The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Statistics in IT contracts advertised for the Bristol region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Statistics over the 3 months to 19 June 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all terms in our Miscellaneous category for the Bristol 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Statistics
Rank 39 63 55
Rank change year-on-year
+24 -8
Contract jobs citing Statistics 6 1 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bristol 1.217% 0.114% 0.289%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 7.692% 0.617% 1.923%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 1 2
Average daily rate £325 £135 £398
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+140.74% -66.03%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £166 £135 £396
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £135 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £280 £285
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -1.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.50 £16.00 £14.07
% change year-on-year
+21.87% +13.71%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Bristol
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
78 162 104
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bristol 15.82% 18.49% 15.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 101 48
Average daily rate £325 £325 £310
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +4.83%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £193 £229 £193
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £456 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £328
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +5.34%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 10 8
Average hourly rate £42.50 £19.00 £14.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+123.68% +33.33%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.63 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-3.88% -10.00%
Statistics
South West

Statistics
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Statistics across the Bristol region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

Bristol Statistics Jobs Demand Trend

Statistics
Daily Rate Trend

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

Bristol Statistics Daily Rate Trend

Statistics
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Statistics across the Bristol region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Bristol Statistics Daily Rate Histogram

Statistics
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Bristol Statistics Hourly Rate Trend

Statistics
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol region citing Statistics 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 Statistics.

1 7 (70.00%) SQL
2 4 (40.00%) SAS
2 4 (40.00%) SQL Server
2 4 (40.00%) Degree
2 4 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 4 (40.00%) Mathematics
3 3 (30.00%) SAS Macro
3 3 (30.00%) Operations Research
3 3 (30.00%) Marketing
3 3 (30.00%) MS Office
3 3 (30.00%) ProC
3 3 (30.00%) Finance
4 2 (20.00%) MS Excel
4 2 (20.00%) MS Access
4 2 (20.00%) Microsoft
4 2 (20.00%) T-SQL
4 2 (20.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (10.00%) Credit Risk
5 1 (10.00%) Risk Analysis
5 1 (10.00%) APMP
5 1 (10.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 1 (10.00%) Data Quality
5 1 (10.00%) Analytics
5 1 (10.00%) Customer Analytics
5 1 (10.00%) SAS Enterprise Guide
5 1 (10.00%) SAS Enterprise Miner
5 1 (10.00%) Data Migration
5 1 (10.00%) Data Cleansing
5 1 (10.00%) Data Mapping
5 1 (10.00%) SC Cleared

Statistics
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol region citing Statistics 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 Statistics. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 4 (40.00%) SAS
Applications
1 3 (30.00%) MS Office
2 2 (20.00%) MS Excel
3 1 (10.00%) MS PowerPoint
3 1 (10.00%) Windchill
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (40.00%) SQL Server
2 2 (20.00%) MS Access
2 2 (20.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (10.00%) SAS Enterprise Guide
3 1 (10.00%) SAS Enterprise Miner
Development Applications
1 3 (30.00%) ProC
General
1 3 (30.00%) Marketing
1 3 (30.00%) Finance
2 1 (10.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 7 (70.00%) Analyst
2 3 (30.00%) SAS Analyst
2 3 (30.00%) MI Analyst
3 2 (20.00%) Marketing Analyst
3 2 (20.00%) Database Developer
3 2 (20.00%) SQL Developer
3 2 (20.00%) SQL Server Developer
3 2 (20.00%) SQL Database Developer
3 2 (20.00%) SAS Marketing Analyst
3 2 (20.00%) SAS Insight Analyst
3 2 (20.00%) Insight Analyst
3 2 (20.00%) Developer
4 1 (10.00%) Credit Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Data Migration Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Project Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) Credit Risk Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Risk Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Data Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 4 (40.00%) Mathematics
2 1 (10.00%) Credit Risk
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 3 (30.00%) Operations Research
3 1 (10.00%) Risk Analysis
3 1 (10.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (10.00%) Analytics
3 1 (10.00%) Customer Analytics
3 1 (10.00%) Data Migration
3 1 (10.00%) Data Cleansing
3 1 (10.00%) Data Mapping
3 1 (10.00%) Data Analysis
3 1 (10.00%) Business Analysis
3 1 (10.00%) Logistic Regression
3 1 (10.00%) Data Modelling
3 1 (10.00%) Migration
3 1 (10.00%) Programme Management
3 1 (10.00%) Project Management
3 1 (10.00%) GAP Analysis
Programming Languages
1 7 (70.00%) SQL
2 3 (30.00%) SAS Macro
3 2 (20.00%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (40.00%) Degree
2 1 (10.00%) APMP
2 1 (10.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (10.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (10.00%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 2 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (10.00%) Civica