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The table below looks at the demand for DST Systems Automated Work Distributor (AWD) skills within the South East region with a comparison to our Business Applications category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited AWD over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkDST Systems Automated Work Distributor (AWD)
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank242282
Rank change on same period last yearUp+40
Matching contract IT job ads511
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.007 %0.011 %
As % of the category below0.584 %1.013 %
Daily rates quoted06
Average minimum daily rate-£425
Average daily rate-£433
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£442
UK excluding London average daily rate-£427
% change on same period last year-
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
South East
Matching contract IT job ads8561086
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.205 %1.097 %
Daily rates quoted193267
Average minimum daily rate£399£407
Average daily rate£426£431
% change on same period last year-1.12 %
Average maximum daily rate£454£455
UK excluding London average daily rate£443£423
% change on same period last year+4.89 %
Hourly rates quoted2035
Average minimum hourly rate£24.30£31.90
Average hourly rate£26.28£34.97
% change on same period last year-24.86 %
Average maximum hourly rate£28.25£38.04
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.75£28.14
% change on same period last year-12.03 %
AWD EnglandAWD
England

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

AWD
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing AWD across the South East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Business Applications category.

South East AWD Demand Trend

AWD
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing AWD across the South East region.

South East AWD Daily Rate Trend

AWD
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing AWD across the South East region.

South East AWD Hourly Rate Trend

AWD
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing AWD within the South East region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
SurreyUp+254--
AWD EnglandAWD
England

AWD
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing AWD 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 AWD.

113 (86.67 %)Workflow
28 (53.33 %)SOA
37 (46.67 %)Finance
45 (33.33 %)Banking
45 (33.33 %)PRINCE2
54 (26.67 %)Project Management
63 (20.00 %)Retail
63 (20.00 %)SQL
63 (20.00 %)Pensions
63 (20.00 %)User Acceptance Testing
72 (13.33 %)Retail Banking
72 (13.33 %)Risk Management
72 (13.33 %)Lean Manufacturing
72 (13.33 %)Client/Server
72 (13.33 %)Six Sigma
72 (13.33 %)Insurance
72 (13.33 %)Manufacturing
72 (13.33 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
81 (6.667 %)Process Management
81 (6.667 %)BPR
81 (6.667 %)Windows XP
81 (6.667 %)MS Visio
81 (6.667 %)ISEB
81 (6.667 %)PRINCE2 Certification
81 (6.667 %)TestDirector
81 (6.667 %)Windows Server 2003
81 (6.667 %)Transact-SQL
81 (6.667 %)VB.NET
81 (6.667 %).NET
81 (6.667 %)XML

AWD
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing AWD 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 AWD. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

South East IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (6.667 %).NET
11 (6.667 %)XML
South East IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (6.667 %)MS Visio
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (6.667 %)TestDirector
South East IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
17 (46.67 %)Finance
25 (33.33 %)Banking
33 (20.00 %)Retail
33 (20.00 %)Pensions
42 (13.33 %)Retail Banking
42 (13.33 %)Insurance
42 (13.33 %)Manufacturing
51 (6.667 %)Telecoms
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
15 (33.33 %)Project Manager
24 (26.67 %)Consultant
33 (20.00 %)Analyst
42 (13.33 %)Business Analyst
42 (13.33 %)Tester
51 (6.667 %)Test Analyst
51 (6.667 %)Systems Tester
51 (6.667 %)Technical Specialist
51 (6.667 %)Financial Business Analyst
51 (6.667 %)UAT Tester
51 (6.667 %)UAT Analyst
51 (6.667 %)Financial Services Business Analyst
South East IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (13.33 %)Client/Server
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (6.667 %)Windows
11 (6.667 %)Windows XP
11 (6.667 %)Windows Server 2003
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
113 (86.67 %)Workflow
28 (53.33 %)SOA
35 (33.33 %)PRINCE2
44 (26.67 %)Project Management
53 (20.00 %)User Acceptance Testing
62 (13.33 %)Risk Management
62 (13.33 %)Six Sigma
62 (13.33 %)Lean Manufacturing
71 (6.667 %)BPR
71 (6.667 %)Process Management
71 (6.667 %)Web Testing
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
13 (20.00 %)SQL
21 (6.667 %)Transact-SQL
21 (6.667 %)VB.NET
21 (6.667 %)C
21 (6.667 %)C++
21 (6.667 %)Java
South East IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (6.667 %)ISEB
11 (6.667 %)PRINCE2 Certification
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
12 (13.33 %)Sarbanes-Oxley