The first table below looks at the demand for Degree in IT contracts advertised for the Solihull region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Degree over the 3 months to 21 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 Solihull 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Degree
Rank 13 4 -
Rank change year-on-year
-9 -
Contract jobs citing Degree 2 12 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Solihull 3.333% 14.81% -
As % of the Qualifications category 20.00% 70.59% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 0
Average daily rate £309 £280 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+10.26% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £340
% change year-on-year
- -4.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.00 £30.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
-30.00% -14.28%
All Qualifications
Solihull
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
10 17 8
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Solihull 16.67% 20.99% 11.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 4 0
Average daily rate £320 £165 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+93.93% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £17.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
- -10.00%
Degree
West Midlands

Degree
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Solihull 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 Solihull region.

Solihull 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 Solihull region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Solihull 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 Solihull region.

Solihull Degree Hourly Rate Trend

Degree
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Solihull 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 3 (42.86%) CSS
1 3 (42.86%) PRINCE2
1 3 (42.86%) XHTML
1 3 (42.86%) jQuery
1 3 (42.86%) Web Development
1 3 (42.86%) CSS3
2 2 (28.57%) Razor View Engine
2 2 (28.57%) .NET Framework
2 2 (28.57%) Finance
2 2 (28.57%) PRINCE
2 2 (28.57%) Service Delivery
2 2 (28.57%) MVC
2 2 (28.57%) SQL Server
2 2 (28.57%) C#
2 2 (28.57%) HTML
2 2 (28.57%) JavaScript
2 2 (28.57%) PL/SQL
2 2 (28.57%) SQL
2 2 (28.57%) T-SQL
2 2 (28.57%) .NET
2 2 (28.57%) Web Application Development
3 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure Management
3 1 (14.29%) Oracle
3 1 (14.29%) Photoshop
3 1 (14.29%) SAP
3 1 (14.29%) Flash
3 1 (14.29%) ITIL
3 1 (14.29%) HNC
3 1 (14.29%) HND
3 1 (14.29%) Electronics

Degree
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Solihull 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 3 (42.86%) CSS
1 3 (42.86%) XHTML
1 3 (42.86%) jQuery
1 3 (42.86%) CSS3
2 2 (28.57%) Razor View Engine
2 2 (28.57%) .NET Framework
2 2 (28.57%) HTML
2 2 (28.57%) .NET
3 1 (14.29%) Flash
3 1 (14.29%) Middleware
3 1 (14.29%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (14.29%) HTML5
Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Photoshop
1 1 (14.29%) Adobe Illustrator
1 1 (14.29%) OmniGraffle
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (28.57%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Dreamweaver
General
1 2 (28.57%) Finance
2 1 (14.29%) Electronics
2 1 (14.29%) Telecoms
2 1 (14.29%) Aerospace
2 1 (14.29%) Automotive
2 1 (14.29%) Legal
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) Developer
2 2 (28.57%) Analyst
2 2 (28.57%) Analyst Developer
2 2 (28.57%) Senior Analyst Programmer
2 2 (28.57%) Senior Analyst Developer
2 2 (28.57%) Senior Programmer
2 2 (28.57%) Senior Analyst
2 2 (28.57%) Senior Developer
2 2 (28.57%) Analyst Programmer
2 2 (28.57%) Programmer
3 1 (14.29%) Lead Developer
3 1 (14.29%) Coordinator
3 1 (14.29%) Project Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Services Delivery Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Test Coordinator
3 1 (14.29%) Service Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Test Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) EMC Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Delivery Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Test Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Web 2.0
1 1 (14.29%) Physics
1 1 (14.29%) Computer Science
1 1 (14.29%) Digital Media
1 1 (14.29%) Smart Meter
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) PRINCE2
1 3 (42.86%) Web Development
2 2 (28.57%) PRINCE
2 2 (28.57%) Service Delivery
2 2 (28.57%) MVC
2 2 (28.57%) Web Application Development
3 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure Management
3 1 (14.29%) ITIL
3 1 (14.29%) CAD
3 1 (14.29%) Configuration Management
3 1 (14.29%) Project Management
3 1 (14.29%) Validation
3 1 (14.29%) Scrum
3 1 (14.29%) Software Testing
3 1 (14.29%) Industrial Design
Programming Languages
1 2 (28.57%) C#
1 2 (28.57%) JavaScript
1 2 (28.57%) PL/SQL
1 2 (28.57%) SQL
1 2 (28.57%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) HNC
1 1 (14.29%) HND
1 1 (14.29%) ISEB
1 1 (14.29%) APMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) SLA
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) Oracle
1 1 (14.29%) SAP
1 1 (14.29%) EMC