The first table below looks at the demand for Degree in IT contracts advertised for the Dorset region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Degree over the 3 months to 20 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 Dorset 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Degree
Rank 19 21 30
Rank change year-on-year
+2 +9
Contract jobs citing Degree 12 13 9
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Dorset 5.687% 4.851% 3.010%
As % of the Qualifications category 25.00% 20.31% 12.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 4 2
Average daily rate £417 £375 £313
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+11.20% +20.00%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £340
% change year-on-year
- -4.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 3
Average hourly rate £47.50 £40.00 £40.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+18.75% -1.23%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.00 £30.00 £34.00
% change year-on-year
-30.00% -11.76%
All Qualifications
Dorset
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
48 64 73
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Dorset 22.75% 23.88% 24.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 37 31
Average daily rate £215 £375 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-42.66% +15.38%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £110 £235 £184
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £475 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 5 4
Average hourly rate £38.75 £27.50 £40.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+40.90% -32.09%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
- -10.00%
Degree
South West

Degree
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Dorset 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 Dorset region.

Dorset 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 Dorset region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

Dorset 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 Dorset region.

Dorset Degree Hourly Rate Trend

Degree
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Degree within the Dorset region over the 3 months to 20 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
Bournemouth +5 5 £417 +11.20%
Weymouth - 4 - -
Poole - 1 £275 -
Degree
South West

Degree
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Dorset 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 19 (79.17%) Microsoft
2 15 (62.50%) Oracle
2 15 (62.50%) SQL
3 14 (58.33%) Software Testing
4 13 (54.17%) Retail
4 13 (54.17%) Test Scripting
4 13 (54.17%) Time Management
5 9 (37.50%) ITIL
5 9 (37.50%) Incident Management
5 9 (37.50%) Finance
6 8 (33.33%) ISEB
7 7 (29.17%) Lawson
7 7 (29.17%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
7 7 (29.17%) Kronos
7 7 (29.17%) JIRA
7 7 (29.17%) JMeter
7 7 (29.17%) Fiserv
8 6 (25.00%) Analytics
8 6 (25.00%) ATG
8 6 (25.00%) EPoS
8 6 (25.00%) Mobile Commerce
8 6 (25.00%) E-Commerce
8 6 (25.00%) Web Services
9 5 (20.83%) Windows
9 5 (20.83%) User Acceptance Testing
10 4 (16.67%) Enterprise Software
10 4 (16.67%) ISTQB
11 3 (12.50%) HND
11 3 (12.50%) UML
11 3 (12.50%) VMware

Degree
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Dorset 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 6 (25.00%) Web Services
2 2 (8.333%) XML
2 2 (8.333%) .NET
2 2 (8.333%) WinForms
3 1 (4.167%) Spring
3 1 (4.167%) WebSphere
3 1 (4.167%) JSON
3 1 (4.167%) jQuery
3 1 (4.167%) REST
3 1 (4.167%) HTML
3 1 (4.167%) CSS
3 1 (4.167%) SOAP
3 1 (4.167%) Struts
3 1 (4.167%) JMS
3 1 (4.167%) Hibernate
Application Platforms
1 1 (4.167%) Oracle Application Server
Applications
1 2 (8.333%) MS Office
1 2 (8.333%) MS Excel
2 1 (4.167%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 7 (29.17%) Lawson
2 1 (4.167%) Temenos T24
Communications & Networking
1 2 (8.333%) FTP
2 1 (4.167%) HTTP
2 1 (4.167%) SNMP
2 1 (4.167%) SSL
2 1 (4.167%) Internet
2 1 (4.167%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (8.333%) SQL Server
1 2 (8.333%) SQL Server Reporting Services
1 2 (8.333%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 2 (8.333%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 1 (4.167%) Oracle 11g
2 1 (4.167%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (4.167%) Oracle 8/8i
2 1 (4.167%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (4.167%) OLTP
2 1 (4.167%) Oracle 10g
Development Applications
1 7 (29.17%) JMeter
1 7 (29.17%) JIRA
2 2 (8.333%) InstallShield
2 2 (8.333%) NUnit
2 2 (8.333%) Visual Studio
3 1 (4.167%) Oracle Forms
3 1 (4.167%) LabVIEW
General
1 13 (54.17%) Retail
2 9 (37.50%) Finance
3 2 (8.333%) Banking
4 1 (4.167%) Corporate Banking
Job Titles
1 13 (54.17%) Analyst
2 9 (37.50%) Applications Support
3 7 (29.17%) Support Analyst
4 6 (25.00%) Help Desk Analyst
5 5 (20.83%) Developer
6 4 (16.67%) Systems Support
6 4 (16.67%) Test Leader
7 3 (12.50%) Senior Analyst
8 2 (8.333%) .NET Software Engineer
8 2 (8.333%) C# Software Engineer
8 2 (8.333%) Analyst Developer
8 2 (8.333%) Business Analyst
8 2 (8.333%) Software Engineer
9 1 (4.167%) Software Developer
9 1 (4.167%) Junior
9 1 (4.167%) Systems Analyst
9 1 (4.167%) Business Developer
9 1 (4.167%) DBA
9 1 (4.167%) Applications Developer
9 1 (4.167%) Junior Developer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (25.00%) EPoS
2 4 (16.67%) Enterprise Software
3 3 (12.50%) Computer Science
4 1 (4.167%) Client/Server
4 1 (4.167%) Clustering
4 1 (4.167%) Mobile Payment
Operating Systems
1 5 (20.83%) Windows
2 2 (8.333%) Linux
2 2 (8.333%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (58.33%) Software Testing
2 13 (54.17%) Test Scripting
2 13 (54.17%) Time Management
3 9 (37.50%) Incident Management
3 9 (37.50%) ITIL
4 6 (25.00%) E-Commerce
4 6 (25.00%) Mobile Commerce
4 6 (25.00%) Analytics
5 5 (20.83%) User Acceptance Testing
6 3 (12.50%) UML
7 2 (8.333%) OOA/OOD
7 2 (8.333%) OO
7 2 (8.333%) Configuration Management
7 2 (8.333%) Agile Software Development
7 2 (8.333%) Requirements Analysis
8 1 (4.167%) CAD
8 1 (4.167%) Stress Testing
8 1 (4.167%) Investment Management
8 1 (4.167%) Performance Management
8 1 (4.167%) Data Migration
Programming Languages
1 15 (62.50%) SQL
2 2 (8.333%) VBScript
2 2 (8.333%) PL/SQL
2 2 (8.333%) C#
2 2 (8.333%) Java
3 1 (4.167%) JavaScript
3 1 (4.167%) C++
Qualifications
1 8 (33.33%) ISEB
2 4 (16.67%) ISTQB
3 3 (12.50%) HND
4 2 (8.333%) SC Cleared
4 2 (8.333%) Security Cleared
5 1 (4.167%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (12.50%) QA
System Software
1 2 (8.333%) VMware Workstation
1 2 (8.333%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 7 (29.17%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
2 1 (4.167%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 19 (79.17%) Microsoft
2 15 (62.50%) Oracle
3 7 (29.17%) Kronos
3 7 (29.17%) Fiserv
4 6 (25.00%) ATG
5 3 (12.50%) VMware
6 2 (8.333%) Serena
7 1 (4.167%) SAP
7 1 (4.167%) Temenos
7 1 (4.167%) webMethods
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