The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Northgate 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 Northgate over the 3 months to 17 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 Northgate Information Solutions plc.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Northgate
Rank 486 552 559
Rank change year-on-year
+66 +7
Contract jobs citing Northgate 44 26 29
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.095% 0.045% 0.047%
As % of the Vendors category 0.202% 0.096% 0.102%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 13 10
Average daily rate £353 £275 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+28.18% -8.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £295 £165 £270
10% offered a daily rate of more than £440 £347 £328
UK excluding London average daily rate £359 £275 £313
% change year-on-year
+30.45% -12.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 1 3
Average hourly rate £23.85 £27.50 £27.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-13.28% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £22.50 £27.50 £27.46
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £39.04 £27.50 £33.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.25 £27.50 -
% change year-on-year
+10.00% -
All Vendors
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
21775 27088 28510
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 46.93% 46.48% 46.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 11633 13855 14263
Average daily rate £400 £400 £408
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -1.84%
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 1193 1289 1605
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 £11.15 £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%

Northgate
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Northgate Jobs Demand Trend

Northgate
Daily Rate Trend

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

Northgate Daily Rate Trend

Northgate
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Northgate within the UK over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Northgate Daily Rate Histogram

Northgate
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Northgate Hourly Rate Trend

Northgate
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Northgate within the UK over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Northgate Hourly Rate Histogram

Northgate
Top 29 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Northgate within the UK over the 3 months to 17 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 +67 44 £353 +28.18%
London +29 17 £350 +14.75%
East Midlands +9 8 £413 -
South West +29 7 £353 +28.18%
Bournemouth - 6 £345 -
Dorset - 6 £345 -
Nottinghamshire +2 4 £425 -
Nottingham -4 4 £425 -
City of London - 4 £350 -
East of England +14 3 £400 +20.30%
North West +10 3 - -
Cheshire +7 3 - -
West Midlands - 3 £350 -
South East - 2 - -
Hampshire - 2 - -
Worcester - 2 £348 -
Southampton - 2 - -
Worcestershire - 2 £348 -
Cambridgeshire +11 1 £400 +20.30%
Cambridge +7 1 £400 +20.30%
Bedfordshire +6 1 - -
Tyne and Wear - 1 - -
North East - 1 - -
Northamptonshire - 1 £413 -
Hertfordshire - 1 - -
South Shields - 1 - -
Kingston Upon Thames - 1 - -
Chester - 1 - -
Bristol - 1 £353 -

Northgate
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Northgate 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 Northgate.

1 29 (40.28%) SQL
2 24 (33.33%) PL/SQL
3 16 (22.22%) Oracle
4 15 (20.83%) Business Objects
5 14 (19.44%) ResourceLink
6 11 (15.28%) PRINCE2
7 10 (13.89%) Finance
8 8 (11.11%) UNIX
9 7 (9.722%) Oracle Reports
9 7 (9.722%) Business Intelligence
9 7 (9.722%) Shell Script
9 7 (9.722%) Management Information System
10 6 (8.333%) Oracle BI EE
10 6 (8.333%) ITIL
10 6 (8.333%) SWIFT
10 6 (8.333%) Change Control
11 5 (6.944%) JBoss
11 5 (6.944%) MS Excel
11 5 (6.944%) Windows
11 5 (6.944%) T-SQL
11 5 (6.944%) Oracle 10g
11 5 (6.944%) Oracle 11g
11 5 (6.944%) TOAD
12 4 (5.556%) Local Government
12 4 (5.556%) Oracle Discoverer
12 4 (5.556%) SLA
12 4 (5.556%) PRINCE
12 4 (5.556%) SAP
12 4 (5.556%) Apache
12 4 (5.556%) Tomcat

