The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Open Text 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 Open Text over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Open Text Corporation.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Open Text
Rank 463 510 532
Rank change year-on-year
+47 +22
Contract jobs citing Open Text 78 60 69
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.162% 0.103% 0.111%
As % of the Vendors category 0.344% 0.222% 0.236%
Number of daily rates quoted 43 22 38
Average daily rate £400 £411 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.73% -3.23%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £257 £321
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £536 £525
UK excluding London average daily rate £419 £375 £375
% change year-on-year
+11.66% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 0
Average hourly rate - £21.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Vendors
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
22661 27024 29251
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 47.10% 46.57% 46.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 12046 13666 14795
Average daily rate £396 £388 £405
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.19% -4.32%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £225 £248
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £550 £598
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 1218 1322 1627
Average hourly rate £20.00 £19.50 £20.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+2.56% -4.87%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.35 £11.20 £11.11
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £40.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.26 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
+1.36% -5.00%

Open Text
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Open Text Jobs Demand Trend

Open Text
Daily Rate Trend

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

Open Text Daily Rate Trend

Open Text
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Open Text within the UK over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Open Text Daily Rate Histogram

Open Text
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Open Text Hourly Rate Trend

Open Text
Top 30 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Open Text within the UK over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
England +33 70 £395 -4.24% 12
London +38 45 £375 -11.76% 8
City of London +10 12 £325 -38.09% 1
North West - 9 £425 - 1
Cheshire - 7 £450 - 1
South East +29 6 - - 2
West Midlands +8 3 £363 -
Scotland - 3 - - 3
East Midlands - 3 £356 -
Aberdeen - 3 - -
Warrington - 2 £500 -
East of England +10 1 £375 -3.22%
Reading - 1 - - 1
Berkshire - 1 - - 1
Northampton - - - -
Cumbria - - - -
Essex - - - -
Leicestershire - - - -
Northamptonshire - - - -
West Yorkshire - - - -
Yorkshire - - - -
Basildon - - - -
Birmingham - - - -
Brentford - - - -
Bristol - - - -
Edinburgh - - - - 2
Glasgow - - - -
Leeds - - - -
Perth and Kinross - - - -
South West - - - -

Open Text
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Open Text 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 Open Text.

1 45 (28.66%) SAP
2 35 (22.29%) Document Management
3 33 (21.02%) Content Management
4 32 (20.38%) LiveLink
5 30 (19.11%) SQL
6 28 (17.83%) Windows
7 25 (15.92%) HTML
8 23 (14.65%) JavaScript
9 22 (14.01%) Finance
10 20 (12.74%) SharePoint
10 20 (12.74%) Test Scripting
11 19 (12.10%) Oracle
11 19 (12.10%) Microsoft
11 19 (12.10%) SAP HR
11 19 (12.10%) Migration
12 18 (11.46%) Active Directory
12 18 (11.46%) Web Services
12 18 (11.46%) CSS
13 16 (10.19%) XML
14 15 (9.554%) EDRMS
14 15 (9.554%) CMS
15 14 (8.917%) .NET
16 13 (8.280%) IIS
16 13 (8.280%) Workflow
17 12 (7.643%) Siebel
17 12 (7.643%) Windows Server 2008
18 11 (7.006%) LDAP
18 11 (7.006%) IBM
19 10 (6.369%) SQL Server
19 10 (6.369%) VB

