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The table below looks at the demand for OpenROAD skills within the South Yorkshire region with a comparison to our Application Platforms category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited OpenROAD over the 3 months to 6 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkOpenROAD
Location
3 months to
6 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank--
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads00
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.000 %0.000 %
As % of the category below0.000 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate-£248
% change on same period last year-
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--
% change on same period last year-
South Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
South Yorkshire
Matching contract IT job ads3681
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.050 %0.081 %
Daily rates quoted719
Average minimum daily rate£379£343
Average daily rate£390£354
% change on same period last year+10.21 %
Average maximum daily rate£400£365
UK excluding London average daily rate£351£340
% change on same period last year+3.04 %
Hourly rates quoted1615
Average minimum hourly rate£21.62£17.85
Average hourly rate£22.96£19.88
% change on same period last year+15.51 %
Average maximum hourly rate£24.30£21.91
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.63£24.22
% change on same period last year+1.68 %
OpenROAD YorkshireOpenROAD
Yorkshire

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.

OpenROAD
Demand Trend

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

South Yorkshire OpenROAD Demand Trend

OpenROAD
Top 12 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 6 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South Yorkshire 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.

15 (100.00 %)SQL
15 (100.00 %)Tuxedo
15 (100.00 %)Middleware
24 (80.00 %)Windows
24 (80.00 %)Oracle
32 (40.00 %)UNIX
32 (40.00 %)VB
32 (40.00 %)C
32 (40.00 %)Requirements Analysis
32 (40.00 %)Ingres
41 (20.00 %)Government
41 (20.00 %)Client/Server

OpenROAD
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 6 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South Yorkshire 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.

South Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
15 (100.00 %)Middleware
South Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
15 (100.00 %)Tuxedo
South Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (40.00 %)Ingres
South Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (20.00 %)Government
South Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
15 (100.00 %)Developer
24 (80.00 %)OpenROAD Developer
South Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (20.00 %)Client/Server
South Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
14 (80.00 %)Windows
22 (40.00 %)UNIX
South Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (40.00 %)Requirements Analysis
South Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
15 (100.00 %)SQL
22 (40.00 %)VB
22 (40.00 %)C
South Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
14 (80.00 %)Oracle