The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Biometrics in IT contracts advertised for the South East region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Biometrics 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 terms in our Miscellaneous category for the South East 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
Biometrics
Rank - 238 247
Contract jobs citing Biometrics 0 9 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East - 0.089% 0.048%
As % of the Miscellaneous category - 0.470% 0.252%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 6 2
Average daily rate - £250 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -41.17%
UK excluding London average daily rate - £250 £425
% change year-on-year
- -41.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £50.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £50.00 -
All of the Miscellaneous Category
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
1540 1915 1982
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 19.71% 18.85% 18.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 696 817 810
Average daily rate £375 £325 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+15.38% -7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £215 £225 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £475 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £342 £340
% change year-on-year
+2.41% +0.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 126 180 182
Average hourly rate £23.75 £27.50 £30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-13.63% -8.33%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.92 £12.80 £12.20
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £45.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £24.50 £26.50
% change year-on-year
-10.20% -7.54%
Biometrics
England

Biometrics
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East Biometrics Jobs Demand Trend

Biometrics
Daily Rate Trend

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

South East Biometrics Daily Rate Trend

Biometrics
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South East Biometrics Hourly Rate Trend

Biometrics
Top 11 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing Biometrics 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 Biometrics.

1 6 (75.00%) Windows
1 6 (75.00%) SLA
1 6 (75.00%) Back Office
2 4 (50.00%) Security Cleared
3 2 (25.00%) Management Information System
3 2 (25.00%) Military
3 2 (25.00%) Data Management
3 2 (25.00%) SC Cleared
4 1 (12.50%) DV Cleared
4 1 (12.50%) C
4 1 (12.50%) Information Management

Biometrics
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing Biometrics 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 Biometrics. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

General
1 6 (75.00%) Back Office
2 2 (25.00%) Military
Job Titles
1 7 (87.50%) Analyst
2 6 (75.00%) Systems Analyst
3 3 (37.50%) Systems Support
3 3 (37.50%) Support Analyst
3 3 (37.50%) Systems Support Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) Data Administrator
4 1 (12.50%) Data Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 6 (75.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (25.00%) Data Management
2 1 (12.50%) Information Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (12.50%) C
Qualifications
1 4 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (25.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (12.50%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (75.00%) SLA