The first table below looks at the demand for WorkSite skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited WorkSite over the 3 months to 22 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Autonomy WorkSite
Rank 499 557 559
Rank change year-on-year
+58 +2
Contract jobs citing WorkSite 35 29 27
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.074% 0.049% 0.045%
As % of the Application Platforms category 0.411% 0.300% 0.269%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 7 5
Average daily rate £223 £280 £310
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-20.53% -9.67%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £178 £145 £190
10% offered a daily rate of more than £543 £339 £323
UK excluding London average daily rate £195 £123 -
% change year-on-year
+59.18% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 2 1
Average hourly rate £20.50 £19.75 £37.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+3.79% -47.33%
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Application Platforms
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
8518 9671 10055
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 18.07% 16.31% 16.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 4829 5304 5361
Average daily rate £355 £350 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.42% -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 467 438 552
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 £12.00 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.20 £40.00 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £20.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year
-5.00% -2.43%

WorkSite
Jobs Demand Trend

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

WorkSite Jobs Demand Trend

WorkSite
Daily Rate Trend

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

WorkSite Daily Rate Trend

WorkSite
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing WorkSite within the UK over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

WorkSite Daily Rate Histogram

WorkSite
Hourly Rate Trend

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

WorkSite Hourly Rate Trend

WorkSite
Top 15 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing WorkSite within the UK over the 3 months to 22 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 +62 35 £223 -20.53%
London +35 28 £225 -19.64%
City of London +12 8 £200 -
Canary Wharf - 3 - -
Yorkshire +2 2 £308 +151.02%
West Yorkshire 0 2 £308 +151.02%
Manchester - 2 - -
South East - 2 £169 -
North West - 2 - -
Leeds +3 1 - -
South West - 1 £220 -
Wiltshire - 1 £220 -
Surrey - 1 £170 -
Berkshire - 1 £168 -
Woking - 1 £170 -

WorkSite
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing WorkSite 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 WorkSite.

1 49 (72.06%) Legal
2 41 (60.29%) Windows
3 39 (57.35%) MS Office
3 39 (57.35%) Law
4 31 (45.59%) Microsoft
5 30 (44.12%) Document Management
6 23 (33.82%) Blackberry
7 20 (29.41%) Windows XP
8 17 (25.00%) Citrix
8 17 (25.00%) Windows 7
9 16 (23.53%) Active Directory
10 14 (20.59%) MS Excel
11 13 (19.12%) MS Exchange
11 13 (19.12%) MOS
12 10 (14.71%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
12 10 (14.71%) Windows Server 2003
12 10 (14.71%) SharePoint
13 9 (13.24%) CRM
13 9 (13.24%) ITIL
13 9 (13.24%) SQL Server
13 9 (13.24%) Adobe
13 9 (13.24%) XenApp
14 8 (11.76%) User Acceptance Testing
15 7 (10.29%) Practice Management
15 7 (10.29%) E-Learning
15 7 (10.29%) Interwoven
15 7 (10.29%) Adobe Captivate
15 7 (10.29%) Windows Server 2008
16 6 (8.824%) Exchange Server 2003
16 6 (8.824%) CM System

