The first 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 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 Hampshire 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
Degree
Rank 41 34 50
Rank change year-on-year
-7 +16
Contract jobs citing Degree 65 73 55
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hampshire 4.268% 4.603% 2.929%
As % of the Qualifications category 13.43% 14.54% 10.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 23 13
Average daily rate £350 £315 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+11.11% -10.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £235 £185 £252
10% offered a daily rate of more than £512 £470 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £338
% change year-on-year
- -3.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 10 28
Average hourly rate £25.00 £37.00 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-32.43% +5.71%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.20 £21.05 £25.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £43.80 £40.00 £36.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.00 £30.00 £34.00
% change year-on-year
-30.00% -11.76%
All Qualifications
Hampshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
484 502 528
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hampshire 31.78% 31.65% 28.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 253 239 220
Average daily rate £363 £370 £355
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.02% +4.22%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £235 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £490 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 40 47 70
Average hourly rate £25.00 £32.50 £34.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-23.07% -4.41%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.35 £12.80 £13.90
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £40.00 £37.30
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.22% -10.00%
Degree
South East

Degree
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hampshire 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 Hampshire region.

Hampshire 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 Hampshire region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Hampshire 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 Hampshire region.

Hampshire Degree Hourly Rate Trend

Degree
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Degree across the Hampshire region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

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 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
Southampton +2 13 £250 -37.50%
Basingstoke -22 8 £318 +5.83%
Portsmouth +4 4 £450 -
Aldershot - 4 - -
Havant - 3 - -
Fareham +7 1 £338 -
Eastleigh 0 1 - -
Winchester 0 1 £500 -
Farnborough -1 1 £275 +10.00%
Gosport - 1 - -
Degree
South East

Degree
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, 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.

1 29 (21.97%) Computer Science
2 27 (20.45%) Project Management
3 25 (18.94%) Telecoms
4 24 (18.18%) Microsoft
4 24 (18.18%) Windows
4 24 (18.18%) Security Cleared
5 23 (17.42%) Oracle
6 22 (16.67%) SQL
7 20 (15.15%) Java
8 18 (13.64%) MS Excel
9 17 (12.88%) SQL Server
10 16 (12.12%) MS Office
10 16 (12.12%) Active Directory
10 16 (12.12%) SC Cleared
11 15 (11.36%) ERP
12 14 (10.61%) PRINCE2
12 14 (10.61%) XML
13 13 (9.848%) ITIL
13 13 (9.848%) TCP/IP
13 13 (9.848%) Software Engineering
14 12 (9.091%) Linux
14 12 (9.091%) C
14 12 (9.091%) Firewall
15 11 (8.333%) Finance
15 11 (8.333%) C#
15 11 (8.333%) MS Project
15 11 (8.333%) MS PowerPoint
16 10 (7.576%) SharePoint
16 10 (7.576%) Internet
16 10 (7.576%) Manufacturing

Degree
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, 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.

