Software Deployment Contracts in the South West
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for Software Deployment 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 Software Deployment over the 3 months to 22 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
22 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Deployment
Rank 105 131 114
Rank change year-on-year
+26 -17
Contract jobs citing Software Deployment 6 8 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 0.291% 0.242% 0.217%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.440% 0.356% 0.333%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 5 2
Average daily rate £325 £300 £388
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+8.33% -22.58%
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £290 £388
% change year-on-year
+8.62% -25.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £15.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £17.50 £14.50
% change year-on-year
+28.57% +20.68%
All Processes & Methodologies
South West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category		 1365 2249 1801
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 66.23% 68.09% 65.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 855 1391 925
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 £263 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £480 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 64 113 125
Average hourly rate £29.00 £25.00 £32.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+16.00% -22.48%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.30 £16.00 £15.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £39.50 £40.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%
Software Deployment
England

Software Deployment
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South West Software Deployment Jobs Demand Trend

Software Deployment
Daily Rate Trend

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

South West Software Deployment Daily Rate Trend

Software Deployment
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South West Software Deployment Hourly Rate Trend

Software Deployment
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Software Deployment within the South West region over the 3 months to 22 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
Gloucestershire +33 4 - -
Bristol +11 2 £325 +13.04%
Software Deployment
England

Software Deployment
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West region citing Software Deployment 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 Software Deployment.

1 7 (100.00%) Windows
2 6 (85.71%) Windows 7
3 5 (71.43%) Microsoft
3 5 (71.43%) ITIL
4 4 (57.14%) MCP
4 4 (57.14%) MS Office
4 4 (57.14%) Windows XP
4 4 (57.14%) Microsoft Certification
4 4 (57.14%) Problem Management
4 4 (57.14%) Asset Management
4 4 (57.14%) MCITP
5 3 (42.86%) Change Management
5 3 (42.86%) Finance
5 3 (42.86%) ITIL V3
5 3 (42.86%) Apple
5 3 (42.86%) Blackberry
5 3 (42.86%) Service Management
5 3 (42.86%) MS Excel
6 2 (28.57%) Citrix
6 2 (28.57%) Active Directory
6 2 (28.57%) Service Delivery
6 2 (28.57%) DSL
6 2 (28.57%) Windows Server 2003
6 2 (28.57%) CMDB
6 2 (28.57%) Test Scripting
6 2 (28.57%) HP Quality Center
6 2 (28.57%) DV Cleared
6 2 (28.57%) Security Cleared
6 2 (28.57%) VMware Infrastructure
6 2 (28.57%) Windows Server 2008

Software Deployment
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West region citing Software Deployment 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 Software Deployment. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 1 (14.29%) Exchange Server 2003
1 1 (14.29%) Exchange Server 2010
1 1 (14.29%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 4 (57.14%) MS Office
2 3 (42.86%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 2 (28.57%) DSL
2 1 (14.29%) MPLS
2 1 (14.29%) SAN
2 1 (14.29%) VoIP
2 1 (14.29%) DHCP
2 1 (14.29%) TCP/IP
2 1 (14.29%) DNS
Development Applications
1 2 (28.57%) TestDirector
General
1 3 (42.86%) Finance
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) Desktop Support Technician
1 3 (42.86%) Desktop Technician
1 3 (42.86%) Desktop Support
1 3 (42.86%) Support Technician
2 2 (28.57%) Tester
2 2 (28.57%) Systems Tester
3 1 (14.29%) Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Systems Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (42.86%) Blackberry
2 2 (28.57%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 7 (100.00%) Windows
2 6 (85.71%) Windows 7
3 4 (57.14%) Windows XP
4 2 (28.57%) Windows Server 2003
4 2 (28.57%) Windows Server 2008
5 1 (14.29%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) ITIL
2 4 (57.14%) Problem Management
2 4 (57.14%) Asset Management
3 3 (42.86%) Change Management
3 3 (42.86%) ITIL V3
3 3 (42.86%) Service Management
4 2 (28.57%) Service Delivery
4 2 (28.57%) Test Scripting
5 1 (14.29%) Project Planning
5 1 (14.29%) Disaster Recovery
5 1 (14.29%) Data Protection
5 1 (14.29%) Capacity Management
5 1 (14.29%) Configuration Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) C
Qualifications
1 4 (57.14%) MCP
1 4 (57.14%) Microsoft Certification
1 4 (57.14%) MCITP
2 2 (28.57%) DV Cleared
2 2 (28.57%) Security Cleared
3 1 (14.29%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
3 1 (14.29%) MCTS
3 1 (14.29%) Degree
3 1 (14.29%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (28.57%) Active Directory
1 2 (28.57%) VMware Infrastructure
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft App-V
2 1 (14.29%) VMware Workstation
2 1 (14.29%) vSphere
2 1 (14.29%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 2 (28.57%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 5 (71.43%) Microsoft
2 3 (42.86%) Apple
3 2 (28.57%) Citrix
3 2 (28.57%) VMware
3 2 (28.57%) Altiris
4 1 (14.29%) HP
4 1 (14.29%) Dell
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