The first table below looks at the demand for Degree in IT contracts advertised for the Bedford region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Degree 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 Qualifications for the Bedford 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
Degree
Rank - 3 18
Contract jobs citing Degree 0 3 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bedford - 14.29% 2.381%
As % of the Qualifications category - 42.86% 25.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 3 0
Average daily rate - £575 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.00 £30.00 £34.00
% change year-on-year
-33.33% -11.76%
All Qualifications
Bedford
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
1 7 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bedford 4.762% 33.33% 9.524%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 5 0
Average daily rate £325 £550 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-40.90% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
Average hourly rate - £42.50 £13.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +214.81%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.22% -10.00%
Degree
Bedfordshire

Degree
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Degree across the Bedford region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

Bedford Degree Jobs Demand Trend

Degree
Daily Rate Trend

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

Bedford Degree Daily Rate Trend

Degree
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Bedford Degree Hourly Rate Trend

Degree
Top 15 Related IT Skills

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

1 3 (100.00%) ITIL
2 2 (66.67%) ISEB
2 2 (66.67%) Service Management
2 2 (66.67%) Systems Analysis
2 2 (66.67%) Business Analysis
2 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (33.33%) Demand Management
3 1 (33.33%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
3 1 (33.33%) Business Process Improvement
3 1 (33.33%) Management Information System
3 1 (33.33%) Finance
3 1 (33.33%) Manufacturing
3 1 (33.33%) Project Management
3 1 (33.33%) PRINCE2
3 1 (33.33%) MS Visio

Degree
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Applications
1 1 (33.33%) MS Visio
General
1 1 (33.33%) Finance
1 1 (33.33%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Systems Analyst
1 2 (66.67%) Business Analyst
1 2 (66.67%) Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Business Systems Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) ITIL
2 2 (66.67%) Service Management
2 2 (66.67%) Systems Analysis
2 2 (66.67%) Business Analysis
2 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (33.33%) Demand Management
3 1 (33.33%) Business Process Improvement
3 1 (33.33%) Project Management
3 1 (33.33%) PRINCE2
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) ISEB
2 1 (33.33%) PRINCE2 Practitioner