assyst Contracts
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for assyst skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited assyst 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 of the Business Applications category.

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
17 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Axios Systems assyst
Rank 519 543 560
Rank change year-on-year
+24 +17
Contract jobs citing assyst 11 35 28
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.024% 0.060% 0.046%
As % of the Business Applications category 0.276% 0.674% 0.490%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 8 5
Average daily rate £127 £465 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-72.79% +69.09%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £120 £162 £198
10% offered a daily rate of more than £133 £511 £545
UK excluding London average daily rate £127 £175 £275
% change year-on-year
-27.71% -36.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 3
Average hourly rate £17.50 £22.50 £15.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-22.22% +50.00%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £22.50 £15.00
% change year-on-year
-22.22% +50.00%
All Business Applications
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Business Applications category		 3983 5191 5719
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 8.584% 8.907% 9.330%
Number of daily rates quoted 1982 2535 2796
Average daily rate £450 £450 £450
90% offered a daily rate of more than £290 £300 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £600 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £438 £420
% change year-on-year
-2.85% +4.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 82 61 104
Average hourly rate £37.80 £25.00 £22.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+51.20% +11.11%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £11.15 £14.10
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £62.50 £56.60 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.80 £22.92 £20.00
% change year-on-year
+64.92% +14.60%

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Jobs Demand Trend

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

assyst 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 assyst within the UK.

assyst 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 assyst within the UK.

assyst Hourly Rate Trend

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Top 17 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing assyst 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 +21 7 - -
Edinburgh +11 3 £127 -2.69%
Scotland -13 3 £127 -2.69%
South West +25 2 - -
London -5 2 - -
South East - 2 - -
West Sussex - 2 - -
Somerset +5 1 - -
Taunton +3 1 - -
Wales - 1 - -
South Wales - 1 - -
North West - 1 - -
Wiltshire - 1 - -
Crawley - 1 - -
Swindon - 1 - -
Newport - 1 - -
Manchester - 1 - -

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 13 (61.90%) Windows
2 11 (52.38%) ITIL
3 10 (47.62%) Active Directory
4 9 (42.86%) Microsoft
4 9 (42.86%) MS Exchange
5 7 (33.33%) MS Office
5 7 (33.33%) Citrix
6 6 (28.57%) SAP
6 6 (28.57%) Windows XP
7 5 (23.81%) MS Excel
7 5 (23.81%) Service Management
7 5 (23.81%) Finance
7 5 (23.81%) Blackberry
7 5 (23.81%) Exchange Server 2010
8 4 (19.05%) Windows 7
8 4 (19.05%) Banking
8 4 (19.05%) Exchange Server 2003
8 4 (19.05%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
8 4 (19.05%) SQL
9 3 (14.29%) PL/SQL
9 3 (14.29%) Business Objects
9 3 (14.29%) UNIX
9 3 (14.29%) Linux
9 3 (14.29%) SLA
9 3 (14.29%) Data Modelling
9 3 (14.29%) Internet
9 3 (14.29%) Manufacturing
9 3 (14.29%) Wireless
9 3 (14.29%) Service Delivery
9 3 (14.29%) Logistics

