The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Serena 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 Serena 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 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 Serena Software, Inc.

Location
3 months to
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Serena
Rank 109 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Serena 1 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 0.049% - -
As % of the Vendors category 0.116% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £450 £350 £200
% change year-on-year
+28.57% +75.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £40.00 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.50 £32.50 £37.00
% change year-on-year
+9.23% -12.16%
All Vendors
South West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
865 1270 1377
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 42.46% 41.19% 45.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 487 700 623
Average daily rate £350 £388 £355
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-9.67% +9.15%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £220 £235 £195
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £475 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 57 90 126
Average hourly rate £15.00 £21.00 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-28.57% +5.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.00 £12.50 £12.80
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £29.70 £40.00 £37.40
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.04 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
+0.21% -5.00%
Serena
England

Serena
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South West Serena Jobs Demand Trend

Serena
Daily Rate Trend

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

South West Serena Daily Rate Trend

Serena
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South West Serena Hourly Rate Trend

Serena
Top 25 Related IT Skills

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

1 3 (100.00%) C#
1 3 (100.00%) UML
1 3 (100.00%) Configuration Management
1 3 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) OO
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 2 (66.67%) Computer Science
2 2 (66.67%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (66.67%) NUnit
2 2 (66.67%) Requirements Analysis
2 2 (66.67%) Degree
2 2 (66.67%) InstallShield
2 2 (66.67%) VMware
2 2 (66.67%) VMware Workstation
2 2 (66.67%) WinForms
2 2 (66.67%) OOA/OOD
2 2 (66.67%) HND
2 2 (66.67%) Windows
2 2 (66.67%) .NET
2 2 (66.67%) Visual Studio
3 1 (33.33%) PVCS
3 1 (33.33%) SQL
3 1 (33.33%) Aerospace
3 1 (33.33%) Rational DOORS

Serena
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 2 (66.67%) WinForms
1 2 (66.67%) .NET
Development Applications
1 2 (66.67%) NUnit
1 2 (66.67%) InstallShield
1 2 (66.67%) Visual Studio
2 1 (33.33%) PVCS
2 1 (33.33%) Rational DOORS
General
1 1 (33.33%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) .NET Software Engineer
1 2 (66.67%) Software Engineer
1 2 (66.67%) C# Software Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Problem Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Software Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 2 (66.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) UML
1 3 (100.00%) Configuration Management
1 3 (100.00%) OO
2 2 (66.67%) Requirements Analysis
2 2 (66.67%) OOA/OOD
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) C#
2 1 (33.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (66.67%) Degree
2 2 (66.67%) HND
System Software
1 2 (66.67%) VMware Infrastructure
1 2 (66.67%) VMware Workstation
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
1 2 (66.67%) VMware
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