The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Statistics 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 Statistics 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 terms in our Miscellaneous category 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
Statistics
Rank - 59 55
Contract jobs citing Statistics 0 2 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Milton Keynes - 0.283% 0.163%
As % of the Miscellaneous category - 1.081% 0.714%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £323 £288 £280
% change year-on-year
+12.17% +2.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.50 £16.00 £13.64
% change year-on-year
-9.37% +17.30%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Milton Keynes
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
101 185 140
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Milton Keynes 19.06% 26.17% 22.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 52 54 42
Average daily rate £350 £325 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.69% +8.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £163 £248 £215
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £425 £418
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £340
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +1.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 15 18
Average hourly rate £14.96 £15.00 £14.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-0.26% +7.14%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.42 £10.34 £13.23
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £22.50 £35.00 £16.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £23.00 £26.50
% change year-on-year
-2.17% -13.20%
Statistics
Buckinghamshire

Statistics
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Milton Keynes Statistics Jobs Demand Trend

Statistics
Daily Rate Trend

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

Milton Keynes Statistics Daily Rate Trend

Statistics
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Milton Keynes Statistics Hourly Rate Trend

Statistics
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Milton Keynes region citing Statistics 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 Statistics.

1 7 (87.50%) Finance
2 6 (75.00%) Financial Modelling
3 2 (25.00%) Retail
4 1 (12.50%) VB6
4 1 (12.50%) SQL Server 2005
4 1 (12.50%) MCITP
4 1 (12.50%) MCPD
4 1 (12.50%) Web Development
4 1 (12.50%) .NET Framework
4 1 (12.50%) SC Cleared
4 1 (12.50%) Security Cleared
4 1 (12.50%) Visual Studio Team System
4 1 (12.50%) SQL Server 2008
4 1 (12.50%) Business Continuity
4 1 (12.50%) C#
4 1 (12.50%) HTML
4 1 (12.50%) VB
4 1 (12.50%) VB.NET
4 1 (12.50%) .NET
4 1 (12.50%) SQL Server
4 1 (12.50%) Visual Studio
4 1 (12.50%) ASP.NET
4 1 (12.50%) CSS
4 1 (12.50%) Web Services
4 1 (12.50%) XML
4 1 (12.50%) MCP
4 1 (12.50%) MCAD
4 1 (12.50%) Windows
4 1 (12.50%) MS Excel
4 1 (12.50%) Windows NT

Statistics
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Milton Keynes region citing Statistics 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 Statistics. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (12.50%) .NET Framework
1 1 (12.50%) HTML
1 1 (12.50%) .NET
1 1 (12.50%) ASP.NET
1 1 (12.50%) CSS
1 1 (12.50%) Web Services
1 1 (12.50%) XML
Application Platforms
1 1 (12.50%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (12.50%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (12.50%) SQL Server 2005
1 1 (12.50%) SQL Server 2008
1 1 (12.50%) SQL Server
1 1 (12.50%) SQL Server 2000
Development Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Visual Studio Team System
1 1 (12.50%) Visual Studio
General
1 7 (87.50%) Finance
2 2 (25.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 7 (87.50%) Analyst
1 7 (87.50%) Project Analyst
2 1 (12.50%) .NET Applications Developer
2 1 (12.50%) IT Support
2 1 (12.50%) .NET Developer
2 1 (12.50%) Applications Developer
2 1 (12.50%) Support Analyst
2 1 (12.50%) Developer
2 1 (12.50%) Project Support Analyst
Operating Systems
1 1 (12.50%) Windows
1 1 (12.50%) Windows NT
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (75.00%) Financial Modelling
2 1 (12.50%) Web Development
2 1 (12.50%) Business Continuity
2 1 (12.50%) Data Modelling
2 1 (12.50%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 1 (12.50%) VB6
1 1 (12.50%) C#
1 1 (12.50%) VB
1 1 (12.50%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) MCITP
1 1 (12.50%) MCPD
1 1 (12.50%) SC Cleared
1 1 (12.50%) Security Cleared
1 1 (12.50%) MCP
1 1 (12.50%) MCAD
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Certification
Vendors
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft