The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Tandem 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 Tandem 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 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Tandem
Rank - 235 -
Contract jobs citing Tandem 0 4 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East - 0.039% -
As % of the Miscellaneous category - 0.209% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 3 0
Average daily rate - £475 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £413 £369
% change year-on-year
-27.27% +11.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All of the Miscellaneous Category
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
1563 1915 1952
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 20.05% 18.87% 18.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 717 810 808
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 £220 £220 £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 120 177 180
Average hourly rate £22.50 £27.50 £30.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-18.18% -10.56%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.00 £12.60 £12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £45.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £22.50 £26.00
% change year-on-year
- -13.46%
Tandem
England

Tandem
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East Tandem Jobs Demand Trend

Tandem
Daily Rate Trend

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

South East Tandem Daily Rate Trend

Tandem
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South East Tandem Hourly Rate Trend

Tandem
Top 13 Related IT Skills

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

1 3 (75.00%) Enterprise Software
2 2 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 2 (50.00%) Test Scripting
2 2 (50.00%) Business Analysis
2 2 (50.00%) Requirements Analysis
2 2 (50.00%) SQL
2 2 (50.00%) ERP
2 2 (50.00%) Data Modelling
2 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (50.00%) ISEB
3 1 (25.00%) Technical Architecture
3 1 (25.00%) Mobile App

Tandem
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Analyst
2 2 (50.00%) Support Analyst
2 2 (50.00%) Applications Support
2 2 (50.00%) Applications Support Analyst
3 1 (25.00%) Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (25.00%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 2 (50.00%) Test Scripting
1 2 (50.00%) Business Analysis
1 2 (50.00%) Requirements Analysis
1 2 (50.00%) ERP
1 2 (50.00%) Data Modelling
2 1 (25.00%) Technical Architecture
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) ISEB
System Software
1 2 (50.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
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