The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Capita 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 Capita over the 3 months to 20 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 Capita Group plc.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Capita
Rank 507 494 573
Rank change year-on-year
-13 +79
Contract jobs citing Capita 26 79 15
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.056% 0.135% 0.025%
As % of the Vendors category 0.119% 0.291% 0.054%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 25 4
Average daily rate £300 £325 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.69% -18.80%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £288 £283
10% offered a daily rate of more than £515 £448 £535
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £325 £301
% change year-on-year
-7.69% +8.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 1
Average hourly rate £28.57 £13.03 £14.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+119.28% -10.13%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £28.57 £13.03 £14.50
% change year-on-year
+119.28% -10.13%
All Vendors
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
21868 27126 28034
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 47.00% 46.50% 46.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 11659 13853 14018
Average daily rate £400 £400 £408
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -1.84%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £235 £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 1197 1299 1587
Average hourly rate £19.50 £20.00 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-2.50% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.21 £11.50 £11.25
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £41.50 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%

Capita
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Capita Jobs Demand Trend

Capita
Daily Rate Trend

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

Capita Daily Rate Trend

Capita
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Capita within the UK over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

Capita Daily Rate Histogram

Capita
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Capita Hourly Rate Trend

Capita
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Capita within the UK over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

Capita Hourly Rate Histogram

Capita
Top 20 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Capita within the UK over the 3 months to 20 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 +8 23 £300 -7.69%
South East +26 9 £300 -20.00%
London -21 6 £488 +39.28%
Hampshire +1 5 £300 -
South West +23 3 £280 -2.60%
East of England +22 3 £500 -
Scotland -7 3 £250 -16.66%
Stirling -8 3 £250 -16.66%
Hertfordshire - 3 £500 -
Wiltshire - 3 £280 -
West Sussex +14 2 - -
North West +15 1 - -
Northamptonshire +11 1 £300 +7.14%
Cheshire +8 1 - -
East Midlands -10 1 £300 -7.69%
Kent - 1 - -
Horsham - 1 - -
Iver - 1 £300 -
Tunbridge Wells - 1 - -
Buckinghamshire - 1 £300 -

Capita
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Capita 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 Capita.

1 16 (27.12%) SQL
2 14 (23.73%) ISEB
3 13 (22.03%) Finance
3 13 (22.03%) Agile Software Development
3 13 (22.03%) Test Scripting
4 11 (18.64%) User Acceptance Testing
5 10 (16.95%) Integration Testing
5 10 (16.95%) Automated Testing
6 9 (15.25%) Test Management
6 9 (15.25%) Oracle
6 9 (15.25%) Microsoft
6 9 (15.25%) HP Quality Center
7 8 (13.56%) Selenium
8 7 (11.86%) JIRA
8 7 (11.86%) ISTQB
8 7 (11.86%) Scrum
8 7 (11.86%) Project Management
8 7 (11.86%) Build Automation
9 6 (10.17%) Java
9 6 (10.17%) Test Automation
10 5 (8.475%) Continuous Integration
10 5 (8.475%) Web Development
10 5 (8.475%) QA
10 5 (8.475%) Migration
10 5 (8.475%) Stakeholder Management
10 5 (8.475%) .NET
10 5 (8.475%) SQL Server
10 5 (8.475%) SOAP
10 5 (8.475%) Web Services
10 5 (8.475%) PRINCE2

