The first table below looks at the demand for OpenROAD skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited OpenROAD 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 of the Application Platforms category.

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.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
OpenROAD
Rank 535 553 582
Rank change year-on-year
+18 +29
Contract jobs citing OpenROAD 6 12 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.013% 0.021% 0.006%
As % of the Application Platforms category 0.072% 0.126% 0.039%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 2 3
Average daily rate £441 £460 £260
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-4.07% +76.92%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £408 £348 £242
10% offered a daily rate of more than £455 £572 £262
UK excluding London average daily rate £441 £460 £260
% change year-on-year
-4.07% +76.92%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Application Platforms
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
8376 9520 10378
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 18.08% 16.31% 16.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 4746 5226 5538
Average daily rate £360 £350 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.85% -6.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £225 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £345
% change year-on-year
- -5.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 447 429 569
Average hourly rate £21.00 £20.00 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+5.00% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £11.73 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £41.65 £38.15 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £20.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year
-5.00% -2.43%

OpenROAD
Jobs Demand Trend

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

OpenROAD Jobs Demand Trend

OpenROAD
Daily Rate Trend

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

OpenROAD Daily Rate Trend

OpenROAD
Hourly Rate Trend

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

OpenROAD Hourly Rate Trend

OpenROAD
Top 4 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing OpenROAD 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 +46 6 £441 +37.89%
East of England - 6 £441 -
Essex - 6 £441 -
Southend-on-Sea - 3 £414 -

OpenROAD
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 31 (100.00%) Ingres
2 25 (80.65%) Microsoft
2 25 (80.65%) C#
2 25 (80.65%) C++
2 25 (80.65%) HTML
2 25 (80.65%) Java
2 25 (80.65%) JavaScript
2 25 (80.65%) SQL
2 25 (80.65%) VB
2 25 (80.65%) VB.NET
2 25 (80.65%) .NET
2 25 (80.65%) Oracle
2 25 (80.65%) SQL Server
2 25 (80.65%) ASP
2 25 (80.65%) ASP.NET
2 25 (80.65%) XML
2 25 (80.65%) ITIL
2 25 (80.65%) IIS
2 25 (80.65%) UNIX
2 25 (80.65%) UML
2 25 (80.65%) SharePoint
2 25 (80.65%) .NET Framework
3 21 (67.74%) ISEB
4 18 (58.06%) Unit Testing
5 15 (48.39%) Service Delivery
5 15 (48.39%) Continuous Integration
6 13 (41.94%) Security Cleared
6 13 (41.94%) SQLPlus
7 11 (35.48%) ITSM
7 11 (35.48%) Microsoft Certification

OpenROAD
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 25 (80.65%) HTML
1 25 (80.65%) .NET
1 25 (80.65%) ASP
1 25 (80.65%) ASP.NET
1 25 (80.65%) XML
1 25 (80.65%) .NET Framework
Application Platforms
1 25 (80.65%) IIS
1 25 (80.65%) SharePoint
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (100.00%) Ingres
2 25 (80.65%) SQL Server
3 13 (41.94%) SQLPlus
4 4 (12.90%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 11 (35.48%) MSTest
1 11 (35.48%) NUnit
2 8 (25.81%) VSS/SourceSafe
2 8 (25.81%) Jenkins
2 8 (25.81%) TeamCity
2 8 (25.81%) Team Foundation Server
2 8 (25.81%) CruiseControl
2 8 (25.81%) Subversion
Job Titles
1 31 (100.00%) Developer
2 16 (51.61%) Analyst
3 14 (45.16%) Analyst Developer
4 9 (29.03%) C# .NET Developer
4 9 (29.03%) Senior Developer
4 9 (29.03%) Senior Analyst
4 9 (29.03%) .NET Developer
4 9 (29.03%) C# Developer
5 7 (22.58%) Senior Analyst Developer
5 7 (22.58%) Support Analyst
6 6 (19.35%) OpenROAD Developer
7 4 (12.90%) Senior Support Analyst
8 3 (9.677%) Developer Analyst
9 2 (6.452%) C# ASP.NET Developer
9 2 (6.452%) ASP.NET Developer
10 1 (3.226%) Analyst Programmer
10 1 (3.226%) Programmer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (16.13%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 25 (80.65%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (80.65%) ITIL
1 25 (80.65%) UML
2 18 (58.06%) Unit Testing
3 15 (48.39%) Service Delivery
3 15 (48.39%) Continuous Integration
4 11 (35.48%) ITSM
4 11 (35.48%) Service Management
5 6 (19.35%) Systems Analysis
Programming Languages
1 25 (80.65%) C#
1 25 (80.65%) C++
1 25 (80.65%) Java
1 25 (80.65%) JavaScript
1 25 (80.65%) SQL
1 25 (80.65%) VB
1 25 (80.65%) VB.NET
2 1 (3.226%) C
Qualifications
1 21 (67.74%) ISEB
2 13 (41.94%) Security Cleared
3 11 (35.48%) Microsoft Certification
3 11 (35.48%) MCP
3 11 (35.48%) MCTS
3 11 (35.48%) MCPD
4 3 (9.677%) SC Cleared
Vendors
1 25 (80.65%) Microsoft
1 25 (80.65%) Oracle
2 5 (16.13%) ICL