Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for ARTiSAN skills within the South West region with a comparison to our Development Applications category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited ARTiSAN over the 3 months to 15 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkARTiSAN
Location
3 months to
15 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank143147
Rank change on same period last yearUp+4
Matching contract IT job ads424
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.006 %0.025 %
As % of the category below0.946 %3.170 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate-£475
% change on same period last year-
Hourly rates quoted412
Average minimum hourly rate£30.00£30.00
Average hourly rate£31.38£31.00
% change on same period last year+1.20 %
Average maximum hourly rate£32.75£32.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£37.47£31.91
% change on same period last year+17.42 %
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
South West
Matching contract IT job ads423757
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.603 %0.783 %
Daily rates quoted89170
Average minimum daily rate£312£312
Average daily rate£331£329
% change on same period last year+0.59 %
Average maximum daily rate£351£346
UK excluding London average daily rate£324£327
% change on same period last year-0.86 %
Hourly rates quoted85112
Average minimum hourly rate£30.49£32.30
Average hourly rate£32.25£34.21
% change on same period last year-5.73 %
Average maximum hourly rate£34.01£36.12
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.50£31.18
% change on same period last year+4.25 %
ARTiSAN EnglandARTiSAN
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.

ARTiSAN
Demand Trend

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

South West ARTiSAN Demand Trend

ARTiSAN
Daily Rate Trend

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

South West ARTiSAN Daily Rate Trend

ARTiSAN
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South West ARTiSAN Hourly Rate Trend

ARTiSAN
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing ARTiSAN across the South West region over the 3 months to 15 October 2008.

South West ARTiSAN Hourly Rate Histogram

ARTiSAN
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ARTiSAN within the South West region over the 3 months to 15 October 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
SomersetDown-94--
ARTiSAN EnglandARTiSAN
England

ARTiSAN
Top 22 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 15 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South West region citing ARTiSAN 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 ARTiSAN.

118 (81.82 %)UML
118 (81.82 %)Ada
216 (72.73 %)Avionics
314 (63.64 %)Aerospace
412 (54.55 %)Requirements Management
511 (50.00 %)Green Hills
610 (45.45 %)Use Case
78 (36.36 %)Security Cleared
85 (22.73 %)BC Cleared
94 (18.18 %)DoDAF
94 (18.18 %)MODAF
94 (18.18 %)TOGAF
94 (18.18 %)Government
94 (18.18 %)OOD
103 (13.64 %)Rational Rose
103 (13.64 %)Telecoms
103 (13.64 %)Telelogic
112 (9.091 %)OO
121 (4.545 %)C++
121 (4.545 %)OOA/OOD
121 (4.545 %)Manufacturing
121 (4.545 %)SC Cleared

ARTiSAN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 15 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South West region citing ARTiSAN 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 ARTiSAN. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

South West IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
13 (13.64 %)Rational Rose
South West IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
116 (72.73 %)Avionics
214 (63.64 %)Aerospace
34 (18.18 %)Government
43 (13.64 %)Telecoms
51 (4.545 %)Manufacturing
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
113 (59.09 %)Software Engineer
211 (50.00 %)Test Engineer
211 (50.00 %)Software Test Engineer
34 (18.18 %)Architect
43 (13.64 %)Real Time Engineer
52 (9.091 %)Technical Architect
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
118 (81.82 %)UML
212 (54.55 %)Requirements Management
310 (45.45 %)Use Case
48 (36.36 %)Security Cleared
55 (22.73 %)BC Cleared
64 (18.18 %)OOD
64 (18.18 %)TOGAF
64 (18.18 %)DoDAF
64 (18.18 %)MODAF
72 (9.091 %)OO
81 (4.545 %)SC Cleared
81 (4.545 %)OOA/OOD
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
118 (81.82 %)Ada
21 (4.545 %)C++
South West IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
111 (50.00 %)Green Hills
23 (13.64 %)Telelogic