The first table below looks at the demand for StarTeam skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited StarTeam over the 3 months to 21 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 Development Applications 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Borland StarTeam
Rank 512 550 552
Rank change year-on-year
+38 +2
Contract jobs citing StarTeam 28 31 28
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.059% 0.053% 0.047%
As % of the Development Applications category 0.543% 0.577% 0.443%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 16 8
Average daily rate £360 £356 £268
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.05% +33.17%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £344 £173 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £420 £299
UK excluding London average daily rate £360 £350 £268
% change year-on-year
+2.85% +30.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Development Applications
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
5156 5371 6324
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 10.92% 9.188% 10.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 3252 3171 3557
Average daily rate £375 £375 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -6.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £265 £260
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £550 £580
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-1.51% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 143 216 321
Average hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £22.66 £23.88 £24.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £46.50 £45.00 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -

StarTeam
Jobs Demand Trend

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

StarTeam Jobs Demand Trend

StarTeam
Daily Rate Trend

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

StarTeam Daily Rate Trend

StarTeam
Hourly Rate Trend

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

StarTeam Hourly Rate Trend

StarTeam
Top 11 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing StarTeam within the UK over the 3 months to 21 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 +38 11 - -
Scotland -17 9 £360 -14.28%
Renfrewshire -9 8 £359 -14.58%
Erskine -11 7 £360 -14.28%
South East +20 6 - -
Berkshire +6 5 - -
London +19 4 - -
Reading +5 4 - -
Hampshire -11 1 - -
West Midlands - 1 - -
Glasgow - 1 £360 -

StarTeam
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing StarTeam 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 StarTeam.

1 32 (68.09%) Security Cleared
2 20 (42.55%) Windows
3 16 (34.04%) Borland
4 15 (31.91%) DV Cleared
5 13 (27.66%) SC Cleared
5 13 (27.66%) OpenView Configuration Management
6 12 (25.53%) Windows Server 2003
6 12 (25.53%) Finance
7 11 (23.40%) MS Excel
8 10 (21.28%) Telecoms
8 10 (21.28%) Unit Testing
9 9 (19.15%) HP Quality Center
10 8 (17.02%) Configuration Management
10 8 (17.02%) Windows XP
11 7 (14.89%) HP
11 7 (14.89%) SQL Server
12 6 (12.77%) EDRMS
12 6 (12.77%) VBA
12 6 (12.77%) .NET
12 6 (12.77%) J2EE
12 6 (12.77%) MS Access
12 6 (12.77%) SharePoint
12 6 (12.77%) Windows 7
12 6 (12.77%) Meridio
13 5 (10.64%) Validation
13 5 (10.64%) GSM
13 5 (10.64%) IBM
13 5 (10.64%) Java
13 5 (10.64%) 3G
13 5 (10.64%) TestDirector

StarTeam
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing StarTeam 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 StarTeam. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 6 (12.77%) .NET
1 6 (12.77%) J2EE
2 4 (8.511%) WebSphere
3 3 (6.383%) XML
4 2 (4.255%) Application Packaging
4 2 (4.255%) Java EE
5 1 (2.128%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 6 (12.77%) SharePoint
2 3 (6.383%) SharePoint Server
2 3 (6.383%) WebSphere Application Server
3 1 (2.128%) TIBCO EMS
Applications
1 11 (23.40%) MS Excel
2 1 (2.128%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 1 (2.128%) BusinessWorks
Communications & Networking
1 5 (10.64%) GSM
1 5 (10.64%) 3G
1 5 (10.64%) Wireless
2 3 (6.383%) DHCP
2 3 (6.383%) TCP/IP
3 2 (4.255%) HTTP
4 1 (2.128%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (14.89%) SQL Server
2 6 (12.77%) EDRMS
2 6 (12.77%) MS Access
3 2 (4.255%) SQL Server 2000
4 1 (2.128%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 5 (10.64%) TestDirector
2 3 (6.383%) Ant
3 2 (4.255%) MSI
General
1 12 (25.53%) Finance
2 10 (21.28%) Telecoms
3 3 (6.383%) Publishing
4 1 (2.128%) Banking
Job Titles
1 7 (14.89%) Architect
2 5 (10.64%) Tester
2 5 (10.64%) Support Engineer
3 4 (8.511%) Risk Manager
4 3 (6.383%) Configuration Engineer
4 3 (6.383%) Design Engineer
5 2 (4.255%) Applications Support
5 2 (4.255%) Developer
5 2 (4.255%) Applications Packager
5 2 (4.255%) Applications Support Engineer
5 2 (4.255%) Systems Integrator
6 1 (2.128%) Wintel Engineer
6 1 (2.128%) SharePoint Architect
6 1 (2.128%) Build Engineer
6 1 (2.128%) Firmware Engineer
6 1 (2.128%) Designer
6 1 (2.128%) OSS Engineer
6 1 (2.128%) TIBCO Developer
6 1 (2.128%) Enterprise Architect
6 1 (2.128%) Security Architect
Miscellaneous
1 4 (8.511%) Management Information System
2 3 (6.383%) e-Health
3 1 (2.128%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
3 1 (2.128%) VHDL
3 1 (2.128%) Firmware
Operating Systems
1 20 (42.55%) Windows
2 12 (25.53%) Windows Server 2003
3 8 (17.02%) Windows XP
4 6 (12.77%) Windows 7
5 4 (8.511%) UNIX
5 4 (8.511%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (21.28%) Unit Testing
2 8 (17.02%) Configuration Management
3 5 (10.64%) Validation
4 4 (8.511%) Service Management
4 4 (8.511%) Risk Management
4 4 (8.511%) CRM
4 4 (8.511%) Risk Assessment
4 4 (8.511%) Release Management
4 4 (8.511%) Test Scripting
4 4 (8.511%) Continuous Improvement
5 3 (6.383%) Time Management
5 3 (6.383%) Data Analysis
5 3 (6.383%) Integration Testing
5 3 (6.383%) Service Delivery
6 2 (4.255%) Project Management
6 2 (4.255%) OO
6 2 (4.255%) OOD
6 2 (4.255%) Migration
6 2 (4.255%) Information Management
6 2 (4.255%) Document Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (12.77%) VBA
2 5 (10.64%) Java
3 4 (8.511%) SQL
3 4 (8.511%) VB.NET
4 3 (6.383%) Jython
4 3 (6.383%) VB
5 2 (4.255%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 32 (68.09%) Security Cleared
2 15 (31.91%) DV Cleared
3 13 (27.66%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 2 (4.255%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 13 (27.66%) OpenView Configuration Management
2 9 (19.15%) HP Quality Center
3 4 (8.511%) OpenView
4 2 (4.255%) Tivoli
4 2 (4.255%) Tivoli Monitoring
4 2 (4.255%) Netcool
4 2 (4.255%) Netcool/OMNIbus
Vendors
1 16 (34.04%) Borland
2 7 (14.89%) HP
3 6 (12.77%) Meridio
4 5 (10.64%) IBM
5 4 (8.511%) CheckPoint
5 4 (8.511%) Microsoft
6 3 (6.383%) ArcSight
7 2 (4.255%) BT
7 2 (4.255%) Cognos
7 2 (4.255%) Citrix
7 2 (4.255%) Cramer
7 2 (4.255%) VMware
8 1 (2.128%) Xilinx
8 1 (2.128%) TIBCO