The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Biometrics in IT contracts advertised for the South West region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Biometrics over the 3 months to 23 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 West 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Biometrics
Rank - - -
Contract jobs citing Biometrics 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West - - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate - £250 £425
% change year-on-year
- -41.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £50.00 -
All of the Miscellaneous Category
South West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
403 638 513
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 20.05% 19.66% 17.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 208 341 218
Average daily rate £350 £390 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-10.25% +11.42%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £268 £213
10% offered a daily rate of more than £503 £525 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £340
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +1.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 42 57
Average hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £29.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+20.00% -15.25%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.00 £10.70 £14.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £44.00 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £23.00 £26.50
% change year-on-year
-2.17% -13.20%
Biometrics
England

Biometrics
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South West Biometrics Jobs Demand Trend

Biometrics
Top 22 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West region citing Biometrics 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 Biometrics.

1 1 (100.00%) C
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) C++
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) VBA
1 1 (100.00%) MS Office
1 1 (100.00%) MS Excel
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) OpenGL
1 1 (100.00%) MATLAB
1 1 (100.00%) Military
1 1 (100.00%) SIMUL8
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) MS PowerPoint
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Physics
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Open Source
1 1 (100.00%) Pattern Recognition
1 1 (100.00%) OpenCV

Biometrics
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West region citing Biometrics 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 Biometrics. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (100.00%) OpenGL
1 1 (100.00%) OpenCV
Applications
1 1 (100.00%) MS Office
1 1 (100.00%) MS Excel
1 1 (100.00%) MS PowerPoint
General
1 1 (100.00%) Military
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Physics
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Open Source
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Pattern Recognition
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) C++
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) VBA
1 1 (100.00%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) SIMUL8