The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of MKS products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Worcestershire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited MKS 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 Vendors for the Worcestershire 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 MKS, Inc.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
MKS
Rank - - -
Contract jobs citing MKS 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Worcestershire - - -
As % of the Vendors category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £401 £375 -
% change year-on-year
+6.80% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Vendors
Worcestershire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
51 20 30
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Worcestershire 54.84% 35.71% 51.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 6 19
Average daily rate £300 £318 £233
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.51% +36.55%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £168 £225 £150
10% offered a daily rate of more than £468 £465 £361
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 2 6
Average hourly rate £19.50 £14.50 £25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+34.48% -42.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £19.00 £10.90 £10.75
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £33.00 £14.50 £27.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
MKS
West Midlands

MKS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Worcestershire MKS Jobs Demand Trend

MKS
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Worcestershire MKS Hourly Rate Trend

MKS
Top 10 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Worcestershire region citing MKS 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 MKS.

1 1 (100.00%) C
1 1 (100.00%) C++
1 1 (100.00%) VB
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded C
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded C++
1 1 (100.00%) Automotive
1 1 (100.00%) Subversion
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Fujitsu
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science

MKS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Worcestershire region citing MKS 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 MKS. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Subversion
General
1 1 (100.00%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C
1 1 (100.00%) C++
1 1 (100.00%) VB
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded C
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded C++
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Fujitsu