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 1 (4.762%) Flash
Application Platforms
1 9 (42.86%) MS Exchange
2 5 (23.81%) Exchange Server 2010
3 4 (19.05%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
3 4 (19.05%) Exchange Server 2003
4 2 (9.524%) CMS
5 1 (4.762%) Exchange Server 2007
5 1 (4.762%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (33.33%) MS Office
2 5 (23.81%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (4.762%) Oracle 11i
Communications & Networking
1 3 (14.29%) Internet
1 3 (14.29%) Wireless
2 2 (9.524%) 3G
2 2 (9.524%) VoIP
2 2 (9.524%) WAN
3 1 (4.762%) DHCP
3 1 (4.762%) VPN
3 1 (4.762%) DNS
3 1 (4.762%) SAN
3 1 (4.762%) IP Telephony
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (14.29%) BusinessObjects XI
2 2 (9.524%) Crystal Reports
2 2 (9.524%) BusinessObjects
3 1 (4.762%) SQL Server 2005
3 1 (4.762%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (4.762%) Oracle 8/8i
3 1 (4.762%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (4.762%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (4.762%) QuickTest Pro
1 1 (4.762%) Selenium
1 1 (4.762%) Team Foundation Server
1 1 (4.762%) WebDriver
General
1 5 (23.81%) Finance
2 4 (19.05%) Banking
3 3 (14.29%) Manufacturing
4 1 (4.762%) Financial Institution
4 1 (4.762%) Law
4 1 (4.762%) Legal
4 1 (4.762%) Retail
4 1 (4.762%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 6 (28.57%) Analyst
2 3 (14.29%) Service Desk Analyst
2 3 (14.29%) Service Analyst
3 2 (9.524%) 2nd Line Support
3 2 (9.524%) Consultant
3 2 (9.524%) Business Objects Consultant
3 2 (9.524%) Business Consultant
3 2 (9.524%) Team Leader
3 2 (9.524%) Developer
4 1 (4.762%) Crystal Reports Developer
4 1 (4.762%) IT Administrator
4 1 (4.762%) Problem Analyst
4 1 (4.762%) Incident Manager
4 1 (4.762%) Senior Desktop Support
4 1 (4.762%) Report Developer
4 1 (4.762%) Major Incident Manager
4 1 (4.762%) Report Writer
4 1 (4.762%) Incident Analyst
4 1 (4.762%) IT Support
4 1 (4.762%) Desktop Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 5 (23.81%) Blackberry
2 2 (9.524%) SecurID
2 2 (9.524%) iPad
3 1 (4.762%) Hedge funds
3 1 (4.762%) Thin Client
3 1 (4.762%) Fat Client
3 1 (4.762%) Data Extraction
3 1 (4.762%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 13 (61.90%) Windows
2 6 (28.57%) Windows XP
3 4 (19.05%) Windows 7
4 3 (14.29%) UNIX
4 3 (14.29%) Linux
5 1 (4.762%) Windows Server 2003
5 1 (4.762%) Windows Server 2008
5 1 (4.762%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (52.38%) ITIL
2 5 (23.81%) Service Management
3 3 (14.29%) Service Delivery
3 3 (14.29%) Data Modelling
3 3 (14.29%) Logistics
3 3 (14.29%) Dimensional Modelling
4 2 (9.524%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (9.524%) Incident Management
4 2 (9.524%) Project Management
4 2 (9.524%) Change Management
5 1 (4.762%) ITSM
5 1 (4.762%) Risk Management
5 1 (4.762%) Migration
5 1 (4.762%) Information Security
5 1 (4.762%) Content Management
5 1 (4.762%) PRINCE2
5 1 (4.762%) Business Analysis
5 1 (4.762%) Supplier Management
5 1 (4.762%) Software Testing
5 1 (4.762%) Problem Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (19.05%) SQL
2 3 (14.29%) PL/SQL
3 1 (4.762%) VBScript
3 1 (4.762%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 3 (14.29%) SC Cleared
1 3 (14.29%) Security Cleared
2 2 (9.524%) MCP
2 2 (9.524%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (9.524%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (4.762%) ISEB Practitioner
3 1 (4.762%) ISTQB
3 1 (4.762%) ISEB
3 1 (4.762%) CTC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (14.29%) SLA
System Software
1 10 (47.62%) Active Directory
2 1 (4.762%) VMware ESX
2 1 (4.762%) Microsoft App-V
2 1 (4.762%) XenApp
2 1 (4.762%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 1 (4.762%) ZENworks
1 1 (4.762%) NetBackup
1 1 (4.762%) SCCM
1 1 (4.762%) SCOM
1 1 (4.762%) HP SIM
Vendors
1 9 (42.86%) Microsoft
2 7 (33.33%) Citrix
3 6 (28.57%) SAP
4 3 (14.29%) Business Objects
5 2 (9.524%) Cognos
5 2 (9.524%) HP
5 2 (9.524%) Remedy
6 1 (4.762%) Sophos
6 1 (4.762%) Wyse
6 1 (4.762%) VMware
6 1 (4.762%) Novell
6 1 (4.762%) Dell
6 1 (4.762%) EMC
6 1 (4.762%) Cisco
6 1 (4.762%) Oracle
Infrastructure Engineer
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Posted: 13 May 2013
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