The first table below looks at the demand for Degree in IT contracts advertised for the Guildford region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Degree 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 Qualifications for the Guildford 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
Degree
Rank 15 12 20
Rank change year-on-year
-3 +8
Contract jobs citing Degree 18 10 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Guildford 8.257% 8.264% 0.752%
As % of the Qualifications category 27.69% 45.45% 5.000%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 3 0
Average daily rate £325 £225 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+44.44% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £26.00 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.00 £30.00 £34.00
% change year-on-year
-33.33% -11.76%
All Qualifications
Guildford
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
65 22 20
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Guildford 29.82% 18.18% 15.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 10 6
Average daily rate £370 £400 £290
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.50% +37.93%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £275 £255
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £450 £413
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 1 0
Average hourly rate £35.00 £18.00 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+94.44% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.22% -10.00%
Degree
Surrey

Degree
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Guildford Degree Jobs Demand Trend

Degree
Daily Rate Trend

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

Guildford Degree Daily Rate Trend

Degree
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Degree across the Guildford region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Guildford Degree Daily Rate Histogram

Degree
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Guildford Degree Hourly Rate Trend

Degree
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Guildford 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.

1 13 (40.63%) SQL
1 13 (40.63%) Computer Science
2 12 (37.50%) MS Excel
3 11 (34.38%) Analytics
4 9 (28.13%) Microsoft
5 8 (25.00%) PMI Certification
5 8 (25.00%) C
5 8 (25.00%) Games
6 7 (21.88%) Telecoms
6 7 (21.88%) Mathematics
6 7 (21.88%) C++
6 7 (21.88%) SQL Server
7 6 (18.75%) MS Office
7 6 (18.75%) C#
7 6 (18.75%) MS Visio
7 6 (18.75%) Data Mining
7 6 (18.75%) PRINCE
7 6 (18.75%) Code Coverage
7 6 (18.75%) Oracle
7 6 (18.75%) Project Management
7 6 (18.75%) Test Automation
7 6 (18.75%) Automated Testing
7 6 (18.75%) Software Architecture
7 6 (18.75%) Process Architecture
7 6 (18.75%) Game Development
7 6 (18.75%) Kinect
7 6 (18.75%) Test Strategy
8 5 (15.63%) Change Control
8 5 (15.63%) Finance
8 5 (15.63%) Security Cleared

Degree
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Guildford 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.

