The first table below looks at the demand for Degree in IT contracts advertised for the Brighton 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 Brighton 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 22 30 24
Rank change year-on-year
+8 -6
Contract jobs citing Degree 4 4 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Brighton 2.797% 1.527% 1.504%
As % of the Qualifications category 20.00% 17.39% 16.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 4 0
Average daily rate £313 £400 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-21.87% -
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
Brighton
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
20 23 12
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Brighton 13.99% 8.779% 9.023%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 10 5
Average daily rate £451 £400 £363
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+12.62% +10.34%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £245 £325 £328
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 0
Average hourly rate £23.00 £23.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.22% -10.00%
Degree
East Sussex

Degree
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Brighton 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 Brighton region.

Brighton Degree Daily Rate Trend

Degree
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Degree across the Brighton region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Brighton Degree Daily Rate Histogram

Degree
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Brighton Degree Hourly Rate Trend

Degree
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Brighton 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 (42.86%) Computer Science
2 2 (28.57%) QA
2 2 (28.57%) Microsoft
2 2 (28.57%) JIRA
2 2 (28.57%) Online Games
2 2 (28.57%) Social Media
2 2 (28.57%) Mobile App
2 2 (28.57%) Internet
2 2 (28.57%) MS Excel
2 2 (28.57%) Games
2 2 (28.57%) VMware
2 2 (28.57%) Agile Software Development
2 2 (28.57%) Automated Testing
2 2 (28.57%) Software Testing
2 2 (28.57%) ISTQB
3 1 (14.29%) Music
3 1 (14.29%) Technical Architecture
3 1 (14.29%) Spring
3 1 (14.29%) Freedom of Information
3 1 (14.29%) E-Learning
3 1 (14.29%) E-Commerce
3 1 (14.29%) TCP/IP
3 1 (14.29%) Cisco
3 1 (14.29%) Project Management
3 1 (14.29%) Management Information System
3 1 (14.29%) Manufacturing
3 1 (14.29%) Migration
3 1 (14.29%) Mobile Games
3 1 (14.29%) HTML
3 1 (14.29%) Java

Degree
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Brighton 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 1 (14.29%) Spring
1 1 (14.29%) HTML
1 1 (14.29%) CSS
1 1 (14.29%) JSP
1 1 (14.29%) HTML5
1 1 (14.29%) jQuery
Applications
1 2 (28.57%) MS Excel
2 1 (14.29%) MS Project
2 1 (14.29%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 2 (28.57%) Internet
2 1 (14.29%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 2 (28.57%) JIRA
General
1 2 (28.57%) Games
2 1 (14.29%) Music
2 1 (14.29%) Manufacturing
2 1 (14.29%) French Language
2 1 (14.29%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 2 (28.57%) QA Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Java Developer
2 1 (14.29%) Test Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure Architect
2 1 (14.29%) Architect
2 1 (14.29%) Project Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Trainer
2 1 (14.29%) Developer
2 1 (14.29%) ICT Trainer
2 1 (14.29%) VMware Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 3 (42.86%) Computer Science
2 2 (28.57%) Online Games
2 2 (28.57%) Social Media
2 2 (28.57%) Mobile App
3 1 (14.29%) Freedom of Information
3 1 (14.29%) E-Learning
3 1 (14.29%) Management Information System
3 1 (14.29%) Mobile Games
3 1 (14.29%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (14.29%) Freedom of Information Act
Operating Systems
1 1 (14.29%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (28.57%) Agile Software Development
1 2 (28.57%) Automated Testing
1 2 (28.57%) Software Testing
2 1 (14.29%) Technical Architecture
2 1 (14.29%) E-Commerce
2 1 (14.29%) Project Management
2 1 (14.29%) Migration
2 1 (14.29%) PRINCE2
2 1 (14.29%) Mobile Application Development
2 1 (14.29%) Performance Management
2 1 (14.29%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) Java
1 1 (14.29%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (28.57%) QA
System Software
1 1 (14.29%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (14.29%) Hyper-V
1 1 (14.29%) XenServer
1 1 (14.29%) vSphere
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft
1 2 (28.57%) VMware
2 1 (14.29%) Cisco
2 1 (14.29%) Citrix