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This section looks at the prevalence of the term 'Education' in contract IT jobs within the South West region together with a comparison to our General terms category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited Education over the 3 months to 4 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkEducation
Location
3 months to 4 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank92127
Rank change on same period last yearUp+35
Matching contract IT job ads4131
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.054 %0.033 %
As % of the category below1.821 %1.361 %
Daily rates quoted105
Average minimum daily rate£204£440
Average daily rate£221£450
% change on same period last year-50.82 %
Average maximum daily rate£238£460
UK excluding London average daily rate£313£362
% change on same period last year-13.60 %
Hourly rates quoted188
Average minimum hourly rate£25.83£28.11
Average hourly rate£27.72£28.89
% change on same period last year-4.03 %
Average maximum hourly rate£29.61£29.67
UK excluding London average hourly rate£21.74£22.98
% change on same period last year-5.40 %
General South WestGeneral
South West
Matching contract IT job ads22512278
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled2.968 %2.416 %
Daily rates quoted954806
Average minimum daily rate£382£362
Average daily rate£407£382
% change on same period last year+6.58 %
Average maximum daily rate£431£402
UK excluding London average daily rate£386£372
% change on same period last year+3.96 %
Hourly rates quoted197191
Average minimum hourly rate£26.95£28.88
Average hourly rate£29.01£30.81
% change on same period last year-5.85 %
Average maximum hourly rate£31.06£32.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate£26.47£27.20
% change on same period last year-2.68 %
Education EnglandEducation
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.

Education
Demand Trend

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

South West Education Demand Trend

Education
Daily Rate Trend

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

South West Education Daily Rate Trend

Education
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Education across the South West region over the 3 months to 4 July 2008.

South West Education Daily Rate Histogram

Education
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South West Education Hourly Rate Trend

Education
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Education across the South West region over the 3 months to 4 July 2008.

South West Education Hourly Rate Histogram

Education
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT job ads citing Education within the South West region over the 3 months to 4 July 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
SomersetUp+714£350-
BristolUp+27£325-
GloucestershireUp+24£316-51.30 %
DorsetNew entry-4£86-
WiltshireUp+83--
DevonUp+51--
Education EnglandEducation
England

Education
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South West region citing Education 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 Education.

128 (35.90 %)Degree
218 (23.08 %)Microsoft
313 (16.67 %)Adobe
412 (15.38 %)CAD
412 (15.38 %)SolidWorks
412 (15.38 %)Risk Analysis
511 (14.10 %)Acrobat
511 (14.10 %)HNC
610 (12.82 %)Windows
78 (10.26 %)MS Office
78 (10.26 %)Security Cleared
87 (8.974 %)MS Excel
96 (7.692 %)UML
96 (7.692 %)Software Engineering
105 (6.410 %)Mathematics
105 (6.410 %)MS PowerPoint
105 (6.410 %)Lotus Notes
105 (6.410 %)HTML
105 (6.410 %)Oracle
105 (6.410 %)Lotus
114 (5.128 %)UMTS
114 (5.128 %)Active Directory
114 (5.128 %)HP
114 (5.128 %)Finance
114 (5.128 %)Health
114 (5.128 %)XML
114 (5.128 %)Unix
114 (5.128 %)Ada
114 (5.128 %)Statistics
114 (5.128 %)Marketing