Northgate
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Northgate 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 Northgate. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (1.389%) ODBC
Application Platforms
1 4 (5.556%) Apache
1 4 (5.556%) Tomcat
2 3 (4.167%) SharePoint
3 2 (2.778%) SharePoint Server
4 1 (1.389%) ESB
4 1 (1.389%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 5 (6.944%) MS Excel
2 1 (1.389%) Spreadsheet
2 1 (1.389%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 14 (19.44%) ResourceLink
2 2 (2.778%) Agresso
2 2 (2.778%) SAP HR
2 2 (2.778%) SAP Payroll
2 2 (2.778%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
3 1 (1.389%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (1.389%) Dynamics AX
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.389%) LAN
1 1 (1.389%) HTTP
1 1 (1.389%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (9.722%) Oracle Reports
2 6 (8.333%) Oracle BI EE
3 5 (6.944%) Oracle 11g
3 5 (6.944%) TOAD
3 5 (6.944%) Oracle 10g
4 4 (5.556%) Oracle OWB
4 4 (5.556%) Oracle Discoverer
4 4 (5.556%) Cognos Impromptu
5 3 (4.167%) SQL Server
6 2 (2.778%) BusinessObjects XI
6 2 (2.778%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (1.389%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (1.389%) QlikView
General
1 10 (13.89%) Finance
2 4 (5.556%) Local Government
3 3 (4.167%) Retail
4 2 (2.778%) Telecoms
5 1 (1.389%) Games
Job Titles
1 18 (25.00%) Developer
2 15 (20.83%) Analyst
3 10 (13.89%) Project Manager
4 7 (9.722%) Consultant
4 7 (9.722%) Systems Support
5 6 (8.333%) Report Analyst
6 5 (6.944%) Business Analyst
6 5 (6.944%) SQL Developer
7 4 (5.556%) Systems Manager
7 4 (5.556%) Support Analyst
7 4 (5.556%) Oracle Analyst
8 3 (4.167%) Oracle Developer
8 3 (4.167%) Trainer
9 2 (2.778%) Implementation Consultant
9 2 (2.778%) Business Systems Manager
9 2 (2.778%) Developer Analyst
9 2 (2.778%) Business Manager
9 2 (2.778%) Payroll Manager
9 2 (2.778%) Report Developer
9 2 (2.778%) Financial Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 7 (9.722%) Management Information System
2 6 (8.333%) SWIFT
3 3 (4.167%) Data Conversion
3 3 (4.167%) Data Integration
4 2 (2.778%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 8 (11.11%) UNIX
2 5 (6.944%) Windows
3 1 (1.389%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (15.28%) PRINCE2
2 7 (9.722%) Business Intelligence
3 6 (8.333%) ITIL
3 6 (8.333%) Change Control
4 4 (5.556%) PRINCE
5 3 (4.167%) Project Management
5 3 (4.167%) ETL
5 3 (4.167%) CRM
5 3 (4.167%) Migration
5 3 (4.167%) Document Management
5 3 (4.167%) Data Analysis
5 3 (4.167%) Systems Analysis
5 3 (4.167%) User Acceptance Testing
5 3 (4.167%) Time Management
6 2 (2.778%) Incident Management
6 2 (2.778%) Data Migration
6 2 (2.778%) Business Analysis
6 2 (2.778%) Programme Management
6 2 (2.778%) UML
6 2 (2.778%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 29 (40.28%) SQL
2 24 (33.33%) PL/SQL
3 7 (9.722%) Shell Script
4 5 (6.944%) T-SQL
5 2 (2.778%) C++
6 1 (1.389%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 2 (2.778%) Security Cleared
2 1 (1.389%) ITIL Certification
2 1 (1.389%) CIPD
2 1 (1.389%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (5.556%) SLA
2 1 (1.389%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 16 (22.22%) Oracle
2 15 (20.83%) Business Objects
3 5 (6.944%) JBoss
4 4 (5.556%) SAP
4 4 (5.556%) NorthgateArinso
5 3 (4.167%) Capita
5 3 (4.167%) Cognos
5 3 (4.167%) Microsoft
6 2 (2.778%) PeopleSoft
6 2 (2.778%) Sage
6 2 (2.778%) LANDesk
7 1 (1.389%) Open Text
7 1 (1.389%) Civica
7 1 (1.389%) Citrix
7 1 (1.389%) Epicor
7 1 (1.389%) Novell
7 1 (1.389%) JD Edwards
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