The first table below looks at the demand for Degree in IT contracts advertised for the Bedfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Degree 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 Qualifications for the Bedfordshire 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Degree
Rank 25 28 34
Rank change year-on-year
+3 +6
Contract jobs citing Degree 4 8 9
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 2.094% 2.867% 3.082%
As % of the Qualifications category 16.67% 14.04% 20.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 6 1
Average daily rate £350 £445 £150
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-21.34% +196.66%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £340
% change year-on-year
- -4.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.00 £30.00 £33.75
% change year-on-year
-30.00% -11.11%
All Qualifications
Bedfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
24 57 44
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 12.57% 20.43% 15.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 34 18
Average daily rate £400 £338 £235
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+18.51% +43.61%
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 2
Average hourly rate £17.50 £35.50 £21.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-50.70% +63.21%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.22% -10.00%
Degree
East of England

Degree
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bedfordshire 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 Bedfordshire region.

Bedfordshire 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 Bedfordshire region.

Bedfordshire Degree Hourly Rate Trend

Degree
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Degree within the Bedfordshire region over the 3 months to 22 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
Luton -5 2 £300 +26.31%
Degree
East of England

Degree
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bedfordshire 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 6 (42.86%) ITIL
2 5 (35.71%) Windows
2 5 (35.71%) SQL Server
2 5 (35.71%) OO
3 4 (28.57%) C#
3 4 (28.57%) Web Services
3 4 (28.57%) Management Information System
4 3 (21.43%) Project Management
4 3 (21.43%) Microsoft
4 3 (21.43%) ISEB
4 3 (21.43%) PRINCE2
4 3 (21.43%) SQL
4 3 (21.43%) .NET
4 3 (21.43%) Finance
4 3 (21.43%) TDD
4 3 (21.43%) Business Analysis
4 3 (21.43%) .NET Framework
4 3 (21.43%) Computer Science
4 3 (21.43%) Unit Testing
4 3 (21.43%) Continuous Integration
4 3 (21.43%) SQL Server 2008
4 3 (21.43%) Team Foundation Server
5 2 (14.29%) nginx
5 2 (14.29%) RESTful
5 2 (14.29%) HTML5
5 2 (14.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 2 (14.29%) Varnish
5 2 (14.29%) Rational DOORS
5 2 (14.29%) CSS3
5 2 (14.29%) Git (software)

Degree
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bedfordshire 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.

Application Development
1 4 (28.57%) Web Services
2 3 (21.43%) .NET
2 3 (21.43%) .NET Framework
3 2 (14.29%) RESTful
3 2 (14.29%) HTML5
3 2 (14.29%) CSS3
3 2 (14.29%) jQuery
3 2 (14.29%) Ajax
3 2 (14.29%) Ruby on Rails
3 2 (14.29%) HTML
3 2 (14.29%) CSS
3 2 (14.29%) XML
4 1 (7.143%) Mustache
Application Platforms
1 2 (14.29%) nginx
1 2 (14.29%) Apache
2 1 (7.143%) Papyrus
2 1 (7.143%) BizTalk Server
2 1 (7.143%) MS Exchange
2 1 (7.143%) SharePoint
2 1 (7.143%) Exstream Dialogue
2 1 (7.143%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 1 (7.143%) DOC1
1 1 (7.143%) MS Visio
1 1 (7.143%) MS Excel
1 1 (7.143%) PrintSoft PReS
Business Applications
1 2 (14.29%) Agresso
2 1 (7.143%) Exstream
Communications & Networking
1 2 (14.29%) LAN
1 2 (14.29%) WAN
1 2 (14.29%) Internet
2 1 (7.143%) Firewall
2 1 (7.143%) Wireless
2 1 (7.143%) 3G
2 1 (7.143%) TCP/IP
2 1 (7.143%) VoIP
2 1 (7.143%) 2G
2 1 (7.143%) LTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (35.71%) SQL Server
2 3 (21.43%) SQL Server 2008
3 2 (14.29%) SQL Server 2005
3 2 (14.29%) MySQL
3 2 (14.29%) OLAP
4 1 (7.143%) GIS
4 1 (7.143%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (7.143%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 3 (21.43%) Team Foundation Server
2 2 (14.29%) Rational DOORS
2 2 (14.29%) Git (software)
2 2 (14.29%) Subversion
2 2 (14.29%) Visual Studio
General
1 3 (21.43%) Finance
2 2 (14.29%) Telecoms
2 2 (14.29%) Games
3 1 (7.143%) Electronics
3 1 (7.143%) Aerospace
3 1 (7.143%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 4 (28.57%) Developer
2 3 (21.43%) Analyst
2 3 (21.43%) Business Analyst
3 2 (14.29%) Ruby on Rails Developer
3 2 (14.29%) Software Engineer
3 2 (14.29%) Systems Analyst
3 2 (14.29%) Administrator
4 1 (7.143%) .NET Developer
4 1 (7.143%) C# Developer
4 1 (7.143%) Technical Manager
4 1 (7.143%) Delivery Manager
4 1 (7.143%) Business Systems Analyst
4 1 (7.143%) Project Manager
4 1 (7.143%) Technical Delivery Manager
4 1 (7.143%) C# .NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (28.57%) Management Information System
2 3 (21.43%) Computer Science
3 2 (14.29%) Online Games
3 2 (14.29%) Client/Server
3 2 (14.29%) W3C
4 1 (7.143%) NHS
4 1 (7.143%) N-Tier
4 1 (7.143%) Statistics
Operating Systems
1 5 (35.71%) Windows
2 2 (14.29%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (42.86%) ITIL
2 5 (35.71%) OO
3 3 (21.43%) Project Management
3 3 (21.43%) PRINCE2
3 3 (21.43%) TDD
3 3 (21.43%) Business Analysis
3 3 (21.43%) Unit Testing
3 3 (21.43%) Continuous Integration
4 2 (14.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 2 (14.29%) Systems Analysis
4 2 (14.29%) Workflow
4 2 (14.29%) UML
4 2 (14.29%) Change Management
4 2 (14.29%) Service Management
5 1 (7.143%) Business Continuity
5 1 (7.143%) Service Delivery
5 1 (7.143%) Disaster Recovery
5 1 (7.143%) OOD
5 1 (7.143%) SOA
5 1 (7.143%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 4 (28.57%) C#
2 3 (21.43%) SQL
3 2 (14.29%) Ruby
3 2 (14.29%) JavaScript
4 1 (7.143%) Java
Qualifications
1 3 (21.43%) ISEB
2 1 (7.143%) ECDL
2 1 (7.143%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (7.143%) ITIL Certification
2 1 (7.143%) MCSE
2 1 (7.143%) HND
2 1 (7.143%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
2 1 (7.143%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.143%) ISO 9000
System Software
1 2 (14.29%) Varnish
2 1 (7.143%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 3 (21.43%) Microsoft
2 2 (14.29%) IBM
2 2 (14.29%) Cognos
3 1 (7.143%) HP
3 1 (7.143%) XMPie