Application Development
1 14 (10.61%) XML
2 10 (7.576%) Hibernate
3 6 (4.545%) HTML5
3 6 (4.545%) Spring
4 5 (3.788%) Lucene
4 5 (3.788%) JPA
4 5 (3.788%) Apache Axis
4 5 (3.788%) Drools
4 5 (3.788%) REST
4 5 (3.788%) Web Services
4 5 (3.788%) JDBC
4 5 (3.788%) Swing
4 5 (3.788%) XSL
4 5 (3.788%) JMS
4 5 (3.788%) Java RMI
4 5 (3.788%) J2SE
5 4 (3.030%) .NET
6 3 (2.273%) JSP
6 3 (2.273%) SOAP
7 2 (1.515%) Middleware
Application Platforms
1 10 (7.576%) SharePoint
2 5 (3.788%) ActiveMQ
2 5 (3.788%) ESB
2 5 (3.788%) BizTalk Server
3 3 (2.273%) MS Exchange
4 1 (0.758%) Exchange Server 2003
4 1 (0.758%) Windows Azure
4 1 (0.758%) Exchange Server 2010
4 1 (0.758%) WebLogic
4 1 (0.758%) IIS
Applications
1 18 (13.64%) MS Excel
2 16 (12.12%) MS Office
3 11 (8.333%) MS Project
3 11 (8.333%) MS PowerPoint
4 1 (0.758%) Final Cut Pro
4 1 (0.758%) 3ds Max
4 1 (0.758%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (3.788%) Google Analytics
2 4 (3.030%) Dynamics AX
3 3 (2.273%) Oracle EBS R12
4 2 (1.515%) SAP FI
4 2 (1.515%) SAP CO
4 2 (1.515%) SAP FI/CO
4 2 (1.515%) Dynamics NAV
Communications & Networking
1 13 (9.848%) TCP/IP
2 12 (9.091%) Firewall
3 10 (7.576%) Internet
4 6 (4.545%) DVB
4 6 (4.545%) HTTP
5 5 (3.788%) SAN
6 4 (3.030%) Broadband
7 3 (2.273%) Wireless
7 3 (2.273%) MPLS
7 3 (2.273%) LAN
7 3 (2.273%) VoIP
7 3 (2.273%) WAN
8 2 (1.515%) WCDMA
8 2 (1.515%) CDMA
8 2 (1.515%) GPRS
8 2 (1.515%) GSM
8 2 (1.515%) IP Telephony
8 2 (1.515%) HSDPA
8 2 (1.515%) HSPA
8 2 (1.515%) LTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (12.88%) SQL Server
2 8 (6.061%) Data Warehouse
3 5 (3.788%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 5 (3.788%) Oracle 8/8i
3 5 (3.788%) RDBMS
4 2 (1.515%) SAP BW
5 1 (0.758%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (0.758%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 1 (0.758%) SQL Server 2008
5 1 (0.758%) WhereScape RED
5 1 (0.758%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.758%) Crystal Reports
5 1 (0.758%) Ingres
5 1 (0.758%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 5 (3.788%) Maven
1 5 (3.788%) Subversion
1 5 (3.788%) Git (software)
1 5 (3.788%) Cucumber
1 5 (3.788%) JUnit
1 5 (3.788%) Eclipse
2 1 (0.758%) PyUnit
2 1 (0.758%) CppUnit
2 1 (0.758%) Hudson
2 1 (0.758%) GDB
2 1 (0.758%) GoogleTest
2 1 (0.758%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.758%) CruiseControl
2 1 (0.758%) NUnit
2 1 (0.758%) Ant
2 1 (0.758%) Visual Studio
2 1 (0.758%) ClearCase
General
1 25 (18.94%) Telecoms
2 11 (8.333%) Finance
3 10 (7.576%) Manufacturing
4 5 (3.788%) Pharmaceutical
5 3 (2.273%) Multimedia
6 2 (1.515%) Legal
6 2 (1.515%) Electronics
7 1 (0.758%) Marketing
7 1 (0.758%) Spanish Language
7 1 (0.758%) Avionics
7 1 (0.758%) Publishing
7 1 (0.758%) Aerospace
7 1 (0.758%) Games
7 1 (0.758%) Military
7 1 (0.758%) Retail
Job Titles
1 30 (22.73%) Analyst
2 24 (18.18%) Project Manager
3 20 (15.15%) Developer
4 12 (9.091%) Software Engineer
5 6 (4.545%) Security Analyst
5 6 (4.545%) Team Leader
5 6 (4.545%) Programme Manager
6 5 (3.788%) Web Analyst
6 5 (3.788%) Java Swing Developer
6 5 (3.788%) Business Analyst
6 5 (3.788%) Architect
6 5 (3.788%) Service Analyst
6 5 (3.788%) Service Desk Analyst
6 5 (3.788%) Systems Developer
6 5 (3.788%) Java Developer
7 4 (3.030%) Development Team Leader
7 4 (3.030%) 1st Line Support
7 4 (3.030%) Tester
8 3 (2.273%) Network Engineer
8 3 (2.273%) Senior Manager
Miscellaneous
1 29 (21.97%) Computer Science
2 5 (3.788%) Kindle
2 5 (3.788%) DTV
3 3 (2.273%) Data Protection Act
3 3 (2.273%) Mathematics
3 3 (2.273%) SaaS
3 3 (2.273%) Management Information System
3 3 (2.273%) NHS
4 2 (1.515%) ASIC
4 2 (1.515%) CESG
4 2 (1.515%) CESG CLAS
4 2 (1.515%) Handset
4 2 (1.515%) RMADS
4 2 (1.515%) CCTV
5 1 (0.758%) Video Editing
5 1 (0.758%) Life Science
5 1 (0.758%) FMCG
5 1 (0.758%) Smart Meter
5 1 (0.758%) IIBA
5 1 (0.758%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 24 (18.18%) Windows
2 12 (9.091%) Linux
3 7 (5.303%) UNIX
3 7 (5.303%) Windows Server 2003
4 5 (3.788%) Windows Server 2008
4 5 (3.788%) Windows 7
5 4 (3.030%) Windows XP
6 1 (0.758%) Android
6 1 (0.758%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (20.45%) Project Management
2 15 (11.36%) ERP
3 14 (10.61%) PRINCE2
4 13 (9.848%) ITIL
4 13 (9.848%) Software Engineering
5 9 (6.818%) Agile Software Development
6 8 (6.061%) Business Intelligence
6 8 (6.061%) OOD
6 8 (6.061%) OO
6 8 (6.061%) Validation
6 8 (6.061%) Risk Management
6 8 (6.061%) Business Analysis
6 8 (6.061%) Multithreading
7 7 (5.303%) Release Management
7 7 (5.303%) Continuous Improvement
7 7 (5.303%) Regression Testing
7 7 (5.303%) Migration
8 6 (4.545%) TDD
8 6 (4.545%) Analytics
8 6 (4.545%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 22 (16.67%) SQL
2 20 (15.15%) Java
3 12 (9.091%) C
4 11 (8.333%) C#
5 8 (6.061%) C++
6 6 (4.545%) VB
7 5 (3.788%) XPath
7 5 (3.788%) PL/SQL
8 3 (2.273%) JavaScript
9 2 (1.515%) Perl
10 1 (0.758%) ActionScript 2.0
10 1 (0.758%) PHP
10 1 (0.758%) ActionScript
10 1 (0.758%) VBA
10 1 (0.758%) T-SQL
10 1 (0.758%) Python
10 1 (0.758%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 24 (18.18%) Security Cleared
2 16 (12.12%) SC Cleared
3 9 (6.818%) A+ Certification
4 8 (6.061%) CISSP
4 8 (6.061%) DV Cleared
5 7 (5.303%) GIAC
6 6 (4.545%) Microsoft Certification
6 6 (4.545%) MCSA
6 6 (4.545%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 5 (3.788%) GCIA
7 5 (3.788%) ISEB
8 4 (3.030%) Network+ Certification
8 4 (3.030%) APMP
9 3 (2.273%) MBCS
9 3 (2.273%) CITP
9 3 (2.273%) CISM
9 3 (2.273%) CCNA
9 3 (2.273%) Cisco Certification
9 3 (2.273%) ITIL Certification
10 2 (1.515%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (4.545%) ISO 9001
2 5 (3.788%) QA
2 5 (3.788%) SLA
3 3 (2.273%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (1.515%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 2 (1.515%) JSP 440
5 1 (0.758%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.758%) JTAG
System Software
1 16 (12.12%) Active Directory
2 5 (3.788%) Microsoft App-V
3 2 (1.515%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (1.515%) Snort
Systems Management
1 1 (0.758%) OpenView
Vendors
1 24 (18.18%) Microsoft
2 23 (17.42%) Oracle
3 9 (6.818%) Cisco
4 7 (5.303%) SAP
4 7 (5.303%) HP
4 7 (5.303%) Citrix
5 6 (4.545%) Software AG
5 6 (4.545%) ArcSight
6 5 (3.788%) Google
6 5 (3.788%) webMethods
7 4 (3.030%) McAfee
7 4 (3.030%) Blue Coat
7 4 (3.030%) IronPort
7 4 (3.030%) LANDesk
7 4 (3.030%) Sourcefire
8 3 (2.273%) Symantec
8 3 (2.273%) Remedy
9 2 (1.515%) Nortel
9 2 (1.515%) Juniper
9 2 (1.515%) VMware
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