The first table below looks at the demand for Build Automation skills 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 Build Automation 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 of the Processes & Methodologies 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Build Automation
Rank 213 243 247
Rank change year-on-year
+30 +4
Contract jobs citing Build Automation 7 2 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.088% 0.020% 0.058%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.130% 0.030% 0.090%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 0
Average daily rate £300 £404 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-25.69% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £390 £425
% change year-on-year
-3.84% -8.23%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £32.50 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.50 - -
All Processes & Methodologies
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
5367 6583 6648
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 67.75% 64.80% 64.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 2775 3152 3028
Average daily rate £375 £360 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.16% -4.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £250 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £500 £514
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 212 329 357
Average hourly rate £27.00 £25.25 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+6.93% -27.85%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.50 £13.50 £13.54
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £50.00 £45.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.50 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.00% -16.66%
Build Automation
England

Build Automation
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Build Automation across the South East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

South East Build Automation Jobs Demand Trend

Build Automation
Daily Rate Trend

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

South East Build Automation Daily Rate Trend

Build Automation
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South East Build Automation Hourly Rate Trend

Build Automation
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Build Automation within the South East region over the 3 months to 21 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
Surrey +22 6 - -
Build Automation
England

Build Automation
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing Build Automation 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 Build Automation.

1 6 (46.15%) SQL
1 6 (46.15%) Continuous Integration
1 6 (46.15%) PowerShell
2 5 (38.46%) MSBuild
2 5 (38.46%) QA
2 5 (38.46%) Games
2 5 (38.46%) Oracle
2 5 (38.46%) Visual Studio
2 5 (38.46%) Python
3 4 (30.77%) Microsoft
3 4 (30.77%) UNIX
3 4 (30.77%) Ant
4 3 (23.08%) Oracle 11g
4 3 (23.08%) Automated Testing
4 3 (23.08%) Oracle Application Server
4 3 (23.08%) PL/SQL
4 3 (23.08%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (23.08%) Shell Script
4 3 (23.08%) SOA
4 3 (23.08%) ETL
5 2 (15.38%) VB.NET
5 2 (15.38%) .NET
5 2 (15.38%) Linux
5 2 (15.38%) Requirements Analysis
5 2 (15.38%) Performance Testing
5 2 (15.38%) Configuration Management
5 2 (15.38%) Investment Management
5 2 (15.38%) Security Cleared
5 2 (15.38%) Change Control
6 1 (7.692%) CCEE

Build Automation
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing Build Automation 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 Build Automation. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (15.38%) .NET
2 1 (7.692%) Ruby on Rails
2 1 (7.692%) Spring
2 1 (7.692%) XML
2 1 (7.692%) Middleware
Application Platforms
1 3 (23.08%) Oracle Application Server
2 1 (7.692%) Oracle 10gAS
2 1 (7.692%) Apache
2 1 (7.692%) Tomcat
Applications
1 1 (7.692%) Spreadsheet
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.692%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (23.08%) Oracle 11g
1 3 (23.08%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (7.692%) MySQL
2 1 (7.692%) SQL Server
2 1 (7.692%) Oracle 10g
Development Applications
1 5 (38.46%) MSBuild
1 5 (38.46%) Visual Studio
2 4 (30.77%) Ant
3 1 (7.692%) Hudson
3 1 (7.692%) TestNG
3 1 (7.692%) Maven
3 1 (7.692%) Eclipse
General
1 5 (38.46%) Games
2 1 (7.692%) Retail
2 1 (7.692%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 5 (38.46%) Automation Engineer
2 3 (23.08%) Developer
2 3 (23.08%) DBA
2 3 (23.08%) Oracle DBA
3 1 (7.692%) Automation Specialist
3 1 (7.692%) Test Automation Engineer
3 1 (7.692%) Oracle Architect
3 1 (7.692%) Build Engineer
3 1 (7.692%) Architect
3 1 (7.692%) Excel Developer
3 1 (7.692%) Oracle Developer
3 1 (7.692%) Test Engineer
3 1 (7.692%) Java Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.692%) Fat Client
1 1 (7.692%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 4 (30.77%) UNIX
2 2 (15.38%) Linux
3 1 (7.692%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (46.15%) Continuous Integration
2 3 (23.08%) Automated Testing
2 3 (23.08%) SOA
2 3 (23.08%) ETL
3 2 (15.38%) Requirements Analysis
3 2 (15.38%) Performance Testing
3 2 (15.38%) Configuration Management
3 2 (15.38%) Investment Management
3 2 (15.38%) Change Control
4 1 (7.692%) Database Security
4 1 (7.692%) Portfolio Management
4 1 (7.692%) Process Improvement
4 1 (7.692%) Test Automation
4 1 (7.692%) Fund Accounting
4 1 (7.692%) Capacity Planning
4 1 (7.692%) Load Balancing
4 1 (7.692%) Release Management
4 1 (7.692%) Asset Management
4 1 (7.692%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 6 (46.15%) SQL
1 6 (46.15%) PowerShell
2 5 (38.46%) Python
3 3 (23.08%) PL/SQL
3 3 (23.08%) Shell Script
4 2 (15.38%) VB.NET
5 1 (7.692%) Ruby
5 1 (7.692%) Java
Qualifications
1 2 (15.38%) Security Cleared
2 1 (7.692%) CCEE
2 1 (7.692%) MCSE
2 1 (7.692%) Citrix Certification
2 1 (7.692%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (38.46%) QA
2 1 (7.692%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (7.692%) Hyper-V
1 1 (7.692%) XenApp
1 1 (7.692%) XenServer
1 1 (7.692%) XenDesktop
1 1 (7.692%) vSphere
1 1 (7.692%) IAG
1 1 (7.692%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (7.692%) SCOM
1 1 (7.692%) BladeLogic
Vendors
1 5 (38.46%) Oracle
2 4 (30.77%) Microsoft
3 1 (7.692%) Wyse
3 1 (7.692%) Perforce
3 1 (7.692%) VMware
3 1 (7.692%) AppSense
3 1 (7.692%) Citrix
3 1 (7.692%) BMC
3 1 (7.692%) Informatica
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