The first table below looks at the demand for Motif 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 Motif over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Application Development 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Motif
Rank 206 - 243
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Motif 14 0 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.175% - 0.028%
As % of the Application Development category 0.712% - 0.109%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 3
Average daily rate £295 - £275
UK excluding London average daily rate £288 - £275
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Application Development
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
1966 2202 2760
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 24.55% 22.03% 26.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 1034 1092 1307
Average daily rate £350 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.69% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £245 £235 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 105 105 184
Average hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £40.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -12.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £20.00 £19.00 £26.75
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £42.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £31.50 £35.70
% change year-on-year
+11.11% -11.76%
Motif
England

Motif
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East Motif Jobs Demand Trend

Motif
Daily Rate Trend

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

South East Motif Daily Rate Trend

Motif
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South East Motif Hourly Rate Trend

Motif
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Motif within the South East region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
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Vacancies
Hampshire - 14 £295 -
Motif
England

Motif
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing Motif 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 Motif.

1 19 (100.00%) C
1 19 (100.00%) C++
1 19 (100.00%) Linux
1 19 (100.00%) UML
1 19 (100.00%) OOD
1 19 (100.00%) UNIX
2 18 (94.74%) ClearCase
3 15 (78.95%) Ant
3 15 (78.95%) XML
3 15 (78.95%) NUnit
3 15 (78.95%) CppUnit
3 15 (78.95%) GoogleTest
4 13 (68.42%) Configuration Management
4 13 (68.42%) wxWidgets
4 13 (68.42%) SQL
5 11 (57.89%) OO
5 11 (57.89%) Ingres
5 11 (57.89%) Continuous Integration
5 11 (57.89%) Multithreading
5 11 (57.89%) PostgreSQL
5 11 (57.89%) CruiseControl
5 11 (57.89%) Security Cleared
6 10 (52.63%) Unified Process
6 10 (52.63%) Rational Rose
6 10 (52.63%) ClearQuest
6 10 (52.63%) RUP
6 10 (52.63%) Python
7 9 (47.37%) Subversion
7 9 (47.37%) Software Engineering
7 9 (47.37%) SC Cleared

Motif
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing Motif 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 Motif. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 15 (78.95%) XML
2 13 (68.42%) wxWidgets
Applications
1 4 (21.05%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (57.89%) Ingres
1 11 (57.89%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 18 (94.74%) ClearCase
2 15 (78.95%) Ant
2 15 (78.95%) NUnit
2 15 (78.95%) CppUnit
2 15 (78.95%) GoogleTest
3 11 (57.89%) CruiseControl
4 10 (52.63%) Rational Rose
4 10 (52.63%) ClearQuest
5 9 (47.37%) Subversion
6 3 (15.79%) PyUnit
6 3 (15.79%) GDB
7 1 (5.263%) Jenkins
7 1 (5.263%) Hudson
Job Titles
1 11 (57.89%) C++ Developer
1 11 (57.89%) Developer
2 4 (21.05%) Software Engineer
3 2 (10.53%) C++ Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (21.05%) Derivative
Operating Systems
1 19 (100.00%) Linux
1 19 (100.00%) UNIX
2 4 (21.05%) Windows
2 4 (21.05%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (100.00%) UML
1 19 (100.00%) OOD
2 13 (68.42%) Configuration Management
3 11 (57.89%) OO
3 11 (57.89%) Continuous Integration
3 11 (57.89%) Multithreading
4 10 (52.63%) Unified Process
4 10 (52.63%) RUP
5 9 (47.37%) Software Engineering
6 8 (42.11%) Memory Management
7 6 (31.58%) Use Case
7 6 (31.58%) Project Management
8 4 (21.05%) Integration Testing
8 4 (21.05%) Refactoring
9 1 (5.263%) Code Coverage
9 1 (5.263%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 19 (100.00%) C
1 19 (100.00%) C++
2 13 (68.42%) SQL
3 10 (52.63%) Python
Qualifications
1 11 (57.89%) Security Cleared
2 9 (47.37%) SC Cleared
3 1 (5.263%) Degree
Vendors
1 4 (21.05%) Microsoft
1 4 (21.05%) Red Hat
2 1 (5.263%) Coverity