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This section looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of CA products and/or services in IT contracts across the UK with a comparison to our Vendors category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited CA over the last 3 months to 15 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkCA
Location
3 months to 15 May 2008Same period last year
Rank415384
Rank change on same period last yearDown-31
Matching contract IT job ads184248
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.236 %0.279 %
As % of the category below0.547 %0.650 %
Daily rates quoted5366
Average minimum daily rate£396£329
Average daily rate£413£347
% change on same period last year+18.89 %
Average maximum daily rate£429£365
UK excluding London average daily rate£403£362
% change on same period last year+11.47 %
Hourly rates quoted74
Average minimum hourly rate£38.29£36.00
Average hourly rate£40.14£39.00
% change on same period last year+2.93 %
Average maximum hourly rate£42.00£42.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£40.14£39.00
% change on same period last year+2.93 %
Vendors UKVendors
UK
Matching contract IT job ads3366738142
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled43.19 %42.85 %
Daily rates quoted963310300
Average minimum daily rate£383£384
Average daily rate£408£406
% change on same period last year+0.52 %
Average maximum daily rate£434£429
UK excluding London average daily rate£365£356
% change on same period last year+2.55 %
Hourly rates quoted29213034
Average minimum hourly rate£22.04£23.09
Average hourly rate£23.62£24.56
% change on same period last year-3.82 %
Average maximum hourly rate£25.19£26.03
UK excluding London average hourly rate£22.58£24.88
% change on same period last year-9.23 %

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

These figures represent the IT job market and are NOT representative of employment within CA, Inc.

CA
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total starting in 2004 of contract IT jobs ads citing CA across the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

CA Demand Trend

CA
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs ads citing CA across the UK.

CA Daily Rate Trend

CA
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing CA across the UK over the past 3 months.

CA Daily Rate Histogram

CA
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs ads citing CA across the UK.

CA Hourly Rate Trend

CA
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing CA across the UK over the past 3 months.

CA Hourly Rate Histogram

CA
Top 30 Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CA within the UK over the past 3 months.

RankLocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
1EnglandDown-14171£413+18.76 %
2South EastUp+1768£380-12.31 %
3LondonDown-2233£465+38.57 %
4BerkshireUp+3118£366-15.57 %
5East of EnglandDown-216£483+48.46 %
6South WestUp+215£390+34.85 %
6North WestDown-1115£369+21.90 %
6West SussexUp+1115--
7City of LondonDown-3112£425+23.29 %
8ReadingUp+310£355+29.09 %
8LancashireDown-310£369-
8GatwickUp+1210--
9West MidlandsUp+38£500-
10HertfordshireDown-87£479+53.14 %
10BuckinghamshireDown-77£381-
11Milton KeynesDown-116£381-
11Lytham St AnnesNew entry-6£342-
11BristolUp+36£394+15.80 %
11WiltshireUp+76--
12SwindonUp+45--
13SurreyUp+174£250-45.94 %
13BracknellUp+234£382-12.66 %
13YorkshireNo change04£330+1.53 %
13Thames ValleyUp+304--
14ScotlandUp+143£375+19.42 %
14MidlandsDown-93--
14WarwickshireNew entry-3--
14West YorkshireUp+13£330+1.53 %
14EdinburghDown-13£375-
14ManchesterDown-163--

CA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the UK citing CA also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing CA.

174 (21.57 %)Finance
269 (20.12 %)Unicenter
350 (14.58 %)Oracle
448 (13.99 %)SAP
547 (13.70 %)Windows
646 (13.41 %)SQL
741 (11.95 %)Unix
741 (11.95 %)Mainframe
836 (10.50 %)IBM
934 (9.913 %)HP
1031 (9.038 %)SQL Server
1129 (8.455 %)SAP IS-U
1226 (7.580 %)SAP FI
1325 (7.289 %)Government
1423 (6.706 %)Project Management
1423 (6.706 %)Tivoli
1522 (6.414 %)ITIL
1522 (6.414 %)CRM
1522 (6.414 %)Microsoft
1522 (6.414 %)SAP FI-CA
1522 (6.414 %)Retail
1620 (5.831 %)AutoSys
1719 (5.539 %)EMC
1818 (5.248 %)Billing
1818 (5.248 %)CA Clarity
1917 (4.956 %)Asset Management
2016 (4.665 %)Cisco
2016 (4.665 %)Linux
2016 (4.665 %)Data Analysis
2115 (4.373 %)AIX

