The first table below looks at the demand for LiveLink skills 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 LiveLink 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 of the Application Platforms category 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.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Open Text LiveLink
Rank 94 102 -
Rank change year-on-year
+8 -
Contract jobs citing LiveLink 1 1 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.061% 0.045% -
As % of the Application Platforms category 0.395% 0.279% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £450 £400 £350
% change year-on-year
+12.50% +14.28%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £18.50 £17.50
% change year-on-year
- +5.71%
All Application Platforms
West Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
253 358 312
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 15.49% 15.97% 16.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 117 160 159
Average daily rate £300 £325 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.69% -13.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £135 £205 £252
10% offered a daily rate of more than £403 £450 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £343
% change year-on-year
- -5.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 22 23
Average hourly rate £27.50 £17.50 £12.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+57.14% +45.83%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.30 £11.00 £10.10
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.20 £30.00 £25.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.50 £20.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year
-2.50% -2.43%
LiveLink
England

LiveLink
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands LiveLink Jobs Demand Trend

LiveLink
Daily Rate Trend

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

West Midlands LiveLink Daily Rate Trend

LiveLink
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing LiveLink within the West Midlands region 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
Solihull - 1 - -
Warwickshire - 1 - -
LiveLink
England

LiveLink
Top 5 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region citing LiveLink 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 LiveLink.

1 4 (100.00%) Open Text
2 3 (75.00%) Document Management
3 1 (25.00%) Workflow
3 1 (25.00%) HTTP
3 1 (25.00%) Content Management

LiveLink
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region citing LiveLink 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 LiveLink. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) HTTP
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Systems Administrator
1 3 (75.00%) Administrator
2 1 (25.00%) Consultant
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Document Management
2 1 (25.00%) Workflow
2 1 (25.00%) Content Management
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Open Text