The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Hummingbird 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 Hummingbird over the 3 months to 23 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 Hummingbird Ltd.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Hummingbird
Rank 525 556 556
Rank change year-on-year
+31 0
Contract jobs citing Hummingbird 16 9 30
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.035% 0.015% 0.048%
As % of the Vendors category 0.073% 0.033% 0.104%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 2 12
Average daily rate £431 £243 £253
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+77.83% -3.96%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £352 £233 £120
10% offered a daily rate of more than £449 £253 £315
UK excluding London average daily rate - - £120
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 8
Average hourly rate £12.00 £21.00 £22.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-42.85% -4.54%
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £21.25 £15.00
% change year-on-year
- +41.66%
All Vendors
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
21806 27110 28885
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 47.06% 46.44% 46.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 11630 13854 14453
Average daily rate £400 £400 £410
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -2.43%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £238 £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 1173 1314 1625
Average hourly rate £19.00 £19.56 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-2.87% -2.18%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.21 £11.50 £11.25
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £41.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.25
% change year-on-year
- -6.17%

Hummingbird
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hummingbird Jobs Demand Trend

Hummingbird
Daily Rate Trend

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

Hummingbird Daily Rate Trend

Hummingbird
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Hummingbird within the UK over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Hummingbird Daily Rate Histogram

Hummingbird
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hummingbird Hourly Rate Trend

Hummingbird
Top 9 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Hummingbird within the UK over the 3 months to 23 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 +52 15 £431 +77.83%
London +37 9 £431 +77.83%
City of London +24 5 £438 -
Berkshire - 4 - -
Reading - 4 - -
South East - 4 - -
North West - 2 - -
Merseyside - 1 - -
Liverpool - 1 - -

Hummingbird
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Hummingbird 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 Hummingbird.

1 8 (36.36%) Oracle
1 8 (36.36%) SharePoint
2 7 (31.82%) SQL Server
3 6 (27.27%) Disaster Recovery
3 6 (27.27%) Citrix
3 6 (27.27%) Microsoft
3 6 (27.27%) Document Management
4 5 (22.73%) Finance
4 5 (22.73%) Legal
5 4 (18.18%) Symantec
5 4 (18.18%) Practice Management
5 4 (18.18%) EMC
5 4 (18.18%) Intranet
5 4 (18.18%) Internet
5 4 (18.18%) Active Directory
5 4 (18.18%) Solaris
5 4 (18.18%) Linux
5 4 (18.18%) Oracle 8/8i
5 4 (18.18%) ITIL
5 4 (18.18%) Perl
5 4 (18.18%) SOAP
5 4 (18.18%) UNIX
5 4 (18.18%) Open Text
5 4 (18.18%) Knowledge Management
5 4 (18.18%) BladeLogic
5 4 (18.18%) WorkSite
5 4 (18.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (18.18%) Sitecore
5 4 (18.18%) REST
5 4 (18.18%) Enterprise Software

Hummingbird
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Hummingbird 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 Hummingbird. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 4 (18.18%) SOAP
1 4 (18.18%) REST
2 3 (13.64%) WebCenter
3 2 (9.091%) .NET
4 1 (4.545%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 8 (36.36%) SharePoint
2 4 (18.18%) WorkSite
3 3 (13.64%) CMS
4 2 (9.091%) Documentum
5 1 (4.545%) Exchange Server 2007
5 1 (4.545%) Exchange Server 2003
5 1 (4.545%) SAS
5 1 (4.545%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 2 (9.091%) MS Office
2 1 (4.545%) MS PowerPoint
2 1 (4.545%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (4.545%) SAP BPC
Communications & Networking
1 4 (18.18%) Intranet
1 4 (18.18%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (31.82%) SQL Server
2 4 (18.18%) Oracle 8/8i
3 3 (13.64%) Oracle 11g
4 1 (4.545%) Xcelsius
4 1 (4.545%) QlikView
4 1 (4.545%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (4.545%) SAP BI
4 1 (4.545%) SAP BW
4 1 (4.545%) DataStage
4 1 (4.545%) BusinessObjects
General
1 5 (22.73%) Finance
1 5 (22.73%) Legal
2 3 (13.64%) Financial Institution
3 2 (9.091%) Pharmaceutical
3 2 (9.091%) Publishing
3 2 (9.091%) Law
3 2 (9.091%) Banking
Job Titles
1 7 (31.82%) Applications Support
2 6 (27.27%) Analyst
3 5 (22.73%) Support Analyst
4 4 (18.18%) Support Engineer
4 4 (18.18%) Applications Support Engineer
5 3 (13.64%) Senior Applications Support Analyst
5 3 (13.64%) Senior Support Analyst
5 3 (13.64%) Applications Support Analyst
5 3 (13.64%) Senior Analyst
5 3 (13.64%) Developer
6 2 (9.091%) Project Manager
7 1 (4.545%) 1st Line Support Analyst
7 1 (4.545%) IT Support
7 1 (4.545%) Content Manager
7 1 (4.545%) Linux Engineer
7 1 (4.545%) IT Trainer
7 1 (4.545%) IT Support Analyst
7 1 (4.545%) Oracle DBA
7 1 (4.545%) Oracle Developer
7 1 (4.545%) Trainer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (18.18%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (4.545%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 4 (18.18%) Solaris
1 4 (18.18%) Linux
1 4 (18.18%) UNIX
1 4 (18.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 3 (13.64%) Windows
2 3 (13.64%) AIX
2 3 (13.64%) HPUX
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (27.27%) Disaster Recovery
1 6 (27.27%) Document Management
2 4 (18.18%) Practice Management
2 4 (18.18%) ITIL
2 4 (18.18%) Knowledge Management
3 3 (13.64%) Data Migration
3 3 (13.64%) User Acceptance Testing
3 3 (13.64%) Content Management
3 3 (13.64%) Migration
3 3 (13.64%) PRINCE2
3 3 (13.64%) CRM
3 3 (13.64%) Project Management
4 2 (9.091%) BPR
4 2 (9.091%) Change Management
4 2 (9.091%) GAP Analysis
4 2 (9.091%) Workflow
4 2 (9.091%) Workflow Management
4 2 (9.091%) Test Management
4 2 (9.091%) Resource Management
4 2 (9.091%) Release Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (18.18%) Perl
2 3 (13.64%) Shell Script
3 2 (9.091%) SQL
3 2 (9.091%) C#
Qualifications
1 3 (13.64%) PRINCE2 Certification
2 1 (4.545%) SC Cleared
2 1 (4.545%) Security Cleared
2 1 (4.545%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.545%) QA
System Software
1 4 (18.18%) Active Directory
2 1 (4.545%) Veritas Volume Manager
2 1 (4.545%) Veritas File System
2 1 (4.545%) NFS
Systems Management
1 4 (18.18%) BladeLogic
Vendors
1 8 (36.36%) Oracle
2 6 (27.27%) Citrix
2 6 (27.27%) Microsoft
3 4 (18.18%) Symantec
3 4 (18.18%) EMC
3 4 (18.18%) Open Text
3 4 (18.18%) Sitecore
4 3 (13.64%) Vignette
4 3 (13.64%) Red Hat
5 2 (9.091%) HP
6 1 (4.545%) Netezza
6 1 (4.545%) Teradata
6 1 (4.545%) Sybase
6 1 (4.545%) Business Objects
6 1 (4.545%) SAP
6 1 (4.545%) Cisco
6 1 (4.545%) Cognos
6 1 (4.545%) Interwoven
6 1 (4.545%) Hyperion
6 1 (4.545%) Informatica
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