The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Software AG 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 Software AG over the 3 months to 24 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 Software AG.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software AG
Rank 519 555 580
Rank change year-on-year
+36 +25
Contract jobs citing Software AG 10 29 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.022% 0.050% 0.007%
As % of the Vendors category 0.046% 0.107% 0.014%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 5 0
Average daily rate £240 £575 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-58.26% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £550 £588 -
% change year-on-year
-6.38% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 4 0
Average hourly rate £39.00 £40.00 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-2.50% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £39.00 £40.00 -
% change year-on-year
-2.50% -
All Vendors
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
21803 27081 28409
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 47.00% 46.44% 46.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 11623 13840 14202
Average daily rate £400 £400 £410
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -2.43%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £237 £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 1174 1312 1605
Average hourly rate £19.00 £19.50 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-2.56% -2.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.22 £11.50 £11.15
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £40.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%

Software AG
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Software AG Jobs Demand Trend

Software AG
Daily Rate Trend

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

Software AG Daily Rate Trend

Software AG
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Software AG within the UK over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Software AG Daily Rate Histogram

Software AG
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Software AG Hourly Rate Trend

Software AG
Top 6 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Software AG within the UK over the 3 months to 24 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 +27 10 £240 -58.26%
South East +3 5 - -
Hampshire -9 5 - -
Basingstoke - 5 - -
London +32 4 £240 -54.28%
Midlands - 1 £550 -

Software AG
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Software AG 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 Software AG.

1 35 (74.47%) Oracle
2 33 (70.21%) ESB
3 27 (57.45%) IBM
4 26 (55.32%) webMethods
5 18 (38.30%) Subversion
6 17 (36.17%) Linux
7 16 (34.04%) XML
8 15 (31.91%) Windows
8 15 (31.91%) TIBCO
9 14 (29.79%) Java
10 12 (25.53%) SWIFT
11 11 (23.40%) JIRA
11 11 (23.40%) ATG
11 11 (23.40%) AIX
12 10 (21.28%) E-Commerce
12 10 (21.28%) Selenium
12 10 (21.28%) Team Foundation Server
12 10 (21.28%) Jenkins
13 9 (19.15%) Use Case
14 8 (17.02%) Oracle 11g
14 8 (17.02%) Web Services
14 8 (17.02%) OO
14 8 (17.02%) SQL Server
15 7 (14.89%) JUnit
15 7 (14.89%) Swing
15 7 (14.89%) Oracle 8/8i
15 7 (14.89%) J2SE
15 7 (14.89%) Java RMI
15 7 (14.89%) OOD
15 7 (14.89%) Eclipse