Open Text
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Open Text 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 Open Text. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 25 (15.92%) HTML
2 18 (11.46%) Web Services
2 18 (11.46%) CSS
3 16 (10.19%) XML
4 14 (8.917%) .NET
5 10 (6.369%) jQuery
6 8 (5.096%) Java EE
7 5 (3.185%) Struts
7 5 (3.185%) JSP
7 5 (3.185%) ASP.NET
7 5 (3.185%) GWT
7 5 (3.185%) OSGi
8 4 (2.548%) XSLT
8 4 (2.548%) ODBC
9 3 (1.911%) Web Dynpro
9 3 (1.911%) WinForms
9 3 (1.911%) .NET Framework
9 3 (1.911%) CGI
9 3 (1.911%) ASP
9 3 (1.911%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
Application Platforms
1 32 (20.38%) LiveLink
2 20 (12.74%) SharePoint
3 15 (9.554%) CMS
4 13 (8.280%) IIS
5 9 (5.732%) Apache
5 9 (5.732%) MS Exchange
6 5 (3.185%) AquaLogic
6 5 (3.185%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
6 5 (3.185%) Documentum
7 4 (2.548%) Lotus Domino
8 3 (1.911%) ESB
8 3 (1.911%) Exchange Server 2007
8 3 (1.911%) MS Project Server
8 3 (1.911%) WebLogic Portal
8 3 (1.911%) Tomcat
8 3 (1.911%) WebLogic
9 2 (1.274%) Windows Azure
9 2 (1.274%) Amazon AWS
9 2 (1.274%) Alfresco
9 2 (1.274%) FileNet
Applications
1 4 (2.548%) MS Office
1 4 (2.548%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 19 (12.10%) SAP HR
2 7 (4.459%) SAP FI-AP
3 6 (3.822%) SAP FI
4 5 (3.185%) SAP CO
4 5 (3.185%) SAP FI/CO
4 5 (3.185%) SAP GRC
4 5 (3.185%) Oracle BPM
5 3 (1.911%) Remedy AR System
5 3 (1.911%) SAP BPC
6 1 (0.637%) SAP HCM
6 1 (0.637%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.637%) Dynamics CRM
6 1 (0.637%) SAP MM
6 1 (0.637%) SAP PS
6 1 (0.637%) SAP SD
6 1 (0.637%) SAP ECC
Communications & Networking
1 11 (7.006%) LDAP
2 7 (4.459%) HTTP
3 6 (3.822%) DNS
4 5 (3.185%) Firewall
4 5 (3.185%) Internet
4 5 (3.185%) SMTP
5 4 (2.548%) DHCP
5 4 (2.548%) TCP/IP
5 4 (2.548%) Intranet
6 3 (1.911%) SAN
6 3 (1.911%) FTP
7 2 (1.274%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (9.554%) EDRMS
2 10 (6.369%) SQL Server
3 5 (3.185%) MySQL
4 4 (2.548%) Oracle 8/8i
5 2 (1.274%) DB2
5 2 (1.274%) SAP BW
5 2 (1.274%) Oracle 10g
6 1 (0.637%) Oracle OWB
6 1 (0.637%) QlikView
6 1 (0.637%) Data Mart
6 1 (0.637%) SQL Server 2005
6 1 (0.637%) DataStage
6 1 (0.637%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.637%) OLTP
6 1 (0.637%) BusinessObjects XI
Development Applications
1 2 (1.274%) Git (software)
1 2 (1.274%) Subversion
2 1 (0.637%) JIRA
2 1 (0.637%) Dreamweaver
2 1 (0.637%) Visual Studio
General
1 22 (14.01%) Finance
2 7 (4.459%) Retail
3 5 (3.185%) Law
3 5 (3.185%) Banking
4 4 (2.548%) French Language
5 3 (1.911%) Legal
5 3 (1.911%) Manufacturing
5 3 (1.911%) Telecoms
5 3 (1.911%) Publishing
5 3 (1.911%) Front Office
5 3 (1.911%) Financial Institution
5 3 (1.911%) Pharmaceutical
6 2 (1.274%) Back Office
7 1 (0.637%) Advertising
7 1 (0.637%) Military
7 1 (0.637%) Billing
7 1 (0.637%) Retail Banking
7 1 (0.637%) Marketing
7 1 (0.637%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 55 (35.03%) Consultant
2 19 (12.10%) Analyst
3 17 (10.83%) Developer
4 15 (9.554%) SAP Consultant
5 14 (8.917%) Systems Engineer
6 13 (8.280%) Architect
7 10 (6.369%) Business Analyst
7 10 (6.369%) Functional Consultant
8 9 (5.732%) Designer
9 7 (4.459%) Technical Architect
