The first table below looks at the demand for Degree in IT contracts advertised for the Sheffield region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Degree over the 3 months to 17 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 Sheffield 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Degree
Rank 18 15 27
Rank change year-on-year
-3 +12
Contract jobs citing Degree 4 5 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Sheffield 2.667% 3.597% 0.662%
As % of the Qualifications category 14.29% 19.23% 5.556%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 0
Average daily rate £500 £250 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+100.00% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £350
% change year-on-year
- -7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 1
Average hourly rate £12.00 £30.00 £11.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-60.00% +172.72%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.00 £30.00 £33.75
% change year-on-year
-30.00% -11.11%
All Qualifications
Sheffield
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
28 26 18
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Sheffield 18.67% 18.71% 11.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 14 6
Average daily rate £225 £185 £250
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+21.62% -26.07%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £173 £185 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £485 £478 £320
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 6
Average hourly rate £12.00 £30.00 £60.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-60.00% -50.00%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £23.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.17% -8.00%
Degree
South Yorkshire

Degree
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Sheffield 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 Sheffield region.

Sheffield 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 Sheffield region.

Sheffield Degree Hourly Rate Trend

Degree
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Sheffield 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 2 (40.00%) CISSP
1 2 (40.00%) Risk Assessment
1 2 (40.00%) CISA
2 1 (20.00%) Wireless
2 1 (20.00%) Workflow
2 1 (20.00%) Finance
2 1 (20.00%) Information Security
2 1 (20.00%) Data Management
2 1 (20.00%) Systems Analysis
2 1 (20.00%) Business Analysis
2 1 (20.00%) Exchange Server 2003
2 1 (20.00%) Windows Vista
2 1 (20.00%) Exchange Server 2007
2 1 (20.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (20.00%) Apple iOS
2 1 (20.00%) Exchange Server 2010
2 1 (20.00%) Software Distribution
2 1 (20.00%) Windows Server 2003
2 1 (20.00%) Internet
2 1 (20.00%) SQL
2 1 (20.00%) .NET
2 1 (20.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (20.00%) MS Office
2 1 (20.00%) Windows
2 1 (20.00%) SharePoint
2 1 (20.00%) Windows XP
2 1 (20.00%) MS Exchange
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (20.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (20.00%) ISEB

Degree
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Sheffield 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 (20.00%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 1 (20.00%) SharePoint
1 1 (20.00%) MS Exchange
1 1 (20.00%) Exchange Server 2003
1 1 (20.00%) Exchange Server 2007
1 1 (20.00%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 1 (20.00%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) Internet
1 1 (20.00%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (20.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (20.00%) Business Analyst
1 1 (20.00%) Desktop Support
1 1 (20.00%) Developer
1 1 (20.00%) Analyst
1 1 (20.00%) Support Technician
1 1 (20.00%) Desktop Support Technician
1 1 (20.00%) SharePoint Developer
1 1 (20.00%) Trainee
1 1 (20.00%) Desktop Technician
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Windows
1 1 (20.00%) Windows XP
1 1 (20.00%) Windows Server 2003
1 1 (20.00%) Windows Vista
1 1 (20.00%) Windows Server 2008
1 1 (20.00%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Risk Assessment
2 1 (20.00%) Information Security
2 1 (20.00%) Data Management
2 1 (20.00%) Systems Analysis
2 1 (20.00%) Business Analysis
2 1 (20.00%) Software Distribution
2 1 (20.00%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) CISSP
1 2 (40.00%) CISA
2 1 (20.00%) ISEB
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft