The first table below looks at the demand for DNA 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 DNA over the 3 months to 20 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Windows Distributed interNet Applications (DNA)
Rank 116 136 -
Rank change year-on-year
+20 -
Contract jobs citing DNA 1 4 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 0.049% 0.122% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.074% 0.179% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Average daily rate £265 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £308 £305 -
% change year-on-year
+0.81% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Processes & Methodologies
South West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1360 2239 1773
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 66.18% 68.10% 64.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 850 1384 912
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 £499 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £363 £375
% change year-on-year
- -3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 59 111 125
Average hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+20.00% -16.66%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £16.25 £16.85 £15.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £43.75 £37.50 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.00 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+28.00% -16.66%
DNA
England

DNA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South West DNA Jobs Demand Trend

DNA
Daily Rate Trend

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

South West DNA Daily Rate Trend

DNA
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing DNA within the South West region over the 3 months to 20 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 - 1 £265 -
DNA
England

DNA
Top 10 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West region citing DNA 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 DNA.

1 1 (50.00%) Citrix
1 1 (50.00%) Military
1 1 (50.00%) Statistics
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
1 1 (50.00%) Application Packaging
1 1 (50.00%) Mathematics
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) R
1 1 (50.00%) AppDNA

DNA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 1 (50.00%) Application Packaging
General
1 1 (50.00%) Military
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Statistician
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Statistics
1 1 (50.00%) Mathematics
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) R
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) AppDNA
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Citrix