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The first part of the table below looks at the demand for Degree in IT contracts advertised for the Bristol region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Degree over the 3 months to 9 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Qualifications for the Bristol region.

 Degree
Location
3 months to
9 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank422632
Rank change year-on-year
Down-16Up+6
Matching contract IT job ads112125
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bristol1.674 %3.955 %2.660 %
As % of the Qualifications category10.00 %18.92 %19.08 %
Daily rates quoted658
Average daily rate£293£300£415
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.500 %-27.71 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£163£222£243
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£400£360£565
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£345£325
% change year-on-year
-5.790 %+6.150 %
Hourly rates quoted2106
Average hourly rate£25.50£35.00£33.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-27.14 %+6.060 %
UK excluding London average hourly rate£18.25£30.00£30.00
% change year-on-year
-39.16 %-
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryAll Qualifications
Bristol
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
110111131
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bristol16.74 %20.90 %13.94 %
Daily rates quoted531951
Average daily rate£325£300£323
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+8.330 %-6.970 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£225£227£225
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£448£500£509
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£350£350
% change year-on-year
-7.140 %-
Hourly rates quoted155528
Average hourly rate£25.50£33.86£27.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-24.68 %+23.12 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£13.93£16.50£15.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£110.00£37.25£34.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£20.50£28.57£25.75
% change year-on-year
-28.24 %+10.95 %
Degree South WestDegree
South West

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.

Degree
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Degree across the Bristol region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

Bristol Degree Demand Trend

Degree
Daily Rate Trend

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

Bristol Degree Daily Rate Trend

Degree
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Degree across the Bristol region over the 3 months to 9 March 2010.

Bristol Degree Daily Rate Histogram

Degree
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Bristol Degree Hourly Rate Trend

Degree
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 9 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol 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.

17 (30.43 %)Telecoms
26 (26.09 %)Internet
35 (21.74 %)ITIL
44 (17.39 %)Windows
44 (17.39 %)SQL
44 (17.39 %).NET
44 (17.39 %)Oracle
44 (17.39 %)Finance
53 (13.04 %)Firewall
53 (13.04 %)BMC
53 (13.04 %)TACACS
53 (13.04 %)Network Design
53 (13.04 %)Load Balancing
53 (13.04 %)SQL Server
53 (13.04 %)C#
53 (13.04 %)OO
53 (13.04 %)ASP.NET
53 (13.04 %)MPLS
53 (13.04 %)OSPF
53 (13.04 %)Remedy
53 (13.04 %)BGP
53 (13.04 %)VPN
53 (13.04 %)DNS
53 (13.04 %)Cisco
53 (13.04 %)Mathematics
53 (13.04 %)Unit Testing
62 (8.696 %)Physics
62 (8.696 %)Computer Science
62 (8.696 %)Spreadsheet
62 (8.696 %)Windows Server 2008

Degree
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 9 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol 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.

Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
14 (17.39 %).NET
23 (13.04 %)ASP.NET
32 (8.696 %)Qt
32 (8.696 %)XHTML
32 (8.696 %)CSS
32 (8.696 %)Web Services
32 (8.696 %)XML
41 (4.348 %)WinForms
41 (4.348 %)Windows SharePoint Services
41 (4.348 %)AJAX
41 (4.348 %)HTML
41 (4.348 %)ActiveX
41 (4.348 %)Flash
41 (4.348 %)XSLT
41 (4.348 %)WF
41 (4.348 %)ASP.NET 2.0
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
11 (4.348 %)SharePoint
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
12 (8.696 %)Spreadsheet
12 (8.696 %)MS Office
21 (4.348 %)MS Visio
21 (4.348 %)MS Excel
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
16 (26.09 %)Internet
23 (13.04 %)Firewall
23 (13.04 %)TACACS
23 (13.04 %)MPLS
23 (13.04 %)OSPF
23 (13.04 %)BGP
23 (13.04 %)VPN
23 (13.04 %)DNS
32 (8.696 %)LDAP
41 (4.348 %)DSL
41 (4.348 %)SDH
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
13 (13.04 %)SQL Server
22 (8.696 %)Oracle Reports
22 (8.696 %)MySQL
22 (8.696 %)SQL Server 2005
22 (8.696 %)SQL Server Integration Services
22 (8.696 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
31 (4.348 %)GIS
31 (4.348 %)Crystal Reports
31 (4.348 %)Oracle 8/8i
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
11 (4.348 %)Bugzilla
11 (4.348 %)InstallShield
11 (4.348 %)Visual Studio
11 (4.348 %)VSS/SourceSafe
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
17 (30.43 %)Telecoms
24 (17.39 %)Finance
32 (8.696 %)Front Office
32 (8.696 %)Back Office
32 (8.696 %)Retail
32 (8.696 %)Advertising
41 (4.348 %)Education
41 (4.348 %)Health
41 (4.348 %)Legal
41 (4.348 %)Billing
41 (4.348 %)Pensions
41 (4.348 %)Music
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
16 (26.09 %)Developer
16 (26.09 %)Analyst
23 (13.04 %)Business Analyst
32 (8.696 %)Service Desk Analyst
32 (8.696 %)Project Engineer
32 (8.696 %)Server Engineer
32 (8.696 %)Network Engineer
32 (8.696 %)Applications Support
32 (8.696 %)Service Analyst
41 (4.348 %)Senior Analyst
41 (4.348 %)Tester
41 (4.348 %)DBA
41 (4.348 %)Applications Developer
41 (4.348 %)Programmer
41 (4.348 %)Support Engineer
41 (4.348 %)Systems Analyst
41 (4.348 %)Technical Architect
41 (4.348 %)Web Developer
41 (4.348 %)Software Developer
41 (4.348 %)Architect
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
13 (13.04 %)Mathematics
22 (8.696 %)Physics
22 (8.696 %)Computer Science
31 (4.348 %)Handset
31 (4.348 %)Management Information System
31 (4.348 %)NHS
31 (4.348 %)Open Source
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
14 (17.39 %)Windows
22 (8.696 %)Windows Server 2008
22 (8.696 %)Linux
22 (8.696 %)Windows Server 2003
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
15 (21.74 %)ITIL
23 (13.04 %)Network Design
23 (13.04 %)Load Balancing
23 (13.04 %)OO
23 (13.04 %)Unit Testing
32 (8.696 %)Wealth Management
32 (8.696 %)Data Modelling
32 (8.696 %)OOD
32 (8.696 %)CRM
32 (8.696 %)PRINCE2
32 (8.696 %)Business Analysis
32 (8.696 %)Validation
41 (4.348 %)Service Delivery
41 (4.348 %)Agile Software Development
41 (4.348 %)Logistics
41 (4.348 %)Systems Analysis
41 (4.348 %)Incident Management
41 (4.348 %)Web Development
41 (4.348 %)UML
41 (4.348 %)CAD
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
14 (17.39 %)SQL
23 (13.04 %)C#
32 (8.696 %)Python
32 (8.696 %)C++
32 (8.696 %)T-SQL
32 (8.696 %)JavaScript
41 (4.348 %)PHP
41 (4.348 %)RPG
41 (4.348 %)VB
41 (4.348 %)VB.NET
41 (4.348 %)Java
41 (4.348 %)C
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
12 (8.696 %)CCIP
12 (8.696 %)CCA
12 (8.696 %)Citrix Certification
12 (8.696 %)Cisco Certification
12 (8.696 %)ITIL Certification
21 (4.348 %)MCSE
21 (4.348 %)HNC
21 (4.348 %)Microsoft Certification
21 (4.348 %)CCNA
21 (4.348 %)ISEB
21 (4.348 %)CCNP
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (4.348 %)SLA
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
11 (4.348 %)Active Directory
11 (4.348 %)XenApp
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
11 (4.348 %)HP Quality Center
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
14 (17.39 %)Oracle
23 (13.04 %)BMC
23 (13.04 %)Remedy
23 (13.04 %)Cisco
32 (8.696 %)Microsoft
32 (8.696 %)Citrix
32 (8.696 %)Sybase
41 (4.348 %)Ericsson
41 (4.348 %)Fujitsu
41 (4.348 %)Google