The first table below looks at the demand for Software Deployment 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 Software Deployment 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 Processes & Methodologies 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
Software Deployment
Rank 197 226 233
Rank change year-on-year
+29 +7
Contract jobs citing Software Deployment 23 21 13
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.287% 0.210% 0.123%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.417% 0.318% 0.191%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 10 6
Average daily rate £350 £263 £200
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+33.33% +31.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £161 £228 £146
10% offered a daily rate of more than £445 £320 £363
UK excluding London average daily rate £288 £294 £200
% change year-on-year
-2.12% +46.87%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 3 2
Average hourly rate £22.50 £27.50 £13.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-18.18% +103.70%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £18.50 £13.57 £11.10
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £126.50 £31.50 £15.90
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.25 £17.50 £15.00
% change year-on-year
+15.71% +16.66%
All Processes & Methodologies
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
5512 6610 6800
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 68.83% 66.13% 64.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 2869 3135 3151
Average daily rate £375 £370 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.35% -1.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £250 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
+1.36% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 229 312 351
Average hourly rate £30.00 £30.00 £30.00
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.50 £12.88 £12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £47.50 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%
Software Deployment
England

Software Deployment
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Software Deployment across the South East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

South East Software Deployment Jobs Demand Trend

Software Deployment
Daily Rate Trend

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

South East Software Deployment Daily Rate Trend

Software Deployment
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Software Deployment across the South East region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

South East Software Deployment Daily Rate Histogram

Software Deployment
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South East Software Deployment Hourly Rate Trend

Software Deployment
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Software Deployment across the South East region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

South East Software Deployment Hourly Rate Histogram

Software Deployment
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Software Deployment 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Berkshire +21 7 £165 -29.78%
Hampshire 0 5 £400 +33.33% 2
Oxfordshire +2 2 £550 - 1
West Sussex - 2 - -
Kent - 2 - -
Surrey +15 1 £325 -18.75%
Buckinghamshire -6 1 - -
Software Deployment
England

Software Deployment
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 38 (90.48%) Windows
2 24 (57.14%) Active Directory
3 21 (50.00%) Windows 7
4 18 (42.86%) Windows XP
5 14 (33.33%) Blackberry
6 12 (28.57%) Lotus
6 12 (28.57%) IBM Notes
6 12 (28.57%) Security Cleared
7 11 (26.19%) Telecoms
7 11 (26.19%) WAN
7 11 (26.19%) LAN
8 10 (23.81%) Aerospace
9 9 (21.43%) SC Cleared
9 9 (21.43%) Windows Server 2003
9 9 (21.43%) Microsoft Certification
10 8 (19.05%) MCP
11 7 (16.67%) SCCM
11 7 (16.67%) HP
12 6 (14.29%) Citrix
12 6 (14.29%) Windows 2000
12 6 (14.29%) MS Office
12 6 (14.29%) MCDST
13 5 (11.90%) McAfee
13 5 (11.90%) CAE
13 5 (11.90%) SMS
13 5 (11.90%) Microsoft
13 5 (11.90%) OpenView Configuration Management
13 5 (11.90%) Software Distribution
14 4 (9.524%) InstallShield
14 4 (9.524%) MS Excel

