The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Serena 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 Serena 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 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 Serena Software, Inc.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Serena
Rank 91 102 97
Rank change year-on-year
+11 -5
Contract jobs citing Serena 6 1 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.358% 0.044% 0.052%
As % of the Vendors category 0.709% 0.091% 0.112%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 1
Average daily rate £425 - £320
UK excluding London average daily rate £450 £350 £200
% change year-on-year
+28.57% +75.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.50 £32.50 £37.00
% change year-on-year
+9.23% -12.16%
All Vendors
West Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
846 1101 891
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 50.42% 48.48% 46.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 366 451 331
Average daily rate £340 £330 £335
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.03% -1.49%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £200 £170
10% offered a daily rate of more than £520 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 80 91 98
Average hourly rate £19.50 £16.61 £16.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+17.43% +0.63%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.50 £11.50 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £33.00 £34.70 £36.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.26 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
+1.36% -5.00%
Serena
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Serena
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands Serena Jobs Demand Trend

Serena
Daily Rate Trend

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

West Midlands Serena Daily Rate Trend

Serena
Top 12 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region citing Serena 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 Serena.

1 5 (71.43%) Requirements Analysis
2 3 (42.86%) Release Management
3 1 (14.29%) Git (software)
3 1 (14.29%) Process Improvement
3 1 (14.29%) Project Planning
3 1 (14.29%) Serena SBM
3 1 (14.29%) Subversion
3 1 (14.29%) ITIL
3 1 (14.29%) ClearCase
3 1 (14.29%) IBM
3 1 (14.29%) ClearQuest
3 1 (14.29%) Configuration Management

Serena
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region citing Serena 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 Serena. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Git (software)
1 1 (14.29%) Serena SBM
1 1 (14.29%) Subversion
1 1 (14.29%) ClearCase
1 1 (14.29%) ClearQuest
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Administrator
2 2 (28.57%) Consultant
3 1 (14.29%) Senior Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Configuration Manager
3 1 (14.29%) ClearCase Configuration Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Process Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Senior Process Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Configuration Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Delivery Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) Requirements Analysis
2 3 (42.86%) Release Management
3 1 (14.29%) Process Improvement
3 1 (14.29%) Project Planning
3 1 (14.29%) ITIL
3 1 (14.29%) Configuration Management
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) IBM
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