The first table below looks at the demand for AWD skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited AWD over the 3 months to 23 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
DST Systems Automated Work Distributor (AWD)
Rank 531 552 577
Rank change year-on-year
+21 +25
Contract jobs citing AWD 10 13 9
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.022% 0.022% 0.015%
As % of the Business Applications category 0.251% 0.248% 0.154%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 12 4
Average daily rate £235 £400 £369
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-41.25% +8.47%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £363 £354
10% offered a daily rate of more than £363 £450 £463
UK excluding London average daily rate £235 £400 £369
% change year-on-year
-41.25% +8.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Business Applications
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Business Applications category
3984 5236 5828
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 8.598% 8.970% 9.390%
Number of daily rates quoted 1980 2543 2852
Average daily rate £445 £450 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.11% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £295 £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 79 60 104
Average hourly rate £37.80 £25.00 £25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+51.20% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £11.00 £15.20
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £62.50 £56.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.80 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
+68.00% -10.00%

AWD
Jobs Demand Trend

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

AWD Jobs Demand Trend

AWD
Daily Rate Trend

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

AWD Daily Rate Trend

AWD
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing AWD within the UK over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

AWD Daily Rate Histogram

AWD
Hourly Rate Trend

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

AWD Hourly Rate Trend

AWD
Top 10 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing AWD within the UK over the 3 months to 23 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 +41 10 £235 -41.25%
South East +15 8 £225 -43.75%
Buckinghamshire - 8 £225 -
Milton Keynes - 8 £225 -
East of England - 1 £450 -
South West - 1 - -
Essex - 1 £450 -
Dorset - 1 - -
Brentwood - 1 £450 -
Bournemouth - 1 - -

AWD
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing AWD 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 AWD.

1 9 (81.82%) IBM
1 9 (81.82%) Kofax
2 7 (63.64%) AIX
2 7 (63.64%) Linux
3 5 (45.45%) FileNet
4 4 (36.36%) Finance
5 3 (27.27%) Oracle
6 2 (18.18%) DB2
6 2 (18.18%) Tivoli Storage Manager
6 2 (18.18%) Content Management
7 1 (9.091%) ISTQB
7 1 (9.091%) Degree
7 1 (9.091%) ESB
7 1 (9.091%) Computer Science
7 1 (9.091%) Selenium
7 1 (9.091%) Data Conversion
7 1 (9.091%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (9.091%) NAS
7 1 (9.091%) Test Automation
7 1 (9.091%) HP Quality Center
7 1 (9.091%) Replication
7 1 (9.091%) Banking
7 1 (9.091%) C
7 1 (9.091%) Firewall
7 1 (9.091%) TIBCO
7 1 (9.091%) HP
7 1 (9.091%) ISEB
7 1 (9.091%) SAN
7 1 (9.091%) QuickTest Pro
7 1 (9.091%) Windows

AWD
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing AWD 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 AWD. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 5 (45.45%) FileNet
2 1 (9.091%) ESB
2 1 (9.091%) Apache
Communications & Networking
1 1 (9.091%) NAS
1 1 (9.091%) Firewall
1 1 (9.091%) SAN
1 1 (9.091%) LDAP
1 1 (9.091%) LAN
1 1 (9.091%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (18.18%) DB2
2 1 (9.091%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (9.091%) Selenium
1 1 (9.091%) QuickTest Pro
General
1 4 (36.36%) Finance
2 1 (9.091%) Banking
Job Titles
1 9 (81.82%) Administrator
2 6 (54.55%) Content Manager
3 1 (9.091%) Technical Manager
3 1 (9.091%) Project Manager
3 1 (9.091%) Test Manager
3 1 (9.091%) Technical Project Manager
3 1 (9.091%) Test Automation Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (9.091%) Computer Science
1 1 (9.091%) Data Conversion
1 1 (9.091%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 7 (63.64%) AIX
1 7 (63.64%) Linux
2 1 (9.091%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (9.091%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (18.18%) Content Management
2 1 (9.091%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (9.091%) C
Qualifications
1 1 (9.091%) ISTQB
1 1 (9.091%) Degree
1 1 (9.091%) ISEB
Systems Management
1 2 (18.18%) Tivoli Storage Manager
2 1 (9.091%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 9 (81.82%) IBM
1 9 (81.82%) Kofax
2 3 (27.27%) Oracle
3 1 (9.091%) TIBCO
3 1 (9.091%) HP
3 1 (9.091%) JBoss