The first table below looks at the demand for Opalis skills in IT contracts advertised for the Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Opalis 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 Systems Management category for the Yorkshire 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
Microsoft Opalis
Rank - - -
Contract jobs citing Opalis 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Yorkshire - - -
As % of the Systems Management category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £342 £288 -
% change year-on-year
+18.95% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Systems Management
Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Systems Management category
178 150 186
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Yorkshire 9.580% 6.714% 10.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 111 86 82
Average daily rate £325 £320 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.56% -1.53%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £210 £213 £195
10% offered a daily rate of more than £415 £425 £455
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £328 £300
% change year-on-year
+0.76% +9.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 6 12
Average hourly rate £15.25 £12.16 £22.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+25.38% -44.71%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.35 £9.68 £15.90
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £22.80 £21.45 £28.85
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.00 £17.50 £24.00
% change year-on-year
+14.28% -27.08%
Opalis
England

Opalis
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Opalis across the Yorkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Systems Management category.

Yorkshire Opalis Jobs Demand Trend

Opalis
Daily Rate Trend

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

Yorkshire Opalis Daily Rate Trend

Opalis
Top 13 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Yorkshire region citing Opalis 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 Opalis.

1 4 (100.00%) SQL
1 4 (100.00%) .NET
1 4 (100.00%) MS Office
1 4 (100.00%) Windows
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 4 (100.00%) Workflow
1 4 (100.00%) StreamWeaver
2 3 (75.00%) MS Excel
2 3 (75.00%) MS Visio
3 2 (50.00%) Finance
4 1 (25.00%) Banking
4 1 (25.00%) Document Management
4 1 (25.00%) Financial Institution

Opalis
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 4 (100.00%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 4 (100.00%) StreamWeaver
Applications
1 4 (100.00%) MS Office
2 3 (75.00%) MS Excel
2 3 (75.00%) MS Visio
General
1 2 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (25.00%) Banking
2 1 (25.00%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Analyst
1 4 (100.00%) Technical Analyst
2 3 (75.00%) Technical Business Analyst
2 3 (75.00%) Business Analyst
3 1 (25.00%) Documentation Analyst
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Workflow
2 1 (25.00%) Document Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) SQL
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft