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This section looks at the demand for Degree in IT contracts within the South East region compared to all other Qualifications we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited Degree over the 3 months to 4 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkDegree
Location
3 months to 4 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank4547
Rank change on same period last yearUp+2
Matching contract IT job ads383510
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.505 %0.541 %
As % of the category below24.65 %28.07 %
Daily rates quoted6571
Average minimum daily rate£311£311
Average daily rate£327£325
% change on same period last year+0.73 %
Average maximum daily rate£343£338
UK excluding London average daily rate£344£312
% change on same period last year+10.50 %
Hourly rates quoted106111
Average minimum hourly rate£22.85£32.69
Average hourly rate£24.26£34.53
% change on same period last year-29.75 %
Average maximum hourly rate£25.66£36.37
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.11£31.58
% change on same period last year-14.15 %
Qualifications South EastQualifications
South East
Matching contract IT job ads15541817
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled2.049 %1.927 %
Daily rates quoted403392
Average minimum daily rate£332£323
Average daily rate£352£339
% change on same period last year+3.62 %
Average maximum daily rate£371£356
UK excluding London average daily rate£330£339
% change on same period last year-2.53 %
Hourly rates quoted263279
Average minimum hourly rate£23.30£24.23
Average hourly rate£24.72£25.63
% change on same period last year-3.52 %
Average maximum hourly rate£26.14£27.02
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.13£25.68
% change on same period last year-2.15 %
Degree EnglandDegree
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.

Degree
Demand Trend

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

South East Degree Demand Trend

Degree
Daily Rate Trend

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

South East Degree Daily Rate Trend

Degree
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Degree across the South East region over the 3 months to 4 July 2008.

South East Degree Daily Rate Histogram

Degree
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South East Degree Hourly Rate Trend

Degree
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Degree across the South East region over the 3 months to 4 July 2008.

South East Degree Hourly Rate Histogram

Degree
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT job ads citing Degree within the South East region over the 3 months to 4 July 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
HampshireDown-283£377+10.19 %
SurreyUp+971£386+21.34 %
BerkshireDown-963£380+20.18 %
BuckinghamshireUp+340£346+31.54 %
KentUp+1027--
MiddlesexDown-1319£443+18.73 %
OxfordshireDown-518£320+190.90 %
West SussexUp+913£120-70.90 %
Home CountiesUp+1113£150-66.66 %
Thames ValleyUp+253--
East SussexDown-72--
SussexUp+121--
M4 CorridorUp+71--
Degree EnglandDegree
England

Degree
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing Degree 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 Degree.

1170 (19.68 %)Windows
2121 (14.00 %)Computer Science
3104 (12.04 %)Finance
499 (11.46 %)Microsoft
586 (9.954 %)SQL
685 (9.838 %)Java
783 (9.606 %)MS Excel
879 (9.144 %)MS Office
978 (9.028 %)C++
1074 (8.565 %)Oracle
1171 (8.218 %)C
1268 (7.870 %)Telecoms
1367 (7.755 %)Security Cleared
1465 (7.523 %)Unix
1564 (7.407 %).NET
1564 (7.407 %)Electronics
1662 (7.176 %)Education
1757 (6.597 %)Pharmaceutical
1854 (6.250 %)J2EE
1951 (5.903 %)Linux
1951 (5.903 %)SC Cleared
1951 (5.903 %)Mathematics
2050 (5.787 %)Project Management
2149 (5.671 %)Windows 2000
2149 (5.671 %)UML
2247 (5.440 %)XML
2345 (5.208 %)ITIL
2345 (5.208 %)OO
2441 (4.745 %)Government
2539 (4.514 %)Marketing

Degree
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing Degree 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 Degree. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
164 (7.407 %).NET
254 (6.250 %)J2EE
347 (5.440 %)XML
431 (3.588 %)Struts
524 (2.778 %)HTML
622 (2.546 %)ASP.NET
721 (2.431 %)WebSphere
820 (2.315 %)ASP
919 (2.199 %)Middleware
1018 (2.083 %)AJAX
1018 (2.083 %)Hibernate
1117 (1.968 %)JSP
1216 (1.852 %)EJB
1216 (1.852 %)JRules
1315 (1.736 %)CSS
1412 (1.389 %)Spring
1510 (1.157 %)Servlets
1510 (1.157 %)XHTML
169 (1.042 %)JMS
178 (0.926 %)WebServices
Application Platforms
130 (3.472 %)WebLogic
220 (2.315 %)SAS
312 (1.389 %)WebSphere Application Server
411 (1.273 %)IIS
411 (1.273 %)Apache
510 (1.157 %)Tomcat
510 (1.157 %)ArcSDE
68 (0.926 %)MS Exchange
68 (0.926 %)ArcIMS
75 (0.579 %)CICS
75 (0.579 %)SharePoint
84 (0.463 %)Lotus Notes
84 (0.463 %)BizTalk Server
84 (0.463 %)WebSphere MQ
84 (0.463 %)Exchange Server 2003
93 (0.347 %)ESB
93 (0.347 %)WPS
93 (0.347 %)Exchange Server 2000
93 (0.347 %)Exchange Server 2007
93 (0.347 %)ArcGIS
Applications
183 (9.606 %)MS Excel
279 (9.144 %)MS Office
322 (2.546 %)MS PowerPoint
322 (2.546 %)MS Project
46 (0.694 %)MATLAB
46 (0.694 %)Simulink
55 (0.579 %)Quicktime
55 (0.579 %)SPSS
64 (0.463 %)MS Visio
73 (0.347 %)Photoshop
82 (0.231 %)Stateflow
82 (0.231 %)FrameMaker
82 (0.231 %)Adobe Illustrator
91 (0.116 %)Adobe Premiere
91 (0.116 %)Pro/ENGINEER
91 (0.116 %)3ds Max
91 (0.116 %)CorelDRAW
91 (0.116 %)ArcInfo
91 (0.116 %)FreeHand
91 (0.116 %)AutoCAD
Business Applications
13 (0.347 %)Oracle Applications
13 (0.347 %)SoftGrid
22 (0.231 %)Remedy ITSM
22 (0.231 %)Oracle EBS
22 (0.231 %)Oracle CRM
22 (0.231 %)Oracle Financials
22 (0.231 %)Oracle 11i
31 (0.116 %)Microsoft CRM
31 (0.116 %)Great Plains
31 (0.116 %)SAP FI
31 (0.116 %)SAP MM
31 (0.116 %)Oracle Payroll
31 (0.116 %)SAP FI/CO
31 (0.116 %)SAP CO
31 (0.116 %)HFM
Communications & Networking
129 (3.356 %)GSM
223 (2.662 %)TCP/IP
319 (2.199 %)VPN
319 (2.199 %)Firewall
418 (2.083 %)DVB
515 (1.736 %)Internet
515 (1.736 %)UMTS
613 (1.505 %)GPRS
613 (1.505 %)Network Security
710 (1.157 %)Intranet
710 (1.157 %)CDMA
710 (1.157 %)WCDMA
710 (1.157 %)WLAN
710 (1.157 %)3G
88 (0.926 %)DNS
88 (0.926 %)WAN
88 (0.926 %)VoIP
88 (0.926 %)Wireless
97 (0.810 %)LAN
97 (0.810 %)WINS
Database & Business Intelligence
133 (3.819 %)SQL Server
219 (2.199 %)GIS
318 (2.083 %)Crystal Reports
417 (1.968 %)MySQL
516 (1.852 %)DB2
516 (1.852 %)BusinessObjects
614 (1.620 %)RDBMS
79 (1.042 %)MS Access
87 (0.810 %)SQL Server 2005
96 (0.694 %)Datawarehouse
96 (0.694 %)Oracle Reports
105 (0.579 %)BusinessObjects XI
114 (0.463 %)SQL Server 2000
114 (0.463 %)Informix
