IDOL Contracts in the South East
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for IDOL 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 IDOL 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 Database & Business Intelligence 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
Autonomy IDOL
Rank 206 242 -
Rank change year-on-year
+36 -
Contract jobs citing IDOL 14 3 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.177% 0.030% -
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 0.930% 0.173% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £1,000 £400 -
% change year-on-year
+150.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £27.50 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 - -
All Database & Business Intelligence
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category		 1506 1738 2159
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 19.01% 17.11% 21.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 782 867 1021
Average daily rate £358 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.14% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £263 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £475 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £333 £335
% change year-on-year
-2.25% -0.74%
Number of hourly rates quoted 56 49 119
Average hourly rate £26.88 £26.00 £38.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+3.36% -32.46%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.50 £16.50 £19.70
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.25 £45.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £26.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year
+3.77% -18.46%
IDOL
England

IDOL
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing IDOL across the South East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence category.

South East IDOL Jobs Demand Trend

IDOL
Daily Rate Trend

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

South East IDOL Daily Rate Trend

IDOL
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South East IDOL Hourly Rate Trend

IDOL
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IDOL 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
Berkshire +20 13 - -
Thames Valley - 1 - -
IDOL
England

IDOL
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 17 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 17 (100.00%) MS Office
1 17 (100.00%) SharePoint
1 17 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 17 (100.00%) SQL Server 2005
2 15 (88.24%) Windows
3 14 (82.35%) .NET
3 14 (82.35%) SharePoint Server
3 14 (82.35%) Meridio
4 13 (76.47%) Security Cleared
5 12 (70.59%) .NET Framework
5 12 (70.59%) SQL
5 12 (70.59%) Web Services
5 12 (70.59%) XML
5 12 (70.59%) Windows Server 2003
6 9 (52.94%) ASP.NET
6 9 (52.94%) LDAP
6 9 (52.94%) DTS
6 9 (52.94%) T-SQL
6 9 (52.94%) C#
6 9 (52.94%) Visual Studio
6 9 (52.94%) OLAP
6 9 (52.94%) Windows SharePoint Services
6 9 (52.94%) SC Cleared
7 7 (41.18%) Web Development
8 6 (35.29%) Microsoft Certification
8 6 (35.29%) MCSD
9 5 (29.41%) OpenView Configuration Management
9 5 (29.41%) Test Automation
10 4 (23.53%) MS Project Server

IDOL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 14 (82.35%) .NET
2 12 (70.59%) .NET Framework
2 12 (70.59%) Web Services
2 12 (70.59%) XML
3 9 (52.94%) ASP.NET
3 9 (52.94%) Windows SharePoint Services
Application Platforms
1 17 (100.00%) SharePoint
2 14 (82.35%) SharePoint Server
3 4 (23.53%) MS Project Server
3 4 (23.53%) CM System
4 3 (17.65%) MS Exchange
4 3 (17.65%) Exchange Server 2007
4 3 (17.65%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 17 (100.00%) MS Office
2 4 (23.53%) MS Excel
2 4 (23.53%) MS Project
3 3 (17.65%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 9 (52.94%) LDAP
2 1 (5.882%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 17 (100.00%) SQL Server 2005
2 9 (52.94%) DTS
2 9 (52.94%) OLAP
3 3 (17.65%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 9 (52.94%) Visual Studio
2 3 (17.65%) PVCS
General
1 3 (17.65%) Retail
Job Titles
1 7 (41.18%) SharePoint Developer
1 7 (41.18%) Developer
2 4 (23.53%) Architect
2 4 (23.53%) Team Leader
3 2 (11.76%) Development Team Leader
3 2 (11.76%) Solutions Architect
3 2 (11.76%) Administrator
3 2 (11.76%) Systems Administrator
3 2 (11.76%) Customer Solutions Architect
4 1 (5.882%) Systems Engineer
4 1 (5.882%) Technical Architect
4 1 (5.882%) Senior Systems Administrator
4 1 (5.882%) SharePoint Architect
Operating Systems
1 15 (88.24%) Windows
2 12 (70.59%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (41.18%) Web Development
2 5 (29.41%) Test Automation
3 4 (23.53%) Release Management
3 4 (23.53%) Workflow
4 3 (17.65%) UML
4 3 (17.65%) Unified Process
4 3 (17.65%) Document Management
4 3 (17.65%) Agile Software Development
4 3 (17.65%) Continuous Integration
5 2 (11.76%) System Testing
5 2 (11.76%) Disaster Recovery
6 1 (5.882%) Migration
6 1 (5.882%) Information Management
Programming Languages
1 12 (70.59%) SQL
2 9 (52.94%) T-SQL
2 9 (52.94%) C#
3 3 (17.65%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 13 (76.47%) Security Cleared
2 9 (52.94%) SC Cleared
3 6 (35.29%) Microsoft Certification
3 6 (35.29%) MCSD
System Software
1 3 (17.65%) Active Directory
1 3 (17.65%) ISA Server
1 3 (17.65%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (5.882%) Hyper-V
2 1 (5.882%) Forefront TMG
2 1 (5.882%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 5 (29.41%) OpenView Configuration Management
2 3 (17.65%) SCCM
2 3 (17.65%) SCOM
Vendors
1 17 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 14 (82.35%) Meridio
3 3 (17.65%) Clearswift
3 3 (17.65%) VMware
4 1 (5.882%) Websense
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