The first table below looks at the demand for the Junior role in IT contracts advertised for the Milton Keynes region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Junior in their job title 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 Job Titles advertised for the Milton Keynes 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
Junior
Rank 46 59 51
Rank change year-on-year
+13 -8
Contract jobs requiring a Junior 9 2 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Milton Keynes 1.698% 0.283% 0.817%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.811% 0.300% 0.864%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 0
Average daily rate £155 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £229 £260 £200
% change year-on-year
-12.01% +30.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 1
Average hourly rate £88.73 - £14.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £13.50 £16.50 £19.00
% change year-on-year
-18.18% -13.15%
All Job Titles
Milton Keynes
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
497 667 579
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Milton Keynes 93.77% 94.34% 94.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 277 279 222
Average daily rate £325 £315 £324
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.17% -2.77%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £165 £142
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £400 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 42 49 76
Average hourly rate £13.50 £14.50 £14.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-6.89% +3.57%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £13.00 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £22.50 £35.00 £16.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Junior
Buckinghamshire

Junior
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Junior across the Milton Keynes region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Milton Keynes Junior Jobs Demand Trend

Junior
Daily Rate Trend

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

Milton Keynes Junior Daily Rate Trend

Junior
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Junior across the Milton Keynes region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Milton Keynes Junior Daily Rate Histogram

Junior
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Milton Keynes Junior Hourly Rate Trend

Junior
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Junior across the Milton Keynes region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Milton Keynes Junior Hourly Rate Histogram

Junior
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Milton Keynes region that cited Junior in their job title 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 with Junior in their job title.

1 3 (27.27%) Banking
1 3 (27.27%) Finance
1 3 (27.27%) Remedy
2 2 (18.18%) QuickTest Pro
2 2 (18.18%) MS Excel
2 2 (18.18%) HP Quality Center
3 1 (9.091%) F5
3 1 (9.091%) Change Control
3 1 (9.091%) Automation Testing
3 1 (9.091%) QA
3 1 (9.091%) Selenium
3 1 (9.091%) Retalix
3 1 (9.091%) Security Cleared
3 1 (9.091%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (9.091%) Retail
3 1 (9.091%) Asset Management
3 1 (9.091%) e-Health
3 1 (9.091%) Data Analysis
3 1 (9.091%) MS Access
3 1 (9.091%) MS Visio
3 1 (9.091%) ADSL
3 1 (9.091%) ATM
3 1 (9.091%) VoIP
3 1 (9.091%) WAN
3 1 (9.091%) Ethernet
3 1 (9.091%) Cisco
3 1 (9.091%) Microsoft
3 1 (9.091%) CCNA
3 1 (9.091%) OpenView
3 1 (9.091%) HP

Junior
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Milton Keynes region that cited Junior in their job title 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 with Junior in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (9.091%) .NET
Applications
1 2 (18.18%) MS Excel
2 1 (9.091%) Spreadsheet
2 1 (9.091%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 1 (9.091%) ADSL
1 1 (9.091%) ATM
1 1 (9.091%) VoIP
1 1 (9.091%) WAN
1 1 (9.091%) Ethernet
1 1 (9.091%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (9.091%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 2 (18.18%) QuickTest Pro
2 1 (9.091%) Selenium
General
1 3 (27.27%) Banking
1 3 (27.27%) Finance
2 1 (9.091%) Retail
2 1 (9.091%) Front Office
Miscellaneous
1 1 (9.091%) e-Health
1 1 (9.091%) NHS
1 1 (9.091%) IVR
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (9.091%) Change Control
1 1 (9.091%) Automation Testing
1 1 (9.091%) Asset Management
1 1 (9.091%) Data Analysis
1 1 (9.091%) PRINCE2
1 1 (9.091%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (9.091%) Java
Qualifications
1 1 (9.091%) Security Cleared
1 1 (9.091%) CCNA
1 1 (9.091%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (9.091%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (9.091%) QA
Systems Management
1 2 (18.18%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (9.091%) OpenView
Vendors
1 3 (27.27%) Remedy
2 1 (9.091%) F5
2 1 (9.091%) Retalix
2 1 (9.091%) Cisco
2 1 (9.091%) Microsoft
2 1 (9.091%) HP
2 1 (9.091%) Avaya
2 1 (9.091%) Genesys