The first table below looks at the demand for Postgraduate in IT contracts advertised for the London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Postgraduate 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 Qualifications for the London 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
Postgraduate
Rank 371 406 424
Rank change year-on-year
+35 +18
Contract jobs citing Postgraduate 21 7 31
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 0.091% 0.026% 0.099%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.623% 0.183% 0.753%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 3 8
Average daily rate £650 £465 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+39.78% +16.25%
UK excluding London average daily rate £260 £275 £350
% change year-on-year
-5.45% -21.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £37.50 -
% change year-on-year
-40.00% -
All Qualifications
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
3372 3832 4119
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 14.62% 14.39% 13.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 2016 2331 2405
Average daily rate £425 £425 £425
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £250 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £600 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 127 111 139
Average hourly rate £22.50 £19.50 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+15.38% -2.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.50 £12.25 £15.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £44.00 £41.00 £36.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £21.50 £24.00
% change year-on-year
+2.32% -10.41%
Postgraduate
England

Postgraduate
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London Postgraduate Jobs Demand Trend

Postgraduate
Daily Rate Trend

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

London Postgraduate Daily Rate Trend

Postgraduate
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Postgraduate across the London region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

London Postgraduate Daily Rate Histogram

Postgraduate
Hourly Rate Trend

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

London Postgraduate Hourly Rate Trend

Postgraduate
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Postgraduate within the London 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
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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
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Vacancies
City of London - 13 £650 - 2
Postgraduate
England

Postgraduate
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing Postgraduate 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 Postgraduate.

1 33 (97.06%) Degree
2 27 (79.41%) Finance
3 22 (64.71%) C++
4 20 (58.82%) Computer Science
5 15 (44.12%) Mathematics
6 12 (35.29%) Banking
6 12 (35.29%) C
6 12 (35.29%) Windows
7 11 (32.35%) Linux
7 11 (32.35%) Software Engineering
7 11 (32.35%) Risk Management
7 11 (32.35%) Physics
7 11 (32.35%) Multithreading
8 9 (26.47%) Derivative
8 9 (26.47%) .NET
8 9 (26.47%) PhD
9 8 (23.53%) Microsoft
9 8 (23.53%) Project Management
9 8 (23.53%) Java
9 8 (23.53%) JavaScript
9 8 (23.53%) LAMP
9 8 (23.53%) Scrum
9 8 (23.53%) Agile Software Development
9 8 (23.53%) Spread Betting
9 8 (23.53%) Open Source
9 8 (23.53%) HTML5
10 7 (20.59%) LLVM
10 7 (20.59%) Market Risk
10 7 (20.59%) Stress Testing
10 7 (20.59%) Integration Testing

Postgraduate
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing Postgraduate 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 Postgraduate. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 9 (26.47%) .NET
2 8 (23.53%) LAMP
2 8 (23.53%) HTML5
3 1 (2.941%) WCF
3 1 (2.941%) XML
Application Platforms
1 2 (5.882%) IIS
Applications
1 6 (17.65%) MS Excel
2 1 (2.941%) MS PowerPoint
2 1 (2.941%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 4 (11.76%) Bond Adapt
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.941%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.941%) SQL Server
1 1 (2.941%) RDBMS
1 1 (2.941%) Microsoft Analysis Services
1 1 (2.941%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 7 (20.59%) LLVM
General
1 27 (79.41%) Finance
2 12 (35.29%) Banking
3 6 (17.65%) Front Office
4 4 (11.76%) Investment Banking
5 2 (5.882%) Telecoms
5 2 (5.882%) Legal
6 1 (2.941%) Manufacturing
6 1 (2.941%) Publishing
6 1 (2.941%) Back Office
6 1 (2.941%) Retail
6 1 (2.941%) Local Government
6 1 (2.941%) Retail Banking
6 1 (2.941%) Corporate Banking
Job Titles
1 13 (38.24%) Developer
2 11 (32.35%) C++ Developer
3 8 (23.53%) Analyst
4 7 (20.59%) Business Analyst
4 7 (20.59%) Market Risk Analyst
4 7 (20.59%) Market Risk Business Analyst
5 5 (14.71%) Quantitative Developer
6 4 (11.76%) C++ Quantitative Developer
7 2 (5.882%) Market Analyst
7 2 (5.882%) Risk Analyst
7 2 (5.882%) IT Business Analyst
8 1 (2.941%) SAP Manager
8 1 (2.941%) Information Security Specialist
8 1 (2.941%) SAP Change Manager
8 1 (2.941%) Security Specialist
8 1 (2.941%) Quantitative Analyst
8 1 (2.941%) Security Architect
8 1 (2.941%) Communications Manager
8 1 (2.941%) Change Manager
8 1 (2.941%) C# Developer
Miscellaneous
1 20 (58.82%) Computer Science
2 15 (44.12%) Mathematics
3 11 (32.35%) Physics
4 9 (26.47%) Derivative
5 8 (23.53%) Spread Betting
5 8 (23.53%) Open Source
6 7 (20.59%) Market Risk
7 3 (8.824%) Statistics
7 3 (8.824%) Credit Risk
8 2 (5.882%) Data Protection Act
8 2 (5.882%) Freedom of Information Act
8 2 (5.882%) Freedom of Information
8 2 (5.882%) Economics
9 1 (2.941%) Equity Derivative
9 1 (2.941%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 1 (2.941%) Management Information System
9 1 (2.941%) Fixed Income
9 1 (2.941%) Grid Computing
9 1 (2.941%) Equities
9 1 (2.941%) CESG
Operating Systems
1 12 (35.29%) Windows
2 11 (32.35%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (32.35%) Risk Management
1 11 (32.35%) Software Engineering
1 11 (32.35%) Multithreading
2 8 (23.53%) Agile Software Development
2 8 (23.53%) Scrum
2 8 (23.53%) Project Management
3 7 (20.59%) Data Modelling
3 7 (20.59%) Stress Testing
3 7 (20.59%) Integration Testing
4 6 (17.65%) UML
5 5 (14.71%) Analytics
6 4 (11.76%) Continuous Integration
7 3 (8.824%) PRINCE2
7 3 (8.824%) Stochastic Calculus
7 3 (8.824%) Monte Carlo Method
8 2 (5.882%) Information Assurance
8 2 (5.882%) Information Security
8 2 (5.882%) Data Protection
8 2 (5.882%) TOGAF
8 2 (5.882%) Logistics
Programming Languages
1 22 (64.71%) C++
2 12 (35.29%) C
3 8 (23.53%) Java
3 8 (23.53%) JavaScript
4 7 (20.59%) VC++
5 6 (17.65%) SQL
6 4 (11.76%) VB
6 4 (11.76%) VBA
7 3 (8.824%) R
8 1 (2.941%) C#
Qualifications
1 33 (97.06%) Degree
2 9 (26.47%) PhD
3 2 (5.882%) CITP
3 2 (5.882%) SC Cleared
3 2 (5.882%) BC Cleared
3 2 (5.882%) Security Cleared
4 1 (2.941%) ISACA
4 1 (2.941%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 1 (2.941%) CISA
4 1 (2.941%) MBCS
4 1 (2.941%) CFA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.882%) PCI DSS
2 1 (2.941%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 8 (23.53%) Microsoft
2 1 (2.941%) Oracle
2 1 (2.941%) SAP
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