The first table below looks at the demand for Degree in IT contracts advertised for the Midlands 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 Midlands 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 22 - 33
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Degree 2 0 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the Midlands 1.163% - 0.857%
As % of the Qualifications category 11.11% - 10.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
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 £32.00 - £24.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.00 £30.00 £34.00
% change year-on-year
-30.00% -11.76%
All Qualifications
Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
18 12 28
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the Midlands 10.47% 4.461% 8.000%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 4 8
Average daily rate £350 £500 £455
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-30.00% +9.89%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £325 £145 £150
10% offered a daily rate of more than £460 £525 £515
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 6
Average hourly rate £32.00 - £32.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.22% -10.00%
Degree
England

Degree
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Midlands 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 Midlands region.

Midlands 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 Midlands region.

Midlands Degree Hourly Rate Trend

Degree
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Midlands 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 8 (57.14%) ITIL
1 8 (57.14%) Cisco
2 7 (50.00%) IBM
2 7 (50.00%) SharePoint
2 7 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 7 (50.00%) HP
2 7 (50.00%) MS Exchange
2 7 (50.00%) NetApp
2 7 (50.00%) Service Delivery
2 7 (50.00%) VMware
2 7 (50.00%) Exchange Server 2003
2 7 (50.00%) Exchange Server 2007
2 7 (50.00%) SCOM
3 5 (35.71%) Project Management
4 3 (21.43%) Computer Science
4 3 (21.43%) MS Excel
4 3 (21.43%) MS Visio
4 3 (21.43%) Microsoft
5 2 (14.29%) PRINCE2
5 2 (14.29%) C
5 2 (14.29%) C#
5 2 (14.29%) C++
5 2 (14.29%) SQL
5 2 (14.29%) MS Project
5 2 (14.29%) Code Coverage
5 2 (14.29%) Data Mining
5 2 (14.29%) Retail
5 2 (14.29%) Automated Testing
5 2 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (14.29%) Games

Degree
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Midlands 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 Platforms
1 7 (50.00%) SharePoint
1 7 (50.00%) MS Exchange
1 7 (50.00%) Exchange Server 2003
1 7 (50.00%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 3 (21.43%) MS Excel
1 3 (21.43%) MS Visio
2 2 (14.29%) MS Project
3 1 (7.143%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 1 (7.143%) CA Clarity
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (14.29%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 1 (7.143%) Rational Rose
General
1 2 (14.29%) Retail
1 2 (14.29%) Games
2 1 (7.143%) French Language
2 1 (7.143%) German Language
2 1 (7.143%) Italian Language
2 1 (7.143%) Finance
Job Titles
1 6 (42.86%) Architect
1 6 (42.86%) Technical Architect
2 3 (21.43%) Lead Architect
2 3 (21.43%) Lead Technical Architect
3 2 (14.29%) Software Engineer
3 2 (14.29%) Analyst
3 2 (14.29%) Project Manager
3 2 (14.29%) Software Design Engineer
3 2 (14.29%) Design Engineer
4 1 (7.143%) Network Infrastructure Consultant
4 1 (7.143%) Head of Architecture
4 1 (7.143%) Network Infrastructure Analyst
4 1 (7.143%) Change Analyst
4 1 (7.143%) Infrastructure Consultant
4 1 (7.143%) Network Analyst
4 1 (7.143%) Business Analyst
4 1 (7.143%) Programme Manager
4 1 (7.143%) Network Consultant
4 1 (7.143%) Consultant
4 1 (7.143%) Infrastructure Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (21.43%) Computer Science
2 1 (7.143%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (57.14%) ITIL
2 7 (50.00%) Service Delivery
3 5 (35.71%) Project Management
4 2 (14.29%) PRINCE2
4 2 (14.29%) Code Coverage
4 2 (14.29%) Automated Testing
4 2 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (14.29%) Risk Assessment
4 2 (14.29%) Game Development
4 2 (14.29%) Test Strategy
4 2 (14.29%) Test Automation
4 2 (14.29%) Software Architecture
4 2 (14.29%) Process Architecture
5 1 (7.143%) Business Analysis
5 1 (7.143%) Technical Architecture
5 1 (7.143%) Six Sigma
5 1 (7.143%) UML
5 1 (7.143%) OO
5 1 (7.143%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 2 (14.29%) C
1 2 (14.29%) C#
1 2 (14.29%) C++
1 2 (14.29%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (7.143%) APMP
1 1 (7.143%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (7.143%) CCNA
System Software
1 7 (50.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 7 (50.00%) SCOM
Vendors
1 8 (57.14%) Cisco
2 7 (50.00%) IBM
2 7 (50.00%) HP
2 7 (50.00%) NetApp
2 7 (50.00%) VMware
3 3 (21.43%) Microsoft
4 1 (7.143%) CA