CA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the UK citing CA also mentioned the following skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing CA. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
17 (2.041 %)XML
25 (1.458 %).NET
25 (1.458 %)WebServices
34 (1.166 %)WebSphere
43 (0.875 %)HTML
43 (0.875 %)CSS
43 (0.875 %)J2EE
43 (0.875 %)XSLT
43 (0.875 %)Middleware
52 (0.583 %)BAPI
52 (0.583 %)ASP
52 (0.583 %)ASP.NET
52 (0.583 %)JSP
52 (0.583 %)Struts
52 (0.583 %)Application Packaging
61 (0.292 %)Adobe Flex
61 (0.292 %).NET Framework
61 (0.292 %)SAP BSP
61 (0.292 %)SAP ALE
61 (0.292 %)ISPF
Application Platforms
18 (2.332 %)SharePoint
27 (2.041 %)Tomcat
27 (2.041 %)IIS
27 (2.041 %)SharePoint Portal Server
36 (1.749 %)CICS
45 (1.458 %)ATG Dynamo
45 (1.458 %)WebLogic
45 (1.458 %)MS Exchange
45 (1.458 %)SAS
54 (1.166 %)MQSeries
54 (1.166 %)WebLogic Portal
54 (1.166 %)Exchange Server 2003
63 (0.875 %)Apache
63 (0.875 %)CMS
71 (0.292 %)Oracle Collaboration Suite
71 (0.292 %)Oracle Application Server
71 (0.292 %)Oracle Spatial
71 (0.292 %)WebSphere Application Server
71 (0.292 %)JBoss
Applications
118 (5.248 %)CA Clarity
214 (4.082 %)MS Office
39 (2.624 %)MS Excel
39 (2.624 %)MS Project
43 (0.875 %)MS Visio
43 (0.875 %)PrintSoft PReS
52 (0.583 %)MS PowerPoint
52 (0.583 %)Open Workbench
Business Applications
129 (8.455 %)SAP IS-U
226 (7.580 %)SAP FI
322 (6.414 %)SAP FI-CA
46 (1.749 %)SAP FI/CO
46 (1.749 %)SAP CO
54 (1.166 %)Oracle EBS
54 (1.166 %)SAP CRM
63 (0.875 %)MAXIMO
72 (0.583 %)BPCS
72 (0.583 %)Oracle 11i
72 (0.583 %)WebTrends
81 (0.292 %)Oracle Applications
81 (0.292 %)Dynamics AX
81 (0.292 %)AWD
Communications & Networking
111 (3.207 %)Firewall
210 (2.915 %)SAN
39 (2.624 %)TCP/IP
48 (2.332 %)LDAP
48 (2.332 %)NetScreen
56 (1.749 %)iSCSI
64 (1.166 %)LAN
64 (1.166 %)VPN
73 (0.875 %)WINS
73 (0.875 %)DNS
73 (0.875 %)Internet
73 (0.875 %)WAN
73 (0.875 %)DHCP
82 (0.583 %)Extranet
82 (0.583 %)CTI
82 (0.583 %)Intranet
82 (0.583 %)VoIP
82 (0.583 %)Wireless
82 (0.583 %)VLAN
91 (0.292 %)Cisco PIX
Database & Business Intelligence
131 (9.038 %)SQL Server
213 (3.790 %)Oracle 8/8i
310 (2.915 %)Datawarehouse
48 (2.332 %)BusinessObjects
56 (1.749 %)Oracle Reports
56 (1.749 %)Oracle 9i
56 (1.749 %)DB2
64 (1.166 %)Crystal Reports
64 (1.166 %)ETL
64 (1.166 %)RDBMS
72 (0.583 %)Oracle 10g
72 (0.583 %)SQL Server 2005
72 (0.583 %)SQL Server 7
72 (0.583 %)SQL Server 2000
81 (0.292 %)GIS
81 (0.292 %)Oracle OWB
81 (0.292 %)SAP BW
