Buckinghamshire Graduate Contracts

This section looks at the demand for the Graduate role in IT contracts within the Buckinghamshire region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Graduate in their job title over the 3 months to 21 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Berkshire Bradford Bristol Buckinghamshire Camberley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Cheltenham Chertsey City of London Coventry East Midlands East of England England Farnborough Gloucester Gloucestershire Hampshire Harrogate Kent Leeds Leicestershire London Loughborough Maidenhead Manchester Milton Keynes North West North Yorkshire Oxfordshire Portsmouth Reading South East South West Southwark Surrey Thames Valley UK West Midlands West Yorkshire Weybridge Woking York Yorkshire	3 months to 21 Aug 2008	Same period last year
Rank	77	90
Rank change on same period last year	+13
Matching contract IT job ads	1	1
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.001 %	0.001 %
As % of the category below	0.083 %	0.067 %
Daily rates quoted	1	0
Average minimum daily rate	£100	-
Average daily rate	£100	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	£100	-
UK excluding London average daily rate	£156	£112
% change on same period last year	+39.26 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum hourly rate	-	-
Average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£16.51	£11.37
% change on same period last year	+45.20 %
Job Titles Buckinghamshire
Matching contract IT job ads	1203	1500
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	1.588 %	1.494 %
Daily rates quoted	365	347
Average minimum daily rate	£327	£296
Average daily rate	£344	£311
% change on same period last year	+10.50 %
Average maximum daily rate	£361	£327
UK excluding London average daily rate	£355	£354
% change on same period last year	+0.32 %
Hourly rates quoted	170	184
Average minimum hourly rate	£19.57	£26.74
Average hourly rate	£20.65	£27.67
% change on same period last year	-25.37 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£21.72	£28.60
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.60	£25.69
% change on same period last year	-8.13 %
Graduate South East

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Graduate across the Buckinghamshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

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Daily Rate Trend

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

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

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Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Graduate within the Buckinghamshire region over the 3 months to 21 August 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
Milton Keynes	-	1	£100	-

Graduate South East

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Top 8 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Buckinghamshire region that cited Graduate in their job title 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 with Graduate in their job title.

1 1 (33.33 %) Software Engineering 1 1 (33.33 %) Degree 1 1 (33.33 %) Computer Science 1 1 (33.33 %) HTML 1 1 (33.33 %) SQL 1 1 (33.33 %) .NET 1 1 (33.33 %) SQL Server 1 1 (33.33 %) ASP.NET

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Buckinghamshire region that cited Graduate in their job title 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 with Graduate in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 1 (33.33 %) HTML 1 1 (33.33 %) .NET 1 1 (33.33 %) ASP.NET	Database & Business Intelligence 1 1 (33.33 %) SQL Server
Miscellaneous 1 1 (33.33 %) Computer Science	Processes & Methodologies 1 1 (33.33 %) Software Engineering
Programming Languages 1 1 (33.33 %) SQL	Qualifications 1 1 (33.33 %) Degree