The first table below looks at the demand for the Graduate role in IT contracts advertised for the Hampshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Graduate in their job title over the 3 months to 18 June 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Graduate
Rank 97 91 99
Rank change year-on-year
-6 +8
Contract jobs requiring a Graduate 3 2 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hampshire 0.187% 0.128% 0.322%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.200% 0.138% 0.344%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 4
Average daily rate £110 - £175
UK excluding London average daily rate £125 £101 £175
% change year-on-year
+24.37% -42.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
Average hourly rate £12.50 £16.50 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-24.24% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £13.50 £14.50 £15.00
% change year-on-year
-6.89% -3.33%
All Job Titles
Hampshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1502 1454 1744
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hampshire 93.58% 93.03% 93.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 786 685 748
Average daily rate £345 £370 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.75% +5.71%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £250 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £513 £500 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 174 203 237
Average hourly rate £18.00 £21.00 £27.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-14.28% -24.32%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.50 £11.50 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £40.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Graduate
South East

Graduate
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hampshire Graduate Jobs Demand Trend

Graduate
Daily Rate Trend

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

Hampshire Graduate Daily Rate Trend

Graduate
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hampshire Graduate Hourly Rate Trend

Graduate
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Graduate within the Hampshire region over the 3 months to 18 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Basingstoke - 1 £110 -
Farnborough - 1 - - 2
Fareham - - - - 1
Gosport - - - -
Portsmouth - - - - 2
Southampton - - - - 6
Winchester - - - -
Graduate
South East

Graduate
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire region that cited Graduate in their job title 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 with Graduate in their job title.

1 3 (50.00%) Telecoms
2 2 (33.33%) Degree
2 2 (33.33%) Project Management
2 2 (33.33%) Finance
3 1 (16.67%) Aerospace
3 1 (16.67%) Legal
3 1 (16.67%) IP Telephony
3 1 (16.67%) Management Information System
3 1 (16.67%) Back Office
3 1 (16.67%) C#
3 1 (16.67%) C++
3 1 (16.67%) HTML
3 1 (16.67%) Java
3 1 (16.67%) J2EE
3 1 (16.67%) PRINCE2
3 1 (16.67%) Windows
3 1 (16.67%) Linux
3 1 (16.67%) Python
3 1 (16.67%) CRM
3 1 (16.67%) VoIP
3 1 (16.67%) HTTP
3 1 (16.67%) Cisco
3 1 (16.67%) Avaya
3 1 (16.67%) Siemens
3 1 (16.67%) Shell Script
3 1 (16.67%) 3G
3 1 (16.67%) Computer Science
3 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared
3 1 (16.67%) Avionics
3 1 (16.67%) Bash shell

Graduate
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire region that cited Graduate in their job title 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 with Graduate in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (16.67%) HTML
1 1 (16.67%) J2EE
Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) VoIP
1 1 (16.67%) HTTP
1 1 (16.67%) 3G
1 1 (16.67%) IP Telephony
General
1 3 (50.00%) Telecoms
2 2 (33.33%) Finance
3 1 (16.67%) Aerospace
3 1 (16.67%) Legal
3 1 (16.67%) Avionics
3 1 (16.67%) Back Office
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Management Information System
1 1 (16.67%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 1 (16.67%) Windows
1 1 (16.67%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (33.33%) Project Management
2 1 (16.67%) Workflow
2 1 (16.67%) PRINCE2
2 1 (16.67%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) C#
1 1 (16.67%) C++
1 1 (16.67%) Java
1 1 (16.67%) Python
1 1 (16.67%) Shell Script
1 1 (16.67%) Bash shell
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) Degree
2 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Cisco
1 1 (16.67%) Avaya
1 1 (16.67%) Siemens