Capita
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 5 (8.475%) SOAP
1 5 (8.475%) Web Services
1 5 (8.475%) .NET
2 2 (3.390%) ASP.NET
2 2 (3.390%) CSS
2 2 (3.390%) HTML
2 2 (3.390%) HTML5
3 1 (1.695%) XML
3 1 (1.695%) WebCenter
Application Platforms
1 5 (8.475%) Confluence
2 3 (5.085%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.695%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 4 (6.780%) MS Excel
2 3 (5.085%) MS Office
3 2 (3.390%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (8.475%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (3.390%) Academy Housing
2 2 (3.390%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
3 1 (1.695%) Oracle EBS R12
3 1 (1.695%) VisionPLUS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.695%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (8.475%) SQL Server
2 2 (3.390%) Oracle Reports
2 2 (3.390%) DTS
2 2 (3.390%) Oracle BI EE
2 2 (3.390%) MySQL
3 1 (1.695%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 8 (13.56%) Selenium
2 7 (11.86%) JIRA
3 3 (5.085%) JMeter
4 2 (3.390%) LoadRunner
4 2 (3.390%) Visual Studio
4 2 (3.390%) Team Foundation Server
4 2 (3.390%) JBehave
4 2 (3.390%) WebDriver
5 1 (1.695%) QuickTest Pro
General
1 13 (22.03%) Finance
2 3 (5.085%) Local Government
3 2 (3.390%) Telecoms
3 2 (3.390%) Retail
3 2 (3.390%) Games
4 1 (1.695%) Banking
4 1 (1.695%) Legal
Job Titles
1 16 (27.12%) Analyst
2 12 (20.34%) Test Analyst
3 8 (13.56%) Test Manager
3 8 (13.56%) Consultant
4 7 (11.86%) Test Leader
5 5 (8.475%) Administrator
6 4 (6.780%) Technical Analyst
6 4 (6.780%) Test Consultant
7 3 (5.085%) E-Business Consultant
7 3 (5.085%) Business Consultant
7 3 (5.085%) Oracle Consultant
7 3 (5.085%) Test Coordinator
7 3 (5.085%) Systems Administrator
7 3 (5.085%) DBA
7 3 (5.085%) Coordinator
7 3 (5.085%) Developer
8 2 (3.390%) Operations Manager
8 2 (3.390%) Systems Analyst
8 2 (3.390%) SQL DBA
8 2 (3.390%) Graduate
Miscellaneous
1 2 (3.390%) Replication
2 1 (1.695%) IVR
Operating Systems
1 5 (8.475%) Linux
2 4 (6.780%) Windows
3 3 (5.085%) UNIX
4 2 (3.390%) Windows XP
5 1 (1.695%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (22.03%) Agile Software Development
1 13 (22.03%) Test Scripting
2 11 (18.64%) User Acceptance Testing
3 10 (16.95%) Automated Testing
3 10 (16.95%) Integration Testing
4 9 (15.25%) Test Management
5 7 (11.86%) Build Automation
5 7 (11.86%) Project Management
5 7 (11.86%) Scrum
6 6 (10.17%) Test Automation
7 5 (8.475%) Continuous Integration
7 5 (8.475%) Migration
7 5 (8.475%) Stakeholder Management
7 5 (8.475%) PRINCE2
7 5 (8.475%) Web Development
8 4 (6.780%) Performance Testing
8 4 (6.780%) Software Testing
8 4 (6.780%) System Testing
9 3 (5.085%) Data Migration
9 3 (5.085%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 16 (27.12%) SQL
2 6 (10.17%) Java
3 3 (5.085%) C#
4 2 (3.390%) C++
4 2 (3.390%) JavaScript
4 2 (3.390%) PHP
4 2 (3.390%) VB
5 1 (1.695%) C
Qualifications
1 14 (23.73%) ISEB
2 7 (11.86%) ISTQB
3 4 (6.780%) Security Cleared
4 3 (5.085%) Degree
5 2 (3.390%) SC Cleared
6 1 (1.695%) ISEB Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (8.475%) QA
2 1 (1.695%) SLA
Systems Management
1 9 (15.25%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 9 (15.25%) Oracle
1 9 (15.25%) Microsoft
2 3 (5.085%) Northgate
2 3 (5.085%) Siebel
3 2 (3.390%) Veritas
3 2 (3.390%) CheckPoint
3 2 (3.390%) HP
3 2 (3.390%) SAP
4 1 (1.695%) Novell
4 1 (1.695%) Civica