Degree Contracts in the South West
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Hourly Rate Histogram Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for Degree 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 Degree 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 Qualifications 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
Degree
Rank 43 33 51
Rank change year-on-year
-10 +18
Contract jobs citing Degree 82 173 78
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 3.935% 5.299% 2.835%
As % of the Qualifications category 13.27% 16.68% 11.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 41 62 23
Average daily rate £350 £375 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.66% +15.38%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £200 £210
10% offered a daily rate of more than £440 £601 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £340
% change year-on-year
- -4.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 21 15
Average hourly rate £38.50 £35.00 £38.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+10.00% -7.89%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £30.00 £15.00 £22.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £47.50 £40.00 £42.10
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.00 £30.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
-30.00% -14.28%
All Qualifications
South West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category		 618 1037 684
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 29.65% 31.76% 24.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 354 557 311
Average daily rate £380 £400 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.00% +6.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £255 £220 £216
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £525 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 72 52
Average hourly rate £32.00 £25.00 £32.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+28.00% -21.87%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.50 £14.55 £13.40
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £47.50 £50.00 £41.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
- -10.00%
Degree
England

Degree
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South West Degree Jobs Demand Trend

Degree
Daily Rate Trend

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

South West Degree Daily Rate Trend

Degree
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Degree across the South West region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

South West Degree Daily Rate Histogram

Degree
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South West Degree Hourly Rate Trend

Degree
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Degree across the South West region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

South West Degree Hourly Rate Histogram

Degree
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Degree 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
Wiltshire +4 24 £255 -43.33%
Bristol -9 20 £350 -15.15%
Gloucestershire -7 14 £369 +11.66%
Dorset +2 12 £417 +11.20%
Devon +3 8 £350 +6.06%
Degree
England

Degree
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 50 (26.46%) SQL
2 45 (23.81%) Finance
3 44 (23.28%) Oracle
4 43 (22.75%) Security Cleared
5 41 (21.69%) Microsoft
6 37 (19.58%) C++
7 34 (17.99%) Windows
8 32 (16.93%) C
9 29 (15.34%) C#
9 29 (15.34%) Computer Science
10 25 (13.23%) .NET
11 24 (12.70%) Linux
12 21 (11.11%) ITIL
12 21 (11.11%) Test Scripting
13 20 (10.58%) SC Cleared
13 20 (10.58%) DV Cleared
13 20 (10.58%) Retail
14 19 (10.05%) Embedded Systems
15 18 (9.524%) Android
15 18 (9.524%) UML
15 18 (9.524%) UNIX
15 18 (9.524%) XML
16 17 (8.995%) ASP.NET
16 17 (8.995%) OO
16 17 (8.995%) Electronics
17 16 (8.466%) MS Excel
17 16 (8.466%) Apple iOS
17 16 (8.466%) Agile Software Development
18 15 (7.937%) Mathematics
18 15 (7.937%) XenApp

Degree
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 25 (13.23%) .NET
2 18 (9.524%) XML
3 17 (8.995%) ASP.NET
4 15 (7.937%) Web Services
5 14 (7.407%) .NET Framework
6 8 (4.233%) CSS
6 8 (4.233%) ASP.NET MVC
7 7 (3.704%) Spring
8 6 (3.175%) HTML
8 6 (3.175%) Middleware
9 5 (2.646%) JSON
9 5 (2.646%) Hibernate
9 5 (2.646%) SOAP
10 4 (2.116%) XSL
10 4 (2.116%) jQuery
10 4 (2.116%) RESTful
11 3 (1.587%) iOS SDK
11 3 (1.587%) XSLT
11 3 (1.587%) ASP
12 2 (1.058%) XHTML
Application Platforms
1 13 (6.878%) SharePoint
2 8 (4.233%) SAS
3 5 (2.646%) Oracle Service Bus
4 4 (2.116%) MQSeries
5 3 (1.587%) Oracle Application Server
6 2 (1.058%) MS Exchange
6 2 (1.058%) Mathematica
6 2 (1.058%) ArcGIS
6 2 (1.058%) ArcIMS
6 2 (1.058%) ArcSDE
6 2 (1.058%) SharePoint 2010
7 1 (0.529%) Magento
7 1 (0.529%) LiveCycle
7 1 (0.529%) Shopify
7 1 (0.529%) Exchange Server 2010
7 1 (0.529%) AquaLogic Service Bus
7 1 (0.529%) Amazon AWS
7 1 (0.529%) ActiveMQ
7 1 (0.529%) AquaLogic
7 1 (0.529%) PowerExchange
Applications
1 16 (8.466%) MS Excel
2 7 (3.704%) MS PowerPoint
2 7 (3.704%) MS Office
3 2 (1.058%) ArcInfo
3 2 (1.058%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.529%) Simulink
4 1 (0.529%) Pro/ENGINEER
4 1 (0.529%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.529%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 8 (4.233%) Visualfiles
2 7 (3.704%) Lawson
3 3 (1.587%) Oracle Applications
4 1 (0.529%) Oracle General Ledger
4 1 (0.529%) Oracle EBS R12
4 1 (0.529%) Temenos T24
4 1 (0.529%) Cognos Business Intelligence
4 1 (0.529%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.529%) Dynamics GP
4 1 (0.529%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.529%) Maximo
4 1 (0.529%) Oracle Financials
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.116%) Internet
1 4 (2.116%) ASN.1
1 4 (2.116%) Firewall
2 3 (1.587%) HTTP
2 3 (1.587%) Ethernet
3 2 (1.058%) FTP
3 2 (1.058%) SNMP
4 1 (0.529%) Modbus
4 1 (0.529%) Wireshark
4 1 (0.529%) DSL
4 1 (0.529%) Wireless
4 1 (0.529%) SSL
4 1 (0.529%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.529%) VPN
4 1 (0.529%) Broadband
4 1 (0.529%) LAN
4 1 (0.529%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (5.291%) SQL Server
1 10 (5.291%) Oracle 11g
2 8 (4.233%) Data Warehouse
2 8 (4.233%) Oracle Reports
3 7 (3.704%) Oracle 10g
4 5 (2.646%) TOAD
5 4 (2.116%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 4 (2.116%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 4 (2.116%) Oracle BI EE
6 3 (1.587%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 3 (1.587%) Data Mart
6 3 (1.587%) MySQL
7 2 (1.058%) Data Mining
7 2 (1.058%) MS Access
7 2 (1.058%) GIS
8 1 (0.529%) SQL Server 2008
8 1 (0.529%) Base SAS
8 1 (0.529%) SAS Enterprise Guide
8 1 (0.529%) SAS Enterprise Miner
8 1 (0.529%) Hazelcast
Development Applications
1 8 (4.233%) Visual Studio
2 7 (3.704%) JIRA
2 7 (3.704%) JMeter
3 6 (3.175%) Eclipse
4 5 (2.646%) Git (software)
5 4 (2.116%) ProC
5 4 (2.116%) GCC
6 2 (1.058%) Oracle Forms
6 2 (1.058%) InstallShield
6 2 (1.058%) NUnit
7 1 (0.529%) Jenkins
7 1 (0.529%) GitHub
7 1 (0.529%) Maven
7 1 (0.529%) Subversion
7 1 (0.529%) Oracle APEX
7 1 (0.529%) Selenium
7 1 (0.529%) MSI
7 1 (0.529%) C++Builder
7 1 (0.529%) LabVIEW
7 1 (0.529%) NetBeans
General
1 45 (23.81%) Finance
2 20 (10.58%) Retail
3 17 (8.995%) Electronics
4 14 (7.407%) Marketing
5 11 (5.820%) Legal
6 10 (5.291%) Telecoms
7 9 (4.762%) Banking
8 8 (4.233%) Aerospace
9 6 (3.175%) Military
9 6 (3.175%) Avionics
10 4 (2.116%) Retail Banking
11 2 (1.058%) Advertising
11 2 (1.058%) Back Office
12 1 (0.529%) French Language
12 1 (0.529%) German Language
12 1 (0.529%) Italian Language
12 1 (0.529%) Spanish Language
12 1 (0.529%) Corporate Banking
12 1 (0.529%) Local Government
12 1 (0.529%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 50 (26.46%) Developer
2 35 (18.52%) Analyst
3 34 (17.99%) Software Engineer
4 10 (5.291%) Applications Support
5 9 (4.762%) Support Analyst
5 9 (4.762%) .NET Developer
6 8 (4.233%) Oracle Developer
6 8 (4.233%) Support Engineer
7 7 (3.704%) Consultant
7 7 (3.704%) Systems Engineer
