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This section looks at the demand for Degree in IT contracts within the East Midlands region compared to all other Qualifications we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Degree over the 3 months to 21 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkDegree
Location
3 months to
21 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank5640
Rank change on same period last yearDown-16
Matching contract IT job ads3853
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.050 %0.053 %
As % of the category below17.51 %21.20 %
Daily rates quoted123
Average minimum daily rate£298£289
Average daily rate£323£289
% change on same period last year+11.60 %
Average maximum daily rate£348£289
UK excluding London average daily rate£356£295
% change on same period last year+20.94 %
Hourly rates quoted510
Average minimum hourly rate£29.17£21.18
Average hourly rate£30.50£21.43
% change on same period last year+42.29 %
Average maximum hourly rate£31.83£21.68
UK excluding London average hourly rate£26.93£31.68
% change on same period last year-15.00 %
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
East Midlands
Matching contract IT job ads217250
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.286 %0.249 %
Daily rates quoted7265
Average minimum daily rate£298£305
Average daily rate£320£322
% change on same period last year-0.67 %
Average maximum daily rate£342£339
UK excluding London average daily rate£331£329
% change on same period last year+0.48 %
Hourly rates quoted2726
Average minimum hourly rate£17.35£24.05
Average hourly rate£20.30£24.51
% change on same period last year-17.18 %
Average maximum hourly rate£23.25£24.98
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.31£25.67
% change on same period last year-5.30 %
Degree EnglandDegree
England

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.

Degree
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 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 Demand Trend

Degree
Daily Rate Trend

The 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

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Degree across the East Midlands region over the 3 months to 21 August 2008.

East Midlands Degree Daily Rate Histogram

Degree
Hourly Rate Trend

The 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
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Degree across the East Midlands region over the 3 months to 21 August 2008.

East Midlands Degree Hourly Rate Histogram

Degree
Contract Locations

This section 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 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.

LocationRank 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
DerbyshireDown-814£133-58.97 %
NottinghamshireUp+19£288+18.31 %
LeicestershireUp+38--
NorthamptonshireDown-76£465+55.00 %
Degree EnglandDegree
England

Degree
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, 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.

118 (24.66 %)Oracle
216 (21.92 %).NET
314 (19.18 %)C#
314 (19.18 %)ASP.NET
314 (19.18 %)Microsoft
413 (17.81 %)Windows
413 (17.81 %)C++
512 (16.44 %)SQL
512 (16.44 %)SQL Server
512 (16.44 %)UML
611 (15.07 %)OO
710 (13.70 %)ADO.NET
710 (13.70 %)Java
710 (13.70 %)Mathematics
89 (12.33 %)JavaScript
89 (12.33 %)C
98 (10.96 %)Windows Server 2003
98 (10.96 %)Agile Software Development
107 (9.589 %)Statistics
107 (9.589 %)Project Management
107 (9.589 %)Back Office
107 (9.589 %)Validation
107 (9.589 %)WebServices
116 (8.219 %)Crystal Reports
116 (8.219 %)SAS
116 (8.219 %)UNIX
125 (6.849 %)ISO9001
125 (6.849 %)MS Excel
125 (6.849 %)VB
125 (6.849 %)Health

Degree
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, 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.

