The first table below looks at the demand for Degree in IT contracts advertised for the Northamptonshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Degree over the 3 months to 22 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 Northamptonshire 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Degree
Rank 17 36 28
Rank change year-on-year
+19 -8
Contract jobs citing Degree 10 6 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Northamptonshire 4.049% 1.429% 1.852%
As % of the Qualifications category 38.46% 10.71% 16.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 4 1
Average daily rate £444 £425 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.41% -5.55%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £340
% change year-on-year
- -4.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £12.00 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.00 £30.00 £33.75
% change year-on-year
-30.00% -11.11%
All Qualifications
Northamptonshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
26 56 30
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Northamptonshire 10.53% 13.33% 11.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 33 12
Average daily rate £363 £328 £265
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+10.68% +23.58%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £305 £231 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £499 £465
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 4 5
Average hourly rate £13.50 £13.25 £12.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+1.88% +6.00%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.22% -10.00%
Degree
East Midlands

Degree
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Northamptonshire 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 Northamptonshire region.

Northamptonshire Degree Daily Rate Trend

Degree
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Degree across the Northamptonshire region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Northamptonshire Degree Daily Rate Histogram

Degree
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Northamptonshire Degree Hourly Rate Trend

Degree
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Degree within the Northamptonshire region over the 3 months to 22 May 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
(Click each for more statistics)
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
Northampton +11 9 £444 -15.47%
Degree
East Midlands

Degree
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Northamptonshire 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 5 (26.32%) MS Office
1 5 (26.32%) Windows
1 5 (26.32%) SharePoint
1 5 (26.32%) Marketing
2 4 (21.05%) Agile Software Development
3 3 (15.79%) Asset Management
3 3 (15.79%) Change Management
3 3 (15.79%) Migration
3 3 (15.79%) PRINCE2
3 3 (15.79%) JavaScript
3 3 (15.79%) MS Project
3 3 (15.79%) Project Management
3 3 (15.79%) Windows Server 2003
3 3 (15.79%) Intranet
3 3 (15.79%) MS Visio
3 3 (15.79%) Windows Server 2008
3 3 (15.79%) Windows 7
3 3 (15.79%) WSUS
4 2 (10.53%) Web Development
4 2 (10.53%) Linux
4 2 (10.53%) Java
4 2 (10.53%) MBA
4 2 (10.53%) Retail
5 1 (5.263%) Banking
5 1 (5.263%) Papyrus
5 1 (5.263%) JSF
5 1 (5.263%) Business Analysis
5 1 (5.263%) Software Testing
5 1 (5.263%) MS PowerPoint
5 1 (5.263%) SQL Server 2005

Degree
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Northamptonshire 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 1 (5.263%) JSF
1 1 (5.263%) .NET
1 1 (5.263%) ASP
1 1 (5.263%) ASP.NET
1 1 (5.263%) Struts
1 1 (5.263%) jQuery
1 1 (5.263%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 5 (26.32%) SharePoint
2 1 (5.263%) Papyrus
2 1 (5.263%) SharePoint Server
2 1 (5.263%) Tomcat
2 1 (5.263%) SharePoint 2010
2 1 (5.263%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 5 (26.32%) MS Office
2 3 (15.79%) MS Project
2 3 (15.79%) MS Visio
3 1 (5.263%) MS PowerPoint
3 1 (5.263%) Spreadsheet
Communications & Networking
1 3 (15.79%) Intranet
2 1 (5.263%) 2G
2 1 (5.263%) GSM
2 1 (5.263%) UMTS
2 1 (5.263%) WAN
2 1 (5.263%) 3G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.263%) SQL Server 2005
1 1 (5.263%) SQL Server
1 1 (5.263%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 1 (5.263%) TestComplete
General
1 5 (26.32%) Marketing
2 2 (10.53%) Retail
3 1 (5.263%) Banking
3 1 (5.263%) Retail Banking
3 1 (5.263%) Front Office
3 1 (5.263%) Finance
3 1 (5.263%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 6 (31.58%) Developer
2 4 (21.05%) Graduate
2 4 (21.05%) Graduate Developer
3 3 (15.79%) Support Technician
3 3 (15.79%) Project Office Support
3 3 (15.79%) Analyst
4 2 (10.53%) Business Analyst
5 1 (5.263%) Process Analyst
5 1 (5.263%) SharePoint Developer
5 1 (5.263%) Linux Engineer
5 1 (5.263%) Banking Business Analyst
5 1 (5.263%) Tester
5 1 (5.263%) Author
5 1 (5.263%) Technical Author
5 1 (5.263%) Systems Engineer
5 1 (5.263%) Business Process Analyst
5 1 (5.263%) Software Tester
5 1 (5.263%) .NET Developer
5 1 (5.263%) Analyst Developer
5 1 (5.263%) Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.263%) Client/Server
1 1 (5.263%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 5 (26.32%) Windows
2 3 (15.79%) Windows Server 2003
2 3 (15.79%) Windows Server 2008
2 3 (15.79%) Windows 7
3 2 (10.53%) Linux
4 1 (5.263%) UNIX
4 1 (5.263%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (21.05%) Agile Software Development
2 3 (15.79%) Asset Management
2 3 (15.79%) Change Management
2 3 (15.79%) Migration
2 3 (15.79%) PRINCE2
2 3 (15.79%) Project Management
3 2 (10.53%) Web Development
4 1 (5.263%) Business Analysis
4 1 (5.263%) Software Testing
4 1 (5.263%) OO
4 1 (5.263%) Matrix Management
4 1 (5.263%) User Acceptance Testing
4 1 (5.263%) Manual Testing
4 1 (5.263%) Data Protection
4 1 (5.263%) Responsive Web Design
Programming Languages
1 3 (15.79%) JavaScript
2 2 (10.53%) Java
3 1 (5.263%) C#
3 1 (5.263%) C++
3 1 (5.263%) Perl
3 1 (5.263%) PL/SQL
3 1 (5.263%) SQL
3 1 (5.263%) VB
3 1 (5.263%) Python
3 1 (5.263%) Shell Script
3 1 (5.263%) Bash shell
Qualifications
1 2 (10.53%) MBA
2 1 (5.263%) HND
2 1 (5.263%) Microsoft Certification
Systems Management
1 3 (15.79%) WSUS
2 1 (5.263%) Puppet
2 1 (5.263%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 1 (5.263%) Microsoft