The first table below looks at the demand for Visualfiles skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Visualfiles 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 of the Business 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
LexisNexis Visualfiles
Rank 538 566 597
Rank change year-on-year
+28 +31
Contract jobs citing Visualfiles 3 4 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.006% 0.007% 0.006%
As % of the Business Applications category 0.073% 0.078% 0.069%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 2
Average daily rate £300 £263 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+14.28% -4.54%
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £263 £275
% change year-on-year
+14.28% -4.54%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £22.50 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Business Applications
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Business Applications category
4087 5106 5825
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 8.494% 8.798% 9.358%
Number of daily rates quoted 2036 2417 2878
Average daily rate £448 £450 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-0.55% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £290 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £600 £625
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £425 £408
% change year-on-year
- +4.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 81 54 106
Average hourly rate £33.00 £32.25 £30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+2.32% +7.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £13.50 £17.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £63.00 £56.00 £60.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £36.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+44.00% -13.79%

Visualfiles
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Visualfiles Jobs Demand Trend

Visualfiles
Daily Rate Trend

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

Visualfiles Daily Rate Trend

Visualfiles
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Visualfiles Hourly Rate Trend

Visualfiles
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 Visualfiles 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 +12 3 £300 +14.28% 4
North West - 3 £300 - 1
Manchester - 3 £300 - 1
Middlesbrough - - - -
Peterborough - - - -
Reading - - - -
Berkshire - - - -
Cambridgeshire - - - -
Dorset - - - -
Kent - - - -
Lancashire - - - -
North Yorkshire - - - -
Somerset - - - -
West Yorkshire - - - - 2
Yorkshire - - - - 2
City of London - - - -
Merseyside - - - -
Bath - - - -
Birmingham - - - -
Bournemouth - - - -
Bristol - - - - 1
Edinburgh - - - -
Leeds - - - - 2
Liverpool - - - -
London - - - -
South East - - - -
South West - - - - 1
West Midlands - - - -
Scotland - - - -
East of England - - - -

Visualfiles
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 14 (82.35%) .NET
2 13 (76.47%) SQL
3 11 (64.71%) C#
3 11 (64.71%) ASP.NET
3 11 (64.71%) Legal
3 11 (64.71%) .NET Framework
4 10 (58.82%) ASP.NET MVC
4 10 (58.82%) SharePoint
4 10 (58.82%) MVC
5 9 (52.94%) Microsoft
5 9 (52.94%) UML
6 8 (47.06%) Data Security
7 6 (35.29%) Degree
8 4 (23.53%) Practice Management
9 3 (17.65%) T-SQL
9 3 (17.65%) VBScript
10 2 (11.76%) CMS
10 2 (11.76%) XML
10 2 (11.76%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 2 (11.76%) QlikView
10 2 (11.76%) VB
10 2 (11.76%) VBA
10 2 (11.76%) SQL Server
10 2 (11.76%) Crystal Reports
10 2 (11.76%) RAD
10 2 (11.76%) Data Warehouse
10 2 (11.76%) Business Intelligence
10 2 (11.76%) Agile Software Development
10 2 (11.76%) Data Analysis
10 2 (11.76%) Workflow

Visualfiles
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 14 (82.35%) .NET
2 11 (64.71%) ASP.NET
2 11 (64.71%) .NET Framework
3 10 (58.82%) ASP.NET MVC
4 2 (11.76%) XML
5 1 (5.882%) Web Services
5 1 (5.882%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 10 (58.82%) SharePoint
2 2 (11.76%) CMS
3 1 (5.882%) IIS
Applications
1 1 (5.882%) MS Excel
1 1 (5.882%) MS Office
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (11.76%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 2 (11.76%) QlikView
1 2 (11.76%) SQL Server
1 2 (11.76%) Crystal Reports
1 2 (11.76%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (5.882%) SQL Server 2005
2 1 (5.882%) SQL Server 2008
General
1 11 (64.71%) Legal
2 1 (5.882%) Law
Job Titles
1 16 (94.12%) Developer
2 3 (17.65%) .NET Developer
2 3 (17.65%) C# Developer
2 3 (17.65%) ASP.NET Developer
2 3 (17.65%) Programmer
2 3 (17.65%) ASP.NET Programmer
2 3 (17.65%) C# Programmer
2 3 (17.65%) C# ASP.NET Developer
3 2 (11.76%) MI Developer
3 2 (11.76%) Technical Developer
4 1 (5.882%) Software Developer
4 1 (5.882%) Case Management Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.882%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (58.82%) MVC
2 9 (52.94%) UML
3 8 (47.06%) Data Security
4 4 (23.53%) Practice Management
5 2 (11.76%) RAD
5 2 (11.76%) Business Intelligence
5 2 (11.76%) Agile Software Development
5 2 (11.76%) Data Analysis
5 2 (11.76%) Workflow
6 1 (5.882%) OO
6 1 (5.882%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 13 (76.47%) SQL
2 11 (64.71%) C#
3 3 (17.65%) T-SQL
3 3 (17.65%) VBScript
4 2 (11.76%) VB
4 2 (11.76%) VBA
Qualifications
1 6 (35.29%) Degree
Vendors
1 9 (52.94%) Microsoft
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