Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for the Applications Specialist role in IT contracts within the South West region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Applications Specialist in their job title over the 3 months to 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Application Specialist
Location
3 months to
21 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank132152
Rank change on same period last yearUp+20
Matching contract IT job ads311
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.005 %0.012 %
As % of the category below0.076 %0.205 %
Daily rates quoted21
Average minimum daily rate£200£285
Average daily rate£200£285
% change on same period last year-29.82 %
Average maximum daily rate£200£285
UK excluding London average daily rate£401£507
% change on same period last year-20.83 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
South West
Matching contract IT job ads39505371
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled6.222 %5.755 %
Daily rates quoted11381373
Average minimum daily rate£346£342
Average daily rate£367£362
% change on same period last year+1.61 %
Average maximum daily rate£389£381
UK excluding London average daily rate£353£351
% change on same period last year+0.72 %
Hourly rates quoted557675
Average minimum hourly rate£23.34£25.38
Average hourly rate£24.90£27.00
% change on same period last year-7.79 %
Average maximum hourly rate£26.46£28.63
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.37£24.42
% change on same period last year-4.31 %
Applications Specialist EnglandApplications Specialist
England

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

Applications Specialist
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Applications Specialist across the South West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

South West Applications Specialist Demand Trend

Applications Specialist
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Applications Specialist across the South West region.

South West Applications Specialist Daily Rate Trend

Applications Specialist
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Applications Specialist across the South West region over the 3 months to 21 November 2008.

South West Applications Specialist Daily Rate Histogram

Applications Specialist
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Applications Specialist across the South West region.

South West Applications Specialist Hourly Rate Trend

Applications Specialist
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Applications Specialist within the South West region over the 3 months to 21 November 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
WiltshireDown-41--
Applications Specialist EnglandApplications Specialist
England

Applications Specialist
Top 22 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South West region that cited Applications Specialist 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 Applications Specialist in their job title.

12 (33.33 %)Eclipse
12 (33.33 %)Cerner Millennium
12 (33.33 %)SQL Server
12 (33.33 %)Cerner
12 (33.33 %)NHS
21 (16.67 %)Change Management
21 (16.67 %)Finance
21 (16.67 %)Government
21 (16.67 %)Manufacturing
21 (16.67 %)CATIA
21 (16.67 %)Remedy
21 (16.67 %)ITIL
21 (16.67 %)UNIX
21 (16.67 %)VBScript
21 (16.67 %)Oracle
21 (16.67 %)SC Cleared
21 (16.67 %)Security Cleared
21 (16.67 %)ENOVIA
21 (16.67 %)Application Packaging
21 (16.67 %)SMS
21 (16.67 %)Active Directory
21 (16.67 %)Wealth Management

Applications Specialist
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South West region that cited Applications Specialist 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 Applications Specialist in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

South West IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (16.67 %)Application Packaging
South West IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (16.67 %)CATIA
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
12 (33.33 %)Cerner Millennium
21 (16.67 %)ENOVIA
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (16.67 %)SMS
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (33.33 %)SQL Server
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12 (33.33 %)Eclipse
South West IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (16.67 %)Finance
11 (16.67 %)Government
11 (16.67 %)Manufacturing
South West IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (33.33 %)NHS
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (16.67 %)UNIX
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (16.67 %)ITIL
11 (16.67 %)Change Management
11 (16.67 %)Wealth Management
11 (16.67 %)SC Cleared
11 (16.67 %)Security Cleared
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (16.67 %)VBScript
South West IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (16.67 %)Active Directory
South West IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (33.33 %)Cerner
21 (16.67 %)Remedy
21 (16.67 %)Oracle