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This section looks at the prevalence of the term 'Games' in contract IT jobs within the Hampshire region together with a comparison to our General terms category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Games over the 3 months to 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Games
Location
3 months to
29 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank92101
Rank change on same period last yearUp+9
Matching contract IT job ads622
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.008 %0.022 %
As % of the category below0.626 %2.079 %
Daily rates quoted60
Average minimum daily rate£375-
Average daily rate£408-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£442-
UK excluding London average daily rate£321£334
% change on same period last year-4.04 %
Hourly rates quoted03
Average minimum hourly rate-£31.67
Average hourly rate-£34.67
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£37.67
UK excluding London average hourly rate£31.64£19.70
% change on same period last year+60.62 %
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
Hampshire
Matching contract IT job ads9581058
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.277 %1.055 %
Daily rates quoted315332
Average minimum daily rate£366£369
Average daily rate£389£392
% change on same period last year-0.73 %
Average maximum daily rate£412£415
UK excluding London average daily rate£382£381
% change on same period last year+0.31 %
Hourly rates quoted165186
Average minimum hourly rate£27.58£30.78
Average hourly rate£29.13£32.67
% change on same period last year-10.84 %
Average maximum hourly rate£30.68£34.57
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.03£27.25
% change on same period last year+2.86 %
Games South EastGames
South East

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

Games
Demand Trend

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

Hampshire Games Demand Trend

Games
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Games across the Hampshire region.

Hampshire Games Daily Rate Trend

Games
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Games across the Hampshire region over the 3 months to 29 August 2008.

Hampshire Games Daily Rate Histogram

Games
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Games across the Hampshire region.

Hampshire Games Hourly Rate Trend

Games
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire region citing Games 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 Games.

114 (77.78 %).NET
212 (66.67 %)Online Games
311 (61.11 %)ASP.NET
410 (55.56 %)C#
53 (16.67 %)Microsoft
53 (16.67 %)HTML
53 (16.67 %)SQL
53 (16.67 %)VB.NET
53 (16.67 %)CSS
53 (16.67 %)E-Commerce
62 (11.11 %)Visual Studio
62 (11.11 %)SAP
62 (11.11 %)Hyperion
62 (11.11 %)Finance
62 (11.11 %)Health
62 (11.11 %)Test Scripting
62 (11.11 %)MS PowerPoint
62 (11.11 %)Degree
71 (5.556 %)WCF
71 (5.556 %)Rational Functional Tester
71 (5.556 %)NUnit
71 (5.556 %)Retail
71 (5.556 %)Subversion
71 (5.556 %)Automated Testing
71 (5.556 %)Validation
71 (5.556 %)Bugzilla
71 (5.556 %)Military
71 (5.556 %)QuickTest Pro
71 (5.556 %)Middleware
71 (5.556 %)Configuration Management

Games
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire region citing Games 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 Games. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
114 (77.78 %).NET
211 (61.11 %)ASP.NET
33 (16.67 %)CSS
33 (16.67 %)HTML
41 (5.556 %)WebServices
41 (5.556 %)Middleware
41 (5.556 %)WCF
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
12 (11.11 %)MS PowerPoint
21 (5.556 %)MS Excel
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12 (11.11 %)Visual Studio
21 (5.556 %)Flash
21 (5.556 %)QuickTest Pro
21 (5.556 %)Bugzilla
21 (5.556 %)NUnit
21 (5.556 %)Subversion
21 (5.556 %)Rational Functional Tester
21 (5.556 %)JUnit
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
112 (66.67 %)Online Games
22 (11.11 %)Finance
22 (11.11 %)Health
31 (5.556 %)Military
31 (5.556 %)Retail
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
111 (61.11 %).NET Developer
210 (55.56 %)Developer
37 (38.89 %)C# Developer
45 (27.78 %)ASP.NET Developer
53 (16.67 %)SQL Developer
53 (16.67 %)Analyst
62 (11.11 %)Business Analyst
62 (11.11 %)Tester
62 (11.11 %)Programmer
62 (11.11 %)Lead Developer
62 (11.11 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
71 (5.556 %)UI Developer
71 (5.556 %)Test Analyst
71 (5.556 %)Web Developer
71 (5.556 %).NET Web Developer
71 (5.556 %)HTML Developer
71 (5.556 %)Test Engineer
71 (5.556 %)Web Designer
71 (5.556 %)Senior Tester
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13 (16.67 %)E-Commerce
22 (11.11 %)Test Scripting
31 (5.556 %)Configuration Management
31 (5.556 %)Validation
31 (5.556 %)Automated Testing
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
110 (55.56 %)C#
23 (16.67 %)SQL
23 (16.67 %)VB.NET
31 (5.556 %)C++
31 (5.556 %)JavaScript
31 (5.556 %)PHP
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
12 (11.11 %)Degree
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
13 (16.67 %)Microsoft
22 (11.11 %)Hyperion
22 (11.11 %)SAP
31 (5.556 %)IBM