Software AG
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Software AG 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 Software AG. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 16 (34.04%) XML
2 8 (17.02%) Web Services
3 7 (14.89%) Swing
3 7 (14.89%) J2SE
3 7 (14.89%) Java RMI
3 7 (14.89%) Apache Axis
3 7 (14.89%) Hibernate
4 6 (12.77%) SOAP
5 5 (10.64%) soapUI
6 3 (6.383%) J2EE
7 2 (4.255%) Oracle Fusion
7 2 (4.255%) WebSphere
8 1 (2.128%) ISPF
8 1 (2.128%) WS-I
8 1 (2.128%) XML Schema
8 1 (2.128%) Middleware
8 1 (2.128%) JDBC
8 1 (2.128%) XSD
8 1 (2.128%) JMS
Application Platforms
1 33 (70.21%) ESB
2 1 (2.128%) Oracle Workflow
2 1 (2.128%) CICS
2 1 (2.128%) MQSeries
Applications
1 5 (10.64%) Final Cut Pro
2 2 (4.255%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (2.128%) Oracle BPM
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.128%) LDAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (17.02%) Oracle 11g
1 8 (17.02%) SQL Server
2 7 (14.89%) Oracle 8/8i
3 2 (4.255%) DB2
4 1 (2.128%) SQL Server 2005
4 1 (2.128%) IDMS
4 1 (2.128%) SQL Server 2008
4 1 (2.128%) Adabas
Development Applications
1 18 (38.30%) Subversion
2 11 (23.40%) JIRA
3 10 (21.28%) Selenium
3 10 (21.28%) Team Foundation Server
3 10 (21.28%) Jenkins
4 7 (14.89%) JUnit
4 7 (14.89%) Eclipse
5 3 (6.383%) Hudson
General
1 5 (10.64%) Banking
2 2 (4.255%) Retail
3 1 (2.128%) Dutch Language
Job Titles
1 18 (38.30%) Analyst
2 11 (23.40%) Business Analyst
3 9 (19.15%) Payments Business Analyst
3 9 (19.15%) Developer
4 7 (14.89%) Java Developer
5 5 (10.64%) Architect
5 5 (10.64%) Environment Analyst
5 5 (10.64%) Java Swing Developer
5 5 (10.64%) QA Engineer
6 4 (8.511%) Release Analyst
7 3 (6.383%) webMethods Administrator
7 3 (6.383%) Administrator
8 1 (2.128%) Release Manager
8 1 (2.128%) Deployment Manager
8 1 (2.128%) Test Engineer
8 1 (2.128%) Systems Developer
8 1 (2.128%) Software Test Engineer
8 1 (2.128%) webMethods Developer
8 1 (2.128%) Environment Manager
8 1 (2.128%) IT Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 12 (25.53%) SWIFT
2 2 (4.255%) Mainframe
3 1 (2.128%) IBM Mainframe
3 1 (2.128%) FMCG
3 1 (2.128%) Open Source
3 1 (2.128%) SaaS
3 1 (2.128%) EPoS
3 1 (2.128%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 17 (36.17%) Linux
2 15 (31.91%) Windows
3 11 (23.40%) AIX
4 7 (14.89%) SUSE
5 1 (2.128%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (21.28%) E-Commerce
2 9 (19.15%) Use Case
3 8 (17.02%) OO
4 7 (14.89%) OOD
4 7 (14.89%) TDD
5 6 (12.77%) SOA
6 5 (10.64%) TOGAF
6 5 (10.64%) Business Analysis
7 4 (8.511%) Software Testing
7 4 (8.511%) Zachman Framework
8 3 (6.383%) Systems Analysis
8 3 (6.383%) EAI
9 2 (4.255%) Data Modelling
9 2 (4.255%) UML
9 2 (4.255%) ETL
9 2 (4.255%) Enterprise Architecture
9 2 (4.255%) Migration
10 1 (2.128%) Workflow
10 1 (2.128%) Logistics
10 1 (2.128%) Release Management
Programming Languages
1 14 (29.79%) Java
2 1 (2.128%) REXX
2 1 (2.128%) NATURAL
2 1 (2.128%) JCL
2 1 (2.128%) SQL
2 1 (2.128%) C
2 1 (2.128%) C++
Qualifications
1 6 (12.77%) Degree
2 5 (10.64%) ISEB
2 5 (10.64%) ISTQB
3 2 (4.255%) DV Cleared
3 2 (4.255%) Security Cleared
4 1 (2.128%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (14.89%) QA
System Software
1 7 (14.89%) Oracle RAC
Vendors
1 35 (74.47%) Oracle
2 27 (57.45%) IBM
3 26 (55.32%) webMethods
4 15 (31.91%) TIBCO
5 11 (23.40%) ATG
6 7 (14.89%) Red Hat
6 7 (14.89%) Microsoft
7 5 (10.64%) Sony
8 2 (4.255%) Fundtech
9 1 (2.128%) Serena
9 1 (2.128%) Cincom
9 1 (2.128%) Actimize
9 1 (2.128%) Pega
9 1 (2.128%) CA
9 1 (2.128%) JDA
9 1 (2.128%) SmartStream
9 1 (2.128%) JBoss