The first table below looks at the demand for Software Deployment skills in IT contracts advertised for the East of England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Software Deployment 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 of the Processes & Methodologies category for the East of England 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
Software Deployment
Rank 110 - 126
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Software Deployment 4 0 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 0.187% - 0.038%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.280% - 0.058%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Average daily rate £175 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £295 £388
% change year-on-year
+10.16% -23.87%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £22.50 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.00 £17.50 £14.50
% change year-on-year
+20.00% +20.68%
All Processes & Methodologies
East of England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1427 1903 1718
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 66.71% 64.40% 64.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 813 915 776
Average daily rate £375 £363 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.44% -3.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £250 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 122 154 186
Average hourly rate £35.22 £31.00 £32.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+13.61% -3.12%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £19.08 £12.28 £13.88
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £43.00 £49.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £29.50
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -15.25%
Software Deployment
England

Software Deployment
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Software Deployment across the East of England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

East of England Software Deployment Jobs Demand Trend

Software Deployment
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Software Deployment across the East of England region.

East of England Software Deployment Daily Rate Trend

Software Deployment
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Software Deployment across the East of England region.

East of England Software Deployment Hourly Rate Trend

Software Deployment
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Software Deployment within the East of England 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
Essex - 2 £175 -
Hertfordshire - 1 - -
Bedfordshire - 1 - -
Software Deployment
England

Software Deployment
Top 21 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region citing Software Deployment 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 Software Deployment.

1 5 (83.33%) Windows
1 5 (83.33%) Microsoft
2 4 (66.67%) MS Excel
3 3 (50.00%) MS Access
3 3 (50.00%) SQL
3 3 (50.00%) SCCM
4 2 (33.33%) Windows Server 2008
4 2 (33.33%) Windows 7
4 2 (33.33%) Automotive
4 2 (33.33%) Legal
4 2 (33.33%) Windows Server 2003
4 2 (33.33%) MS Office
4 2 (33.33%) Windows XP
4 2 (33.33%) TCP/IP
5 1 (16.67%) COM
5 1 (16.67%) ITIL
5 1 (16.67%) Service Delivery
5 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (16.67%) MCSE
5 1 (16.67%) MCSA
5 1 (16.67%) Local Government

Software Deployment
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region citing Software Deployment 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 Software Deployment. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (16.67%) COM
Applications
1 4 (66.67%) MS Excel
2 2 (33.33%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 2 (33.33%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (50.00%) MS Access
General
1 2 (33.33%) Automotive
1 2 (33.33%) Legal
2 1 (16.67%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Support Engineer
2 2 (33.33%) Systems Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Desktop Support
3 1 (16.67%) Desktop Support Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Desktop Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) SCCM Engineer
Operating Systems
1 5 (83.33%) Windows
2 2 (33.33%) Windows Server 2008
2 2 (33.33%) Windows 7
2 2 (33.33%) Windows Server 2003
2 2 (33.33%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (16.67%) ITIL
1 1 (16.67%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 3 (50.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (16.67%) MCSE
1 1 (16.67%) MCSA
Systems Management
1 3 (50.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 5 (83.33%) Microsoft