The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of BT 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 BT 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 BT Group plc.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
BT
Rank 459 448 506
Rank change year-on-year
-11 +58
Contract jobs citing BT 70 136 78
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.151% 0.233% 0.128%
As % of the Vendors category 0.321% 0.502% 0.275%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 81 33
Average daily rate £300 £375 £345
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-20.00% +8.69%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £190 £213 £232
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £574 £705
UK excluding London average daily rate £275 £295 £368
% change year-on-year
-6.77% -19.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 6 20
Average hourly rate £16.50 £13.00 £20.35
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+26.92% -36.11%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.50 £11.00 £14.70
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £18.50 £84.00 £29.10
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £78.75 £22.32
% change year-on-year
-75.87% +252.90%
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%

BT
Jobs Demand Trend

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

BT Jobs Demand Trend

BT
Daily Rate Trend

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

BT Daily Rate Trend

BT
Daily Rate Histogram

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

BT Daily Rate Histogram

BT
Hourly Rate Trend

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

BT Hourly Rate Trend

BT
Top 27 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing BT 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
England -23 64 £300 -17.80%
London +3 30 £300 -36.50%
South East -2 22 £303 -9.70%
Berkshire +8 12 £440 +7.31%
North West +16 6 £173 -67.14%
Isleworth - 6 - -
City of London +7 5 £190 -65.45%
East of England +21 4 £250 +25.00%
Buckinghamshire - 4 £275 -
Surrey +13 3 £310 -38.00%
Manchester +10 3 £155 -47.45%
Reading +7 3 - -
Cheshire +2 3 £530 -
Essex 0 3 £250 +25.00%
Guildford - 3 £310 -
Beaconsfield - 3 £275 -
Warrington - 3 £530 -
Kent -5 2 £303 -
Scotland -7 2 - -
Slough -9 2 £480 +20.75%
Brentwood - 2 £250 -
Birmingham +12 1 - -
West Midlands +6 1 - -
Hampshire - 1 £440 -
Cambridgeshire - 1 - -
Cambridge - 1 - -
Bracknell - 1 £400 -

BT
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 72 (45.57%) Telecoms
2 40 (25.32%) Cisco
3 36 (22.78%) Project Management
4 32 (20.25%) WAN
5 31 (19.62%) Finance
6 29 (18.35%) Ethernet
7 25 (15.82%) Cisco Certification
8 24 (15.19%) LAN
9 23 (14.56%) ADSL
9 23 (14.56%) 3G
9 23 (14.56%) MPLS
10 22 (13.92%) ATM
10 22 (13.92%) SDH
10 22 (13.92%) TCP/IP
10 22 (13.92%) 2G
11 20 (12.66%) Nokia Siemens Networks
11 20 (12.66%) Broadband
11 20 (12.66%) Windows
12 18 (11.39%) ITIL
12 18 (11.39%) VoIP
12 18 (11.39%) LTE
13 16 (10.13%) Ericsson
13 16 (10.13%) Microsoft
14 15 (9.494%) Firewall
14 15 (9.494%) Huawei
14 15 (9.494%) Degree
15 14 (8.861%) CCNA
16 13 (8.228%) CCNP
16 13 (8.228%) VPN
16 13 (8.228%) Oracle