Software Deployment
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 3 (7.143%) Application Packaging
2 2 (4.762%) ODBC
3 1 (2.381%) jQuery
3 1 (2.381%) WCF
3 1 (2.381%) .NET Framework
3 1 (2.381%) .NET
3 1 (2.381%) J2EE
3 1 (2.381%) HTML
3 1 (2.381%) ASP.NET
3 1 (2.381%) CSS
3 1 (2.381%) XML
3 1 (2.381%) XHTML
Application Platforms
1 12 (28.57%) IBM Notes
2 1 (2.381%) SharePoint 2010
2 1 (2.381%) SharePoint 2013
2 1 (2.381%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (14.29%) MS Office
2 4 (9.524%) MS Excel
3 1 (2.381%) InfoPath
Communications & Networking
1 11 (26.19%) WAN
1 11 (26.19%) LAN
2 5 (11.90%) SMS
3 1 (2.381%) Firewall
3 1 (2.381%) DHCP
3 1 (2.381%) TCP/IP
3 1 (2.381%) DNS
3 1 (2.381%) LDAP
3 1 (2.381%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.381%) SQL Server 2008
1 1 (2.381%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (9.524%) InstallShield
2 3 (7.143%) MSI
3 2 (4.762%) AdminStudio
4 1 (2.381%) Wise Package Studio
4 1 (2.381%) JIRA
4 1 (2.381%) Visual Studio
General
1 11 (26.19%) Telecoms
2 10 (23.81%) Aerospace
3 2 (4.762%) Finance
3 2 (4.762%) Advertising
4 1 (2.381%) Banking
4 1 (2.381%) Retail
4 1 (2.381%) Marketing
4 1 (2.381%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 8 (19.05%) Support Engineer
2 6 (14.29%) Analyst
2 6 (14.29%) Desktop Support
2 6 (14.29%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
2 6 (14.29%) 2nd Line Support
3 5 (11.90%) Desktop Engineer
3 5 (11.90%) Team Leader
3 5 (11.90%) Desktop Team Leader
3 5 (11.90%) Support Analyst
4 3 (7.143%) Desktop Support Analyst
4 3 (7.143%) Desktop Analyst
4 3 (7.143%) Developer
5 2 (4.762%) Applications Packager
5 2 (4.762%) Project Manager
5 2 (4.762%) Tester
5 2 (4.762%) Administrator
5 2 (4.762%) IT Support
5 2 (4.762%) Desktop Support Administrator
5 2 (4.762%) Desktop Administrator
6 1 (2.381%) Windows Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 14 (33.33%) Blackberry
2 2 (4.762%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 38 (90.48%) Windows
2 21 (50.00%) Windows 7
3 18 (42.86%) Windows XP
4 9 (21.43%) Windows Server 2003
5 6 (14.29%) Windows 2000
6 4 (9.524%) Windows Vista
7 3 (7.143%) Windows Server 2008
7 3 (7.143%) UNIX
8 1 (2.381%) Windows NT
8 1 (2.381%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (11.90%) CAE
1 5 (11.90%) Software Distribution
2 3 (7.143%) ITIL
3 2 (4.762%) Data Entry
3 2 (4.762%) Security Testing
3 2 (4.762%) Business Continuity
3 2 (4.762%) Workflow
3 2 (4.762%) Change Management
3 2 (4.762%) Disaster Recovery
3 2 (4.762%) TQM
3 2 (4.762%) Vulnerability Management
4 1 (2.381%) Test Strategy
4 1 (2.381%) Infrastructure Management
4 1 (2.381%) Service Management
4 1 (2.381%) Migration
4 1 (2.381%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (2.381%) Programme Management
4 1 (2.381%) Time Management
4 1 (2.381%) User Acceptance Testing
4 1 (2.381%) Systems Analysis
Programming Languages
1 2 (4.762%) SQL
1 2 (4.762%) VB
1 2 (4.762%) VB6
2 1 (2.381%) C#
2 1 (2.381%) C++
2 1 (2.381%) Java
2 1 (2.381%) JavaScript
2 1 (2.381%) VBScript
2 1 (2.381%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 12 (28.57%) Security Cleared
2 9 (21.43%) SC Cleared
2 9 (21.43%) Microsoft Certification
3 8 (19.05%) MCP
4 6 (14.29%) MCDST
5 2 (4.762%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (2.381%) HNC
6 1 (2.381%) MCSE
6 1 (2.381%) CCA
6 1 (2.381%) Citrix Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.762%) SLA
2 1 (2.381%) QA
System Software
1 24 (57.14%) Active Directory
2 4 (9.524%) Microsoft App-V
3 2 (4.762%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (2.381%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 7 (16.67%) SCCM
2 5 (11.90%) OpenView Configuration Management
3 2 (4.762%) AppDNA
4 1 (2.381%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 12 (28.57%) Lotus
2 7 (16.67%) HP
3 6 (14.29%) Citrix
4 5 (11.90%) McAfee
4 5 (11.90%) Microsoft
5 3 (7.143%) Altiris
6 2 (4.762%) CA
6 2 (4.762%) Qualys
6 2 (4.762%) AppSense
6 2 (4.762%) VMware
6 2 (4.762%) Lumension
7 1 (2.381%) ServiceNow
7 1 (2.381%) LANDesk
7 1 (2.381%) Oracle
7 1 (2.381%) Avaya
7 1 (2.381%) Remedy
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