The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Serena products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Stevenage region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Serena over the 3 months to 24 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 Stevenage 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Serena
Rank 13 - 7
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Serena 2 0 21
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Stevenage 5.405% - 25.61%
As % of the Vendors category 7.692% - 45.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £300 £200
% change year-on-year
+41.66% +50.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 19
Average hourly rate £36.75 - £37.50
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £33.75 - £37.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £39.75 - £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £40.50 £28.50 £37.25
% change year-on-year
+42.10% -23.48%
All Vendors
Stevenage
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
26 15 46
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Stevenage 70.27% 26.32% 56.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 2 4
Average daily rate £250 £306 £290
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-18.36% +5.60%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £180 £271 £90
10% offered a daily rate of more than £362 £341 £375
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 29
Average hourly rate £33.00 £32.50 £35.38
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+1.53% -8.14%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £27.75 £32.50 £35.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £38.25 £32.50 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
Serena
Hertfordshire

Serena
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Stevenage Serena Jobs Demand 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 Stevenage region.

Stevenage Serena Hourly Rate Trend

Serena
Top 20 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Stevenage 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 4 (100.00%) Configuration Management
1 4 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (75.00%) Rational DOORS
2 3 (75.00%) Rational Rhapsody
2 3 (75.00%) Integration Testing
2 3 (75.00%) UML
3 2 (50.00%) Ada
3 2 (50.00%) Degree
4 1 (25.00%) DV Cleared
4 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
4 1 (25.00%) C
4 1 (25.00%) C++
4 1 (25.00%) Windows
4 1 (25.00%) Aerospace
4 1 (25.00%) LabVIEW
4 1 (25.00%) LabWindows
4 1 (25.00%) Software Engineering
4 1 (25.00%) SysML
4 1 (25.00%) Windows Server 2008

Serena
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Stevenage 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.

Business Applications
1 1 (25.00%) LabWindows
Development Applications
1 3 (75.00%) Rational DOORS
1 3 (75.00%) Rational Rhapsody
2 1 (25.00%) LabVIEW
General
1 1 (25.00%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Software Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Systems Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) C++ Software Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) C Software Engineer
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Windows
1 1 (25.00%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Configuration Management
2 3 (75.00%) Integration Testing
2 3 (75.00%) UML
3 1 (25.00%) Software Engineering
3 1 (25.00%) SysML
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) Ada
2 1 (25.00%) C
2 1 (25.00%) C++
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (50.00%) Degree
3 1 (25.00%) DV Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft