The first table below looks at the demand for MBCS 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 MBCS over the 3 months to 24 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 Qualifications 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Member of the British Computer Society (MBCS)
Rank 221 235 -
Rank change year-on-year
+14 -
Contract jobs citing MBCS 3 4 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.038% 0.039% -
As % of the Qualifications category 0.154% 0.183% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £250 -
% change year-on-year
+48.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Qualifications
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
1952 2186 2219
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 25.04% 21.55% 21.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 950 977 912
Average daily rate £350 £350 £350
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £200 £220
10% offered a daily rate of more than £485 £475 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 123 134 203
Average hourly rate £21.88 £22.00 £23.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-0.56% -6.38%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.00 £12.50 £11.05
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £42.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.22% -10.00%
MBCS
England

MBCS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East MBCS Jobs Demand Trend

MBCS
Daily Rate Trend

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

South East MBCS Daily Rate Trend

MBCS
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing MBCS within the South East region over the 3 months to 24 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 -9 3 - -
MBCS
England

MBCS
Top 29 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing MBCS 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 MBCS.

1 3 (100.00%) Degree
1 3 (100.00%) CITP
2 2 (66.67%) Chartered Engineer
2 2 (66.67%) SC Cleared
2 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 2 (66.67%) Process Improvement
2 2 (66.67%) Business Development
2 2 (66.67%) ITIL
2 2 (66.67%) Service Delivery
2 2 (66.67%) TOGAF
2 2 (66.67%) MODAF
2 2 (66.67%) Enterprise Architecture
3 1 (33.33%) SCWCD
3 1 (33.33%) Spring
3 1 (33.33%) E-Commerce
3 1 (33.33%) LAN
3 1 (33.33%) WAN
3 1 (33.33%) Sun
3 1 (33.33%) HP
3 1 (33.33%) Sun Certification
3 1 (33.33%) HTML
3 1 (33.33%) Java
3 1 (33.33%) JavaScript
3 1 (33.33%) Oracle
3 1 (33.33%) WebLogic
3 1 (33.33%) JSP
3 1 (33.33%) Struts
3 1 (33.33%) AngularJS
3 1 (33.33%) HTML5

MBCS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing MBCS 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 MBCS. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (33.33%) Spring
1 1 (33.33%) HTML
1 1 (33.33%) JSP
1 1 (33.33%) Struts
1 1 (33.33%) AngularJS
1 1 (33.33%) HTML5
Application Platforms
1 1 (33.33%) WebLogic
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) LAN
1 1 (33.33%) WAN
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Business Architect
1 2 (66.67%) Architect
2 1 (33.33%) JavaScript Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Developer
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Process Improvement
1 2 (66.67%) Business Development
1 2 (66.67%) ITIL
1 2 (66.67%) Service Delivery
1 2 (66.67%) TOGAF
1 2 (66.67%) MODAF
1 2 (66.67%) Enterprise Architecture
2 1 (33.33%) E-Commerce
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) Java
1 1 (33.33%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) Degree
1 3 (100.00%) CITP
2 2 (66.67%) Chartered Engineer
2 2 (66.67%) SC Cleared
2 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
3 1 (33.33%) SCWCD
3 1 (33.33%) Sun Certification
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Sun
1 1 (33.33%) HP
1 1 (33.33%) Oracle