123 (0.347 %)Oracle 8/8i
123 (0.347 %)Oracle 10g
123 (0.347 %)Base SAS
123 (0.347 %)Data Cleansing
132 (0.231 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
141 (0.116 %)Database Marketing
Development Applications
126 (3.009 %)Eclipse
221 (2.431 %)Flash
319 (2.199 %)ClearCase
411 (1.273 %)VSS/SourceSafe
59 (1.042 %)Rational Rose
68 (0.926 %)Visual Studio
68 (0.926 %)LabVIEW
77 (0.810 %)Ant
77 (0.810 %)TestDirector
86 (0.694 %)CruiseControl
86 (0.694 %)Subversion
94 (0.463 %)JUnit
103 (0.347 %)ClearQuest
103 (0.347 %)StarTeam
112 (0.231 %)Dreamweaver
112 (0.231 %)WinRunner
112 (0.231 %)QuickTest Pro
112 (0.231 %)LoadRunner
112 (0.231 %)PVCS
112 (0.231 %)Oracle Forms
General
1104 (12.04 %)Finance
268 (7.870 %)Telecoms
364 (7.407 %)Electronics
462 (7.176 %)Education
557 (6.597 %)Pharmaceutical
641 (4.745 %)Government
739 (4.514 %)Marketing
823 (2.662 %)Health
823 (2.662 %)Electric
922 (2.546 %)Retail
1018 (2.083 %)Manufacturing
1018 (2.083 %)Aerospace
1113 (1.505 %)Automotive
1113 (1.505 %)Legal
1212 (1.389 %)Military
1311 (1.273 %)Games
149 (1.042 %)Banking
149 (1.042 %)Multimedia
149 (1.042 %)Insurance
158 (0.926 %)Construction
Job Titles
1151 (17.48 %)Analyst
2108 (12.50 %)Developer
379 (9.144 %)Software Engineer
446 (5.324 %)Project Manager
541 (4.745 %)Consultant
633 (3.819 %)Junior
729 (3.356 %)Systems Engineer
828 (3.241 %)J2EE Developer
925 (2.894 %)Java Developer
1024 (2.778 %)Business Analyst
1123 (2.662 %)Support Analyst
1222 (2.546 %)Programmer
1222 (2.546 %)Test Engineer
1321 (2.431 %)Helpdesk Analyst
1420 (2.315 %)Architect
1519 (2.199 %)Senior Developer
1618 (2.083 %)Support Engineer
1717 (1.968 %)Tester
1816 (1.852 %)Graduate
1816 (1.852 %)Administrator
Miscellaneous
1121 (14.00 %)Computer Science
251 (5.903 %)Mathematics
326 (3.009 %)Handset
423 (2.662 %)STB
521 (2.431 %)Statistics
618 (2.083 %)Physics
717 (1.968 %)Field-Programmable Gate Array
815 (1.736 %)iDTV
914 (1.620 %)ASIC
914 (1.620 %)Management Information System
1013 (1.505 %)VHDL
1111 (1.273 %)Device Driver
1111 (1.273 %)Life Science
1210 (1.157 %)NHS
139 (1.042 %)Client/Server
148 (0.926 %)MPEG
148 (0.926 %)Mainframe
157 (0.810 %)Blackberry
157 (0.810 %)Verilog
157 (0.810 %)French Language
Operating Systems
1170 (19.68 %)Windows
265 (7.523 %)Unix
351 (5.903 %)Linux
449 (5.671 %)Windows 2000
525 (2.894 %)Windows XP
623 (2.662 %)Windows NT
720 (2.315 %)VMS
811 (1.273 %)Solaris
99 (1.042 %)Windows Mobile
107 (0.810 %)Windows Server 2003
116 (0.694 %)Mac OS X
123 (0.347 %)AIX
132 (0.231 %)HPUX
132 (0.231 %)Windows CE
132 (0.231 %)Embedded Linux
141 (0.116 %)Windows Vista
141 (0.116 %)SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
167 (7.755 %)Security Cleared
