The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Cloud Computing in IT contracts advertised for the Cambridgeshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Cloud Computing over the 3 months to 17 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 terms in our Miscellaneous category for the Cambridgeshire 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Cloud Computing
Rank 48 - 50
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Cloud Computing 2 0 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire 0.364% - 0.191%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.493% - 1.087%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £375 £458
% change year-on-year
+6.66% -18.03%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £28.50 - -
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Cambridgeshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
134 143 92
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire 24.41% 20.69% 17.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 48 73 26
Average daily rate £288 £300 £288
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-4.16% +4.34%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £229 £225 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £448 £400 £378
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £342 £340
% change year-on-year
+2.41% +0.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 24 24
Average hourly rate £37.50 £42.50 £22.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-11.76% +88.88%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £22.50 £10.55
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £50.00 £36.60
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £24.50 £26.50
% change year-on-year
-10.20% -7.54%
Cloud Computing
East of England

Cloud Computing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cambridgeshire Cloud Computing Jobs Demand Trend

Cloud Computing
Daily Rate Trend

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

Cambridgeshire Cloud Computing Daily Rate Trend

Cloud Computing
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cloud Computing within the Cambridgeshire region over the 3 months to 17 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
Cambridge - 2 - -
Cloud Computing
East of England

Cloud Computing
Top 15 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridgeshire region citing Cloud Computing 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 Cloud Computing.

1 6 (85.71%) Device Driver
1 6 (85.71%) VMware
1 6 (85.71%) VHDL
1 6 (85.71%) Verilog
1 6 (85.71%) Embedded Linux
1 6 (85.71%) Electronic Design Automation
1 6 (85.71%) Xen
1 6 (85.71%) VMware Infrastructure
1 6 (85.71%) JTAG
1 6 (85.71%) Linux
1 6 (85.71%) Ethernet
1 6 (85.71%) C
2 1 (14.29%) ITIL
2 1 (14.29%) PRINCE2
2 1 (14.29%) PRINCE2 Certification

Cloud Computing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridgeshire region citing Cloud Computing 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 Cloud Computing. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 6 (85.71%) Ethernet
Job Titles
1 1 (14.29%) Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 6 (85.71%) Device Driver
1 6 (85.71%) VHDL
1 6 (85.71%) Verilog
Operating Systems
1 6 (85.71%) Linux
1 6 (85.71%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (85.71%) Electronic Design Automation
2 1 (14.29%) ITIL
2 1 (14.29%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 6 (85.71%) C
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (85.71%) JTAG
System Software
1 6 (85.71%) Xen
1 6 (85.71%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 6 (85.71%) VMware