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This section looks at the demand for Degree in IT contracts within the England 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 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkDegree
Location
3 months to
29 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank5454
Rank change on same period last yearNo change0
Matching contract IT job ads19062705
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled2.540 %2.698 %
As % of the category below26.05 %29.58 %
Daily rates quoted647881
Average minimum daily rate£392£386
Average daily rate£418£416
% change on same period last year+0.64 %
Average maximum daily rate£445£445
UK excluding London average daily rate£353£302
% change on same period last year+16.98 %
Hourly rates quoted240311
Average minimum hourly rate£25.08£28.69
Average hourly rate£26.71£30.22
% change on same period last year-11.59 %
Average maximum hourly rate£28.35£31.74
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.35£31.46
% change on same period last year-13.08 %
England IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
England
Matching contract IT job ads73169146
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled9.751 %9.124 %
Daily rates quoted25662832
Average minimum daily rate£344£349
Average daily rate£364£368
% change on same period last year-0.82 %
Average maximum daily rate£385£386
UK excluding London average daily rate£332£330
% change on same period last year+0.64 %
Hourly rates quoted767928
Average minimum hourly rate£23.22£24.46
Average hourly rate£24.84£26.05
% change on same period last year-4.64 %
Average maximum hourly rate£26.46£27.65
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.62£25.85
% change on same period last year-4.74 %
Degree UKDegree
UK

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 England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

England 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 England region.

England 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 England region over the 3 months to 29 August 2008.

England 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 England region.

England 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 England region over the 3 months to 29 August 2008.

England 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 England region over the 3 months to 29 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
LondonDown-51038£447-1.62 %
South EastUp+16388£368+22.06 %
East of EnglandDown-5131£365+62.93 %
South WestDown-1684£311-10.64 %
North WestDown-374£280+0.72 %
YorkshireUp+3167£348+34.57 %
West MidlandsDown-2841£294-33.19 %
East MidlandsDown-940£323+11.60 %
MidlandsUp+820£439+3.29 %
North EastDown-68--
South CoastUp+31£700+124.00 %
Degree UKDegree
UK

Degree
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England 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.

1765 (20.83 %)Finance
2568 (15.47 %)SQL
3508 (13.83 %)Windows
4494 (13.45 %)Java
5451 (12.28 %)Computer Science
6396 (10.78 %)Microsoft
7387 (10.54 %)Project Management
8378 (10.29 %)Oracle
9348 (9.477 %)Banking
10347 (9.450 %).NET
11338 (9.205 %)C++
12334 (9.096 %)SQL Server
13329 (8.960 %)UNIX
14323 (8.796 %)PRINCE2
15300 (8.170 %)C#
16288 (7.843 %)XML
17264 (7.190 %)Front Office
18254 (6.917 %)Mathematics
19249 (6.781 %)MS Excel
20242 (6.590 %)OO
21232 (6.318 %)Linux
22231 (6.291 %)Education
22231 (6.291 %)Investment Banking
23225 (6.127 %)MS Office
24215 (5.855 %)J2EE
25212 (5.773 %)Derivative
26211 (5.746 %)ITIL
27186 (5.065 %)HTML
27186 (5.065 %)Security Cleared
28175 (4.766 %)C

Degree
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England 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.

England IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1347 (9.450 %).NET
2288 (7.843 %)XML
3215 (5.855 %)J2EE
4186 (5.065 %)HTML
5161 (4.385 %)CSS
6151 (4.112 %)Hibernate
7142 (3.867 %)Spring
8138 (3.758 %)ASP.NET
9103 (2.805 %)AJAX
1077 (2.097 %)WebServices
1169 (1.879 %)ASP
1267 (1.825 %)Struts
1361 (1.661 %)JDBC
1458 (1.580 %)XSLT
1554 (1.471 %)Middleware
1651 (1.389 %)STL
1748 (1.307 %)JSP
1844 (1.198 %)EJB
1940 (1.089 %)JMS
2038 (1.035 %)XHTML
England IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
194 (2.560 %)MS Exchange
285 (2.315 %)WebLogic
360 (1.634 %)SAS
453 (1.443 %)SharePoint
550 (1.362 %)Exchange Server 2003
648 (1.307 %)Apache
734 (0.926 %)CMS
831 (0.844 %)Tomcat
930 (0.817 %)IIS
1018 (0.490 %)JBoss
1117 (0.463 %)ArcGIS
1213 (0.354 %)ArcSDE
1213 (0.354 %)BizTalk Server
1213 (0.354 %)WebSphere Application Server
1213 (0.354 %)MQSeries
1213 (0.354 %)Oracle Application Server
1213 (0.354 %)SharePoint Server 2007
1312 (0.327 %)Lotus Notes
1411 (0.300 %)Exchange Server 2000
1510 (0.272 %)ArcIMS
England IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
1249 (6.781 %)MS Excel
2225 (6.127 %)MS Office
3103 (2.805 %)MS Project
494 (2.560 %)MS PowerPoint
566 (1.797 %)Photoshop
658 (1.580 %)Spreadsheet
744 (1.198 %)MS Visio
825 (0.681 %)Adobe Illustrator
917 (0.463 %)MATLAB
1016 (0.436 %)NASTRAN
1112 (0.327 %)Acrobat
1211 (0.300 %)SPSS
1310 (0.272 %)Simulink
1310 (0.272 %)Pro/ENGINEER
1310 (0.272 %)FreeHand
146 (0.163 %)Fireworks
154 (0.109 %)Quicktime
163 (0.082 %)RoboHelp
163 (0.082 %)CATIA
163 (0.082 %)Adobe Premiere
England IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
112 (0.327 %)HFM
211 (0.300 %)Hyperion Enterprise
38 (0.218 %)Oracle Applications
46 (0.163 %)SoftGrid
46 (0.163 %)SAP HR
55 (0.136 %)FENICS FX
55 (0.136 %)Kondor+
64 (0.109 %)JDE OneWorld
64 (0.109 %)Oracle EBS
73 (0.082 %)WebTrends
73 (0.082 %)SAP FI
73 (0.082 %)Oracle Financials
73 (0.082 %)Oracle 11i
73 (0.082 %)SAP CO
73 (0.082 %)SAP ERP
73 (0.082 %)Teamcenter
73 (0.082 %)SAP FI/CO
82 (0.054 %)SAP Payroll
82 (0.054 %)Summit
82 (0.054 %)SAP Oil and Gas
England IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
1102 (2.778 %)Internet
289 (2.424 %)TCP/IP
375 (2.042 %)SAN
470 (1.906 %)Firewall
562 (1.688 %)DNS
661 (1.661 %)VPN
752 (1.416 %)LAN
850 (1.362 %)WAN
946 (1.253 %)Intranet
1031 (0.844 %)VoIP
1130 (0.817 %)DVB
1225 (0.681 %)GSM
1225 (0.681 %)Ethernet
1322 (0.599 %)Wireless
1421 (0.572 %)Broadband
1520 (0.545 %)UMTS
1619 (0.517 %)DHCP
1619 (0.517 %)Network Security
1716 (0.436 %)SSL
1815 (0.408 %)LDAP
England IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1334 (9.096 %)SQL Server
287 (2.369 %)SQL Server 2005
381 (2.206 %)MySQL
467 (1.825 %)SQL Server 2000
559 (1.607 %)Oracle 10g
645 (1.225 %)RDBMS
744 (1.198 %)GIS
842 (1.144 %)Oracle 8/8i
940 (1.089 %)Datawarehouse
940 (1.089 %)BusinessObjects
1035 (0.953 %)Crystal Reports
1134 (0.926 %)OLAP
1232 (0.871 %)Oracle 9i
1322 (0.599 %)MS Access
1322 (0.599 %)DB2
1420 (0.545 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
1519 (0.517 %)Oracle Reports
1613 (0.354 %)Data Mining
1613 (0.354 %)ETL
1613 (0.354 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
England IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
180 (2.179 %)Eclipse
265 (1.770 %)Flash
357 (1.552 %)Subversion
455 (1.498 %)Visual Studio
536 (0.980 %)Ant
536 (0.980 %)ClearCase
627 (0.735 %)JUnit
726 (0.708 %)Dreamweaver
820 (0.545 %)VSS/SourceSafe
820 (0.545 %)NUnit
917 (0.463 %)QuickTest Pro
917 (0.463 %)ClearQuest
1014 (0.381 %)LabVIEW
1113 (0.354 %)Rational Rose
1211 (0.300 %)TestDirector
1211 (0.300 %)RequisitePro
137 (0.191 %)CruiseControl
137 (0.191 %)IntelliJ
137 (0.191 %)Selenium
137 (0.191 %)FitNesse
England IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1765 (20.83 %)Finance
2348 (9.477 %)Banking
3264 (7.190 %)Front Office
4231 (6.291 %)Education
4231 (6.291 %)Investment Banking
5167 (4.548 %)Government
6161 (4.385 %)Telecoms
7120 (3.268 %)Marketing
8113 (3.077 %)Health
994 (2.560 %)Pharmaceutical
1088 (2.397 %)Electronics
1179 (2.151 %)Electric
1179 (2.151 %)Retail
1270 (1.906 %)Insurance
1363 (1.716 %)Back Office
1462 (1.688 %)Aerospace
1553 (1.443 %)Financial Institution
1649 (1.334 %)Legal
1748 (1.307 %)Games
1843 (1.171 %)Construction
England IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1890 (24.24 %)Developer
2702 (19.12 %)Analyst
3279 (7.598 %)Project Manager
4263 (7.162 %)Java Developer
5208 (5.664 %)Business Analyst
6169 (4.602 %)Consultant
7134 (3.649 %)Software Engineer
8123 (3.350 %)Support Analyst
9112 (3.050 %)C# Developer
10110 (2.996 %)Senior Developer
11104 (2.832 %)C++ Developer
12101 (2.751 %)Programmer
1393 (2.533 %)Junior
1492 (2.505 %)Administrator
1590 (2.451 %)Graduate
1689 (2.424 %)Architect
1784 (2.288 %)J2EE Developer
1880 (2.179 %).NET Developer
1974 (2.015 %)Web Developer
2063 (1.716 %)Java/J2EE Developer
England IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
1451 (12.28 %)Computer Science
2254 (6.917 %)Mathematics
3212 (5.773 %)Derivative
4127 (3.459 %)Fixed Income
5123 (3.350 %)Equities
690 (2.451 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
774 (2.015 %)NHS
774 (2.015 %)Physics
872 (1.961 %)Statistics
970 (1.906 %)Management Information System
1057 (1.552 %)Credit Derivative
1152 (1.416 %)Market Risk
1244 (1.198 %)Equity Derivative
1340 (1.089 %)Clustering
1437 (1.008 %)STB
1531 (0.844 %)Interest Rate Derivative
1624 (0.654 %)Field-Programmable Gate Array
1723 (0.626 %)Handset
1723 (0.626 %)Client/Server
1723 (0.626 %)Blackberry
England IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1508 (13.83 %)Windows
2329 (8.960 %)UNIX
3232 (6.318 %)Linux
4126 (3.431 %)Windows Server 2003
589 (2.424 %)Windows XP
682 (2.233 %)Solaris
778 (2.124 %)Windows 2000
852 (1.416 %)Red Hat Linux
934 (0.926 %)Windows 2000 Server
1026 (0.708 %)Windows NT
1026 (0.708 %)VMS
1123 (0.626 %)Windows Vista
129 (0.245 %)AIX
129 (0.245 %)Mac OS X
129 (0.245 %)Windows CE
137 (0.191 %)Windows Mobile
146 (0.163 %)OpenVMS
155 (0.136 %)HPUX
164 (0.109 %)zOS
164 (0.109 %)Embedded Linux
England IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1387 (10.54 %)Project Management
2323 (8.796 %)PRINCE2
3242 (6.590 %)OO
4211 (5.746 %)ITIL
5186 (5.065 %)Security Cleared
6159 (4.330 %)UML
7149 (4.058 %)Agile Software Development
8119 (3.241 %)Business Analysis
9107 (2.914 %)Software Engineering
10105 (2.859 %)SC Cleared
11104 (2.832 %)Change Management
1298 (2.669 %)Data Analysis
1392 (2.505 %)Risk Management
1485 (2.315 %)Migration
1580 (2.179 %)Scrum
