The first table below looks at the demand for Fortran 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 Fortran over the 3 months to 24 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 Programming Languages 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Fortran
Rank 107 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Fortran 1 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 0.050% - -
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.139% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate - £305 £371
% change year-on-year
- -17.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Programming Languages
South West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
722 1225 993
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 35.80% 37.87% 35.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 428 707 454
Average daily rate £326 £375 £310
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-13.00% +20.96%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £250 £213
10% offered a daily rate of more than £458 £500 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 48 75 91
Average hourly rate £37.50 £31.00 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+20.96% -11.42%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.00 £16.70 £20.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £46.00 £40.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+1.44% -1.42%
Fortran
England

Fortran
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South West Fortran Jobs Demand Trend

Fortran
Daily Rate Trend

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

South West Fortran Daily Rate Trend

Fortran
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South West Fortran Hourly Rate Trend

Fortran
Top 18 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West region citing Fortran 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 Fortran.

1 6 (54.55%) C#
1 6 (54.55%) C++
1 6 (54.55%) .NET
1 6 (54.55%) MFC
1 6 (54.55%) VC++
1 6 (54.55%) OpenGL
2 5 (45.45%) DirectX
2 5 (45.45%) Agile Software Development
2 5 (45.45%) Mathematics
2 5 (45.45%) Security Cleared
3 4 (36.36%) Statistics
3 4 (36.36%) VAX
3 4 (36.36%) VMS
3 4 (36.36%) Microsoft
4 1 (9.091%) Visual Studio
4 1 (9.091%) UNIX
4 1 (9.091%) Korn
4 1 (9.091%) WinForms

Fortran
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West region citing Fortran 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 Fortran. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 6 (54.55%) .NET
1 6 (54.55%) MFC
1 6 (54.55%) OpenGL
2 5 (45.45%) DirectX
3 1 (9.091%) WinForms
Development Applications
1 1 (9.091%) Visual Studio
Job Titles
1 7 (63.64%) Software Engineer
2 6 (54.55%) C++ Software Engineer
3 5 (45.45%) C++ Analyst Programmer
3 5 (45.45%) C++ Programmer
3 5 (45.45%) Analyst
3 5 (45.45%) Analyst Programmer
3 5 (45.45%) Programmer
3 5 (45.45%) Software Programmer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (45.45%) Mathematics
2 4 (36.36%) Statistics
2 4 (36.36%) VAX
Operating Systems
1 4 (36.36%) VMS
2 1 (9.091%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (45.45%) Agile Software Development
Programming Languages
1 6 (54.55%) C#
1 6 (54.55%) C++
1 6 (54.55%) VC++
2 1 (9.091%) Korn
Qualifications
1 5 (45.45%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 4 (36.36%) Microsoft