East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
116 (21.92 %).NET
214 (19.18 %)ASP.NET
310 (13.70 %)ADO.NET
47 (9.589 %)WebServices
55 (6.849 %)AJAX
64 (5.479 %)HTML
73 (4.110 %)XML
82 (2.740 %)J2EE
82 (2.740 %)Swing
91 (1.370 %)SVG
91 (1.370 %)XHTML
91 (1.370 %)J2ME
91 (1.370 %)CSS
91 (1.370 %)SOAP
91 (1.370 %)Hibernate
91 (1.370 %)Spring
91 (1.370 %)MooTools
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
16 (8.219 %)SAS
22 (2.740 %)SharePoint
31 (1.370 %)MS Exchange
31 (1.370 %)Apache
31 (1.370 %)Papyrus
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
15 (6.849 %)MS Excel
15 (6.849 %)Spreadsheet
24 (5.479 %)MS Office
31 (1.370 %)MS Project
31 (1.370 %)Adobe Illustrator
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (1.370 %)Oracle 11i
11 (1.370 %)Teamcenter
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (1.370 %)TCP/IP
11 (1.370 %)LAN
11 (1.370 %)WAN
11 (1.370 %)Internet
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
112 (16.44 %)SQL Server
26 (8.219 %)Crystal Reports
34 (5.479 %)Oracle 10g
43 (4.110 %)Oracle Reports
51 (1.370 %)RDBMS
51 (1.370 %)DTS
51 (1.370 %)MS Access
51 (1.370 %)MySQL
51 (1.370 %)PostgreSQL
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
14 (5.479 %)Visual Studio
21 (1.370 %)WinRunner
21 (1.370 %)TestDirector
21 (1.370 %)QuickTest Pro
21 (1.370 %)Eclipse
21 (1.370 %)JUnit
21 (1.370 %)Subversion
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
17 (9.589 %)Back Office
25 (6.849 %)Health
34 (5.479 %)Banking
34 (5.479 %)Finance
43 (4.110 %)Aerospace
43 (4.110 %)Games
43 (4.110 %)Insurance
52 (2.740 %)Marketing
52 (2.740 %)Auditing
52 (2.740 %)Retail
52 (2.740 %)Automotive
52 (2.740 %)Education
52 (2.740 %)Government
52 (2.740 %)Pharmaceutical
61 (1.370 %)Electronics
61 (1.370 %)Home Office
61 (1.370 %)3D Graphics
61 (1.370 %)Manufacturing
61 (1.370 %)Multimedia
61 (1.370 %)Retail Banking
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
116 (21.92 %)Developer
215 (20.55 %)Analyst
39 (12.33 %)Software Engineer
47 (9.589 %)Java Developer
55 (6.849 %)C# Developer
55 (6.849 %)Procurement Manager
64 (5.479 %)SAS Analyst
64 (5.479 %)Programmer
64 (5.479 %)Graduate
73 (4.110 %)Support Analyst
73 (4.110 %)Project Manager
73 (4.110 %)Business Analyst
73 (4.110 %).NET Developer
73 (4.110 %)C++ Developer
73 (4.110 %)Helpdesk Support
73 (4.110 %)C# Software Engineer
73 (4.110 %)C++/Java Developer
82 (2.740 %)Java/J2EE Developer
82 (2.740 %)Real Time Software Engineer
82 (2.740 %)Real Time Engineer
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
110 (13.70 %)Mathematics
27 (9.589 %)Statistics
34 (5.479 %)Computer Science
42 (2.740 %)Physics
42 (2.740 %)Web 2.0
51 (1.370 %)NHS
51 (1.370 %)W3C
51 (1.370 %)ASIC
51 (1.370 %)Management Information System
51 (1.370 %)Credit Risk
51 (1.370 %)CMDB
51 (1.370 %)Life Science
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
113 (17.81 %)Windows
28 (10.96 %)Windows Server 2003
36 (8.219 %)UNIX
44 (5.479 %)Windows XP
53 (4.110 %)Linux
53 (4.110 %)Windows 2000 Server
62 (2.740 %)Red Hat Linux
62 (2.740 %)Windows 2000
62 (2.740 %)Windows CE
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
112 (16.44 %)UML
211 (15.07 %)OO
38 (10.96 %)Agile Software Development
47 (9.589 %)Project Management
47 (9.589 %)Validation
55 (6.849 %)E-Procurement
55 (6.849 %)Software Engineering
64 (5.479 %)OOD
73 (4.110 %)PRINCE2
73 (4.110 %)Software Testing
73 (4.110 %)Time Management
82 (2.740 %)System Testing
82 (2.740 %)User Acceptance Testing
82 (2.740 %)Unit Testing
82 (2.740 %)Test Scripting
82 (2.740 %)Data Analysis
82 (2.740 %)Change Management
82 (2.740 %)ITIL
91 (1.370 %)Data Modelling
91 (1.370 %)CRM
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
114 (19.18 %)C#
213 (17.81 %)C++
312 (16.44 %)SQL
410 (13.70 %)Java
59 (12.33 %)JavaScript
59 (12.33 %)C
65 (6.849 %)VB
71 (1.370 %)FoxPro (VFP)
71 (1.370 %)VBScript
71 (1.370 %)DHTML
71 (1.370 %)Perl
71 (1.370 %)PHP
71 (1.370 %)Shell Script
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
14 (5.479 %)Microsoft Certification
23 (4.110 %)HNC
23 (4.110 %)MCP
23 (4.110 %)ISEB
32 (2.740 %)ISTQB
32 (2.740 %)ISEB Practitioner
32 (2.740 %)MCSE
32 (2.740 %)HND
41 (1.370 %)PRINCE2 Certification
41 (1.370 %)MCSA
41 (1.370 %)MCDST
41 (1.370 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
15 (6.849 %)ISO9001
15 (6.849 %)QA
21 (1.370 %)GCP
21 (1.370 %)ISO9000
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
14 (5.479 %)Active Directory
21 (1.370 %)NetBackup
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
118 (24.66 %)Oracle
214 (19.18 %)Microsoft
33 (4.110 %)Remedy
42 (2.740 %)Red Hat
51 (1.370 %)VERITAS
51 (1.370 %)Adobe
51 (1.370 %)SolidWorks