The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Chemistry 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 Chemistry over the 3 months to 23 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Chemistry
Rank 216 238 255
Rank change year-on-year
+22 +17
Contract jobs citing Chemistry 7 4 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.090% 0.039% 0.038%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.447% 0.207% 0.202%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 0
Average daily rate £420 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £420 - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
Average hourly rate - - £12.63
UK excluding London average hourly rate £10.99 - £12.63
All of the Miscellaneous Category
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
1566 1928 1984
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 20.12% 18.96% 18.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 716 816 823
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 £214 £223 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £475 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £340
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +1.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 119 178 184
Average hourly rate £23.22 £27.50 £30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-15.56% -8.33%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.00 £12.65 £12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £45.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £23.00 £26.50
% change year-on-year
-2.17% -13.20%
Chemistry
England

Chemistry
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East Chemistry Jobs Demand Trend

Chemistry
Daily Rate Trend

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

South East Chemistry Daily Rate Trend

Chemistry
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Chemistry across the South East region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

South East Chemistry Daily Rate Histogram

Chemistry
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South East Chemistry Hourly Rate Trend

Chemistry
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Chemistry within the South East region over the 3 months to 23 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
Berkshire - 5 £420 -
Kent - 2 £183 -
Chemistry
England

Chemistry
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing Chemistry 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 Chemistry.

1 5 (55.56%) Degree
2 2 (22.22%) Resource Management
2 2 (22.22%) Mathematics
2 2 (22.22%) Computer Science
2 2 (22.22%) Data Migration
2 2 (22.22%) DV Cleared
2 2 (22.22%) Security Cleared
2 2 (22.22%) ArcGIS
2 2 (22.22%) Electronics
2 2 (22.22%) Publishing
2 2 (22.22%) Migration
2 2 (22.22%) Replication
2 2 (22.22%) Military
2 2 (22.22%) PL/SQL
2 2 (22.22%) SQL
2 2 (22.22%) Oracle
2 2 (22.22%) SQL Server
2 2 (22.22%) MS Office
2 2 (22.22%) UNIX
2 2 (22.22%) Windows
2 2 (22.22%) Oracle 9i
2 2 (22.22%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (22.22%) Data Mining
2 2 (22.22%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (22.22%) Microsoft
2 2 (22.22%) Oracle 10g
2 2 (22.22%) i2
2 2 (22.22%) Bioinformatics
3 1 (11.11%) Project Planning
3 1 (11.11%) GIS

Chemistry
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing Chemistry 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 Chemistry. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 2 (22.22%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 2 (22.22%) MS Office
2 1 (11.11%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (22.22%) SQL Server
1 2 (22.22%) Oracle 9i
1 2 (22.22%) Data Warehouse
1 2 (22.22%) Data Mining
1 2 (22.22%) Oracle 10g
2 1 (11.11%) GIS
2 1 (11.11%) Oracle 11g
General
1 2 (22.22%) Electronics
1 2 (22.22%) Publishing
1 2 (22.22%) Military
Job Titles
1 2 (22.22%) Oracle Developer
1 2 (22.22%) Project Manager
1 2 (22.22%) Developer
1 2 (22.22%) Analyst
1 2 (22.22%) Development Manager
2 1 (11.11%) GIS Analyst
2 1 (11.11%) Senior Developer
2 1 (11.11%) SQL Developer
2 1 (11.11%) Senior Oracle Developer
2 1 (11.11%) Designer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (22.22%) Mathematics
1 2 (22.22%) Computer Science
1 2 (22.22%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 2 (22.22%) UNIX
1 2 (22.22%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (22.22%) Resource Management
1 2 (22.22%) Data Migration
1 2 (22.22%) Migration
1 2 (22.22%) Business Intelligence
1 2 (22.22%) Bioinformatics
2 1 (11.11%) Project Planning
2 1 (11.11%) Project Management
2 1 (11.11%) Workflow
2 1 (11.11%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (22.22%) PL/SQL
1 2 (22.22%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (55.56%) Degree
2 2 (22.22%) DV Cleared
2 2 (22.22%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (22.22%) Oracle
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft
1 2 (22.22%) i2