The first table below looks at the demand for NASTRAN 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 NASTRAN over the 3 months to 20 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 Applications 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
NASTRAN
Rank 222 246 -
Rank change year-on-year
+24 -
Contract jobs citing NASTRAN 3 1 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.038% 0.010% -
As % of the Applications category 0.256% 0.076% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate - - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
Average hourly rate £32.50 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.50 £35.00 -
% change year-on-year
-7.14% -
All Applications
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category
1171 1315 1436
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 14.97% 13.00% 13.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 462 561 531
Average daily rate £300 £300 £300
90% offered a daily rate of more than £150 £160 £157
10% offered a daily rate of more than £430 £450 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £305 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+1.66% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 201 185 232
Average hourly rate £16.00 £15.00 £16.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+6.66% -10.44%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.22 £10.50 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £35.00 £30.00 £36.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.50 £16.00 £15.50
% change year-on-year
-3.12% +3.22%
NASTRAN
England

NASTRAN
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East NASTRAN Jobs Demand Trend

NASTRAN
Daily Rate Trend

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

South East NASTRAN Daily Rate Trend

NASTRAN
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South East NASTRAN Hourly Rate Trend

NASTRAN
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing NASTRAN within the South East region over the 3 months to 20 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
Surrey - 3 - -
NASTRAN
England

NASTRAN
Top 8 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing NASTRAN 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 NASTRAN.

1 8 (100.00%) CAD
1 8 (100.00%) Finite Element Analysis
2 7 (87.50%) Degree
3 6 (75.00%) HND
4 1 (12.50%) Electronics
4 1 (12.50%) Aerospace
4 1 (12.50%) SolidWorks
4 1 (12.50%) CATIA

NASTRAN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Applications
1 1 (12.50%) CATIA
General
1 1 (12.50%) Electronics
1 1 (12.50%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 5 (62.50%) Stress Engineer
2 3 (37.50%) Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (100.00%) CAD
1 8 (100.00%) Finite Element Analysis
Qualifications
1 7 (87.50%) Degree
2 6 (75.00%) HND
Vendors
1 1 (12.50%) SolidWorks