Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for Degree in IT contracts advertised for the Hampshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Degree over the 3 months to 22 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Qualifications for the Hampshire region.

 Degree
Location
3 months to
22 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank414136
Rank change year-on-year
No change0Down-5
Matching contract IT job ads323499
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hampshire2.740 %2.455 %3.448 %
As % of the Qualifications category7.843 %8.134 %15.52 %
Daily rates quoted10617
Average daily rate£400£575£250
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-30.43 %+130.00 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£296£325£144
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£433£625£376
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£340£325
% change year-on-year
-4.410 %+4.610 %
Hourly rates quoted9837
Average hourly rate£35.00£36.25£31.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-3.440 %+15.07 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£25.00£20.55£13.30
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£38.00£40.00£40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£17.50£27.75£27.50
% change year-on-year
-36.93 %+0.900 %
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryAll Qualifications
Hampshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
408418638
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hampshire34.93 %30.18 %22.22 %
Daily rates quoted159113170
Average daily rate£310£350£356
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-11.42 %-1.790 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£250£250£213
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£435£525£434
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£350£350
% change year-on-year
-7.140 %-
Hourly rates quoted3973175
Average hourly rate£37.50£37.50£32.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-+15.38 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£17.00£17.45£14.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£42.50£46.15£40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£21.00£25.00£25.00
% change year-on-year
-16.00 %-
Degree South EastDegree
South East

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.

Degree
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Degree across the Hampshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

Hampshire 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 Hampshire region.

Hampshire 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 Hampshire region over the 3 months to 22 March 2010.

Hampshire 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 Hampshire region.

Hampshire 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 Hampshire region over the 3 months to 22 March 2010.

Hampshire Degree Hourly Rate Histogram

Degree
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Degree within the Hampshire region over the 3 months to 22 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank 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
SouthamptonUp+35£403-
BasingstokeUp+15£325-
PortsmouthUp+94--
FarehamDown-32--
AldershotNew entry-1£425-
Degree South EastDegree
South East

Degree
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire 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.

113 (21.67 %)Windows
210 (16.67 %)Computer Science
39 (15.00 %)SQL
39 (15.00 %)SAS
48 (13.33 %)Java
48 (13.33 %)Linux
48 (13.33 %)Project Management
48 (13.33 %)Education
57 (11.67 %)Telecoms
57 (11.67 %)MS Office
57 (11.67 %)PRINCE2
57 (11.67 %)Oracle
57 (11.67 %)Microsoft
57 (11.67 %)Mathematics
66 (10.00 %)Data Analysis
66 (10.00 %)C++
66 (10.00 %)ISEB
75 (8.333 %)SQL Server
75 (8.333 %)MySQL
75 (8.333 %)XML
75 (8.333 %)MS Project
75 (8.333 %)UML
75 (8.333 %)OO
75 (8.333 %)B2C
75 (8.333 %)Operations Research
75 (8.333 %)Security Cleared
84 (6.667 %)Use Case
84 (6.667 %)Unit Testing
84 (6.667 %)SC Cleared
84 (6.667 %)Subversion

Degree
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire 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.

Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
15 (8.333 %)XML
24 (6.667 %)Swing
24 (6.667 %)J2SE
24 (6.667 %)Java RMI
24 (6.667 %)Hibernate
33 (5.000 %)HTML
33 (5.000 %)CSS
41 (1.667 %)OpenGL
41 (1.667 %)Motif
41 (1.667 %)X-Windows
41 (1.667 %)J2EE
41 (1.667 %)Oracle Fusion
41 (1.667 %)Zend Framework
41 (1.667 %)jQuery
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
19 (15.00 %)SAS
21 (1.667 %)Apache
21 (1.667 %)SharePoint
21 (1.667 %)ESB
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
17 (11.67 %)MS Office
25 (8.333 %)MS Project
34 (6.667 %)Quicktime
34 (6.667 %)MS Excel
42 (3.333 %)MS PowerPoint
51 (1.667 %)SPSS
51 (1.667 %)MATLAB
51 (1.667 %)MS Visio
51 (1.667 %)Spreadsheet
51 (1.667 %)CA Clarity
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
11 (1.667 %)Dynamics AX
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
11 (1.667 %)Firewall
11 (1.667 %)3G
11 (1.667 %)NetScreen
11 (1.667 %)Cisco PIX
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
15 (8.333 %)SQL Server
15 (8.333 %)MySQL
22 (3.333 %)ETL
31 (1.667 %)Datawarehouse
31 (1.667 %)RDBMS
31 (1.667 %)Oracle 10g
31 (1.667 %)SQL Server 2005
31 (1.667 %)SQL Server Integration Services
31 (1.667 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
31 (1.667 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
31 (1.667 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
14 (6.667 %)Subversion
14 (6.667 %)Eclipse
14 (6.667 %)ClearCase
14 (6.667 %)JUnit
14 (6.667 %)ClearQuest
21 (1.667 %)Visual Studio
21 (1.667 %)QuickTest Pro
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
18 (13.33 %)Education
27 (11.67 %)Telecoms
34 (6.667 %)Finance
43 (5.000 %)Government
52 (3.333 %)Marketing
52 (3.333 %)Retail
52 (3.333 %)Electronics
52 (3.333 %)Aerospace
61 (1.667 %)Military
61 (1.667 %)Construction
61 (1.667 %)Financial Institution
61 (1.667 %)Health
61 (1.667 %)Manufacturing
61 (1.667 %)Publishing
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
117 (28.33 %)Analyst
212 (20.00 %)Developer
35 (8.333 %)Project Manager
35 (8.333 %)Software Engineer
35 (8.333 %)SAS Analyst
44 (6.667 %)Java Swing Developer
44 (6.667 %)Java Developer
53 (5.000 %)Business Analyst
53 (5.000 %)Tester
53 (5.000 %)Software Developer
53 (5.000 %)Systems Analyst
53 (5.000 %)Graduate
53 (5.000 %)C++ Developer
53 (5.000 %)Integration Engineer
53 (5.000 %)Graduate Developer
53 (5.000 %)C++ Software Developer
62 (3.333 %)PMO Manager
62 (3.333 %)C++/C# Developer
62 (3.333 %)C# Software Developer
62 (3.333 %)Graduate Software Engineer
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
110 (16.67 %)Computer Science
27 (11.67 %)Mathematics
33 (5.000 %)Statistics
41 (1.667 %)Device Driver
41 (1.667 %)NHS
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
113 (21.67 %)Windows
28 (13.33 %)Linux
32 (3.333 %)Windows Vista
32 (3.333 %)Windows Server 2008
32 (3.333 %)Red Hat Linux
32 (3.333 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
32 (3.333 %)Solaris
41 (1.667 %)UNIX
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
18 (13.33 %)Project Management
27 (11.67 %)PRINCE2
36 (10.00 %)Data Analysis
45 (8.333 %)UML
45 (8.333 %)OO
45 (8.333 %)B2C
45 (8.333 %)Operations Research
54 (6.667 %)Use Case
54 (6.667 %)Unit Testing
54 (6.667 %)Software Testing
54 (6.667 %)OOD
54 (6.667 %)Configuration Management
54 (6.667 %)Change Management
54 (6.667 %)Validation
63 (5.000 %)RUP
63 (5.000 %)DSDM
63 (5.000 %)Test Management
72 (3.333 %)Resource Management
72 (3.333 %)Project Planning
72 (3.333 %)Web Development
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
19 (15.00 %)SQL
28 (13.33 %)Java
36 (10.00 %)C++
44 (6.667 %)C
53 (5.000 %)PHP
62 (3.333 %)Ada
62 (3.333 %)C#
71 (1.667 %)Delphi
71 (1.667 %)PL/SQL
71 (1.667 %)JavaScript
71 (1.667 %)Perl
71 (1.667 %)VBScript
71 (1.667 %)VBA
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
16 (10.00 %)ISEB
25 (8.333 %)Security Cleared
34 (6.667 %)SC Cleared
43 (5.000 %)Postgraduate
43 (5.000 %)ISTQB
52 (3.333 %)Chartered Engineer
52 (3.333 %)Microsoft Certification
52 (3.333 %)Sun Certification
52 (3.333 %)MCSE
61 (1.667 %)MBA
61 (1.667 %)CISSP
61 (1.667 %)CISA
61 (1.667 %)CISM
61 (1.667 %)ISEB Practitioner
61 (1.667 %)BC Cleared
61 (1.667 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
12 (3.333 %)QA
21 (1.667 %)ISO9000
21 (1.667 %)PCI DSS
21 (1.667 %)COBIT
21 (1.667 %)ISO27001
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
13 (5.000 %)Active Directory
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
14 (6.667 %)Tivoli
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
17 (11.67 %)Oracle
17 (11.67 %)Microsoft
24 (6.667 %)IBM
32 (3.333 %)Cisco
32 (3.333 %)Sony
32 (3.333 %)Red Hat
41 (1.667 %)Teradata
41 (1.667 %)Symbian
41 (1.667 %)Juniper
41 (1.667 %)Informatica
41 (1.667 %)Sun
41 (1.667 %)Altera
41 (1.667 %)Netezza
41 (1.667 %)Zend