The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Cramer 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 Cramer over the 3 months to 18 June 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 Cramer Systems.

Location
3 months to
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Cramer
Rank 514 539 522
Rank change year-on-year
+25 -17
Contract jobs citing Cramer 40 50 65
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.082% 0.086% 0.105%
As % of the Vendors category 0.175% 0.185% 0.223%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 9 15
Average daily rate £350 £375 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.66% +25.00%
UK excluding London average daily rate £288 £375 £300
% change year-on-year
-23.33% +25.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 5 0
Average hourly rate £9.25 £9.50 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-2.63% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £9.25 £9.50 -
% change year-on-year
-2.63% -
All Vendors
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
22858 27039 29208
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 46.96% 46.56% 46.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 12157 13678 14768
Average daily rate £400 £388 £405
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.22% -4.32%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £228 £225 £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 1224 1348 1626
Average hourly rate £19.75 £19.63 £20.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+0.63% -4.26%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.24 £11.37 £11.15
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £40.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.63 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-3.18% -1.87%

Cramer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cramer Jobs Demand Trend

Cramer
Daily Rate Trend

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

Cramer Daily Rate Trend

Cramer
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Cramer within the UK over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

Cramer Daily Rate Histogram

Cramer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Cramer Hourly Rate Trend

Cramer
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 Cramer within the UK over the 3 months to 18 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
England +5 30 £350 -6.66% 1
South East +5 17 £285 -24.00%
Berkshire +17 14 £285 +1.78%
Newbury +4 6 £285 -
London - 6 £350 -
Guildford - 3 £288 -
Surrey - 3 £288 -
Buckinghamshire - - - -
Coventry - - - -
Milton Keynes - - - -
West Midlands - - - -

Cramer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Cramer 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 Cramer.

1 49 (70.00%) Telecoms
2 28 (40.00%) 3G
3 25 (35.71%) ATM
3 25 (35.71%) 2G
4 17 (24.29%) Ethernet
5 16 (22.86%) Network Planning
6 13 (18.57%) SDH
7 11 (15.71%) DNS
7 11 (15.71%) Back Office
8 9 (12.86%) BT
8 9 (12.86%) 2.5G
9 8 (11.43%) LTE
9 8 (11.43%) HND
9 8 (11.43%) Radio Access Network
10 7 (10.00%) MS Excel
11 6 (8.571%) B2B
11 6 (8.571%) SLA
11 6 (8.571%) Business Analysis
12 5 (7.143%) Network Design
12 5 (7.143%) UNIX
12 5 (7.143%) GSM
13 4 (5.714%) Broadband
13 4 (5.714%) UMTS
13 4 (5.714%) HNC
13 4 (5.714%) CAD
13 4 (5.714%) GIS
13 4 (5.714%) ArcGIS
13 4 (5.714%) TCP/IP
13 4 (5.714%) Microsoft
13 4 (5.714%) Ericsson

Cramer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Cramer 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 Cramer. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (4.286%) .NET
1 3 (4.286%) J2EE
2 1 (1.429%) XML
2 1 (1.429%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 4 (5.714%) ArcGIS
2 1 (1.429%) WebLogic
Applications
1 7 (10.00%) MS Excel
2 1 (1.429%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 3 (4.286%) Minerva
2 1 (1.429%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (1.429%) Metrica
Communications & Networking
1 28 (40.00%) 3G
2 25 (35.71%) ATM
2 25 (35.71%) 2G
3 17 (24.29%) Ethernet
4 13 (18.57%) SDH
5 11 (15.71%) DNS
6 9 (12.86%) 2.5G
7 8 (11.43%) LTE
7 8 (11.43%) Radio Access Network
8 5 (7.143%) GSM
9 4 (5.714%) UMTS
9 4 (5.714%) Broadband
9 4 (5.714%) TCP/IP
10 3 (4.286%) Internet
10 3 (4.286%) 4G
10 3 (4.286%) Wireless
10 3 (4.286%) MPLS
11 2 (2.857%) DSLAM
11 2 (2.857%) DSL
11 2 (2.857%) LLU
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (5.714%) GIS
2 3 (4.286%) SQL Server
2 3 (4.286%) MS Access
2 3 (4.286%) SQL Server 2000
Development Applications
1 2 (2.857%) StarTeam
General
1 49 (70.00%) Telecoms
2 11 (15.71%) Back Office
3 1 (1.429%) Electronics
3 1 (1.429%) German Language
Job Titles
1 17 (24.29%) Developer
2 10 (14.29%) Analyst
2 10 (14.29%) Back Office Engineer
3 9 (12.86%) Business Analyst
4 8 (11.43%) Transmission Engineer
5 5 (7.143%) Transmission Planning Engineer
5 5 (7.143%) Transmission Planner
6 4 (5.714%) GIS Technician
6 4 (5.714%) Senior Business Analyst
6 4 (5.714%) Senior Analyst
7 3 (4.286%) Architect
7 3 (4.286%) RAN Engineer
8 2 (2.857%) Provisioning Engineer
8 2 (2.857%) OSS Architect
8 2 (2.857%) Solutions Architect
8 2 (2.857%) Ericsson Engineer
8 2 (2.857%) Network Planner
8 2 (2.857%) Technical Leader
9 1 (1.429%) 3G Engineer
9 1 (1.429%) Design Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (1.429%) Computer Science
1 1 (1.429%) Digital Media
Operating Systems
1 5 (7.143%) UNIX
2 2 (2.857%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (22.86%) Network Planning
2 6 (8.571%) B2B
2 6 (8.571%) Business Analysis
3 5 (7.143%) Network Design
4 4 (5.714%) Workflow Management
4 4 (5.714%) Workflow
4 4 (5.714%) Stakeholder Management
4 4 (5.714%) Asset Management
4 4 (5.714%) CAD
4 4 (5.714%) Data Entry
5 3 (4.286%) Technical Architecture
5 3 (4.286%) Systems Analysis
5 3 (4.286%) OOD
6 2 (2.857%) Migration
6 2 (2.857%) Project Management
6 2 (2.857%) Service Delivery
6 2 (2.857%) OO
6 2 (2.857%) Unit Testing
7 1 (1.429%) Performance Management
7 1 (1.429%) Fault Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (4.286%) VBA
2 2 (2.857%) Java
2 2 (2.857%) SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (11.43%) HND
2 4 (5.714%) Degree
2 4 (5.714%) HNC
2 4 (5.714%) Security Cleared
3 3 (4.286%) SC Cleared
3 3 (4.286%) CCNA
3 3 (4.286%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (1.429%) PMP
4 1 (1.429%) PMI Certification
4 1 (1.429%) JNCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (8.571%) SLA
Systems Management
1 3 (4.286%) Netcool
2 1 (1.429%) TeMIP
Vendors
1 9 (12.86%) BT
2 4 (5.714%) NetCracker
2 4 (5.714%) Microsoft
2 4 (5.714%) Ericsson
3 3 (4.286%) Remedy
4 2 (2.857%) Mapinfo
4 2 (2.857%) Oracle
4 2 (2.857%) Cisco
4 2 (2.857%) Huawei
4 2 (2.857%) NEC
4 2 (2.857%) Nokia Siemens Networks
5 1 (1.429%) OPNET
5 1 (1.429%) Greenplum
5 1 (1.429%) Citrix
5 1 (1.429%) BMC
5 1 (1.429%) Infovista
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