7 7 (3.704%) Business Analyst
8 6 (3.175%) Java Developer
8 6 (3.175%) Help Desk Analyst
9 5 (2.646%) Coordinator
9 5 (2.646%) Software Developer
9 5 (2.646%) Design Engineer
10 4 (2.116%) Statistician
10 4 (2.116%) Senior Analyst
10 4 (2.116%) Systems Manager
10 4 (2.116%) Systems Support
Miscellaneous
1 29 (15.34%) Computer Science
2 19 (10.05%) Embedded Systems
3 15 (7.937%) Mathematics
4 11 (5.820%) Management Information System
5 10 (5.291%) Statistics
6 9 (4.762%) Client/Server
7 6 (3.175%) EPoS
8 4 (2.116%) Open Source
8 4 (2.116%) Visualisation
8 4 (2.116%) Enterprise Software
9 3 (1.587%) Mobile App
9 3 (1.587%) Credit Risk
9 3 (1.587%) Physics
10 2 (1.058%) VHDL
10 2 (1.058%) Clustering
10 2 (1.058%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
10 2 (1.058%) Chemistry
10 2 (1.058%) Online Banking
10 2 (1.058%) Data Integration
11 1 (0.529%) Mobile Banking
Operating Systems
1 34 (17.99%) Windows
2 24 (12.70%) Linux
3 18 (9.524%) Android
3 18 (9.524%) UNIX
4 16 (8.466%) Apple iOS
5 4 (2.116%) VxWorks
6 2 (1.058%) Solaris
6 2 (1.058%) Windows XP
7 1 (0.529%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.529%) Windows 7
7 1 (0.529%) Oracle Linux
7 1 (0.529%) HPUX
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (11.11%) ITIL
1 21 (11.11%) Test Scripting
2 18 (9.524%) UML
3 17 (8.995%) OO
4 16 (8.466%) Agile Software Development
5 14 (7.407%) MVC
5 14 (7.407%) Software Testing
6 13 (6.878%) Time Management
6 13 (6.878%) Analytics
7 12 (6.349%) Project Management
7 12 (6.349%) Configuration Management
8 11 (5.820%) Software Engineering
8 11 (5.820%) Data Security
9 10 (5.291%) Scrum
9 10 (5.291%) Service Management
9 10 (5.291%) Incident Management
10 9 (4.762%) User Acceptance Testing
10 9 (4.762%) Data Modelling
11 8 (4.233%) Business Intelligence
11 8 (4.233%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 50 (26.46%) SQL
2 37 (19.58%) C++
3 32 (16.93%) C
4 29 (15.34%) C#
5 15 (7.937%) Java
6 14 (7.407%) JavaScript
6 14 (7.407%) PL/SQL
7 5 (2.646%) SAS Macro
8 4 (2.116%) Python
8 4 (2.116%) R
9 3 (1.587%) XPath
9 3 (1.587%) MATLAB
9 3 (1.587%) Objective-C
9 3 (1.587%) VB.NET
9 3 (1.587%) VBA
10 2 (1.058%) XQuery
10 2 (1.058%) Assembly Language
10 2 (1.058%) VBScript
10 2 (1.058%) PHP
10 2 (1.058%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 43 (22.75%) Security Cleared
2 20 (10.58%) SC Cleared
2 20 (10.58%) DV Cleared
3 15 (7.937%) HNC
4 12 (6.349%) ISEB
5 5 (2.646%) ISTQB
5 5 (2.646%) Microsoft Certification
6 4 (2.116%) HND
7 3 (1.587%) BC Cleared
7 3 (1.587%) PhD
7 3 (1.587%) Sun Certification
8 2 (1.058%) ITIL Certification
8 2 (1.058%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 2 (1.058%) MCAD
8 2 (1.058%) MCSD
8 2 (1.058%) SCSA
8 2 (1.058%) NVQ Level 3
9 1 (0.529%) Six Sigma Green Belt
9 1 (0.529%) CISA
9 1 (0.529%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (6.878%) JTAG
2 3 (1.587%) QA
3 2 (1.058%) TickIT
3 2 (1.058%) MiFID
3 2 (1.058%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (1.058%) DO-178B
4 1 (0.529%) Solvency II
4 1 (0.529%) Basel II
4 1 (0.529%) SLA
4 1 (0.529%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 15 (7.937%) XenApp
2 12 (6.349%) VMware Infrastructure
3 11 (5.820%) Active Directory
4 8 (4.233%) VMware ESX
5 2 (1.058%) VMware Workstation
6 1 (0.529%) Microsoft App-V
6 1 (0.529%) Terminal Server
6 1 (0.529%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 7 (3.704%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
2 3 (1.587%) HP Quality Center
3 2 (1.058%) BMC PATROL
4 1 (0.529%) Netcool
4 1 (0.529%) Netcool/OMNIbus
4 1 (0.529%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 44 (23.28%) Oracle
2 41 (21.69%) Microsoft
3 14 (7.407%) Citrix
3 14 (7.407%) VMware
4 7 (3.704%) Fiserv
4 7 (3.704%) Kronos
5 6 (3.175%) ATG
6 4 (2.116%) Borland
6 4 (2.116%) Green Hills
7 3 (1.587%) Serena
7 3 (1.587%) HP
7 3 (1.587%) Cisco
8 2 (1.058%) IBM
8 2 (1.058%) Sun
8 2 (1.058%) Juniper
8 2 (1.058%) Business Objects
8 2 (1.058%) SAP
8 2 (1.058%) ESRI
9 1 (0.529%) Altera
9 1 (0.529%) SolarWinds
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