The first table below looks at the demand for MBCS in IT contracts advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited MBCS over the 3 months to 23 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 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Member of the British Computer Society (MBCS)
Rank 515 556 -
Rank change year-on-year
+41 -
Contract jobs citing MBCS 3 6 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.007% 0.011% -
As % of the Qualifications category 0.040% 0.065% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 0
Average daily rate - £238 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £250 -
% change year-on-year
+48.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Qualifications
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
7428 9291 9029
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 17.89% 17.40% 15.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 3948 4922 4412
Average daily rate £378 £388 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.58% +3.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £226 £225 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £550 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 418 516 619
Average hourly rate £23.35 £22.00 £22.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+6.13% -2.22%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.00 £12.50 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £47.50 £42.50 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.22% -10.00%
MBCS
UK

MBCS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England MBCS Jobs Demand Trend

MBCS
Daily Rate Trend

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

England MBCS Daily Rate Trend

MBCS
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing MBCS within the England region over the 3 months to 23 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
South East +18 3 - -
MBCS
UK

MBCS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing MBCS 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 MBCS.

1 4 (100.00%) Degree
1 4 (100.00%) CITP
2 3 (75.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (75.00%) SC Cleared
2 3 (75.00%) TOGAF
3 2 (50.00%) Service Delivery
3 2 (50.00%) MODAF
3 2 (50.00%) Enterprise Architecture
3 2 (50.00%) ITIL
3 2 (50.00%) Process Improvement
3 2 (50.00%) Business Development
3 2 (50.00%) Chartered Engineer
4 1 (25.00%) Data Protection
4 1 (25.00%) PCI DSS
4 1 (25.00%) Information Assurance
4 1 (25.00%) Security Architecture
4 1 (25.00%) HTML5
4 1 (25.00%) AngularJS
4 1 (25.00%) BC Cleared
4 1 (25.00%) PRINCE2
4 1 (25.00%) Postgraduate
4 1 (25.00%) E-Commerce
4 1 (25.00%) LAN
4 1 (25.00%) WAN
4 1 (25.00%) Sun
4 1 (25.00%) HP
4 1 (25.00%) Sun Certification
4 1 (25.00%) Project Management
4 1 (25.00%) HTML
4 1 (25.00%) Java

MBCS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing MBCS 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 MBCS. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (25.00%) HTML5
1 1 (25.00%) AngularJS
1 1 (25.00%) HTML
1 1 (25.00%) JSP
1 1 (25.00%) Struts
1 1 (25.00%) Spring
Application Platforms
1 1 (25.00%) WebLogic
1 1 (25.00%) IIS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) LAN
1 1 (25.00%) WAN
General
1 1 (25.00%) Telecoms
1 1 (25.00%) Legal
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Architect
2 2 (50.00%) Business Architect
3 1 (25.00%) JavaScript Developer
3 1 (25.00%) Security Architect
3 1 (25.00%) Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (25.00%) Freedom of Information Act
1 1 (25.00%) Freedom of Information
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) TOGAF
2 2 (50.00%) Service Delivery
2 2 (50.00%) MODAF
2 2 (50.00%) Enterprise Architecture
2 2 (50.00%) ITIL
2 2 (50.00%) Process Improvement
2 2 (50.00%) Business Development
3 1 (25.00%) Data Protection
3 1 (25.00%) Information Assurance
3 1 (25.00%) Security Architecture
3 1 (25.00%) PRINCE2
3 1 (25.00%) E-Commerce
3 1 (25.00%) Project Management
3 1 (25.00%) Information Security
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) Java
1 1 (25.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) Degree
1 4 (100.00%) CITP
2 3 (75.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (75.00%) SC Cleared
3 2 (50.00%) Chartered Engineer
4 1 (25.00%) BC Cleared
4 1 (25.00%) Postgraduate
4 1 (25.00%) Sun Certification
4 1 (25.00%) SCWCD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Sun
1 1 (25.00%) HP
1 1 (25.00%) Oracle