Education
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South West region citing Education 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 Education. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
15 (6.410 %)HTML
24 (5.128 %)XML
33 (3.846 %).NET
42 (2.564 %)XSLT
42 (2.564 %)CSS
42 (2.564 %)AJAX
51 (1.282 %).NET Framework
51 (1.282 %)ASP.NET 2.0
51 (1.282 %)WebServices
51 (1.282 %)XHTML
51 (1.282 %)WinForms
51 (1.282 %)JSF
51 (1.282 %)J2EE
51 (1.282 %)MFC
51 (1.282 %)ASP.NET
Application Platforms
15 (6.410 %)Lotus Notes
22 (2.564 %)Documentum
31 (1.282 %)Exchange Server 2003
31 (1.282 %)Community Server
31 (1.282 %)WebLogic
31 (1.282 %)IIS
31 (1.282 %)JBoss
31 (1.282 %)Apache
31 (1.282 %)Tomcat
31 (1.282 %)MS Exchange
Applications
111 (14.10 %)Acrobat
28 (10.26 %)MS Office
37 (8.974 %)MS Excel
45 (6.410 %)MS PowerPoint
53 (3.846 %)MS Project
62 (2.564 %)MS Visio
62 (2.564 %)RoboHelp
62 (2.564 %)FrameMaker
Business Applications
11 (1.282 %)Summit
Communications & Networking
14 (5.128 %)UMTS
23 (3.846 %)Internet
32 (2.564 %)DNS
41 (1.282 %)SSL
41 (1.282 %)SAN
41 (1.282 %)iSCSI
41 (1.282 %)WAN
41 (1.282 %)TCP/IP
41 (1.282 %)VPN
41 (1.282 %)WINS
41 (1.282 %)LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
13 (3.846 %)SQL Server
22 (2.564 %)Oracle 9i
22 (2.564 %)Oracle 10g
31 (1.282 %)SQL Server 7
31 (1.282 %)SQL Server 2005
31 (1.282 %)RDBMS
31 (1.282 %)Oracle 8/8i
Development Applications
12 (2.564 %)ClearCase
12 (2.564 %)Dreamweaver
12 (2.564 %)ClearQuest
12 (2.564 %)GoLive
12 (2.564 %)FrontPage
12 (2.564 %)PVCS
21 (1.282 %)VSS/SourceSafe
21 (1.282 %)Visual Studio
21 (1.282 %)Telelogic Rhapsody
General
14 (5.128 %)Finance
14 (5.128 %)Health
14 (5.128 %)Marketing
23 (3.846 %)Government
23 (3.846 %)Telecoms
32 (2.564 %)Aerospace
32 (2.564 %)Banking
32 (2.564 %)Investment Banking
41 (1.282 %)Local Government
41 (1.282 %)Manufacturing
41 (1.282 %)Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
112 (15.38 %)Analyst
112 (15.38 %)Design Engineer
112 (15.38 %)Mechanical Design Engineer
112 (15.38 %)Mechanical Engineer
211 (14.10 %)Document Controller
310 (12.82 %)Software Engineer
47 (8.974 %)Business Analyst
56 (7.692 %)Support Engineer
63 (3.846 %)Technical Analyst
63 (3.846 %)Author
63 (3.846 %)Technical Author
63 (3.846 %)Technical Business Analyst
72 (2.564 %)Project Manager
72 (2.564 %)Systems Support Engineer
72 (2.564 %)Software Designer
72 (2.564 %)Technical Writer
72 (2.564 %)Senior Systems Analyst
72 (2.564 %)Tester
72 (2.564 %)Systems Analyst
72 (2.564 %)Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
15 (6.410 %)Mathematics
24 (5.128 %)Statistics
31 (1.282 %)N-Tier
31 (1.282 %)NHS
31 (1.282 %)Management Information System
31 (1.282 %)Chemistry
31 (1.282 %)Computer Science
31 (1.282 %)Data Integration
Operating Systems
110 (12.82 %)Windows
24 (5.128 %)Unix
32 (2.564 %)SUSE
32 (2.564 %)AIX
32 (2.564 %)HPUX
32 (2.564 %)Solaris
32 (2.564 %)Windows 2000
32 (2.564 %)Windows XP
41 (1.282 %)NetWare
41 (1.282 %)Windows CE
41 (1.282 %)Windows NT
41 (1.282 %)Linux
Processes & Methodologies
112 (15.38 %)CAD
112 (15.38 %)Risk Analysis
28 (10.26 %)Security Cleared
36 (7.692 %)Software Engineering
36 (7.692 %)UML
44 (5.128 %)Validation
44 (5.128 %)Data Analysis
53 (3.846 %)Data Management
53 (3.846 %)Information Management
62 (2.564 %)Business Analysis
62 (2.564 %)ITIL
62 (2.564 %)SC Cleared
62 (2.564 %)DV Cleared
62 (2.564 %)User Acceptance Testing
62 (2.564 %)Test Scripting
71 (1.282 %)System Testing
71 (1.282 %)Performance Management
71 (1.282 %)Performance Testing
71 (1.282 %)PRINCE2
71 (1.282 %)Data Modelling
Programming Languages
14 (5.128 %)Ada
23 (3.846 %)C++
23 (3.846 %)Java
32 (2.564 %)JavaScript
32 (2.564 %)Perl
32 (2.564 %)SQL
32 (2.564 %)VBScript
32 (2.564 %)C#
41 (1.282 %)VC++
Qualifications
128 (35.90 %)Degree
211 (14.10 %)HNC
32 (2.564 %)HND
32 (2.564 %)MCSE
32 (2.564 %)Microsoft Certification
32 (2.564 %)MCP
32 (2.564 %)NVQ Level 3
41 (1.282 %)CCVP
41 (1.282 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
41 (1.282 %)CCNP
41 (1.282 %)ISEB
41 (1.282 %)Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
12 (2.564 %)ISO9000
12 (2.564 %)QA
21 (1.282 %)BS7799
System Software
14 (5.128 %)Active Directory
21 (1.282 %)NetBackup
Vendors
118 (23.08 %)Microsoft
213 (16.67 %)Adobe
312 (15.38 %)SolidWorks
45 (6.410 %)Oracle
45 (6.410 %)Lotus
54 (5.128 %)HP
63 (3.846 %)Cisco
72 (2.564 %)Dell
72 (2.564 %)Sun
72 (2.564 %)Red Hat
72 (2.564 %)Citrix
81 (1.282 %)Ericsson
81 (1.282 %)Novell
81 (1.282 %)StorageTek
81 (1.282 %)Symantec
81 (1.282 %)BT
81 (1.282 %)Telelogic
81 (1.282 %)SAP
81 (1.282 %)EMC
81 (1.282 %)Compaq
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