Application Development
1 4 (12.50%) WebSphere
2 2 (6.250%) WCF
2 2 (6.250%) Web Services
2 2 (6.250%) REST
3 1 (3.125%) HTML
3 1 (3.125%) ASP
Application Platforms
1 4 (12.50%) SAS
1 4 (12.50%) SharePoint
1 4 (12.50%) Apache
1 4 (12.50%) Tomcat
1 4 (12.50%) WebLogic
2 2 (6.250%) IIS
3 1 (3.125%) CMS
Applications
1 12 (37.50%) MS Excel
2 6 (18.75%) MS Office
2 6 (18.75%) MS Visio
3 3 (9.375%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (6.250%) MS PowerPoint
5 1 (3.125%) Photoshop
5 1 (3.125%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 2 (6.250%) Cognos Business Intelligence
2 1 (3.125%) SAP FI
2 1 (3.125%) SAP CO
2 1 (3.125%) SAP FI/CO
Communications & Networking
1 2 (6.250%) 2G
1 2 (6.250%) Intranet
1 2 (6.250%) 3G
2 1 (3.125%) Radio Access Network
2 1 (3.125%) 4G
2 1 (3.125%) SMS
2 1 (3.125%) Ethernet
2 1 (3.125%) LTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (21.88%) SQL Server
2 6 (18.75%) Data Mining
3 4 (12.50%) DB2
4 2 (6.250%) TOAD
4 2 (6.250%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (3.125%) Crystal Reports
5 1 (3.125%) MS Access
5 1 (3.125%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (3.125%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 4 (12.50%) Mercurial
1 4 (12.50%) ClearCase
2 2 (6.250%) Visual Studio
General
1 8 (25.00%) Games
2 7 (21.88%) Telecoms
3 5 (15.63%) Finance
4 1 (3.125%) Electronics
4 1 (3.125%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 6 (18.75%) Project Manager
1 6 (18.75%) Analyst
1 6 (18.75%) Development Engineer
2 3 (9.375%) Programmer
2 3 (9.375%) Software Engineer
3 2 (6.250%) Project Officer
3 2 (6.250%) MI Analyst
3 2 (6.250%) Analyst Programmer
3 2 (6.250%) Consultant
3 2 (6.250%) Technical Consultant
3 2 (6.250%) Software Development Engineer
3 2 (6.250%) Technical Analyst
3 2 (6.250%) Project Support Officer
3 2 (6.250%) Architect
4 1 (3.125%) Gameplay Programmer
4 1 (3.125%) Designer
4 1 (3.125%) Sourcing Manager
4 1 (3.125%) Project Support Coordinator
4 1 (3.125%) Business Analyst
4 1 (3.125%) Coordinator
Miscellaneous
1 13 (40.63%) Computer Science
2 7 (21.88%) Mathematics
3 6 (18.75%) Kinect
4 4 (12.50%) Streaming Video
4 4 (12.50%) PMI
4 4 (12.50%) Visualisation
5 2 (6.250%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (3.125%) Social Media
6 1 (3.125%) Management Information System
6 1 (3.125%) Animation
Operating Systems
1 4 (12.50%) Windows
1 4 (12.50%) Windows 8
2 1 (3.125%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (34.38%) Analytics
2 6 (18.75%) PRINCE
2 6 (18.75%) Code Coverage
2 6 (18.75%) Project Management
2 6 (18.75%) Test Automation
2 6 (18.75%) Automated Testing
2 6 (18.75%) Software Architecture
2 6 (18.75%) Process Architecture
2 6 (18.75%) Game Development
2 6 (18.75%) Test Strategy
3 5 (15.63%) Change Control
4 4 (12.50%) Continuous Integration
4 4 (12.50%) Software Engineering
4 4 (12.50%) Project Planning
4 4 (12.50%) Operations Research
4 4 (12.50%) Regression Testing
4 4 (12.50%) Scrum
4 4 (12.50%) Data Analysis
4 4 (12.50%) Configuration Management
4 4 (12.50%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 13 (40.63%) SQL
2 8 (25.00%) C
3 7 (21.88%) C++
4 6 (18.75%) C#
5 4 (12.50%) Java
5 4 (12.50%) JavaScript
5 4 (12.50%) Python
5 4 (12.50%) R
6 2 (6.250%) PL/SQL
7 1 (3.125%) VBA
7 1 (3.125%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 8 (25.00%) PMI Certification
2 5 (15.63%) Security Cleared
3 4 (12.50%) SC Cleared
3 4 (12.50%) PMP
4 2 (6.250%) ISTQB
5 1 (3.125%) HNC
5 1 (3.125%) HND
5 1 (3.125%) ACCA
5 1 (3.125%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 1 (3.125%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.125%) SLA
1 1 (3.125%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 9 (28.13%) Microsoft
2 6 (18.75%) Oracle
3 4 (12.50%) Perforce
3 4 (12.50%) JBoss
4 3 (9.375%) Ericsson
5 2 (6.250%) Primavera
5 2 (6.250%) Cognos
5 2 (6.250%) Twitter
6 1 (3.125%) SAP
6 1 (3.125%) Siemens
Guildford, Surrey
WPF / XAML / Xpress Blend / C# / .Net / WCF / Agile / TDD We are looking for an exceptional WPF (XAML) Developer to work as part of a small but growing team...
Connections Recruitment Ltd.
Rate: £400 - £450 per day
Posted: 23 May 2013
Guildford, South East
The role will be a part of a larger development team working on the next generation of our client's market leading advanced targeted attack monitoring solution. This...
JAM
Rate: negotiable
Posted: 8 May 2013