81 (0.292 %)Adabas
Development Applications
110 (2.915 %)ClearCase
27 (2.041 %)ERwin
36 (1.749 %)StarTeam
36 (1.749 %)Oracle Forms
43 (0.875 %)MSI
52 (0.583 %)InstallShield
52 (0.583 %)Visual Studio
52 (0.583 %)PVCS
61 (0.292 %)Ant
61 (0.292 %)CruiseControl
61 (0.292 %)Subversion
61 (0.292 %)Rational Rose
61 (0.292 %)Eclipse
61 (0.292 %)AllFusion
61 (0.292 %)WinRunner
61 (0.292 %)TestDirector
61 (0.292 %)LoadRunner
61 (0.292 %)Synon
61 (0.292 %)Advantage 2E
61 (0.292 %)COOL2E
General
174 (21.57 %)Finance
225 (7.289 %)Government
322 (6.414 %)Retail
418 (5.248 %)Billing
510 (2.915 %)Banking
69 (2.624 %)Pensions
78 (2.332 %)Insurance
85 (1.458 %)Telecoms
85 (1.458 %)Publishing
94 (1.166 %)Education
94 (1.166 %)Investment Banking
103 (0.875 %)Electronics
111 (0.292 %)Back Office
111 (0.292 %)Legal
111 (0.292 %)Manufacturing
111 (0.292 %)Auditing
Job Titles
199 (28.86 %)Consultant
239 (11.37 %)Developer
338 (11.08 %)Analyst
433 (9.621 %)SAP Consultant
525 (7.289 %)Project Manager
621 (6.122 %)Administrator
718 (5.248 %)Architect
817 (4.956 %)Business Analyst
817 (4.956 %)SAP FI Consultant
912 (3.499 %)SAP IS-U Consultant
912 (3.499 %)SAP ISU Consultant
1011 (3.207 %)Storage Administrator
1110 (2.915 %)Senior Manager
129 (2.624 %)Solutions Architect
129 (2.624 %)Support Analyst
138 (2.332 %)Systems Manager
146 (1.749 %)Applications Support
146 (1.749 %)Programmer
146 (1.749 %)DBA
155 (1.458 %)Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
141 (11.95 %)Mainframe
217 (4.956 %)Asset Management
310 (2.915 %)Replication
310 (2.915 %)Data Integration
46 (1.749 %)IPTV
54 (1.166 %)STB
54 (1.166 %)EPoS
54 (1.166 %)IBM Mainframe
63 (0.875 %)Clustering
63 (0.875 %)AS400
72 (0.583 %)Client/Server
72 (0.583 %)Thin Client
72 (0.583 %)German Language
72 (0.583 %)CMDB
72 (0.583 %)Fat Client
81 (0.292 %)Portuguese Language
81 (0.292 %)Spanish Language
81 (0.292 %)French Language
81 (0.292 %)Blackberry
81 (0.292 %)Management Information System
Operating Systems
147 (13.70 %)Windows
241 (11.95 %)Unix
316 (4.665 %)Linux
415 (4.373 %)AIX
513 (3.790 %)Solaris
611 (3.207 %)SUSE
710 (2.915 %)zOS
710 (2.915 %)HPUX
89 (2.624 %)Windows NT
96 (1.749 %)Windows 2000
105 (1.458 %)MVS
113 (0.875 %)Windows Server 2003
122 (0.583 %)OS/400
122 (0.583 %)OS/390
122 (0.583 %)Windows XP
131 (0.292 %)VMS
Processes & Methodologies
123 (6.706 %)Project Management
222 (6.414 %)ITIL
222 (6.414 %)CRM
316 (4.665 %)Data Analysis
414 (4.082 %)Migration
513 (3.790 %)Data Modelling
