The first table below looks at the demand for Build Automation skills 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 Build Automation over the 3 months to 21 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 of the Processes & Methodologies 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Build Automation
Rank 116 137 -
Rank change year-on-year
+21 -
Contract jobs citing Build Automation 1 5 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 0.048% 0.153% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.072% 0.225% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 5 0
Average daily rate - £390 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £390 £425
% change year-on-year
-3.84% -8.23%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.50 - -
All Processes & Methodologies
South West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1381 2218 1782
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 66.27% 67.93% 64.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 861 1375 919
Average daily rate £375 £390 £388
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.84% +0.64%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £263 £250 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £480 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 64 110 126
Average hourly rate £29.00 £25.00 £30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+16.00% -16.66%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.30 £16.00 £15.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £37.50 £40.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.50 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.00% -16.66%
Build Automation
England

Build Automation
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Build Automation across the South West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

South West Build Automation Jobs Demand Trend

Build Automation
Daily Rate Trend

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

South West Build Automation Daily Rate Trend

Build Automation
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Build Automation within the South West region over the 3 months to 21 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
Dorset - 1 - -
Build Automation
England

Build Automation
Top 12 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West region citing Build Automation 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 Build Automation.

1 1 (100.00%) Oracle
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (100.00%) AIX
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle 8/8i
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle 10g
1 1 (100.00%) Shell Script
1 1 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (100.00%) Replication
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle RAC
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle 11g
1 1 (100.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Data Guard

Build Automation
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West region citing Build Automation 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 Build Automation. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle 8/8i
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle 10g
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle 11g
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) DBA
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle DBA
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) AIX
1 1 (100.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Shell Script
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Data Guard
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle