The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Niku 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 Niku 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 the Niku Corporation.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Niku
Rank 525 557 577
Rank change year-on-year
+32 +20
Contract jobs citing Niku 16 8 9
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.035% 0.014% 0.015%
As % of the Vendors category 0.073% 0.030% 0.031%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 7 6
Average daily rate £513 £465 £240
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+10.21% +93.75%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £388 £375 £238
10% offered a daily rate of more than £595 £638 £250
UK excluding London average daily rate £413 £359 £240
% change year-on-year
+14.98% +49.47%
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
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%

Niku
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Niku Jobs Demand Trend

Niku
Daily Rate Trend

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

Niku Daily Rate Trend

Niku
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Niku Daily Rate Histogram

Niku
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Niku Hourly Rate Trend

Niku
Top 12 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Niku 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 +53 16 £513 +3.53%
South East +29 11 £425 -
Berkshire - 10 £450 -
Reading - 5 £500 -
London +32 4 £538 +2.38%
City of London +20 2 £525 +6.06%
South West - 1 £360 -
Wiltshire - 1 £360 -
Oxfordshire - 1 £425 -
Swindon - 1 £360 -
Oxford - 1 £425 -
Maidenhead - 1 - -

Niku
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 39 (82.98%) PRINCE2
2 33 (70.21%) Project Management
3 26 (55.32%) MS Project
4 22 (46.81%) MS Excel
4 22 (46.81%) Finance
5 19 (40.43%) MS Visio
6 18 (38.30%) Risk Management
7 17 (36.17%) Configuration Management
7 17 (36.17%) Degree
8 16 (34.04%) Scrum
9 15 (31.91%) Programme Management
9 15 (31.91%) Microsoft
9 15 (31.91%) PMI Certification
10 14 (29.79%) Project Planning
10 14 (29.79%) Portfolio Management
11 13 (27.66%) PMI
12 12 (25.53%) Open Workbench
13 11 (23.40%) QA
13 11 (23.40%) Project Governance
14 10 (21.28%) Process Improvement
14 10 (21.28%) Test Management
14 10 (21.28%) Performance Management
14 10 (21.28%) HP Quality Center
14 10 (21.28%) Six Sigma Black Belt
14 10 (21.28%) COBIT
14 10 (21.28%) ITIL
14 10 (21.28%) Six Sigma
14 10 (21.28%) QuickTest Pro
14 10 (21.28%) MicroStrategy
14 10 (21.28%) SOA

Niku
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 1 (2.128%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 6 (12.77%) MS Project Server
2 3 (6.383%) Oracle UPK
3 2 (4.255%) SharePoint
Applications
1 26 (55.32%) MS Project
2 22 (46.81%) MS Excel
3 19 (40.43%) MS Visio
4 12 (25.53%) Open Workbench
5 1 (2.128%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 4 (8.511%) CA Clarity
Communications & Networking
1 7 (14.89%) ATM
2 6 (12.77%) Internet
3 1 (2.128%) LTE
Development Applications
1 10 (21.28%) QuickTest Pro
General
1 22 (46.81%) Finance
2 10 (21.28%) Banking
3 6 (12.77%) Retail
4 4 (8.511%) Financial Institution
4 4 (8.511%) Telecoms
4 4 (8.511%) Marketing
5 3 (6.383%) Investment Banking
6 1 (2.128%) Polish Language
6 1 (2.128%) Retail Banking
6 1 (2.128%) Corporate Banking
Job Titles
1 15 (31.91%) Project Manager
2 10 (21.28%) QA Manager
3 9 (19.15%) Portfolio Manager
4 5 (10.64%) Project Planner
5 4 (8.511%) Technical Manager
5 4 (8.511%) Technical Project Manager
6 3 (6.383%) Clarity Consultant
6 3 (6.383%) Consultant
7 2 (4.255%) Analyst
7 2 (4.255%) Implementation Manager
7 2 (4.255%) Support Analyst
7 2 (4.255%) Programme Analyst
7 2 (4.255%) Programme Support Analyst
7 2 (4.255%) PMO Analyst
8 1 (2.128%) Software Manager
8 1 (2.128%) Development Manager
8 1 (2.128%) Senior Manager
8 1 (2.128%) Development Project Manager
8 1 (2.128%) Software Project Manager
8 1 (2.128%) Business Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 13 (27.66%) PMI
2 10 (21.28%) Fixed Income
2 10 (21.28%) Equities
3 6 (12.77%) Online Banking
4 4 (8.511%) Management Information System
5 2 (4.255%) Mobile App
6 1 (2.128%) SaaS
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (82.98%) PRINCE2
2 33 (70.21%) Project Management
3 18 (38.30%) Risk Management
4 17 (36.17%) Configuration Management
5 16 (34.04%) Scrum
6 15 (31.91%) Programme Management
7 14 (29.79%) Project Planning
7 14 (29.79%) Portfolio Management
8 11 (23.40%) Project Governance
9 10 (21.28%) Process Improvement
9 10 (21.28%) Test Management
9 10 (21.28%) Performance Management
9 10 (21.28%) ITIL
9 10 (21.28%) Six Sigma
9 10 (21.28%) SOA
9 10 (21.28%) UML
9 10 (21.28%) RUP
9 10 (21.28%) IT Governance
9 10 (21.28%) Regression Testing
9 10 (21.28%) CMMI
Programming Languages
1 7 (14.89%) SQL
2 1 (2.128%) VBA
2 1 (2.128%) C
2 1 (2.128%) Java
Qualifications
1 17 (36.17%) Degree
2 15 (31.91%) PMI Certification
3 10 (21.28%) Six Sigma Black Belt
4 2 (4.255%) PMP
5 1 (2.128%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 1 (2.128%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (23.40%) QA
2 10 (21.28%) COBIT
Systems Management
1 10 (21.28%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 15 (31.91%) Microsoft
2 10 (21.28%) MicroStrategy
3 4 (8.511%) CA
3 4 (8.511%) Oracle
3 4 (8.511%) Business Objects
4 3 (6.383%) Google
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