The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Borland 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 Borland 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 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 the Borland Software Corporation.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Borland
Rank 509 557 559
Rank change year-on-year
+48 +2
Contract jobs citing Borland 20 27 25
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.043% 0.046% 0.041%
As % of the Vendors category 0.092% 0.100% 0.088%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 14 15
Average daily rate £360 £355 £285
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.40% +24.56%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £257 £290 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £405 £420 £342
UK excluding London average daily rate £360 £360 £280
% change year-on-year
- +28.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
Average hourly rate £40.00 £34.00 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+17.64% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £40.00 £34.00 -
% change year-on-year
+17.64% -
All Vendors
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
21803 27081 28409
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 47.00% 46.44% 46.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 11623 13840 14202
Average daily rate £400 £400 £410
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -2.43%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £237 £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 1174 1312 1605
Average hourly rate £19.00 £19.50 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-2.56% -2.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.22 £11.50 £11.15
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £40.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%

Borland
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Borland Jobs Demand Trend

Borland
Daily Rate Trend

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

Borland Daily Rate Trend

Borland
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Borland within the UK over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Borland Daily Rate Histogram

Borland
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Borland Hourly Rate Trend

Borland
Top 11 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Borland within the UK over the 3 months to 24 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
Scotland -16 10 £360 -11.11%
Renfrewshire -9 9 £360 -14.28%
Erskine -10 8 £365 -13.09%
England +43 6 £213 -29.16%
South East +13 3 - -
London +39 2 £213 -29.16%
Berkshire +12 1 - -
Hampshire -9 1 - -
Glasgow -14 1 £360 -7.69%
West Midlands - 1 - -
West Sussex - 1 - -

Borland
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Borland 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 Borland.

1 21 (65.63%) Security Cleared
2 20 (62.50%) Windows
3 18 (56.25%) StarTeam
4 17 (53.13%) SC Cleared
5 15 (46.88%) Windows Server 2003
5 15 (46.88%) OpenView Configuration Management
6 9 (28.13%) Windows XP
7 8 (25.00%) Configuration Management
8 7 (21.88%) C++
9 6 (18.75%) Delphi
9 6 (18.75%) TestDirector
9 6 (18.75%) Windows 7
9 6 (18.75%) HP Quality Center
10 5 (15.63%) Test Scripting
10 5 (15.63%) Degree
11 4 (12.50%) Windows Server 2008
11 4 (12.50%) Avionics
11 4 (12.50%) Electronics
11 4 (12.50%) Telecoms
11 4 (12.50%) Aerospace
12 3 (9.375%) RAD
12 3 (9.375%) DHCP
12 3 (9.375%) TCP/IP
12 3 (9.375%) Microsoft
12 3 (9.375%) Finance
12 3 (9.375%) DV Cleared
12 3 (9.375%) Software Distribution
13 2 (6.250%) Wise Package Studio
13 2 (6.250%) Signal Processing
13 2 (6.250%) VMware Infrastructure

Borland
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Borland 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 Borland. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (3.125%) .NET
1 1 (3.125%) ODBC
1 1 (3.125%) WinForms
1 1 (3.125%) .NET Framework
Applications
1 1 (3.125%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 3 (9.375%) DHCP
1 3 (9.375%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.125%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 18 (56.25%) StarTeam
2 6 (18.75%) TestDirector
3 2 (6.250%) Wise Package Studio
3 2 (6.250%) LabVIEW
3 2 (6.250%) MSI
3 2 (6.250%) InstallShield
4 1 (3.125%) C++Builder
4 1 (3.125%) Visual Studio
General
1 4 (12.50%) Avionics
1 4 (12.50%) Electronics
1 4 (12.50%) Telecoms
1 4 (12.50%) Aerospace
2 3 (9.375%) Finance
3 1 (3.125%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 7 (21.88%) Developer
2 6 (18.75%) Tester
2 6 (18.75%) Software Engineer
3 4 (12.50%) Design Engineer
3 4 (12.50%) Delphi Developer
3 4 (12.50%) Architect
4 2 (6.250%) Systems Integrator
4 2 (6.250%) Delphi Programmer
4 2 (6.250%) Software Design Engineer
4 2 (6.250%) C++ Developer
4 2 (6.250%) Test Engineer
4 2 (6.250%) Programmer
4 2 (6.250%) Applications Packager
5 1 (3.125%) Software Developer
5 1 (3.125%) Analyst
5 1 (3.125%) Business Analyst
5 1 (3.125%) Author
5 1 (3.125%) Technical Author
5 1 (3.125%) Infrastructure Architect
5 1 (3.125%) Security Architect
Miscellaneous
1 2 (6.250%) Physics
2 1 (3.125%) Firmware
2 1 (3.125%) VHDL
2 1 (3.125%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
2 1 (3.125%) Digital Media
Operating Systems
1 20 (62.50%) Windows
2 15 (46.88%) Windows Server 2003
3 9 (28.13%) Windows XP
4 6 (18.75%) Windows 7
5 4 (12.50%) Windows Server 2008
6 2 (6.250%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (25.00%) Configuration Management
2 5 (15.63%) Test Scripting
3 3 (9.375%) RAD
3 3 (9.375%) Software Distribution
4 2 (6.250%) Signal Processing
5 1 (3.125%) ITIL
5 1 (3.125%) Content Management
5 1 (3.125%) Business Analysis
5 1 (3.125%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 7 (21.88%) C++
2 6 (18.75%) Delphi
3 2 (6.250%) MATLAB
4 1 (3.125%) C#
4 1 (3.125%) VB
Qualifications
1 21 (65.63%) Security Cleared
2 17 (53.13%) SC Cleared
3 5 (15.63%) Degree
4 3 (9.375%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.125%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (6.250%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (3.125%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 15 (46.88%) OpenView Configuration Management
2 6 (18.75%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 3 (9.375%) Microsoft
2 2 (6.250%) VMware
2 2 (6.250%) HP
2 2 (6.250%) Citrix
3 1 (3.125%) Embarcadero
3 1 (3.125%) Serena
3 1 (3.125%) Xilinx
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