513 (3.790 %)Service Delivery
513 (3.790 %)Change Management
612 (3.499 %)Load Balancing
710 (2.915 %)Configuration Management
89 (2.624 %)Performance Management
89 (2.624 %)Data Migration
98 (2.332 %)Stakeholder Management
107 (2.041 %)Data Mapping
116 (1.749 %)Supply Chain Management
116 (1.749 %)Incident Management
116 (1.749 %)RDF
125 (1.458 %)PRINCE
125 (1.458 %)Six Sigma
125 (1.458 %)ERP
Programming Languages
146 (13.41 %)SQL
213 (3.790 %)Shell Script
311 (3.207 %)Java
49 (2.624 %)JavaScript
58 (2.332 %)PL/SQL
58 (2.332 %)ABAP
58 (2.332 %)REXX
67 (2.041 %)C
76 (1.749 %)JCL
85 (1.458 %)VB
94 (1.166 %)VBScript
94 (1.166 %)Korn
103 (0.875 %)Perl
111 (0.292 %)COBOL
111 (0.292 %)RPG
111 (0.292 %)Embedded C
111 (0.292 %)Assembly Language
111 (0.292 %)MapBasic
111 (0.292 %)DCL
Qualifications
16 (1.749 %)Microsoft Certification
25 (1.458 %)Degree
34 (1.166 %)ACCA
43 (0.875 %)Citrix Certification
43 (0.875 %)ITIL Certification
43 (0.875 %)MCSE
52 (0.583 %)MCSA
61 (0.292 %)ISEB
61 (0.292 %)PRINCE2 Certification
61 (0.292 %)CIMA
61 (0.292 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
110 (2.915 %)QA
26 (1.749 %)SLA
34 (1.166 %)COBIT
42 (0.583 %)GCP
51 (0.292 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
110 (2.915 %)Active Directory
28 (2.332 %)Oracle RAC
37 (2.041 %)NFS
45 (1.458 %)NetBackup
53 (0.875 %)VMware ESX
62 (0.583 %)ISA Server
62 (0.583 %)RACF
62 (0.583 %)VMware GSX
71 (0.292 %)Backup Exec
Systems Management
169 (20.12 %)Unicenter
223 (6.706 %)Tivoli
320 (5.831 %)AutoSys
410 (2.915 %)OpenView
59 (2.624 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
67 (2.041 %)BMC PATROL
75 (1.458 %)MOM
84 (1.166 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
84 (1.166 %)CA SiteMinder
93 (0.875 %)ARCserve
93 (0.875 %)EMC TimeFinder
102 (0.583 %)MIIS
102 (0.583 %)CONTROL-M
102 (0.583 %)OpenView Configuration Management
111 (0.292 %)MAILsweeper
111 (0.292 %)Netcool
111 (0.292 %)Tivoli Identity Manager
111 (0.292 %)Legato
111 (0.292 %)WSUS
111 (0.292 %)OMEGAMON
Vendors
150 (14.58 %)Oracle
248 (13.99 %)SAP
336 (10.50 %)IBM
434 (9.913 %)HP
522 (6.414 %)Microsoft
619 (5.539 %)EMC
716 (4.665 %)Cisco
812 (3.499 %)Hitachi
911 (3.207 %)Citrix
1010 (2.915 %)NetApp
119 (2.624 %)BMC
119 (2.624 %)Brocade
128 (2.332 %)Business Objects
137 (2.041 %)Sybase
137 (2.041 %)Sun
137 (2.041 %)Informatica
137 (2.041 %)Borland
137 (2.041 %)Serena
146 (1.749 %)VMware
146 (1.749 %)Niku
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