The first table below looks at the demand for Degree in IT contracts advertised for the High Wycombe 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 High Wycombe 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 14 11 7
Rank change year-on-year
-3 -4
Contract jobs citing Degree 2 4 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in High Wycombe 5.000% 8.333% 5.357%
As % of the Qualifications category 66.67% 57.14% 30.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 0
Average daily rate - £328 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £338
% change year-on-year
- -3.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
Average hourly rate £37.75 - £16.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.00 £30.00 £34.00
% change year-on-year
-30.00% -11.76%
All Qualifications
High Wycombe
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
3 7 10
As % of all contract IT jobs located in High Wycombe 7.500% 14.58% 17.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 4 4
Average daily rate - £350 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +27.27%
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 1
Average hourly rate £37.75 £10.00 £16.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+277.50% -39.39%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.22% -10.00%
Degree
Buckinghamshire

Degree
Jobs Demand Trend

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

High Wycombe 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 High Wycombe region.

High Wycombe Degree Daily Rate Trend

Degree
Hourly Rate Trend

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

High Wycombe Degree Hourly Rate Trend

Degree
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the High Wycombe 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 4 (57.14%) JavaScript
1 4 (57.14%) CSS
1 4 (57.14%) Web Development
2 3 (42.86%) JSTL
2 3 (42.86%) Web 2.0
2 3 (42.86%) JSP
2 3 (42.86%) Photoshop
2 3 (42.86%) ActionScript
2 3 (42.86%) Java
2 3 (42.86%) Flash
2 3 (42.86%) XHTML
2 3 (42.86%) E-Commerce
2 3 (42.86%) Dreamweaver
2 3 (42.86%) W3C
3 2 (28.57%) Pharmaceutical
3 2 (28.57%) Microsoft
3 2 (28.57%) MS Excel
3 2 (28.57%) Cognos
3 2 (28.57%) SharePoint
3 2 (28.57%) MS Office
3 2 (28.57%) Minitab
3 2 (28.57%) MS PowerPoint
4 1 (14.29%) Marketing
4 1 (14.29%) jQuery
4 1 (14.29%) Integration Testing
4 1 (14.29%) JSON
4 1 (14.29%) Mustache
4 1 (14.29%) REST
4 1 (14.29%) Web Services
4 1 (14.29%) HTML

Degree
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the High Wycombe 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 4 (57.14%) CSS
2 3 (42.86%) JSTL
2 3 (42.86%) JSP
2 3 (42.86%) Flash
2 3 (42.86%) XHTML
3 1 (14.29%) jQuery
3 1 (14.29%) JSON
3 1 (14.29%) Mustache
3 1 (14.29%) REST
3 1 (14.29%) Web Services
3 1 (14.29%) HTML
3 1 (14.29%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 2 (28.57%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (42.86%) Photoshop
2 2 (28.57%) MS Excel
2 2 (28.57%) MS Office
2 2 (28.57%) MS PowerPoint
Development Applications
1 3 (42.86%) Dreamweaver
General
1 2 (28.57%) Pharmaceutical
2 1 (14.29%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Developer
1 4 (57.14%) Web Developer
1 4 (57.14%) UI Developer
1 4 (57.14%) UI Programmer
2 2 (28.57%) Data Analyst
2 2 (28.57%) Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Development Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (42.86%) Web 2.0
1 3 (42.86%) W3C
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) Web Development
2 3 (42.86%) E-Commerce
3 1 (14.29%) Integration Testing
Programming Languages
1 4 (57.14%) JavaScript
2 3 (42.86%) ActionScript
2 3 (42.86%) Java
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft
1 2 (28.57%) Cognos
1 2 (28.57%) Minitab