The first table below looks at the demand for OpenROAD 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 OpenROAD over the 3 months to 18 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
OpenROAD
Rank - 134 120
Contract jobs citing OpenROAD 0 3 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West - 0.096% 0.232%
As % of the Application Platforms category - 0.557% 1.338%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 5
Average daily rate - £320 £263
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +21.90%
UK excluding London average daily rate - £460 £298
% change year-on-year
- +54.49%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Application Platforms
South West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
350 539 523
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 17.03% 17.19% 17.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 214 323 267
Average daily rate £350 £360 £320
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.64% +12.34%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £225 £165
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £450 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £340
% change year-on-year
- -4.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 31 38
Average hourly rate £19.00 £23.00 £18.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-17.39% +27.77%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.50 £16.00 £13.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £24.50 £32.30 £35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £20.00 £19.50
% change year-on-year
-5.00% +2.56%
OpenROAD
England

OpenROAD
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South West OpenROAD Jobs Demand Trend

OpenROAD
Daily Rate Trend

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

South West OpenROAD Daily Rate Trend

OpenROAD
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South West OpenROAD Hourly Rate Trend

OpenROAD
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing OpenROAD within the South West region over the 3 months to 18 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Somerset - - - -
OpenROAD
England

OpenROAD
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West region citing OpenROAD 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 OpenROAD.

1 23 (100.00%) C#
1 23 (100.00%) C++
1 23 (100.00%) HTML
1 23 (100.00%) Java
1 23 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 23 (100.00%) SQL
1 23 (100.00%) VB
1 23 (100.00%) VB.NET
1 23 (100.00%) .NET
1 23 (100.00%) Oracle
1 23 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 23 (100.00%) IIS
1 23 (100.00%) ASP
1 23 (100.00%) ASP.NET
1 23 (100.00%) XML
1 23 (100.00%) ITIL
1 23 (100.00%) UNIX
1 23 (100.00%) UML
1 23 (100.00%) SharePoint
1 23 (100.00%) Ingres
1 23 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 23 (100.00%) .NET Framework
2 19 (82.61%) ISEB
3 18 (78.26%) Unit Testing
4 15 (65.22%) Continuous Integration
5 14 (60.87%) Service Delivery
6 12 (52.17%) Security Cleared
7 11 (47.83%) MSTest
7 11 (47.83%) NUnit
7 11 (47.83%) SQLPlus

OpenROAD
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West region citing OpenROAD 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 OpenROAD. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 23 (100.00%) HTML
1 23 (100.00%) .NET
1 23 (100.00%) ASP
1 23 (100.00%) ASP.NET
1 23 (100.00%) XML
1 23 (100.00%) .NET Framework
Application Platforms
1 23 (100.00%) IIS
1 23 (100.00%) SharePoint
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 23 (100.00%) Ingres
2 11 (47.83%) SQLPlus
Development Applications
1 11 (47.83%) NUnit
1 11 (47.83%) MSTest
2 8 (34.78%) Jenkins
2 8 (34.78%) VSS/SourceSafe
2 8 (34.78%) CruiseControl
2 8 (34.78%) Subversion
2 8 (34.78%) TeamCity
2 8 (34.78%) Team Foundation Server
Job Titles
1 23 (100.00%) Developer
2 14 (60.87%) Analyst
3 12 (52.17%) Analyst Developer
4 9 (39.13%) C# .NET Developer
4 9 (39.13%) .NET Developer
4 9 (39.13%) C# Developer
5 7 (30.43%) Senior Analyst
5 7 (30.43%) Senior Developer
6 5 (21.74%) Support Analyst
6 5 (21.74%) Senior Analyst Developer
7 3 (13.04%) Developer Analyst
8 2 (8.696%) C# ASP.NET Developer
8 2 (8.696%) ASP.NET Developer
8 2 (8.696%) Senior Support Analyst
9 1 (4.348%) Analyst Programmer
9 1 (4.348%) Programmer
Operating Systems
1 23 (100.00%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (100.00%) ITIL
1 23 (100.00%) UML
2 18 (78.26%) Unit Testing
3 15 (65.22%) Continuous Integration
4 14 (60.87%) Service Delivery
5 10 (43.48%) ITSM
5 10 (43.48%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 23 (100.00%) C#
1 23 (100.00%) C++
1 23 (100.00%) Java
1 23 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 23 (100.00%) SQL
1 23 (100.00%) VB
1 23 (100.00%) VB.NET
2 1 (4.348%) C
Qualifications
1 19 (82.61%) ISEB
2 12 (52.17%) Security Cleared
3 10 (43.48%) MCP
3 10 (43.48%) Microsoft Certification
3 10 (43.48%) MCTS
3 10 (43.48%) MCPD
4 3 (13.04%) SC Cleared
Vendors
1 23 (100.00%) Oracle
1 23 (100.00%) Microsoft