The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of SIMUL8 products and/or services 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 SIMUL8 over the 3 months to 17 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 Vendors 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.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are NOT representative of contractor rates within the SIMUL8 Corporation.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SIMUL8
Rank - - 116
Contract jobs citing SIMUL8 0 0 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West - - 0.036%
As % of the Vendors category - - 0.082%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
Average daily rate - - £500
UK excluding London average daily rate - - £444
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Vendors
South West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
894 1413 1218
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 43.65% 42.64% 43.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 519 817 555
Average daily rate £375 £400 £370
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.25% +8.10%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £263 £210
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 52 98 118
Average hourly rate £13.95 £25.00 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-44.20% +25.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.00 £12.90 £13.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.50 £50.00 £31.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
SIMUL8
England

SIMUL8
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing SIMUL8 across the South West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

South West SIMUL8 Jobs Demand Trend

SIMUL8
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing SIMUL8 across the South West region.

South West SIMUL8 Daily Rate Trend

SIMUL8
Top 22 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West region citing SIMUL8 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 SIMUL8.

1 1 (100.00%) C
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) C++
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) VBA
1 1 (100.00%) MS Office
1 1 (100.00%) MS Excel
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) OpenGL
1 1 (100.00%) Biometrics
1 1 (100.00%) MATLAB
1 1 (100.00%) Military
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) MS PowerPoint
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Physics
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Open Source
1 1 (100.00%) Pattern Recognition
1 1 (100.00%) OpenCV

SIMUL8
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West region citing SIMUL8 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 SIMUL8. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (100.00%) OpenGL
1 1 (100.00%) OpenCV
Applications
1 1 (100.00%) MS Office
1 1 (100.00%) MS Excel
1 1 (100.00%) MS PowerPoint
General
1 1 (100.00%) Military
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Biometrics
1 1 (100.00%) Physics
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Open Source
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Pattern Recognition
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) C++
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) VBA
1 1 (100.00%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft