The first table below looks at the demand for FastStats skills in IT contracts advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited FastStats over the 3 months to 17 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 Applications category for the 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Apteco FastStats
Rank 503 553 568
Rank change year-on-year
+50 +15
Contract jobs citing FastStats 7 5 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.017% 0.009% 0.007%
As % of the Applications category 0.126% 0.075% 0.059%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 5 0
Average daily rate £191 £320 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-40.23% -
UK excluding London average daily rate - £320 £388
% change year-on-year
- -17.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Applications
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category
5543 6687 6834
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 13.33% 12.53% 12.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 2844 3454 3407
Average daily rate £340 £350 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.85% -6.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £165 £175 £180
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £525 £575
UK excluding London average daily rate £305 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+1.66% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 655 702 841
Average hourly rate £16.50 £16.00 £16.20
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+3.12% -1.23%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.50 £10.50 £10.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £36.00 £35.00 £35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.50 £16.00 £15.50
% change year-on-year
-3.12% +3.22%
FastStats
UK

FastStats
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing FastStats across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Applications category.

England FastStats Jobs Demand Trend

FastStats
Daily Rate Trend

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

England FastStats Daily Rate Trend

FastStats
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing FastStats across the England region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

England FastStats Daily Rate Histogram

FastStats
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England FastStats Hourly Rate Trend

FastStats
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing FastStats within the England region over the 3 months to 17 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
London - 7 £191 -
FastStats
UK

FastStats
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing FastStats 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 FastStats.

1 17 (89.47%) Marketing
2 16 (84.21%) SQL
3 11 (57.89%) CRM
4 9 (47.37%) Direct Marketing
4 9 (47.37%) Analytics
5 8 (42.11%) T-SQL
6 7 (36.84%) Data Analysis
7 6 (31.58%) SQL Server
8 5 (26.32%) MS Excel
8 5 (26.32%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
8 5 (26.32%) SQL Server 2008
8 5 (26.32%) Database Marketing
9 3 (15.79%) Data Protection Act
9 3 (15.79%) Data Protection
9 3 (15.79%) Legal
9 3 (15.79%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 3 (15.79%) SMS
10 2 (10.53%) GIS
10 2 (10.53%) Data Mining
10 2 (10.53%) Data Cleansing
10 2 (10.53%) Unica
10 2 (10.53%) Market Research
11 1 (5.263%) User Stories
11 1 (5.263%) Customer Analytics
11 1 (5.263%) Data Extraction
11 1 (5.263%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 1 (5.263%) BPMN
11 1 (5.263%) Business Analysis
11 1 (5.263%) Degree
11 1 (5.263%) Stakeholder Management

FastStats
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing FastStats 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 FastStats. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (5.263%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 1 (5.263%) SAS
Applications
1 5 (26.32%) MS Excel
2 1 (5.263%) SPSS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (15.79%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (31.58%) SQL Server
2 5 (26.32%) SQL Server 2008
3 3 (15.79%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 2 (10.53%) Data Mining
4 2 (10.53%) GIS
5 1 (5.263%) SQL Server Analysis Services
General
1 17 (89.47%) Marketing
2 3 (15.79%) Legal
3 1 (5.263%) Finance
Job Titles
1 12 (63.16%) Analyst
2 6 (31.58%) Database Analyst
3 5 (26.32%) Data Analyst
4 3 (15.79%) Coordinator
4 3 (15.79%) SQL Developer
4 3 (15.79%) Developer
5 2 (10.53%) Data Manager
6 1 (5.263%) SQL Database Developer
6 1 (5.263%) Marketing Analyst
6 1 (5.263%) Database Marketing Analyst
6 1 (5.263%) Campaign Manager
6 1 (5.263%) SQL Server Developer
6 1 (5.263%) Business Analyst
6 1 (5.263%) Database Developer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (15.79%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (5.263%) Data Extraction
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (57.89%) CRM
2 9 (47.37%) Direct Marketing
2 9 (47.37%) Analytics
3 7 (36.84%) Data Analysis
4 5 (26.32%) Database Marketing
5 3 (15.79%) Data Protection
6 2 (10.53%) Data Cleansing
6 2 (10.53%) Market Research
7 1 (5.263%) BPMN
7 1 (5.263%) Business Analysis
7 1 (5.263%) Stakeholder Management
7 1 (5.263%) User Stories
7 1 (5.263%) Customer Analytics
Programming Languages
1 16 (84.21%) SQL
2 8 (42.11%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (5.263%) Degree
Systems Management
1 5 (26.32%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 2 (10.53%) Unica
2 1 (5.263%) Oracle
2 1 (5.263%) Chordiant
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