Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for LiveLink skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited LiveLink over the 3 months to 16 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Application Platforms category.

LinkOpen Text LiveLink
Location
3 months to
16 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank432377498
Rank change year-on-year
Down-55Up+121
Matching contract IT job ads597591
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK0.124 %0.187 %0.111 %
As % of the Application Platforms category0.878 %1.314 %0.836 %
Daily rates quoted142316
Average daily rate£378£425£369
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-11.11 %+15.25 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£283£302£190
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£485£590£455
UK excluding London average daily rate£355£363£218
% change year-on-year
-2.060 %+66.66 %
Hourly rates quoted1613
Average hourly rate£70.00£26.50£16.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+164.15 %+65.62 %
UK excluding London average hourly rate£70.00£16.50£15.00
% change year-on-year
+324.24 %+10.00 %
IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryAll Application Platforms
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
6722570710890
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK14.17 %14.22 %13.34 %
Daily rates quoted292017853128
Average daily rate£363£350£400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.570 %-12.50 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£215£210£245
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£525£500£550
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£345£375
% change year-on-year
-5.790 %-8.000 %
Hourly rates quoted449456970
Average hourly rate£19.00£22.50£20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-15.55 %+12.50 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£11.00£12.27£12.50
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£36.18£40.50£38.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£17.50£22.50£20.00
% change year-on-year
-22.22 %+12.50 %

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.

LiveLink
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing LiveLink within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Platforms category.

LiveLink Demand Trend

LiveLink
Daily Rate Trend

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

LiveLink Daily Rate Trend

LiveLink
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing LiveLink within the UK over the 3 months to 16 March 2010.

LiveLink Daily Rate Histogram

LiveLink
Hourly Rate Trend

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

LiveLink Hourly Rate Trend

LiveLink
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 LiveLink within the UK over the 3 months to 16 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank 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
EnglandDown-6344£425-
LondonDown-8235£378-28.04 %
ScotlandUp+514--
South EastNo change07£500+17.64 %
BerkshireUp+114£500-
City of LondonDown-604£450+5.88 %
AberdeenDown-13--
GlasgowNew entry-3--
ReadingUp+62£500-
North WestDown-82--
MerseysideNew entry-2--
LiverpoolNew entry-2--
HampshireDown-41--
SurreyDown-121--
SouthamptonNew entry-1--
CardiffNew entry-1£210-
EghamNew entry-1--
Docklands, LondonNew entry-1--
South WalesNew entry-1£210-
WalesNew entry-1£210-

LiveLink
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 16 March 2010, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing LiveLink 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 LiveLink.

135 (30.97 %)Open Text
228 (24.78 %)SharePoint
327 (23.89 %)Oracle
327 (23.89 %)Document Management
423 (20.35 %).NET
522 (19.47 %)SQL
621 (18.58 %)Finance
712 (10.62 %)Stakeholder Management
712 (10.62 %)Security Cleared
811 (9.735 %)Migration
811 (9.735 %)Java
811 (9.735 %)PRINCE2
811 (9.735 %)Documentum
910 (8.850 %)Workflow
910 (8.850 %).NET Framework
109 (7.965 %)EDRMS
109 (7.965 %)ASP.NET
109 (7.965 %)CSS
109 (7.965 %)JavaScript
109 (7.965 %)SQL Server
109 (7.965 %)HTML
118 (7.080 %)UML
118 (7.080 %)MS Office
118 (7.080 %)SAP
118 (7.080 %)Kofax
118 (7.080 %)SC Cleared
127 (6.195 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
127 (6.195 %)Insurance
127 (6.195 %)Windows
136 (5.310 %)VB