251 (5.903 %)SC Cleared
350 (5.787 %)Project Management
449 (5.671 %)UML
545 (5.208 %)ITIL
545 (5.208 %)OO
632 (3.704 %)Configuration Management
727 (3.125 %)PRINCE2
825 (2.894 %)Validation
924 (2.778 %)Time Management
1020 (2.315 %)Migration
1020 (2.315 %)Change Management
1118 (2.083 %)Business Analysis
1217 (1.968 %)Project Planning
1217 (1.968 %)Systems Analysis
1316 (1.852 %)RUP
1414 (1.620 %)Service Delivery
1414 (1.620 %)Data Management
1513 (1.505 %)Six Sigma
1513 (1.505 %)Software Engineering
Programming Languages
186 (9.954 %)SQL
285 (9.838 %)Java
378 (9.028 %)C++
471 (8.218 %)C
535 (4.051 %)C#
621 (2.431 %)VB.NET
719 (2.199 %)Embedded C
719 (2.199 %)VB
818 (2.083 %)VC++
916 (1.852 %)Embedded C++
1012 (1.389 %)JavaScript
1111 (1.273 %)Perl
1210 (1.157 %)PHP
1210 (1.157 %)PL/SQL
137 (0.810 %)Python
137 (0.810 %)VBA
146 (0.694 %)Transact-SQL
146 (0.694 %)VBScript
155 (0.579 %)COBOL
155 (0.579 %)Assembly Language
Qualifications
130 (3.472 %)HND
223 (2.662 %)HNC
223 (2.662 %)Microsoft Certification
317 (1.968 %)MCSE
415 (1.736 %)ISEB
415 (1.736 %)ITIL Certification
58 (0.926 %)Cisco Certification
58 (0.926 %)PhD
58 (0.926 %)MCP
67 (0.810 %)CCNA
76 (0.694 %)MBA
76 (0.694 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
84 (0.463 %)PRINCE2 Certification
84 (0.463 %)CCA
84 (0.463 %)Citrix Certification
84 (0.463 %)CISSP
93 (0.347 %)ACCA
93 (0.347 %)CISA
93 (0.347 %)CISM
93 (0.347 %)CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
137 (4.282 %)QA
214 (1.620 %)ISO9001
312 (1.389 %)SLA
49 (1.042 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
56 (0.694 %)GCP
56 (0.694 %)ISO9000
63 (0.347 %)GxP
63 (0.347 %)ISO27001
71 (0.116 %)COBIT
71 (0.116 %)Basel II
System Software
124 (2.778 %)Active Directory
28 (0.926 %)Backup Exec
34 (0.463 %)Terminal Server
43 (0.347 %)VMware Infrastructure
52 (0.231 %)Samba
52 (0.231 %)NetBackup
61 (0.116 %)Tivoli Workload Scheduler
61 (0.116 %)RACF
Systems Management
19 (1.042 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
25 (0.579 %)MOM
33 (0.347 %)OpenView Configuration Management
42 (0.231 %)Tivoli NetView
42 (0.231 %)OpenView
42 (0.231 %)Netcool
51 (0.116 %)Tivoli
51 (0.116 %)Norton AntiVirus
51 (0.116 %)EMC Navisphere
51 (0.116 %)OVSD
51 (0.116 %)WSUS
Vendors
199 (11.46 %)Microsoft
274 (8.565 %)Oracle
329 (3.356 %)SAP
424 (2.778 %)IBM
517 (1.968 %)Intel
616 (1.852 %)Business Objects
715 (1.736 %)Citrix
715 (1.736 %)VMware
814 (1.620 %)EMC
814 (1.620 %)Cisco
912 (1.389 %)Red Hat
1011 (1.273 %)HP
1110 (1.157 %)BEA
1110 (1.157 %)CheckPoint
129 (1.042 %)NEC
138 (0.926 %)ILOG
147 (0.810 %)ESRI
147 (0.810 %)Agilent
155 (0.579 %)Lotus
155 (0.579 %)Remedy
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