The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Statistics in IT contracts advertised for the South Wales region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Statistics over the 3 months to 17 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 Wales 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Statistics
Rank 37 39 -
Rank change year-on-year
+2 -
Contract jobs citing Statistics 2 1 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in South Wales 0.654% 0.258% -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 3.175% 1.449% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
Average daily rate £513 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £324 £288 £275
% change year-on-year
+12.60% +4.54%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.50 £16.00 £13.64
% change year-on-year
-3.12% +17.30%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
South Wales
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
63 69 85
As % of all contract IT jobs located in South Wales 20.59% 17.83% 21.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 27 48
Average daily rate £375 £305 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+22.95% -12.85%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £180 £105 £274
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £525 £405
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £342 £340
% change year-on-year
+2.41% +0.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 4 7
Average hourly rate £15.25 £14.00 £14.91
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+8.92% -6.10%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £12.95 £7.71
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.00 £15.51 £22.90
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £24.50 £26.50
% change year-on-year
-10.20% -7.54%
Statistics
Wales

Statistics
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South Wales Statistics Jobs Demand Trend

Statistics
Daily Rate Trend

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

South Wales Statistics Daily Rate Trend

Statistics
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South Wales Statistics Hourly Rate Trend

Statistics
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Statistics within the South Wales region over the 3 months to 17 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
Newport +2 1 £525 -
Cardiff - 1 £500 -
Statistics
Wales

Statistics
Top 28 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South Wales region citing Statistics 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 Statistics.

1 2 (66.67%) Finance
1 2 (66.67%) Degree
2 1 (33.33%) Graphic Design
2 1 (33.33%) Animation
2 1 (33.33%) Mathematics
2 1 (33.33%) Physics
2 1 (33.33%) Credit Risk
2 1 (33.33%) HTML5
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (33.33%) Legal
2 1 (33.33%) Publishing
2 1 (33.33%) MBA
2 1 (33.33%) Migration
2 1 (33.33%) Banking
2 1 (33.33%) Retail
2 1 (33.33%) Information Management
2 1 (33.33%) Strategic Management
2 1 (33.33%) Retail Banking
2 1 (33.33%) HTML
2 1 (33.33%) JavaScript
2 1 (33.33%) ActionScript
2 1 (33.33%) Photoshop
2 1 (33.33%) PRINCE2
2 1 (33.33%) Flash
2 1 (33.33%) SAS
2 1 (33.33%) Project Management
2 1 (33.33%) Service Delivery
2 1 (33.33%) Risk Management

Statistics
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South Wales region citing Statistics 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 Statistics. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (33.33%) HTML
1 1 (33.33%) Flash
1 1 (33.33%) HTML5
Application Platforms
1 1 (33.33%) SAS
Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Photoshop
General
1 2 (66.67%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Legal
2 1 (33.33%) Publishing
2 1 (33.33%) Banking
2 1 (33.33%) Retail
2 1 (33.33%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Project Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Developer
1 1 (33.33%) Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Service Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Interactive Designer
1 1 (33.33%) Interactive Developer
1 1 (33.33%) Designer
1 1 (33.33%) Professional Services Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Graphic Design
1 1 (33.33%) Animation
1 1 (33.33%) Mathematics
1 1 (33.33%) Physics
1 1 (33.33%) Credit Risk
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) PRINCE2
1 1 (33.33%) Project Management
1 1 (33.33%) Service Delivery
1 1 (33.33%) Risk Management
1 1 (33.33%) Migration
1 1 (33.33%) Information Management
1 1 (33.33%) Strategic Management
1 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) JavaScript
1 1 (33.33%) ActionScript
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) Degree
2 1 (33.33%) MBA