The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Bloomberg products and/or services 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 Bloomberg over the 3 months to 20 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 Vendors 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.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are NOT representative of contractor rates within Bloomberg.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Bloomberg
Rank 223 244 243
Rank change year-on-year
+21 -1
Contract jobs citing Bloomberg 2 3 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.026% 0.030% 0.010%
As % of the Vendors category 0.051% 0.059% 0.020%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 3 0
Average daily rate - £140 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £575 £288 £350
% change year-on-year
+100.00% -17.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £15.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.00 - £97.63
All Vendors
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
3919 5045 5053
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 50.11% 49.88% 49.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 1903 2199 1982
Average daily rate £350 £360 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.77% +2.85%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £220 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £500 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 314 384 410
Average hourly rate £19.63 £18.00 £22.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+9.02% -20.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £11.50 £11.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £39.00 £45.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
Bloomberg
England

Bloomberg
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East Bloomberg Jobs Demand Trend

Bloomberg
Daily Rate Trend

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

South East Bloomberg Daily Rate Trend

Bloomberg
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South East Bloomberg Hourly Rate Trend

Bloomberg
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Bloomberg within the South East region over the 3 months to 20 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
Kent -4 1 - -
Berkshire - 1 - -
Bloomberg
England

Bloomberg
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing Bloomberg 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 Bloomberg.

1 2 (66.67%) Windows
1 2 (66.67%) Windows 7
2 1 (33.33%) 3000 Xtra
2 1 (33.33%) VMware ESXi
2 1 (33.33%) Capacity Management
2 1 (33.33%) SQL
2 1 (33.33%) Oracle
2 1 (33.33%) MS Office
2 1 (33.33%) ITIL
2 1 (33.33%) MCP
2 1 (33.33%) UNIX
2 1 (33.33%) Wyse
2 1 (33.33%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) VMware
2 1 (33.33%) Fixed Income
2 1 (33.33%) Data Management
2 1 (33.33%) Fat Client
2 1 (33.33%) SCCM
2 1 (33.33%) XenDesktop
2 1 (33.33%) Trayport
2 1 (33.33%) Linux
2 1 (33.33%) MCSE
2 1 (33.33%) MCSA
2 1 (33.33%) Windows XP
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (33.33%) Active Directory
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (33.33%) Red Hat
2 1 (33.33%) Thin Client
2 1 (33.33%) Reuters

Bloomberg
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Applications
1 1 (33.33%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 1 (33.33%) 3000 Xtra
General
1 1 (33.33%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Support Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) 3rd Line Support
2 1 (33.33%) Data Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Deskside Support
2 1 (33.33%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Thin Client
1 1 (33.33%) Blackberry
1 1 (33.33%) Fixed Income
1 1 (33.33%) Fat Client
Operating Systems
1 2 (66.67%) Windows
1 2 (66.67%) Windows 7
2 1 (33.33%) UNIX
2 1 (33.33%) Linux
2 1 (33.33%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) ITIL
1 1 (33.33%) Data Management
1 1 (33.33%) Capacity Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) MCP
1 1 (33.33%) MCSE
1 1 (33.33%) MCSA
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Active Directory
1 1 (33.33%) XenDesktop
1 1 (33.33%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) SCCM
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Oracle
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
1 1 (33.33%) Red Hat
1 1 (33.33%) Reuters
1 1 (33.33%) Charles River
1 1 (33.33%) Wyse
1 1 (33.33%) VMware
1 1 (33.33%) Trayport