The first table below looks at the demand for the Technical Leader role 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 Technical Leader in their job title 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 Job Titles advertised 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
Technical Lead
Rank 185 214 199
Rank change year-on-year
+29 -15
Contract jobs requiring a Technical Leader 35 33 47
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.437% 0.330% 0.443%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.471% 0.359% 0.479%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 8 12
Average daily rate £538 £450 £380
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+19.44% +18.34%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £358 £369 £244
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £500 £587
UK excluding London average daily rate £450 £425 £400
% change year-on-year
+5.88% +6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £38.11 £25.00 £43.25
% change year-on-year
+52.44% -42.19%
All Job Titles
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
7436 9200 9812
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 92.86% 92.04% 92.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 3762 4120 4265
Average daily rate £350 £350 £350
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £225 £215
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £490
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 584 683 849
Average hourly rate £18.00 £18.50 £19.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-2.70% -2.63%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.20 £11.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £42.50 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £19.94
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -9.72%
Technical Leader
England

Technical Leader
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East Technical Leader Jobs Demand Trend

Technical Leader
Daily Rate Trend

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

South East Technical Leader Daily Rate Trend

Technical Leader
Daily Rate Histogram

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

South East Technical Leader Daily Rate Histogram

Technical Leader
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South East Technical Leader Hourly Rate Trend

Technical Leader
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Technical Leader 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 +3 15 £494 +16.17% 1
Surrey +23 5 £425 -10.52% 1
West Sussex - 3 £275 -
Kent - 2 - -
Buckinghamshire - 1 - -
Oxfordshire - - - - 1
Thames Valley - - - -
Technical Leader
England

Technical Leader
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region that cited Technical Leader in their job title 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 with Technical Leader in their job title.

1 31 (38.75%) Java
2 26 (32.50%) SQL
3 20 (25.00%) Windows
4 17 (21.25%) Finance
5 15 (18.75%) ITIL
5 15 (18.75%) Web Services
6 14 (17.50%) EJB
6 14 (17.50%) JavaScript
6 14 (17.50%) HTML
6 14 (17.50%) SQL Server
6 14 (17.50%) NoSQL
6 14 (17.50%) REST
7 13 (16.25%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 13 (16.25%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 13 (16.25%) SOAP
8 12 (15.00%) Linux
8 12 (15.00%) MVC
8 12 (15.00%) Agile Software Development
8 12 (15.00%) BDD
9 11 (13.75%) Mockito
9 11 (13.75%) Twitter
9 11 (13.75%) JBehave
9 11 (13.75%) Software Architecture
9 11 (13.75%) Twitter Bootstrap
9 11 (13.75%) Web Development
9 11 (13.75%) Java EE
9 11 (13.75%) JSON
9 11 (13.75%) Spring MVC
9 11 (13.75%) Spring
9 11 (13.75%) JTA

Technical Leader
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region that cited Technical Leader in their job title 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 with Technical Leader in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 15 (18.75%) Web Services
2 14 (17.50%) EJB
2 14 (17.50%) HTML
2 14 (17.50%) REST
3 13 (16.25%) SOAP
4 11 (13.75%) Twitter Bootstrap
4 11 (13.75%) Java EE
4 11 (13.75%) JSON
4 11 (13.75%) Spring MVC
4 11 (13.75%) Spring
4 11 (13.75%) JTA
4 11 (13.75%) Spring Security
4 11 (13.75%) Spring Web Flow
4 11 (13.75%) jQuery
4 11 (13.75%) JPA
4 11 (13.75%) Hibernate
4 11 (13.75%) CSS
4 11 (13.75%) .NET
4 11 (13.75%) JMS
4 11 (13.75%) JAXB
Application Platforms
1 9 (11.25%) BizTalk Server
2 6 (7.500%) Force.com
3 3 (3.750%) FileNet
3 3 (3.750%) ESB
4 2 (2.500%) Windows Azure
4 2 (2.500%) MQSeries
4 2 (2.500%) SAS
5 1 (1.250%) MS Exchange
5 1 (1.250%) Apache
5 1 (1.250%) WebLogic
5 1 (1.250%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
5 1 (1.250%) Exchange Server 2003
Applications
1 4 (5.000%) MS Excel
2 1 (1.250%) MS Visio
2 1 (1.250%) MS Project
2 1 (1.250%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (5.000%) Oracle EBS
2 3 (3.750%) SAP HR
3 2 (2.500%) Oracle EBS R12
3 2 (2.500%) Oracle Applications
4 1 (1.250%) Oracle 11i
Communications & Networking
1 8 (10.00%) LTE
1 8 (10.00%) 3G
1 8 (10.00%) 2G
2 7 (8.750%) ATM
2 7 (8.750%) IPv4
2 7 (8.750%) Radio Access Network
3 3 (3.750%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (2.500%) Ethernet
5 1 (1.250%) DHCP
5 1 (1.250%) SSL
5 1 (1.250%) VPN
5 1 (1.250%) DNS
5 1 (1.250%) Firewall
5 1 (1.250%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (17.50%) SQL Server
1 14 (17.50%) NoSQL
2 13 (16.25%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 13 (16.25%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 7 (8.750%) Big Data
4 3 (3.750%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (3.750%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (2.500%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 1 (1.250%) BusinessObjects
6 1 (1.250%) MySQL
6 1 (1.250%) SQL Server 2000
6 1 (1.250%) SQL Server 2005
6 1 (1.250%) Base SAS
6 1 (1.250%) SAS Enterprise Guide
6 1 (1.250%) Oracle 11g
6 1 (1.250%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 11 (13.75%) Mockito
1 11 (13.75%) JBehave
1 11 (13.75%) Maven
1 11 (13.75%) Git (software)
1 11 (13.75%) JUnit
2 7 (8.750%) Selenium
3 1 (1.250%) Talend Open Studio
General
1 17 (21.25%) Finance
2 8 (10.00%) Telecoms
3 4 (5.000%) Retail
3 4 (5.000%) Pharmaceutical
4 1 (1.250%) Military
4 1 (1.250%) Billing
Miscellaneous
1 7 (8.750%) SaaS
2 5 (6.250%) PaaS
2 5 (6.250%) Data Integration
3 4 (5.000%) Heroku
3 4 (5.000%) Open Source
4 2 (2.500%) Cloud Computing
4 2 (2.500%) Mobile App
5 1 (1.250%) Clustering
5 1 (1.250%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 20 (25.00%) Windows
2 12 (15.00%) Linux
3 8 (10.00%) Windows 7
3 8 (10.00%) UNIX
4 3 (3.750%) Windows Server 2008
5 2 (2.500%) Windows 8
5 2 (2.500%) Windows XP
6 1 (1.250%) Windows NT
6 1 (1.250%) Windows 2000
6 1 (1.250%) Windows Server 2003
6 1 (1.250%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (1.250%) Windows 2000 Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (18.75%) ITIL
2 12 (15.00%) MVC
2 12 (15.00%) Agile Software Development
2 12 (15.00%) BDD
3 11 (13.75%) Software Architecture
3 11 (13.75%) Web Development
3 11 (13.75%) UML
3 11 (13.75%) OOD
4 9 (11.25%) Pair Programming
5 8 (10.00%) Continuous Integration
6 7 (8.750%) Scrum
6 7 (8.750%) Migration
6 7 (8.750%) Dependency Injection
6 7 (8.750%) Continuous Improvement
6 7 (8.750%) eTOM
7 6 (7.500%) Fault Management
7 6 (7.500%) Project Management
7 6 (7.500%) Disaster Recovery
7 6 (7.500%) ETL
8 5 (6.250%) SOA
Programming Languages
1 31 (38.75%) Java
2 26 (32.50%) SQL
3 14 (17.50%) JavaScript
4 8 (10.00%) Perl
4 8 (10.00%) C
5 5 (6.250%) VBScript
5 5 (6.250%) Bash shell
5 5 (6.250%) PowerShell
6 4 (5.000%) VBA
7 3 (3.750%) ABAP
8 2 (2.500%) Apex Code
8 2 (2.500%) T-SQL
9 1 (1.250%) Python
9 1 (1.250%) C#
9 1 (1.250%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 8 (10.00%) SC Cleared
1 8 (10.00%) Security Cleared
2 5 (6.250%) ITIL Certification
3 4 (5.000%) Degree
4 1 (1.250%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (1.250%) MCSE
4 1 (1.250%) CIMA
4 1 (1.250%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (7.500%) SLA
2 2 (2.500%) QA
3 1 (1.250%) Data Quality
System Software
1 7 (8.750%) Active Directory
2 3 (3.750%) XenDesktop
3 2 (2.500%) XenApp
4 1 (1.250%) VMware ESX
4 1 (1.250%) Citrix Presentation Server
4 1 (1.250%) Postfix
4 1 (1.250%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 7 (8.750%) Nagios
2 4 (5.000%) SCCM
Vendors
1 11 (13.75%) Twitter
1 11 (13.75%) Salesforce.com
1 11 (13.75%) JBoss
1 11 (13.75%) Citrix
2 9 (11.25%) Business Objects
2 9 (11.25%) Oracle
3 8 (10.00%) SAP
4 7 (8.750%) HP
4 7 (8.750%) BMC
5 4 (5.000%) Informatica
6 3 (3.750%) IBM
6 3 (3.750%) Microsoft
6 3 (3.750%) VMware
6 3 (3.750%) NEC
6 3 (3.750%) Ericsson
6 3 (3.750%) Nokia Siemens Networks
6 3 (3.750%) Huawei
6 3 (3.750%) Greenplum
7 2 (2.500%) webMethods
7 2 (2.500%) AppSense
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