The first table below looks at the demand for the Junior role 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 Junior in their job title 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 Job Titles advertised 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
Junior
Rank 94 119 99
Rank change year-on-year
+25 -20
Contract jobs requiring a Junior 14 17 23
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 0.694% 0.526% 0.813%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.739% 0.564% 0.862%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 15 15
Average daily rate £280 £265 £225
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.66% +17.77%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £246 £125 £104
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £302 £355
UK excluding London average daily rate £229 £260 £200
% change year-on-year
-12.01% +30.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
Average hourly rate £10.25 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.96 £16.50 £19.00
% change year-on-year
-9.33% -13.15%
All Job Titles
South West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1895 3012 2668
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 93.95% 93.11% 94.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 1138 1803 1328
Average daily rate £350 £375 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.66% +7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £230 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 137 186 243
Average hourly rate £15.40 £22.50 £22.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-31.55% +2.27%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.00 £12.70 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £37.50 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Junior
England

Junior
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South West Junior Jobs Demand Trend

Junior
Daily Rate Trend

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

South West Junior Daily Rate Trend

Junior
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Junior across the South West region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

South West Junior Daily Rate Histogram

Junior
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South West Junior Hourly Rate Trend

Junior
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Junior within the South West region over the 3 months to 24 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 4 £425 +117.94%
Gloucestershire +29 3 - -
Bristol +9 3 £213 -9.57%
Dorset - 2 £275 -
Junior
England

Junior
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West region that cited Junior in their job title 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 with Junior in their job title.

1 26 (63.41%) Finance
2 18 (43.90%) PRINCE2
3 13 (31.71%) Microsoft
3 13 (31.71%) Banking
4 12 (29.27%) MS Project
5 8 (19.51%) C
6 7 (17.07%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 7 (17.07%) Stakeholder Management
6 7 (17.07%) DV Cleared
6 7 (17.07%) Security Cleared
6 7 (17.07%) Retail
6 7 (17.07%) Retail Banking
6 7 (17.07%) Risk Management
7 6 (14.63%) Document Management
7 6 (14.63%) Continuous Improvement
7 6 (14.63%) Change Control
7 6 (14.63%) MS Office
7 6 (14.63%) Information Assurance
7 6 (14.63%) Requirements Management
8 4 (9.756%) SQL
8 4 (9.756%) Windows
8 4 (9.756%) Change Management
9 3 (7.317%) Citrix
9 3 (7.317%) Project Management
10 2 (4.878%) Configuration Management
10 2 (4.878%) Financial Institution
10 2 (4.878%) Programme Management
10 2 (4.878%) UNIX
10 2 (4.878%) Python
10 2 (4.878%) MS Excel

Junior
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West region that cited Junior in their job title 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 with Junior in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (2.439%) Spring
1 1 (2.439%) HTML5
1 1 (2.439%) jQuery
1 1 (2.439%) ArcObjects
1 1 (2.439%) .NET
1 1 (2.439%) HTML
1 1 (2.439%) ASP
1 1 (2.439%) CSS
1 1 (2.439%) Struts
1 1 (2.439%) XML
1 1 (2.439%) Hibernate
Application Platforms
1 2 (4.878%) SharePoint
2 1 (2.439%) Exchange Server 2007
2 1 (2.439%) MS Exchange
2 1 (2.439%) SAS
2 1 (2.439%) Apache
2 1 (2.439%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 12 (29.27%) MS Project
2 6 (14.63%) MS Office
3 2 (4.878%) MS Excel
4 1 (2.439%) Office 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.439%) HTTP
1 1 (2.439%) TCP/IP
1 1 (2.439%) Intranet
1 1 (2.439%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.439%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 1 (2.439%) SQL Server Reporting Services
1 1 (2.439%) SQL Server 2008
1 1 (2.439%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (2.439%) MySQL
1 1 (2.439%) SQL Server
1 1 (2.439%) GIS
General
1 26 (63.41%) Finance
2 13 (31.71%) Banking
3 7 (17.07%) Retail
3 7 (17.07%) Retail Banking
4 2 (4.878%) Financial Institution
5 1 (2.439%) Marketing
5 1 (2.439%) Aerospace
5 1 (2.439%) Automotive
5 1 (2.439%) Legal
Miscellaneous
1 2 (4.878%) iPhone
2 1 (2.439%) Open Source
2 1 (2.439%) iPad
2 1 (2.439%) Mathematics
2 1 (2.439%) Computer Science
2 1 (2.439%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 4 (9.756%) Windows
2 2 (4.878%) UNIX
2 2 (4.878%) Windows XP
3 1 (2.439%) Android
3 1 (2.439%) Linux
3 1 (2.439%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (43.90%) PRINCE2
2 7 (17.07%) Stakeholder Management
2 7 (17.07%) Risk Management
3 6 (14.63%) Document Management
3 6 (14.63%) Continuous Improvement
3 6 (14.63%) Change Control
3 6 (14.63%) Information Assurance
3 6 (14.63%) Requirements Management
4 4 (9.756%) Change Management
5 3 (7.317%) Project Management
6 2 (4.878%) Configuration Management
6 2 (4.878%) Programme Management
6 2 (4.878%) Business Intelligence
6 2 (4.878%) Migration
6 2 (4.878%) Data Management
6 2 (4.878%) Software Testing
7 1 (2.439%) Web Analytics
7 1 (2.439%) TDD
7 1 (2.439%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 1 (2.439%) Business Transformation
Programming Languages
1 8 (19.51%) C
2 4 (9.756%) SQL
3 2 (4.878%) Python
4 1 (2.439%) T-SQL
4 1 (2.439%) C#
4 1 (2.439%) Java
4 1 (2.439%) JavaScript
4 1 (2.439%) PHP
4 1 (2.439%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 7 (17.07%) PRINCE2 Certification
1 7 (17.07%) DV Cleared
1 7 (17.07%) Security Cleared
2 2 (4.878%) Degree
3 1 (2.439%) ISTQB
3 1 (2.439%) APMP
3 1 (2.439%) Six Sigma Green Belt
3 1 (2.439%) SC Cleared
3 1 (2.439%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
3 1 (2.439%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.439%) MiFID
1 1 (2.439%) QA
System Software
1 2 (4.878%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.439%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 13 (31.71%) Microsoft
2 3 (7.317%) Citrix
3 2 (4.878%) Sybase
4 1 (2.439%) SAP
4 1 (2.439%) VMware
4 1 (2.439%) AppSense
4 1 (2.439%) Mapinfo
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