The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Amdocs products and/or services in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Amdocs over the 3 months to 17 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 currently tracked.

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 Amdocs Limited.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Amdocs
Rank 526 559 572
Rank change year-on-year
+33 +13
Contract jobs citing Amdocs 4 19 16
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.009% 0.033% 0.026%
As % of the Vendors category 0.018% 0.070% 0.056%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 16 11
Average daily rate £261 £255 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.45% -15.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £260 £241 £268
10% offered a daily rate of more than £262 £295 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £261 £255 £288
% change year-on-year
+2.45% -11.30%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £50.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Vendors
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
21775 27088 28510
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 46.93% 46.48% 46.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 11633 13855 14263
Average daily rate £400 £400 £408
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -1.84%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £238 £235 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £550 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 1193 1289 1605
Average hourly rate £19.50 £20.00 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-2.50% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.15 £11.50 £11.25
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £41.50 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%

Amdocs
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Amdocs within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

Amdocs Jobs Demand Trend

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Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Amdocs within the UK.

Amdocs Daily Rate Trend

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Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Amdocs within the UK.

Amdocs Hourly Rate Trend

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Top 4 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Amdocs within the UK over the 3 months to 17 May 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
England +33 2 £263 +7.14%
South East +18 1 - -
East of England - 1 £263 -
Hertfordshire - 1 £263 -

Amdocs
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Amdocs 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 Amdocs.

1 27 (67.50%) Telecoms
2 20 (50.00%) Finance
3 19 (47.50%) NFS
4 14 (35.00%) Legal
5 9 (22.50%) Law
5 9 (22.50%) Oracle
6 6 (15.00%) Project Management
7 5 (12.50%) Cramer
7 5 (12.50%) LTE
7 5 (12.50%) Nokia Siemens Networks
8 4 (10.00%) BSS
8 4 (10.00%) Billing
8 4 (10.00%) Degree
8 4 (10.00%) 2G
8 4 (10.00%) 3G
8 4 (10.00%) MS Office
8 4 (10.00%) CRM
8 4 (10.00%) Data Modelling
8 4 (10.00%) GSM
8 4 (10.00%) UMTS
9 3 (7.500%) SLA
9 3 (7.500%) Cisco
9 3 (7.500%) Juniper
9 3 (7.500%) Ericsson
9 3 (7.500%) Nokia
9 3 (7.500%) CSG Singleview
9 3 (7.500%) XML
9 3 (7.500%) MPLS
9 3 (7.500%) BT
9 3 (7.500%) Migration

Amdocs
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Amdocs 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 Amdocs. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (7.500%) XML
2 1 (2.500%) XSD
2 1 (2.500%) .NET
2 1 (2.500%) J2EE
2 1 (2.500%) JSP
2 1 (2.500%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 2 (5.000%) Oracle Collaboration Suite
1 2 (5.000%) JCAPS
2 1 (2.500%) WebLogic
2 1 (2.500%) IIS
Applications
1 4 (10.00%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 3 (7.500%) CSG Singleview
2 1 (2.500%) Oracle BRM
Communications & Networking
1 5 (12.50%) LTE
2 4 (10.00%) 2G
2 4 (10.00%) BSS
2 4 (10.00%) GSM
2 4 (10.00%) UMTS
2 4 (10.00%) 3G
3 3 (7.500%) MPLS
4 1 (2.500%) RNC
4 1 (2.500%) Nokia NetAct
4 1 (2.500%) 4G
4 1 (2.500%) LDAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.000%) Oracle 8/8i
2 1 (2.500%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 1 (2.500%) Eclipse
General
1 27 (67.50%) Telecoms
2 20 (50.00%) Finance
3 14 (35.00%) Legal
4 9 (22.50%) Law
5 4 (10.00%) Billing
Job Titles
1 11 (27.50%) Delivery Manager
2 4 (10.00%) Consultant
3 3 (7.500%) Developer
3 3 (7.500%) Analyst
4 2 (5.000%) Test Manager
4 2 (5.000%) Network Consultant
4 2 (5.000%) Architect
4 2 (5.000%) Data Manager
4 2 (5.000%) Support Analyst
4 2 (5.000%) Applications Support
4 2 (5.000%) Installation Manager
4 2 (5.000%) Applications Support Analyst
5 1 (2.500%) Systems Architect
5 1 (2.500%) Oracle Consultant
5 1 (2.500%) .NET Developer
5 1 (2.500%) RF Engineer
5 1 (2.500%) OSS Architect
5 1 (2.500%) RF Optimisation Engineer
5 1 (2.500%) Designer
5 1 (2.500%) Development Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 2 (5.000%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (2.500%) AS400
2 1 (2.500%) NGOSS
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (15.00%) Project Management
2 4 (10.00%) CRM
2 4 (10.00%) Data Modelling
3 3 (7.500%) Migration
4 2 (5.000%) BCP
4 2 (5.000%) Service Delivery
4 2 (5.000%) Regression Testing
4 2 (5.000%) Project Planning
4 2 (5.000%) Use Case
4 2 (5.000%) User Acceptance Testing
4 2 (5.000%) Performance Testing
4 2 (5.000%) Test Management
4 2 (5.000%) Data Cleansing
4 2 (5.000%) Test Strategy
5 1 (2.500%) UML
5 1 (2.500%) Data Architecture
5 1 (2.500%) Multithreading
5 1 (2.500%) Disaster Recovery
5 1 (2.500%) Workflow
5 1 (2.500%) Document Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (5.000%) C
1 2 (5.000%) PL/SQL
1 2 (5.000%) SQL
2 1 (2.500%) C#
2 1 (2.500%) Java
Qualifications
1 4 (10.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (7.500%) SLA
2 2 (5.000%) QA
System Software
1 19 (47.50%) NFS
Vendors
1 9 (22.50%) Oracle
2 5 (12.50%) Cramer
2 5 (12.50%) Nokia Siemens Networks
3 3 (7.500%) Huawei
3 3 (7.500%) BT
3 3 (7.500%) Cisco
3 3 (7.500%) Juniper
3 3 (7.500%) Ericsson
3 3 (7.500%) Nokia
4 2 (5.000%) Business Objects
4 2 (5.000%) Microsoft
4 2 (5.000%) Cerillion
4 2 (5.000%) Convergys
5 1 (2.500%) Comverse
5 1 (2.500%) HP
5 1 (2.500%) NEC
5 1 (2.500%) Siebel
5 1 (2.500%) IBM
5 1 (2.500%) Remedy