The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Derivative in IT contracts advertised for the Dorset region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Derivative over the 3 months to 22 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 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Derivatives
Rank - 35 33
Contract jobs citing Derivative 0 1 10
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Dorset - 0.358% 3.175%
As % of the Miscellaneous category - 2.000% 12.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 9
Average daily rate - - £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £400 £400
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.00 £22.50 -
% change year-on-year
-24.44% -
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Dorset
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
42 50 80
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Dorset 19.35% 17.92% 25.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 26 37
Average daily rate £225 £375 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-40.00% -6.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £105 £225 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £532 £403 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £340
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +1.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 8 5
Average hourly rate £17.50 £13.00 £40.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+34.61% -67.90%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.02 £12.31 £23.03
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £47.50 £48.00 £42.10
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £25.66
% change year-on-year
-2.22% -12.31%
Derivative
South West

Derivative
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Dorset Derivative Jobs Demand Trend

Derivative
Daily Rate Trend

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

Dorset Derivative Daily Rate Trend

Derivative
Top 6 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Dorset region citing Derivative 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 Derivative.

1 3 (100.00%) MS Project
1 3 (100.00%) MS Visio
1 3 (100.00%) Workflow
1 3 (100.00%) Time Management
1 3 (100.00%) Fund Accounting
1 3 (100.00%) Hedge funds

Derivative
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Dorset region citing Derivative 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 Derivative. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications
1 3 (100.00%) MS Project
1 3 (100.00%) MS Visio
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Hedge funds
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Workflow
1 3 (100.00%) Time Management
1 3 (100.00%) Fund Accounting