change on same period last year+13.30 %
Average maximum daily rate£368£324
UK excluding London average daily rate£359£347
% change on same period last year+3.68 %
Hourly rates quoted8772
Average minimum hourly rate£23.03£22.37
Average hourly rate£24.70£24.36
% change on same period last year+1.39 %
Average maximum hourly rate£26.37£26.36
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.43£24.21
% change on same period last year-3.23 %
LiveLink EnglandLiveLink
England

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

LiveLink
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing LiveLink across the South West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Platforms category.

South West LiveLink Demand Trend

LiveLink
Daily Rate Trend

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

South West LiveLink Daily Rate Trend

LiveLink
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT job ads citing LiveLink within the South West region over the 3 months to 4 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
DevonNew entry-1£370-
LiveLink EnglandLiveLink
England

LiveLink
Top 24 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South West region citing LiveLink 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 LiveLink.

13 (75.00 %)Oracle
22 (50.00 %)Service Management
22 (50.00 %)HTML
22 (50.00 %)Java
22 (50.00 %)JavaScript
22 (50.00 %)SQL
22 (50.00 %)J2EE
22 (50.00 %)CSS
22 (50.00 %)WebServices
22 (50.00 %)XML
22 (50.00 %)XSLT
22 (50.00 %)Windows
22 (50.00 %)Solaris
22 (50.00 %)Apache
22 (50.00 %)Tomcat
22 (50.00 %)Sun
22 (50.00 %)XQuery
22 (50.00 %)XForms
22 (50.00 %)Summit
22 (50.00 %)AJAX
31 (25.00 %)Requirements Analysis
31 (25.00 %)Business Analysis
31 (25.00 %)WebLogic
31 (25.00 %)IIS

LiveLink
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South West region citing LiveLink 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 LiveLink. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
12 (50.00 %)HTML
12 (50.00 %)J2EE
12 (50.00 %)CSS
12 (50.00 %)WebServices
12 (50.00 %)XML
12 (50.00 %)XSLT
12 (50.00 %)XForms
12 (50.00 %)AJAX
Application Platforms
12 (50.00 %)Apache
12 (50.00 %)Tomcat
21 (25.00 %)WebLogic
21 (25.00 %)IIS
Business Applications
12 (50.00 %)Summit
Job Titles
12 (50.00 %)Developer
12 (50.00 %)Web Developer
21 (25.00 %)Applications Support
21 (25.00 %)Systems Manager
21 (25.00 %)Applications Manager
Operating Systems
12 (50.00 %)Windows
12 (50.00 %)Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
12 (50.00 %)Service Management
21 (25.00 %)Business Analysis
21 (25.00 %)Requirements Analysis
Programming Languages
12 (50.00 %)Java
12 (50.00 %)JavaScript
12 (50.00 %)SQL
12 (50.00 %)XQuery
Vendors
13 (75.00 %)Oracle
22 (50.00 %)Sun
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