LiveLink
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 16 March 2010, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing LiveLink 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 LiveLink. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
123 (20.35 %).NET
210 (8.850 %).NET Framework
39 (7.965 %)ASP.NET
39 (7.965 %)CSS
39 (7.965 %)HTML
44 (3.540 %)Web Services
53 (2.655 %)XML
62 (1.770 %)CGI
62 (1.770 %)JSP
62 (1.770 %)Middleware
62 (1.770 %)XSLT
62 (1.770 %)AJAX
62 (1.770 %)Grails
71 (0.885 %)Software Packaging
71 (0.885 %)Spring
71 (0.885 %)ASP
IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
128 (24.78 %)SharePoint
211 (9.735 %)Documentum
35 (4.425 %)Confluence
35 (4.425 %)CMS
44 (3.540 %)IIS
52 (1.770 %)Apache
52 (1.770 %)Lotus Notes
52 (1.770 %)Lotus Domino
61 (0.885 %)BizTalk Server
IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
18 (7.080 %)MS Office
25 (4.425 %)MS Visio
34 (3.540 %)MS Excel
34 (3.540 %)MS PowerPoint
42 (1.770 %)Spreadsheet
IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
11 (0.885 %)Oracle EBS
11 (0.885 %)SAP CS
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
14 (3.540 %)LDAP
23 (2.655 %)Intranet
23 (2.655 %)Internet
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
19 (7.965 %)EDRMS
19 (7.965 %)SQL Server
23 (2.655 %)Crystal Reports
32 (1.770 %)SQL Server 2000
32 (1.770 %)MySQL
32 (1.770 %)EDMS
32 (1.770 %)SQL Server 2005
41 (0.885 %)SQL Server Integration Services
41 (0.885 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
41 (0.885 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
41 (0.885 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
41 (0.885 %)IDOL
41 (0.885 %)SAP BI
41 (0.885 %)Oracle 8/8i
41 (0.885 %)RDBMS
IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
15 (4.425 %)JIRA
15 (4.425 %)Subversion
22 (1.770 %)PowerBuilder
22 (1.770 %)ClearQuest
31 (0.885 %)Oracle Forms
31 (0.885 %)ClearCase
IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
121 (18.58 %)Finance
27 (6.195 %)Insurance
36 (5.310 %)Banking
45 (4.425 %)Government
53 (2.655 %)Investment Banking
62 (1.770 %)Legal
71 (0.885 %)Financial Institution
IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
133 (29.20 %)Developer
231 (27.43 %)Consultant
315 (13.27 %)Project Manager
413 (11.50 %)Analyst
58 (7.080 %)Business Analyst
66 (5.310 %)Author
66 (5.310 %)Technical Author
66 (5.310 %)Architect
74 (3.540 %)Administrator
83 (2.655 %)Solutions Architect
83 (2.655 %)Applications Support
83 (2.655 %)Applications Consultant
83 (2.655 %)Technical Architect
83 (2.655 %).NET Developer
83 (2.655 %)Technical Analyst
83 (2.655 %)Documentum Consultant
92 (1.770 %)Implementation Consultant
92 (1.770 %)Senior Project Manager
92 (1.770 %)Business Systems Analyst
92 (1.770 %)Systems Analyst
IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
16 (5.310 %)Wiki
16 (5.310 %)Blog
23 (2.655 %)Client/Server
31 (0.885 %)Web 2.0
31 (0.885 %)Interactive TV
31 (0.885 %)Management Information System
31 (0.885 %)iDTV
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
17 (6.195 %)Windows
22 (1.770 %)Linux
22 (1.770 %)Red Hat Linux
31 (0.885 %)Windows 2000
31 (0.885 %)Windows XP
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
127 (23.89 %)Document Management
212 (10.62 %)Stakeholder Management
311 (9.735 %)Migration
311 (9.735 %)PRINCE2
410 (8.850 %)Workflow
58 (7.080 %)UML
66 (5.310 %)Content Management
75 (4.425 %)Knowledge Management
84 (3.540 %)Business Analysis
93 (2.655 %)Agile Software Development
93 (2.655 %)User Acceptance Testing
93 (2.655 %)OO
93 (2.655 %)OOD
102 (1.770 %)RUP
102 (1.770 %)Project Management
102 (1.770 %)ITIL
102 (1.770 %)Information Management
102 (1.770 %)GAP Analysis
102 (1.770 %)Supplier Management
102 (1.770 %)Software Engineering
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
122 (19.47 %)SQL
211 (9.735 %)Java
39 (7.965 %)JavaScript
46 (5.310 %)VB
46 (5.310 %)C
46 (5.310 %)C#
54 (3.540 %)C++
54 (3.540 %)T-SQL
54 (3.540 %)VB.NET
62 (1.770 %)Python
62 (1.770 %)VBA
62 (1.770 %)Perl
62 (1.770 %)PL/SQL
62 (1.770 %)VB6
62 (1.770 %)Groovy
IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
112 (10.62 %)Security Cleared
28 (7.080 %)SC Cleared
37 (6.195 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
44 (3.540 %)DV Cleared
51 (0.885 %)Degree
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
12 (1.770 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
12 (1.770 %)SLA
IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
135 (30.97 %)Open Text
227 (23.89 %)Oracle
38 (7.080 %)SAP
38 (7.080 %)Kofax
46 (5.310 %)Microsoft
55 (4.425 %)FileNet
55 (4.425 %)IXOS
64 (3.540 %)EMC
64 (3.540 %)Lotus
64 (3.540 %)Hummingbird
72 (1.770 %)Red Hat
72 (1.770 %)Stellent
81 (0.885 %)Vignette
81 (0.885 %)Siebel