10 6 (3.822%) Integration Engineer
11 5 (3.185%) Messaging Consultant
12 4 (2.548%) Project Manager
13 3 (1.911%) Solutions Architect
13 3 (1.911%) Infrastructure Analyst
13 3 (1.911%) Technical Analyst
13 3 (1.911%) SAP FI Consultant
13 3 (1.911%) ABAP Developer
13 3 (1.911%) Systems Integration Engineer
13 3 (1.911%) SAP Developer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (4.459%) Management Information System
2 5 (3.185%) Blackberry
3 4 (2.548%) Taxonomies
4 3 (1.911%) Clustering
5 2 (1.274%) SaaS
6 1 (0.637%) Fixed Income
6 1 (0.637%) Equities
6 1 (0.637%) Wiki
6 1 (0.637%) Web 2.0
6 1 (0.637%) Data Integration
6 1 (0.637%) PaaS
6 1 (0.637%) SWIFT
6 1 (0.637%) IaaS
Operating Systems
1 28 (17.83%) Windows
2 12 (7.643%) Windows Server 2008
3 8 (5.096%) Linux
4 7 (4.459%) Windows Server 2003
4 7 (4.459%) UNIX
5 6 (3.822%) Solaris
6 2 (1.274%) Windows XP
7 1 (0.637%) Android
7 1 (0.637%) Windows 7
7 1 (0.637%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (22.29%) Document Management
2 33 (21.02%) Content Management
3 20 (12.74%) Test Scripting
4 19 (12.10%) Migration
5 13 (8.280%) Workflow
6 8 (5.096%) ERP
6 8 (5.096%) ETL
7 7 (4.459%) Project Management
7 7 (4.459%) Business Intelligence
7 7 (4.459%) ITIL
8 6 (3.822%) PRINCE2
8 6 (3.822%) Change Management
9 5 (3.185%) Enterprise Architecture
9 5 (3.185%) Use Case
9 5 (3.185%) BPMN
10 4 (2.548%) E-Discovery
10 4 (2.548%) SOA
10 4 (2.548%) CRM
10 4 (2.548%) TOGAF
10 4 (2.548%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 30 (19.11%) SQL
2 23 (14.65%) JavaScript
3 10 (6.369%) VB
3 10 (6.369%) Java
3 10 (6.369%) C#
4 5 (3.185%) ABAP
5 4 (2.548%) PowerShell
6 3 (1.911%) VB6
6 3 (1.911%) C
6 3 (1.911%) VB.NET
6 3 (1.911%) Perl
6 3 (1.911%) PL/SQL
7 1 (0.637%) Ruby
7 1 (0.637%) Shell Script
7 1 (0.637%) Python
7 1 (0.637%) VBA
7 1 (0.637%) C++
Qualifications
1 8 (5.096%) Security Cleared
2 5 (3.185%) Microsoft Certification
3 4 (2.548%) DV Cleared
3 4 (2.548%) MCSE
3 4 (2.548%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 1 (0.637%) Degree
4 1 (0.637%) MOS
4 1 (0.637%) MCDST
4 1 (0.637%) SAP Certification
4 1 (0.637%) SC Cleared
4 1 (0.637%) BC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (1.911%) QA
2 1 (0.637%) SLA
2 1 (0.637%) Data Quality
System Software
1 18 (11.46%) Active Directory
2 6 (3.822%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (1.911%) VMware ESX
3 3 (1.911%) ISA Server
3 3 (1.911%) Hyper-V
3 3 (1.911%) Forefront TMG
3 3 (1.911%) vSphere
4 2 (1.274%) Varnish
5 1 (0.637%) Citrix Presentation Server
Systems Management
1 5 (3.185%) MAILsweeper
1 5 (3.185%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
2 3 (1.911%) Backup Exec
2 3 (1.911%) Norton AntiVirus
2 3 (1.911%) SCCM
2 3 (1.911%) SCOM
Vendors
1 45 (28.66%) SAP
2 19 (12.10%) Oracle
2 19 (12.10%) Microsoft
3 12 (7.643%) Siebel
4 11 (7.006%) IBM
5 9 (5.732%) Vignette
6 8 (5.096%) RightFax
6 8 (5.096%) Symantec
6 8 (5.096%) Adobe
6 8 (5.096%) RedDot
7 7 (4.459%) VMware
7 7 (4.459%) JBoss
8 5 (3.185%) Metastorm
8 5 (3.185%) Hummingbird
8 5 (3.185%) Lombardi
8 5 (3.185%) Google
8 5 (3.185%) Informatica
8 5 (3.185%) Clearswift
8 5 (3.185%) Pega
8 5 (3.185%) Cordys
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