1675 (2.042 %)Asset Management
1769 (1.879 %)Web Development
1769 (1.879 %)User Acceptance Testing
1863 (1.716 %)Project Planning
1961 (1.661 %)Validation
England IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1568 (15.47 %)SQL
2494 (13.45 %)Java
3338 (9.205 %)C++
4300 (8.170 %)C#
5175 (4.766 %)C
6169 (4.602 %)JavaScript
7127 (3.459 %)VBA
8111 (3.023 %)VB
975 (2.042 %)Perl
1062 (1.688 %)Shell Script
1150 (1.362 %)PHP
1246 (1.253 %)VB.NET
1345 (1.225 %)Transact-SQL
1345 (1.225 %)PL/SQL
1444 (1.198 %)VC++
1534 (0.926 %)DHTML
1631 (0.844 %)ActionScript
1631 (0.844 %)Embedded C
1728 (0.763 %)Python
1822 (0.599 %)Embedded C++
England IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1155 (4.221 %)Microsoft Certification
2102 (2.778 %)MCSE
382 (2.233 %)HND
480 (2.179 %)HNC
480 (2.179 %)PRINCE2 Certification
570 (1.906 %)Cisco Certification
662 (1.688 %)ISEB
749 (1.334 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
845 (1.225 %)MCP
943 (1.171 %)CCNA
943 (1.171 %)ITIL Certification
1027 (0.735 %)CISSP
1125 (0.681 %)MBA
1224 (0.654 %)PhD
1322 (0.599 %)ACCA
1421 (0.572 %)CCNP
1520 (0.545 %)MCSA
1520 (0.545 %)RHCE
1617 (0.463 %)CISM
1617 (0.463 %)CIMA
England IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
186 (2.342 %)QA
252 (1.416 %)SLA
317 (0.463 %)ISO9001
413 (0.354 %)ISO9000
413 (0.354 %)ISO27001
511 (0.300 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
511 (0.300 %)Basel II
68 (0.218 %)BS7799
77 (0.191 %)GCP
85 (0.136 %)ISO17799
85 (0.136 %)GAMP
85 (0.136 %)COBIT
85 (0.136 %)JSP 440
85 (0.136 %)PCI DSS
94 (0.109 %)BS15000
103 (0.082 %)21 CFR Part 11
103 (0.082 %)GxP
112 (0.054 %)ISO12207
112 (0.054 %)ISO15504
112 (0.054 %)WAI
England IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
1126 (3.431 %)Active Directory
222 (0.599 %)VMware ESX
321 (0.572 %)NetBackup
413 (0.354 %)Backup Exec
57 (0.191 %)Terminal Server
66 (0.163 %)VMware Infrastructure
75 (0.136 %)Terminal Services
84 (0.109 %)MSMQ
84 (0.109 %)NFS
93 (0.082 %)MetaFrame
93 (0.082 %)Orbix
93 (0.082 %)Oracle RMAN
93 (0.082 %)Snort
93 (0.082 %)ClearTrust
102 (0.054 %)Oracle RAC
102 (0.054 %)ISA Server
102 (0.054 %)Citrix Presentation Server
111 (0.027 %)Samba
111 (0.027 %)Novell eDirectory
England IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
113 (0.354 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
210 (0.272 %)OpenView
37 (0.191 %)ServiceCenter
46 (0.163 %)Legato
46 (0.163 %)Tivoli
46 (0.163 %)Norton AntiVirus
54 (0.109 %)BMC PATROL
63 (0.082 %)MOM
63 (0.082 %)ZENworks
63 (0.082 %)Netcool
63 (0.082 %)OpenView Configuration Management
63 (0.082 %)AutoSys
63 (0.082 %)DameWare
63 (0.082 %)EMC NetWorker
72 (0.054 %)RepliStor
72 (0.054 %)OVSD
72 (0.054 %)MIMEsweeper
72 (0.054 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
72 (0.054 %)ARCserve
81 (0.027 %)MIIS
England IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
1396 (10.78 %)Microsoft
2378 (10.29 %)Oracle
387 (2.369 %)SAP
478 (2.124 %)Sybase
576 (2.070 %)Cisco
657 (1.552 %)VMware
755 (1.498 %)EMC
854 (1.471 %)HP
952 (1.416 %)Red Hat
1051 (1.389 %)IBM
1150 (1.362 %)Citrix
1241 (1.117 %)Adobe
1340 (1.089 %)Business Objects
1438 (1.035 %)Sun
1438 (1.035 %)Bloomberg
1528 (0.763 %)Remedy
1627 (0.735 %)TIBCO
1627 (0.735 %)Intel
1724 (0.654 %)Fidessa
1823 (0.626 %)BEA