The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term N-Tier 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 N-Tier 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 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
N-Tier
Rank 194 213 206
Rank change year-on-year
+19 -7
Contract jobs citing N-Tier 26 32 47
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.328% 0.315% 0.458%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.649% 1.661% 2.431%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 19 10
Average daily rate £350 £315 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+11.28% -10.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £325 £225 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £430 £463 £390
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £313
% change year-on-year
- +4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
Average hourly rate - - £39.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £33.25
All of the Miscellaneous Category
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
1577 1926 1933
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 19.91% 18.96% 18.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 714 824 798
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 £213 £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 126 180 179
Average hourly rate £23.75 £27.50 £31.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-13.63% -12.69%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.00 £12.50 £12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £45.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £23.00 £26.50
% change year-on-year
-4.34% -13.20%
N-Tier
England

N-Tier
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East N-Tier Jobs Demand Trend

N-Tier
Daily Rate Trend

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

South East N-Tier Daily Rate Trend

N-Tier
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing N-Tier across the South East region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

South East N-Tier Daily Rate Histogram

N-Tier
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South East N-Tier Hourly Rate Trend

N-Tier
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing N-Tier 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
Buckinghamshire -1 10 £375 +19.04%
Berkshire +14 7 - -
Hampshire -9 6 £325 -29.91%
Middlesex - 1 £475 -
West Sussex - 1 £450 -
Home Counties - 1 £388 -
N-Tier
England

N-Tier
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 47 (81.03%) .NET
2 38 (65.52%) ASP.NET
3 37 (63.79%) SQL Server
4 33 (56.90%) C#
5 25 (43.10%) SQL
5 25 (43.10%) T-SQL
5 25 (43.10%) OO
6 24 (41.38%) JavaScript
6 24 (41.38%) jQuery
7 23 (39.66%) Ajax
7 23 (39.66%) Agile Software Development
8 21 (36.21%) HTML
9 20 (34.48%) Oracle
9 20 (34.48%) Visual Studio
9 20 (34.48%) CSS
9 20 (34.48%) SQL Server 2005
10 18 (31.03%) VB.NET
11 17 (29.31%) Client/Server
12 16 (27.59%) Unit Testing
12 16 (27.59%) WCF
13 15 (25.86%) VB
13 15 (25.86%) UML
13 15 (25.86%) MVC
14 14 (24.14%) IIS
15 13 (22.41%) OOD
15 13 (22.41%) TDD
16 12 (20.69%) Finance
17 11 (18.97%) Scrum
17 11 (18.97%) VSS/SourceSafe
18 10 (17.24%) Telerik

N-Tier
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 47 (81.03%) .NET
2 38 (65.52%) ASP.NET
3 24 (41.38%) jQuery
4 23 (39.66%) Ajax
5 21 (36.21%) HTML
6 20 (34.48%) CSS
7 16 (27.59%) WCF
8 10 (17.24%) Highcharts JS
9 8 (13.79%) ASP.NET MVC
10 6 (10.34%) Web Services
10 6 (10.34%) XML
11 5 (8.621%) WebSphere
11 5 (8.621%) .NET Framework
11 5 (8.621%) NHibernate
12 3 (5.172%) XSL
12 3 (5.172%) ASP
13 2 (3.448%) J2EE
13 2 (3.448%) WinForms
13 2 (3.448%) LINQ
13 2 (3.448%) KnockoutJS
Application Platforms
1 14 (24.14%) IIS
2 3 (5.172%) Apache
3 2 (3.448%) WebLogic
3 2 (3.448%) SharePoint
4 1 (1.724%) ESB
4 1 (1.724%) MQSeries
4 1 (1.724%) Tomcat
4 1 (1.724%) CMS
4 1 (1.724%) Commerce Server
4 1 (1.724%) Site Server
4 1 (1.724%) WebSphere MQ
Applications
1 2 (3.448%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (1.724%) Remedy ITSM
1 1 (1.724%) AWD
1 1 (1.724%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 4 (6.897%) DNS
2 1 (1.724%) LDAP
2 1 (1.724%) GSM
2 1 (1.724%) SMS
2 1 (1.724%) RTCP
2 1 (1.724%) RTP
2 1 (1.724%) RFID
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (63.79%) SQL Server
2 20 (34.48%) SQL Server 2005
3 6 (10.34%) SQL Server 2008
4 3 (5.172%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (5.172%) OLTP
5 1 (1.724%) Oracle 8/8i
5 1 (1.724%) RDBMS
5 1 (1.724%) DB2
5 1 (1.724%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (1.724%) GIS
Development Applications
1 20 (34.48%) Visual Studio
2 11 (18.97%) VSS/SourceSafe
3 10 (17.24%) NUnit
3 10 (17.24%) JSUnit
4 5 (8.621%) Team Foundation Server
5 4 (6.897%) Jenkins
5 4 (6.897%) SpecFlow
6 1 (1.724%) WinRunner
6 1 (1.724%) TestDirector
General
1 12 (20.69%) Finance
2 6 (10.34%) Banking
3 4 (6.897%) Telecoms
4 1 (1.724%) Manufacturing
4 1 (1.724%) Retail
Job Titles
1 33 (56.90%) Developer
2 28 (48.28%) .NET Developer
3 13 (22.41%) C# Developer
4 12 (20.69%) Architect
4 12 (20.69%) Agile .NET Developer
4 12 (20.69%) C# .NET Developer
5 11 (18.97%) Programmer
6 8 (13.79%) .NET Programmer
7 7 (12.07%) VB.NET Developer
8 5 (8.621%) Solutions Architect
9 4 (6.897%) Technical Architect
9 4 (6.897%) Web Developer
9 4 (6.897%) Agile C# Developer
9 4 (6.897%) C# Programmer
10 3 (5.172%) VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer
10 3 (5.172%) Analyst
10 3 (5.172%) Analyst Programmer
11 2 (3.448%) WinForms Developer
11 2 (3.448%) ASP Developer
11 2 (3.448%) ASP.NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 17 (29.31%) Client/Server
2 4 (6.897%) SaaS
3 3 (5.172%) PKI
4 2 (3.448%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 1 (1.724%) iSeries
5 1 (1.724%) DataPower
5 1 (1.724%) Device Driver
Operating Systems
1 7 (12.07%) Windows
2 4 (6.897%) UNIX
3 3 (5.172%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (3.448%) Linux
5 1 (1.724%) OS/400
5 1 (1.724%) Windows 2000
5 1 (1.724%) Solaris
5 1 (1.724%) zOS
5 1 (1.724%) Windows CE
5 1 (1.724%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (43.10%) OO
2 23 (39.66%) Agile Software Development
3 16 (27.59%) Unit Testing
4 15 (25.86%) UML
4 15 (25.86%) MVC
5 13 (22.41%) OOD
5 13 (22.41%) TDD
6 11 (18.97%) Scrum
7 9 (15.52%) Web Development
8 8 (13.79%) Data Security
8 8 (13.79%) SOA
9 6 (10.34%) TOGAF
10 4 (6.897%) Service Delivery
10 4 (6.897%) Workflow
10 4 (6.897%) Enterprise Architecture
10 4 (6.897%) Continuous Integration
10 4 (6.897%) BDD
11 3 (5.172%) Test Automation
11 3 (5.172%) Technical Architecture
11 3 (5.172%) Workflow Management
Programming Languages
1 33 (56.90%) C#
2 25 (43.10%) SQL
2 25 (43.10%) T-SQL
3 24 (41.38%) JavaScript
4 18 (31.03%) VB.NET
5 15 (25.86%) VB
6 3 (5.172%) Python
7 2 (3.448%) PHP
8 1 (1.724%) Java
8 1 (1.724%) C
Qualifications
1 3 (5.172%) MCSD
1 3 (5.172%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (3.448%) SC Cleared
2 2 (3.448%) Security Cleared
3 1 (1.724%) MCTS
3 1 (1.724%) MCSE
3 1 (1.724%) CCNA
3 1 (1.724%) MCP
3 1 (1.724%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (8.621%) SLA
2 1 (1.724%) JTAG
System Software
1 8 (13.79%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (3.448%) Active Directory
3 1 (1.724%) vSphere
3 1 (1.724%) VMware ESX
Vendors
1 20 (34.48%) Oracle
2 10 (17.24%) Telerik
2 10 (17.24%) Aquila
3 8 (13.79%) VMware
3 8 (13.79%) Microsoft
4 4 (6.897%) IBM
5 3 (5.172%) Intel
5 3 (5.172%) NetApp
6 1 (1.724%) HP
6 1 (1.724%) Sun
6 1 (1.724%) Cisco
6 1 (1.724%) Business Objects
6 1 (1.724%) Ab Initio
6 1 (1.724%) Mapinfo
6 1 (1.724%) Remedy
6 1 (1.724%) BMC
6 1 (1.724%) ESRI
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