The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Micro Focus 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 Micro Focus over the 3 months to 21 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 Micro Focus.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Micro Focus
Rank 529 579 575
Rank change year-on-year
+50 -4
Contract jobs citing Micro Focus 11 2 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.023% 0.003% 0.008%
As % of the Vendors category 0.050% 0.007% 0.018%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 2 3
Average daily rate £260 £260 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -13.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £254 £228 £240
10% offered a daily rate of more than £370 £292 £320
UK excluding London average daily rate £260 £220 £300
% change year-on-year
+18.18% -26.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Vendors
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
22181 27194 27998
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 46.98% 46.52% 46.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 11810 13898 14021
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 1218 1319 1577
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 £11.23 £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 £20.50
% change year-on-year
- -7.31%

Micro Focus
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Micro Focus Jobs Demand Trend

Micro Focus
Daily Rate Trend

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

Micro Focus Daily Rate Trend

Micro Focus
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Micro Focus Hourly Rate Trend

Micro Focus
Top 13 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Micro Focus within the UK over the 3 months to 21 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 11 £260 -
South East +32 8 £260 +18.18%
Reading - 3 £369 -
Berkshire - 3 £369 -
Hampshire - 3 £260 -
Yorkshire - 2 - -
West Yorkshire - 2 - -
Farnborough - 2 £260 -
North West - 1 - -
Cheshire - 1 - -
Buckinghamshire - 1 - -
Runcorn - 1 - -
Milton Keynes - 1 - -

Micro Focus
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Micro Focus 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 Micro Focus.

1 13 (81.25%) COBOL
2 8 (50.00%) Oracle
3 6 (37.50%) SQL
4 5 (31.25%) IBM
4 5 (31.25%) SQL Server
4 5 (31.25%) DB2
5 4 (25.00%) UNIX
6 3 (18.75%) Microsoft
6 3 (18.75%) HP
6 3 (18.75%) CICS
6 3 (18.75%) MVS
6 3 (18.75%) Unisys
6 3 (18.75%) JCL
6 3 (18.75%) Mainframe
6 3 (18.75%) ALGOL
7 2 (12.50%) QADirector
7 2 (12.50%) Oracle 11g
7 2 (12.50%) HP Quality Center
7 2 (12.50%) Oracle BPM
7 2 (12.50%) Finance
7 2 (12.50%) Software Testing
7 2 (12.50%) Agile Software Development
7 2 (12.50%) Oracle ADF
7 2 (12.50%) SOA
7 2 (12.50%) Internet
7 2 (12.50%) Oracle 10g
7 2 (12.50%) MS Excel
7 2 (12.50%) RAD
7 2 (12.50%) Oracle Forms
7 2 (12.50%) Oracle Reports

Micro Focus
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Micro Focus 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 Micro Focus. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (12.50%) Oracle ADF
2 1 (6.250%) HTML
2 1 (6.250%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 3 (18.75%) CICS
Applications
1 2 (12.50%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (12.50%) Oracle BPM
Communications & Networking
1 2 (12.50%) Internet
2 1 (6.250%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (31.25%) SQL Server
1 5 (31.25%) DB2
2 2 (12.50%) Oracle 11g
2 2 (12.50%) Oracle 10g
2 2 (12.50%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (6.250%) Crystal Reports
3 1 (6.250%) Oracle 8/8i
3 1 (6.250%) Oracle 9i
3 1 (6.250%) RDBMS
3 1 (6.250%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 2 (12.50%) QADirector
1 2 (12.50%) Oracle Forms
General
1 2 (12.50%) Finance
2 1 (6.250%) Banking
2 1 (6.250%) Retail
2 1 (6.250%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 10 (62.50%) Developer
2 9 (56.25%) COBOL Developer
3 5 (31.25%) Analyst
4 4 (25.00%) Software Engineer
5 3 (18.75%) Software Developer
5 3 (18.75%) Test Analyst
5 3 (18.75%) Programmer
6 2 (12.50%) Analyst Programmer
7 1 (6.250%) Senior Analyst
7 1 (6.250%) Oracle Developer
7 1 (6.250%) Senior Analyst Programmer
7 1 (6.250%) SQL Developer
7 1 (6.250%) PL/SQL Developer
7 1 (6.250%) Senior Systems Analyst
7 1 (6.250%) COBOL Programmer
7 1 (6.250%) Systems Analyst
7 1 (6.250%) Mainframe Developer
7 1 (6.250%) Systems Programmer
7 1 (6.250%) Senior Programmer
7 1 (6.250%) Senior Systems Programmer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (18.75%) Mainframe
2 1 (6.250%) Client/Server
2 1 (6.250%) SWIFT
Operating Systems
1 4 (25.00%) UNIX
2 3 (18.75%) MVS
3 1 (6.250%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (12.50%) Software Testing
1 2 (12.50%) Agile Software Development
1 2 (12.50%) SOA
1 2 (12.50%) RAD
2 1 (6.250%) UML
2 1 (6.250%) OO
2 1 (6.250%) TDD
2 1 (6.250%) Migration
2 1 (6.250%) Service Management
2 1 (6.250%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (6.250%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 13 (81.25%) COBOL
2 6 (37.50%) SQL
3 3 (18.75%) JCL
3 3 (18.75%) ALGOL
4 2 (12.50%) C#
4 2 (12.50%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (6.250%) SC Cleared
1 1 (6.250%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (6.250%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (12.50%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 8 (50.00%) Oracle
2 5 (31.25%) IBM
3 3 (18.75%) Microsoft
3 3 (18.75%) HP
3 3 (18.75%) Unisys
4 1 (6.250%) Business Objects
4 1 (6.250%) Compuware
4 1 (6.250%) Perforce
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