The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of iSOFT 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 iSOFT over the 3 months to 22 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 iSOFT Group.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
iSOFT
Rank 526 578 576
Rank change year-on-year
+52 -2
Contract jobs citing iSOFT 8 8 10
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.017% 0.013% 0.017%
As % of the Vendors category 0.036% 0.029% 0.036%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 4 1
Average daily rate £309 £220 £225
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+40.45% -2.22%
UK excluding London average daily rate £309 £350 -
% change year-on-year
-11.71% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 6
Average hourly rate - £15.58 £14.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +5.59%
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £15.58 £14.00
% change year-on-year
- +11.25%
All Vendors
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
22169 27540 27997
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 47.04% 46.46% 46.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 11827 14057 14005
Average daily rate £400 £400 £410
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -2.43%
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 1214 1336 1586
Average hourly rate £19.00 £20.00 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-5.00% -
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%

iSOFT
Jobs Demand Trend

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

iSOFT Jobs Demand Trend

iSOFT
Daily Rate Trend

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

iSOFT Daily Rate Trend

iSOFT
Hourly Rate Trend

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

iSOFT Hourly Rate Trend

iSOFT
Top 8 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing iSOFT within the UK over the 3 months to 22 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 +54 5 £275 +66.66%
Scotland - 3 £312 -
Glasgow - 3 £312 -
North West - 2 £275 -
London +29 1 - -
East of England - 1 - -
South West - 1 £275 -
Essex - 1 - -

iSOFT
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing iSOFT 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 iSOFT.

1 20 (80.00%) NHS
2 6 (24.00%) Cerner
3 4 (16.00%) SQL
4 3 (12.00%) ITIL
4 3 (12.00%) PRINCE2
4 3 (12.00%) Windows
4 3 (12.00%) C
4 3 (12.00%) Windows XP
4 3 (12.00%) MS Exchange
4 3 (12.00%) Active Directory
4 3 (12.00%) Telecoms
4 3 (12.00%) Smartcard
4 3 (12.00%) LIMS
4 3 (12.00%) Project Management
4 3 (12.00%) Information Management
4 3 (12.00%) Exchange Server 2003
4 3 (12.00%) Windows Vista
4 3 (12.00%) Windows 7
4 3 (12.00%) SystemC
4 3 (12.00%) Data Quality
4 3 (12.00%) Exchange Server 2007
5 2 (8.000%) HL7
5 2 (8.000%) Rational Rhapsody
5 2 (8.000%) Performance Testing
5 2 (8.000%) Cerner Millennium
5 2 (8.000%) System Testing
5 2 (8.000%) Performance Management
5 2 (8.000%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 2 (8.000%) Migration
5 2 (8.000%) Pharmaceutical

iSOFT
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing iSOFT 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 iSOFT. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (8.000%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 3 (12.00%) MS Exchange
1 3 (12.00%) Exchange Server 2003
1 3 (12.00%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 1 (4.000%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 2 (8.000%) Cerner Millennium
2 1 (4.000%) SAP Oil and Gas
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.000%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (4.000%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 2 (8.000%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 3 (12.00%) Telecoms
2 2 (8.000%) Pharmaceutical
3 1 (4.000%) Electronics
3 1 (4.000%) Finance
3 1 (4.000%) Manufacturing
3 1 (4.000%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 6 (24.00%) Developer
2 5 (20.00%) Support Engineer
3 3 (12.00%) Project Manager
3 3 (12.00%) IT Support Engineer
3 3 (12.00%) IT Support
4 2 (8.000%) Desktop Support
4 2 (8.000%) Technical Leader
4 2 (8.000%) Desktop Support Engineer
4 2 (8.000%) Desktop Engineer
4 2 (8.000%) SQL Developer
4 2 (8.000%) Analyst
4 2 (8.000%) Administrator
5 1 (4.000%) Business Analyst
5 1 (4.000%) Systems Administrator
5 1 (4.000%) DBA
5 1 (4.000%) Senior Developer
5 1 (4.000%) SQL DBA
5 1 (4.000%) Data Analyst
5 1 (4.000%) Business Intelligence Developer
5 1 (4.000%) Quality Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 20 (80.00%) NHS
2 3 (12.00%) Smartcard
2 3 (12.00%) LIMS
2 3 (12.00%) SystemC
3 1 (4.000%) DTV
Operating Systems
1 3 (12.00%) Windows
1 3 (12.00%) Windows XP
1 3 (12.00%) Windows Vista
1 3 (12.00%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (12.00%) ITIL
1 3 (12.00%) PRINCE2
1 3 (12.00%) Project Management
1 3 (12.00%) Information Management
2 2 (8.000%) Performance Testing
2 2 (8.000%) System Testing
2 2 (8.000%) Performance Management
2 2 (8.000%) Migration
2 2 (8.000%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (4.000%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (4.000%) Programme Management
3 1 (4.000%) Information Governance
3 1 (4.000%) Digital Marketing
Programming Languages
1 4 (16.00%) SQL
2 3 (12.00%) C
Qualifications
1 2 (8.000%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
1 2 (8.000%) ITIL Certification
2 1 (4.000%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (12.00%) Data Quality
2 2 (8.000%) HL7
System Software
1 3 (12.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 6 (24.00%) Cerner
2 1 (4.000%) SAP
2 1 (4.000%) McKesson
2 1 (4.000%) InterSystems
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