WorkSite
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing WorkSite 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 WorkSite. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 13 (19.12%) MS Exchange
2 10 (14.71%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
2 10 (14.71%) SharePoint
3 6 (8.824%) Exchange Server 2003
3 6 (8.824%) CM System
4 4 (5.882%) Exchange Server 2010
5 2 (2.941%) Lync
6 1 (1.471%) Documentum
6 1 (1.471%) SAS
6 1 (1.471%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 39 (57.35%) MS Office
2 14 (20.59%) MS Excel
3 7 (10.29%) Adobe Captivate
4 3 (4.412%) MS PowerPoint
5 2 (2.941%) MS Visio
5 2 (2.941%) Acrobat
6 1 (1.471%) Maya
6 1 (1.471%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (1.471%) SAP BPC
Communications & Networking
1 6 (8.824%) TCP/IP
2 5 (7.353%) DNS
2 5 (7.353%) DHCP
2 5 (7.353%) SAN
2 5 (7.353%) NAS
3 4 (5.882%) Internet
4 2 (2.941%) LAN
4 2 (2.941%) VPN
4 2 (2.941%) WAN
5 1 (1.471%) Intranet
5 1 (1.471%) VoIP
5 1 (1.471%) HTTP
5 1 (1.471%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (13.24%) SQL Server
2 5 (7.353%) SQL Server 2005
2 5 (7.353%) SQL Server 2008
3 3 (4.412%) IDOL
4 1 (1.471%) SAP BW
4 1 (1.471%) DataStage
4 1 (1.471%) BusinessObjects
4 1 (1.471%) SAP BI
4 1 (1.471%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (1.471%) QlikView
4 1 (1.471%) Xcelsius
Development Applications
1 1 (1.471%) Visual Studio
1 1 (1.471%) Visual Studio Tools for Office
General
1 49 (72.06%) Legal
2 39 (57.35%) Law
3 6 (8.824%) Banking
4 4 (5.882%) Finance
4 4 (5.882%) Front Office
4 4 (5.882%) Investment Banking
5 1 (1.471%) Back Office
5 1 (1.471%) Financial Institution
5 1 (1.471%) Marketing
5 1 (1.471%) French Language
Job Titles
1 28 (41.18%) Analyst
2 13 (19.12%) Trainer
2 13 (19.12%) Support Analyst
2 13 (19.12%) IT Trainer
3 8 (11.76%) Business Analyst
3 8 (11.76%) Service Desk Analyst
3 8 (11.76%) Service Analyst
4 7 (10.29%) Project Manager
4 7 (10.29%) Legal Analyst
5 6 (8.824%) Desktop Support
5 6 (8.824%) Desktop Analyst
5 6 (8.824%) Training Consultant
5 6 (8.824%) Consultant
6 4 (5.882%) Server Support
6 4 (5.882%) Help Desk Analyst
6 4 (5.882%) Applications Support
6 4 (5.882%) Microsoft Consultant
7 3 (4.412%) Senior Applications Support Analyst
7 3 (4.412%) Help Desk Support
7 3 (4.412%) Senior Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 23 (33.82%) Blackberry
2 7 (10.29%) E-Learning
3 4 (5.882%) CLARiiON
4 3 (4.412%) Credit Risk
4 3 (4.412%) Video Conferencing
5 2 (2.941%) iPad
6 1 (1.471%) Management Information System
6 1 (1.471%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 41 (60.29%) Windows
2 20 (29.41%) Windows XP
3 17 (25.00%) Windows 7
4 10 (14.71%) Windows Server 2003
5 7 (10.29%) Windows Server 2008
6 5 (7.353%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (44.12%) Document Management
2 9 (13.24%) CRM
2 9 (13.24%) ITIL
3 8 (11.76%) User Acceptance Testing
4 7 (10.29%) Practice Management
5 4 (5.882%) Use Case
5 4 (5.882%) Capacity Planning
5 4 (5.882%) Project Management
5 4 (5.882%) UML
5 4 (5.882%) Data Modelling
5 4 (5.882%) Business Analysis
6 2 (2.941%) Data Migration
6 2 (2.941%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 2 (2.941%) Change Management
6 2 (2.941%) Migration
6 2 (2.941%) Programme Management
6 2 (2.941%) PRINCE2
6 2 (2.941%) PRINCE
7 1 (1.471%) Business Intelligence
7 1 (1.471%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 4 (5.882%) SQL
Qualifications
1 13 (19.12%) MOS
2 4 (5.882%) ISEB
3 2 (2.941%) ISTQB
3 2 (2.941%) MCSE
3 2 (2.941%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (1.471%) MCP
4 1 (1.471%) Degree
System Software
1 16 (23.53%) Active Directory
2 9 (13.24%) XenApp
3 4 (5.882%) EMC RecoverPoint
4 3 (4.412%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (2.941%) Terminal Services
6 1 (1.471%) Xen
Systems Management
1 4 (5.882%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
1 4 (5.882%) MAILsweeper
1 4 (5.882%) RepliStor
Vendors
1 31 (45.59%) Microsoft
2 17 (25.00%) Citrix
3 9 (13.24%) Adobe
4 7 (10.29%) Interwoven
5 5 (7.353%) HP
6 4 (5.882%) Compaq
6 4 (5.882%) EMC
6 4 (5.882%) Intel
6 4 (5.882%) Cisco
6 4 (5.882%) NetIQ
6 4 (5.882%) Symantec
6 4 (5.882%) Clearswift
6 4 (5.882%) Hummingbird
7 3 (4.412%) VMware
8 2 (2.941%) LANDesk
8 2 (2.941%) SAP
9 1 (1.471%) Hyperion
9 1 (1.471%) Informatica
9 1 (1.471%) MicroStrategy
9 1 (1.471%) Remedy
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The objective of the position is to provide a user support function or 'Service Desk' facility to all members of the company and undertake technical projects when required...
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Rate: £22000 - £25000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
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Rate: £20 - £24 per hour
Posted: 16 May 2013