BT
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 5 (3.165%) Middleware
2 3 (1.899%) J2EE
2 3 (1.899%) XML
2 3 (1.899%) WebSphere
3 2 (1.266%) Ajax
3 2 (1.266%) WSH
3 2 (1.266%) CSS
3 2 (1.266%) JSP
3 2 (1.266%) .NET
3 2 (1.266%) jQuery
3 2 (1.266%) Node.js
4 1 (0.633%) soapUI
4 1 (0.633%) ASP
4 1 (0.633%) ASP.NET
4 1 (0.633%) COM+
4 1 (0.633%) WAP
4 1 (0.633%) Application Packaging
4 1 (0.633%) XML Messaging
Application Platforms
1 11 (6.962%) SharePoint
2 8 (5.063%) SharePoint 2010
3 5 (3.165%) Lync
4 3 (1.899%) Tomcat
5 2 (1.266%) MS Exchange
5 2 (1.266%) SAS
5 2 (1.266%) WebLogic
5 2 (1.266%) Exchange Server 2010
6 1 (0.633%) IIS
6 1 (0.633%) Apache
Applications
1 5 (3.165%) MS Excel
2 4 (2.532%) MS PowerPoint
2 4 (2.532%) MS Visio
2 4 (2.532%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.633%) SiteCatalyst
Communications & Networking
1 32 (20.25%) WAN
2 29 (18.35%) Ethernet
3 24 (15.19%) LAN
4 23 (14.56%) ADSL
4 23 (14.56%) 3G
4 23 (14.56%) MPLS
5 22 (13.92%) ATM
5 22 (13.92%) SDH
5 22 (13.92%) TCP/IP
5 22 (13.92%) 2G
6 20 (12.66%) Broadband
7 18 (11.39%) VoIP
7 18 (11.39%) LTE
8 15 (9.494%) Firewall
9 13 (8.228%) VPN
10 10 (6.329%) LLU
10 10 (6.329%) IP Telephony
10 10 (6.329%) DMZ
10 10 (6.329%) Radio Access Network
11 9 (5.696%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (5.063%) BusinessObjects
2 2 (1.266%) Oracle 8/8i
2 2 (1.266%) Redis
3 1 (0.633%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.633%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (0.633%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (0.633%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (0.633%) GIS
Development Applications
1 2 (1.266%) Subversion
1 2 (1.266%) StarTeam
1 2 (1.266%) Git (software)
2 1 (0.633%) Selenium
General
1 72 (45.57%) Telecoms
2 31 (19.62%) Finance
3 9 (5.696%) Banking
4 4 (2.532%) Law
4 4 (2.532%) Retail
5 3 (1.899%) German Language
5 3 (1.899%) Marketing
5 3 (1.899%) Billing
6 2 (1.266%) Legal
6 2 (1.266%) Investment Banking
7 1 (0.633%) Pharmaceutical
7 1 (0.633%) Music
7 1 (0.633%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 22 (13.92%) Transmission Engineer
2 19 (12.03%) Design Engineer
2 19 (12.03%) Analyst
3 17 (10.76%) Network Engineer
4 14 (8.861%) Project Manager
5 11 (6.962%) Senior Analyst
6 9 (5.696%) Voice Engineer
6 9 (5.696%) Business Analyst
7 8 (5.063%) Insight Analyst
7 8 (5.063%) Senior Insight Analyst
8 7 (4.430%) Transmission Planning Engineer
8 7 (4.430%) Delivery Manager
9 6 (3.797%) Developer
9 6 (3.797%) Provisioning Engineer
10 5 (3.165%) Build Engineer
10 5 (3.165%) Architect
10 5 (3.165%) Infrastructure Manager
10 5 (3.165%) Deployment Engineer
10 5 (3.165%) VoIP Engineer
11 4 (2.532%) Senior Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (3.165%) NHS
2 4 (2.532%) Video Conferencing
3 3 (1.899%) Handset
4 2 (1.266%) Management Information System
4 2 (1.266%) e-Health
4 2 (1.266%) IVR
4 2 (1.266%) CMDB
4 2 (1.266%) Wiki
4 2 (1.266%) Enterprise Storage
4 2 (1.266%) Social Media
4 2 (1.266%) Digital Media
5 1 (0.633%) Computer Science
5 1 (0.633%) Social Network
5 1 (0.633%) CCTV
5 1 (0.633%) Streaming Video
5 1 (0.633%) Replication
5 1 (0.633%) Device Driver
Operating Systems
1 20 (12.66%) Windows
2 8 (5.063%) UNIX
3 5 (3.165%) Linux
4 3 (1.899%) Windows Server 2008
5 2 (1.266%) VMS
5 2 (1.266%) Solaris
6 1 (0.633%) OS/2
6 1 (0.633%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (22.78%) Project Management
2 18 (11.39%) ITIL
3 10 (6.329%) Service Delivery
3 10 (6.329%) B2B
4 9 (5.696%) Network Design
4 9 (5.696%) Migration
5 8 (5.063%) Data Analysis
5 8 (5.063%) Statistical Analysis
5 8 (5.063%) Root Cause Analysis
6 7 (4.430%) Network Planning
6 7 (4.430%) Stakeholder Management
7 6 (3.797%) Change Management
7 6 (3.797%) Supplier Management
7 6 (3.797%) PRINCE2
8 5 (3.165%) Network Management
9 4 (2.532%) CRM
10 3 (1.899%) Network Architecture
10 3 (1.899%) Release Management
10 3 (1.899%) Budget Control
10 3 (1.899%) Business Analysis
Programming Languages
1 12 (7.595%) SQL
2 11 (6.962%) C
3 8 (5.063%) VB
4 6 (3.797%) Java
5 2 (1.266%) JavaScript
5 2 (1.266%) VBScript
5 2 (1.266%) Bash shell
5 2 (1.266%) PowerShell
6 1 (0.633%) Perl
6 1 (0.633%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 25 (15.82%) Cisco Certification
2 15 (9.494%) Degree
3 14 (8.861%) CCNA
4 13 (8.228%) CCNP
4 13 (8.228%) Security Cleared
5 8 (5.063%) SC Cleared
6 5 (3.165%) HND
6 5 (3.165%) CCIE
7 4 (2.532%) ITIL Certification
8 3 (1.899%) CCIP
8 3 (1.899%) CCVP
9 2 (1.266%) CCDP
9 2 (1.266%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 2 (1.266%) HNC
10 1 (0.633%) BC Cleared
10 1 (0.633%) DV Cleared
10 1 (0.633%) CBAP
10 1 (0.633%) ISEB
10 1 (0.633%) Avaya Certification
10 1 (0.633%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (4.430%) SLA
2 4 (2.532%) QA
3 2 (1.266%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (1.266%) ISO 9001
4 1 (0.633%) ISO 14001
System Software
1 9 (5.696%) Active Directory
2 8 (5.063%) ISA Server
3 6 (3.797%) Forefront TMG
4 2 (1.266%) NFS
5 1 (0.633%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.633%) ProxySG
Systems Management
1 3 (1.899%) HP Quality Center
2 2 (1.266%) OpenView
2 2 (1.266%) Netcool
2 2 (1.266%) Nagios
3 1 (0.633%) Cisco CUCM
3 1 (0.633%) SCCM
Vendors
1 40 (25.32%) Cisco
2 20 (12.66%) Nokia Siemens Networks
3 16 (10.13%) Ericsson
3 16 (10.13%) Microsoft
4 15 (9.494%) Huawei
5 13 (8.228%) Oracle
6 12 (7.595%) Avaya
6 12 (7.595%) HP
7 11 (6.962%) Siemens
8 10 (6.329%) Cramer
8 10 (6.329%) NEC
8 10 (6.329%) Nokia
9 8 (5.063%) Business Objects
9 8 (5.063%) SAP
10 6 (3.797%) SolarWinds
11 5 (3.165%) VMware
12 4 (2.532%) Citrix
12 4 (2.532%) Websense
13 3 (1.899%) CyberTech
13 3 (1.899%) Aastra
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