The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of AppSense products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the West Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited AppSense over the 3 months to 20 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 for the West Midlands region.

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 AppSense Limited.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
AppSense
Rank 85 102 88
Rank change year-on-year
+17 -14
Contract jobs citing AppSense 10 1 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.602% 0.044% 0.214%
As % of the Vendors category 1.171% 0.090% 0.494%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 2
Average daily rate £388 £230 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+68.47% -45.88%
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £353 £313
% change year-on-year
+6.38% +12.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
Average hourly rate - - £30.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.00 - £27.25
All Vendors
West Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
854 1105 809
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 51.38% 49.09% 43.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 361 457 324
Average daily rate £325 £330 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.51% -5.71%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £225 £180
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £500 £498
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 96 99 92
Average hourly rate £19.50 £17.50 £14.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+11.42% +20.68%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.50 £11.00 £10.97
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.80 £33.60 £35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
AppSense
England

AppSense
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing AppSense across the West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

West Midlands AppSense Jobs Demand Trend

AppSense
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing AppSense across the West Midlands region.

West Midlands AppSense Daily Rate Trend

AppSense
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing AppSense across the West Midlands region.

West Midlands AppSense Hourly Rate Trend

AppSense
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing AppSense within the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 20 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
Warwickshire - 4 £350 -
Coventry - 3 - -
Shropshire - 1 - -
AppSense
England

AppSense
Top 21 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region citing AppSense 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 AppSense.

1 10 (100.00%) Windows
2 4 (40.00%) Active Directory
2 4 (40.00%) Windows Vista
3 3 (30.00%) SCCM
3 3 (30.00%) XenApp
3 3 (30.00%) Windows 7
3 3 (30.00%) Firewall
3 3 (30.00%) Migration
3 3 (30.00%) VMware
3 3 (30.00%) Citrix
3 3 (30.00%) CCA
3 3 (30.00%) Citrix Certification
3 3 (30.00%) NetApp
3 3 (30.00%) Microsoft
4 2 (20.00%) Windows XP
4 2 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (20.00%) Windows 8
5 1 (10.00%) Windows Server 2008
5 1 (10.00%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (10.00%) Back Office
5 1 (10.00%) MS Excel

AppSense
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region citing AppSense 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 AppSense. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications
1 1 (10.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 3 (30.00%) Firewall
General
1 1 (10.00%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 4 (40.00%) Consultant
2 3 (30.00%) Architect
2 3 (30.00%) Administrator
2 3 (30.00%) Technical Architect
2 3 (30.00%) Citrix Administrator
3 2 (20.00%) Technical Infrastructure Architect
3 2 (20.00%) Infrastructure Architect
3 2 (20.00%) Technical Consultant
4 1 (10.00%) Junior
4 1 (10.00%) Implementation Consultant
Operating Systems
1 10 (100.00%) Windows
2 4 (40.00%) Windows Vista
3 3 (30.00%) Windows 7
4 2 (20.00%) Windows 8
4 2 (20.00%) Windows XP
5 1 (10.00%) Windows Server 2008
5 1 (10.00%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (30.00%) Migration
2 2 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 3 (30.00%) CCA
1 3 (30.00%) Citrix Certification
System Software
1 4 (40.00%) Active Directory
2 3 (30.00%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 3 (30.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 3 (30.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (30.00%) Citrix
1 3 (30.00%) NetApp
1 3 (30.00%) VMware