The first table below looks at the demand for Operations Research skills in IT contracts advertised for the Hampshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Operations Research over the 3 months to 17 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 of the Processes & Methodologies category 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Operations Research (or Operational Research)
Rank - 98 -
Contract jobs citing Operations Research 0 1 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hampshire - 0.062% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category - 0.097% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £275 £400
% change year-on-year
+9.09% -31.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.50 - -
All Processes & Methodologies
Hampshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1049 1033 1190
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hampshire 67.76% 64.44% 64.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 592 491 539
Average daily rate £363 £375 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.33% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £288 £265 £270
10% offered a daily rate of more than £511 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 65 102 126
Average hourly rate £35.00 £31.00 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+12.90% -11.42%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.69 £14.13 £13.54
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £43.75 £42.50 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.60 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.40% -16.66%
Operations Research
South East

Operations Research
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Operations Research across the Hampshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Hampshire Operations Research Jobs Demand Trend

Operations Research
Daily Rate Trend

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

Hampshire Operations Research Daily Rate Trend

Operations Research
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hampshire Operations Research Hourly Rate Trend

Operations Research
Top 15 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire region citing Operations Research 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 Operations Research.

1 3 (100.00%) C#
1 3 (100.00%) C++
1 3 (100.00%) MS Office
1 3 (100.00%) Visual Studio
1 3 (100.00%) OO
1 3 (100.00%) RAD
1 3 (100.00%) VC++
1 3 (100.00%) Python
1 3 (100.00%) MS Excel
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (100.00%) Military
1 3 (100.00%) Django
1 3 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) C

Operations Research
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire region citing Operations Research 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 Operations Research. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (100.00%) Django
Applications
1 3 (100.00%) MS Office
1 3 (100.00%) MS Excel
Development Applications
1 3 (100.00%) Visual Studio
General
1 3 (100.00%) Military
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Developer
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) OO
1 3 (100.00%) RAD
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) C#
1 3 (100.00%) C++
1 3 (100.00%) VC++
1 3 (100.00%) Python
2 1 (33.33%) C
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft