The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Derivative 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 Derivative over the 3 months to 22 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Derivatives
Rank 223 238 234
Rank change year-on-year
+15 -4
Contract jobs citing Derivative 6 8 8
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.076% 0.077% 0.078%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.378% 0.408% 0.415%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 4
Average daily rate £625 £240 £388
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+160.41% -38.06%
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £400 £400
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £29.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.00 £22.50 -
% change year-on-year
-24.44% -
All of the Miscellaneous Category
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
1588 1963 1930
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 20.05% 18.98% 18.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 719 833 795
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 £211 £225 £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 126 181 177
Average hourly rate £22.69 £27.50 £29.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-17.49% -5.17%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.00 £12.50 £12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £45.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £25.66
% change year-on-year
-2.22% -12.31%
Derivative
England

Derivative
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East Derivative Jobs Demand Trend

Derivative
Daily Rate Trend

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

South East Derivative Daily Rate Trend

Derivative
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South East Derivative Hourly Rate Trend

Derivative
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Derivative within the South East region over the 3 months to 22 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
Hampshire +1 4 - -
Kent - 1 - -
Oxfordshire - 1 £625 -
Derivative
England

Derivative
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing Derivative 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 Derivative.

1 9 (81.82%) UML
2 7 (63.64%) SQL
2 7 (63.64%) XML
3 5 (45.45%) C++
3 5 (45.45%) OO
3 5 (45.45%) OOD
3 5 (45.45%) NUnit
3 5 (45.45%) Software Engineering
3 5 (45.45%) Use Case
3 5 (45.45%) Integration Testing
3 5 (45.45%) Continuous Integration
3 5 (45.45%) Multithreading
3 5 (45.45%) Memory Management
3 5 (45.45%) GoogleTest
4 4 (36.36%) wxWidgets
4 4 (36.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 4 (36.36%) CppUnit
4 4 (36.36%) Refactoring
4 4 (36.36%) CruiseControl
4 4 (36.36%) Subversion
4 4 (36.36%) Red Hat
4 4 (36.36%) ClearQuest
4 4 (36.36%) PostgreSQL
4 4 (36.36%) Unified Process
4 4 (36.36%) Ingres
4 4 (36.36%) Rational Rose
4 4 (36.36%) C
4 4 (36.36%) Microsoft
4 4 (36.36%) Configuration Management
4 4 (36.36%) Motif

Derivative
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing Derivative 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 Derivative. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 7 (63.64%) XML
2 4 (36.36%) wxWidgets
2 4 (36.36%) Motif
3 3 (27.27%) Web Services
3 3 (27.27%) XSL
3 3 (27.27%) J2EE
3 3 (27.27%) J2SE
3 3 (27.27%) XML Schema
Applications
1 4 (36.36%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (9.091%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (36.36%) PostgreSQL
1 4 (36.36%) Ingres
Development Applications
1 5 (45.45%) NUnit
1 5 (45.45%) GoogleTest
2 4 (36.36%) CppUnit
2 4 (36.36%) CruiseControl
2 4 (36.36%) Subversion
2 4 (36.36%) ClearQuest
2 4 (36.36%) Rational Rose
2 4 (36.36%) ClearCase
2 4 (36.36%) Ant
General
1 2 (18.18%) Banking
1 2 (18.18%) Finance
2 1 (9.091%) Manufacturing
2 1 (9.091%) Electronics
2 1 (9.091%) Military
2 1 (9.091%) Retail
2 1 (9.091%) Billing
2 1 (9.091%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 2 (18.18%) Senior Java Developer
1 2 (18.18%) Senior Developer
1 2 (18.18%) Java Developer
1 2 (18.18%) C++ Software Engineer
1 2 (18.18%) Team Leader
1 2 (18.18%) Java Team Leader
1 2 (18.18%) Business Analyst
1 2 (18.18%) Software Engineer
1 2 (18.18%) Developer
1 2 (18.18%) Analyst
2 1 (9.091%) Senior Manager
2 1 (9.091%) Security Engineer
2 1 (9.091%) Electronics Engineer
2 1 (9.091%) Development Team Leader
2 1 (9.091%) Hardware Engineer
2 1 (9.091%) Design Engineer
2 1 (9.091%) Data Analyst
2 1 (9.091%) Senior Java/J2EE Developer
2 1 (9.091%) Java/J2EE Developer
2 1 (9.091%) Market Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (18.18%) Fixed Income
2 1 (9.091%) Management Information System
2 1 (9.091%) Equities
Operating Systems
1 4 (36.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 4 (36.36%) UNIX
1 4 (36.36%) Windows
1 4 (36.36%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (81.82%) UML
2 5 (45.45%) OO
2 5 (45.45%) OOD
2 5 (45.45%) Software Engineering
2 5 (45.45%) Use Case
2 5 (45.45%) Integration Testing
2 5 (45.45%) Continuous Integration
2 5 (45.45%) Multithreading
2 5 (45.45%) Memory Management
3 4 (36.36%) Refactoring
3 4 (36.36%) Unified Process
3 4 (36.36%) Configuration Management
3 4 (36.36%) Project Management
3 4 (36.36%) RUP
4 3 (27.27%) Web Development
5 1 (9.091%) Data Modelling
5 1 (9.091%) Migration
5 1 (9.091%) Asset Management
5 1 (9.091%) Data Management
5 1 (9.091%) Business Analysis
Programming Languages
1 7 (63.64%) SQL
2 5 (45.45%) C++
3 4 (36.36%) C
3 4 (36.36%) Python
4 3 (27.27%) Java
4 3 (27.27%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (27.27%) Security Cleared
2 2 (18.18%) SC Cleared
3 1 (9.091%) EMC Certification
Vendors
1 4 (36.36%) Red Hat
1 4 (36.36%) Microsoft
2 1 (9.091%) EMC
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