The first table below looks at the demand for SPSS skills in IT contracts advertised for the Hertfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SPSS over the 3 months to 20 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 Applications category for the Hertfordshire 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SPSS
Rank 59 - 63
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing SPSS 1 0 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 0.154% - 0.234%
As % of the Applications category 0.926% - 1.709%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 2
Average daily rate £325 - £375
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £275 £375
% change year-on-year
+36.36% -26.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £13.25 -
All Applications
Hertfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category
108 134 117
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 16.67% 13.96% 13.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 56 40 40
Average daily rate £320 £344 £265
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.90% +29.71%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £144 £160 £169
10% offered a daily rate of more than £435 £400 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £305 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+1.66% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 32 40
Average hourly rate £17.50 £12.02 £16.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+45.65% -24.90%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.50 £10.09 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £21.50 £34.60 £35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.50 £16.00 £15.50
% change year-on-year
-3.12% +3.22%
SPSS
East of England

SPSS
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing SPSS across the Hertfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Applications category.

Hertfordshire SPSS Jobs Demand Trend

SPSS
Daily Rate Trend

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

Hertfordshire SPSS Daily Rate Trend

SPSS
Top 12 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire region citing SPSS 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 SPSS.

1 2 (66.67%) SQL
1 2 (66.67%) Data Modelling
1 2 (66.67%) Data Mining
1 2 (66.67%) IBM
1 2 (66.67%) Clementine
2 1 (33.33%) Marketing
2 1 (33.33%) Degree
2 1 (33.33%) Digital Media
2 1 (33.33%) Customer Insight
2 1 (33.33%) Retail
2 1 (33.33%) SAS
2 1 (33.33%) VBA

SPSS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire region citing SPSS 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 SPSS. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 1 (33.33%) SAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) Data Mining
1 2 (66.67%) Clementine
General
1 1 (33.33%) Retail
1 1 (33.33%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Data Modeller
2 1 (33.33%) Insight Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Digital Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Data Modelling
2 1 (33.33%) Customer Insight
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) SQL
2 1 (33.33%) VBA
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) IBM