The first table below looks at the demand for Degree in IT contracts advertised for the East Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Degree over the 3 months to 24 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 East Midlands 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Degree
Rank 59 53 34
Rank change year-on-year
-6 -19
Contract jobs citing Degree 24 27 55
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East Midlands 1.914% 1.969% 3.945%
As % of the Qualifications category 13.64% 13.92% 22.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 9 13
Average daily rate £363 £325 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+11.53% -18.75%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £292 £130 £278
10% offered a daily rate of more than £555 £525 £563
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 5 7
Average hourly rate £13.50 £12.50 £30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+8.00% -58.33%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.30 £10.85 £16.40
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.70 £28.00 £37.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.00 £30.00 £34.00
% change year-on-year
-33.33% -11.76%
All Qualifications
East Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
176 194 250
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East Midlands 14.04% 14.15% 17.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 59 79 97
Average daily rate £334 £350 £371
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-4.48% -5.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £274 £200 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £470 £463
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 36 26
Average hourly rate £15.50 £13.50 £21.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+14.81% -37.20%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.20 £8.50 £9.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £27.00 £55.00 £47.40
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.22% -10.00%
Degree
England

Degree
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East Midlands 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 East Midlands region.

East Midlands 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 East Midlands region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

East Midlands 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 East Midlands region.

East Midlands 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 East Midlands region over the 3 months to 24 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
Northamptonshire +17 10 £444 +4.41%
Leicestershire -7 8 £450 +100.00%
Nottinghamshire -6 4 £280 -6.66%
Derbyshire +7 1 £300 -
Degree
England

Degree
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands 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 (32.20%) Computer Science
2 17 (28.81%) SQL
3 15 (25.42%) C#
3 15 (25.42%) PRINCE2
4 14 (23.73%) Microsoft
5 13 (22.03%) MS Office
6 12 (20.34%) MS Excel
6 12 (20.34%) Project Management
7 10 (16.95%) SharePoint
7 10 (16.95%) Windows
8 9 (15.25%) .NET
9 8 (13.56%) ISO 9001
9 8 (13.56%) Marketing
10 7 (11.86%) MS PowerPoint
10 7 (11.86%) MS Visio
10 7 (11.86%) JavaScript
10 7 (11.86%) C
10 7 (11.86%) PRINCE
11 6 (10.17%) TickIT
11 6 (10.17%) Finance
11 6 (10.17%) Games
11 6 (10.17%) SQL Server
11 6 (10.17%) Visual Studio
11 6 (10.17%) UML
11 6 (10.17%) Web Development
11 6 (10.17%) Test Automation
12 5 (8.475%) Security Cleared
12 5 (8.475%) Software Testing
12 5 (8.475%) .NET Framework
12 5 (8.475%) ASP.NET

Degree
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands 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 9 (15.25%) .NET
2 5 (8.475%) .NET Framework
2 5 (8.475%) ASP.NET
2 5 (8.475%) HTML
3 4 (6.780%) Web Services
3 4 (6.780%) jQuery
4 3 (5.085%) CSS3
4 3 (5.085%) CSS
5 2 (3.390%) WinForms
5 2 (3.390%) XML
5 2 (3.390%) XHTML
5 2 (3.390%) WPF
5 2 (3.390%) WF
5 2 (3.390%) Silverlight
5 2 (3.390%) Razor View Engine
6 1 (1.695%) Sass
6 1 (1.695%) Backbone.js
6 1 (1.695%) HTML5
6 1 (1.695%) Spring
6 1 (1.695%) JSF
Application Platforms
1 10 (16.95%) SharePoint
2 2 (3.390%) BizTalk Server
2 2 (3.390%) Tomcat
2 2 (3.390%) SharePoint Server
2 2 (3.390%) Windows Azure
3 1 (1.695%) SharePoint 2013
3 1 (1.695%) SharePoint 2010
3 1 (1.695%) Papyrus
3 1 (1.695%) ESB
3 1 (1.695%) IIS
Applications
1 13 (22.03%) MS Office
2 12 (20.34%) MS Excel
3 7 (11.86%) MS PowerPoint
3 7 (11.86%) MS Visio
4 4 (6.780%) MS Project
5 2 (3.390%) AutoCAD
6 1 (1.695%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (1.695%) Simulink
Communications & Networking
1 4 (6.780%) TCP/IP
2 3 (5.085%) LAN
2 3 (5.085%) Firewall
2 3 (5.085%) Wireless
2 3 (5.085%) Intranet
3 2 (3.390%) OSPF
3 2 (3.390%) BGP
3 2 (3.390%) WAN
3 2 (3.390%) SNMP
3 2 (3.390%) Cisco IPT
3 2 (3.390%) VLAN
3 2 (3.390%) Network Security
3 2 (3.390%) IP Telephony
4 1 (1.695%) PBX
4 1 (1.695%) UMTS
4 1 (1.695%) GSM
4 1 (1.695%) 2G
4 1 (1.695%) 3G
4 1 (1.695%) SAN
4 1 (1.695%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (10.17%) SQL Server
2 4 (6.780%) Data Mining
3 2 (3.390%) MySQL
3 2 (3.390%) SQL Server 2005
3 2 (3.390%) SQL Server 2008
4 1 (1.695%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (1.695%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (1.695%) Oracle 8/8i
Development Applications
1 6 (10.17%) Visual Studio
2 2 (3.390%) VSS/SourceSafe
2 2 (3.390%) TestComplete
3 1 (1.695%) Talend Open Studio
3 1 (1.695%) Subversion
3 1 (1.695%) Maven
3 1 (1.695%) Ant
3 1 (1.695%) JUnit
General
1 8 (13.56%) Marketing
2 6 (10.17%) Finance
2 6 (10.17%) Games
3 2 (3.390%) Retail
4 1 (1.695%) Banking
4 1 (1.695%) Retail Banking
4 1 (1.695%) Automotive
4 1 (1.695%) Publishing
4 1 (1.695%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 16 (27.12%) Developer
2 10 (16.95%) Software Engineer
3 5 (8.475%) Graduate Developer
3 5 (8.475%) Graduate
3 5 (8.475%) Analyst
4 4 (6.780%) Project Manager
4 4 (6.780%) Senior Developer
4 4 (6.780%) C# Developer
5 3 (5.085%) Development Engineer
5 3 (5.085%) Test Engineer
5 3 (5.085%) Analyst Developer
5 3 (5.085%) .NET Developer
5 3 (5.085%) Software Test Engineer
5 3 (5.085%) Project Office Support
5 3 (5.085%) Software Development Engineer
5 3 (5.085%) SharePoint Administrator
5 3 (5.085%) Administrator
5 3 (5.085%) Systems Engineer
5 3 (5.085%) Support Technician
6 2 (3.390%) Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 19 (32.20%) Computer Science
2 3 (5.085%) SCADA
2 3 (5.085%) Credit Risk
3 2 (3.390%) Management Information System
3 2 (3.390%) Mathematics
3 2 (3.390%) Video Conferencing
3 2 (3.390%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (1.695%) CAN bus
4 1 (1.695%) Embedded Systems
4 1 (1.695%) Social Media
4 1 (1.695%) Smart Meter
4 1 (1.695%) Smartphone
4 1 (1.695%) Client/Server
4 1 (1.695%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 10 (16.95%) Windows
2 4 (6.780%) Windows Server 2003
2 4 (6.780%) Linux
3 3 (5.085%) Windows 7
3 3 (5.085%) Windows Server 2008
3 3 (5.085%) UNIX
4 1 (1.695%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (1.695%) Windows NT
4 1 (1.695%) Windows XP
4 1 (1.695%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (25.42%) PRINCE2
2 12 (20.34%) Project Management
3 7 (11.86%) PRINCE
4 6 (10.17%) UML
4 6 (10.17%) Web Development
4 6 (10.17%) Test Automation
5 5 (8.475%) Software Testing
5 5 (8.475%) Change Management
5 5 (8.475%) Disaster Recovery
6 4 (6.780%) Agile Software Development
6 4 (6.780%) Waterfall
6 4 (6.780%) Test Strategy
7 3 (5.085%) Game Development
7 3 (5.085%) Change Control
7 3 (5.085%) Asset Management
7 3 (5.085%) Automated Testing
7 3 (5.085%) Software Engineering
7 3 (5.085%) Problem Management
7 3 (5.085%) User Acceptance Testing
7 3 (5.085%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 17 (28.81%) SQL
2 15 (25.42%) C#
3 7 (11.86%) JavaScript
3 7 (11.86%) C
4 5 (8.475%) C++
5 4 (6.780%) Java
5 4 (6.780%) T-SQL
6 3 (5.085%) PL/SQL
7 2 (3.390%) Python
8 1 (1.695%) CoffeeScript
8 1 (1.695%) Bash shell
8 1 (1.695%) VB
8 1 (1.695%) Perl
8 1 (1.695%) PHP
8 1 (1.695%) Shell Script
8 1 (1.695%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 5 (8.475%) Security Cleared
2 4 (6.780%) ISEB
2 4 (6.780%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
3 3 (5.085%) BC Cleared
4 2 (3.390%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 2 (3.390%) HNC
4 2 (3.390%) HND
4 2 (3.390%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (3.390%) ISTQB
4 2 (3.390%) MBA
5 1 (1.695%) PgMP
5 1 (1.695%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (1.695%) PMP
5 1 (1.695%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (13.56%) ISO 9001
2 6 (10.17%) TickIT
3 3 (5.085%) BS25999
4 2 (3.390%) QA
5 1 (1.695%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (1.695%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (5.085%) WSUS
2 1 (1.695%) Red Hat Satellite
2 1 (1.695%) Puppet
Vendors
1 14 (23.73%) Microsoft
2 4 (6.780%) Oracle
3 2 (3.390%) Siemens
3 2 (3.390%) Cisco
3 2 (3.390%) Nortel
3 2 (3.390%) Allen-Bradley
4 1 (1.695%) Talend
4 1 (1.695%) hybris
4 1 (1.695%) SAP