The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Statistics 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 Statistics 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 terms in our Miscellaneous 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Statistics
Rank 101 127 108
Rank change year-on-year
+26 -19
Contract jobs citing Statistics 14 12 9
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 0.684% 0.362% 0.321%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 3.390% 1.849% 1.779%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 8 3
Average daily rate £325 £313 £150
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.00% +108.33%
UK excluding London average daily rate £324 £288 £275
% change year-on-year
+12.60% +4.54%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 0
Average hourly rate £29.50 £28.00 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+5.35% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.50 £16.00 £13.64
% change year-on-year
-3.12% +17.30%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
South West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
413 649 506
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 20.17% 19.58% 18.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 217 347 209
Average daily rate £350 £390 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-10.25% +11.42%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £252 £201
10% offered a daily rate of more than £511 £525 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £342 £340
% change year-on-year
+2.41% +0.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 39 44 55
Average hourly rate £32.50 £25.00 £29.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+30.00% -13.79%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.00 £12.23 £14.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £42.65 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £24.50 £26.50
% change year-on-year
-10.20% -7.54%
Statistics
England

Statistics
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South West Statistics Jobs Demand Trend

Statistics
Daily Rate Trend

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

South West Statistics Daily Rate Trend

Statistics
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Statistics across the South West region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

South West Statistics Daily Rate Histogram

Statistics
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South West Statistics Hourly Rate Trend

Statistics
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Statistics across the South West region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

South West Statistics Hourly Rate Histogram

Statistics
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Statistics within the South West region over the 3 months to 17 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
Bristol +16 6 £425 +214.81%
Wiltshire +7 5 £135 -55.00%
Gloucestershire +29 2 - -
Cornwall - 1 - -
Statistics
England

Statistics
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 14 (38.89%) Security Cleared
2 10 (27.78%) Degree
3 9 (25.00%) Mathematics
3 9 (25.00%) SQL
4 7 (19.44%) SC Cleared
5 6 (16.67%) QA
6 5 (13.89%) C++
6 5 (13.89%) SAS
6 5 (13.89%) VMS
6 5 (13.89%) Fortran
6 5 (13.89%) Microsoft
6 5 (13.89%) R
6 5 (13.89%) VAX
7 4 (11.11%) Operations Research
7 4 (11.11%) Marketing
7 4 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
7 4 (11.11%) Monte Carlo Method
7 4 (11.11%) SAS Macro
7 4 (11.11%) Cisco
7 4 (11.11%) MS Office
7 4 (11.11%) ProC
7 4 (11.11%) Statistical Modelling
8 3 (8.333%) Citrix
8 3 (8.333%) Juniper
8 3 (8.333%) Terminal Services
8 3 (8.333%) Tivoli
8 3 (8.333%) Netcool
8 3 (8.333%) Netcool/OMNIbus
8 3 (8.333%) Mathematica
8 3 (8.333%) SQL Server

Statistics
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 3 (8.333%) RSS
Application Platforms
1 5 (13.89%) SAS
2 3 (8.333%) Mathematica
Applications
1 4 (11.11%) MS Office
2 1 (2.778%) Windchill
2 1 (2.778%) MS PowerPoint
2 1 (2.778%) Spreadsheet
Communications & Networking
1 3 (8.333%) SNMP
1 3 (8.333%) Wireshark
2 2 (5.556%) TCP/IP
3 1 (2.778%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (8.333%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.778%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (2.778%) SAS Enterprise Guide
2 1 (2.778%) SAS Enterprise Miner
Development Applications
1 4 (11.11%) ProC
2 1 (2.778%) NetBeans
2 1 (2.778%) Visual Studio
General
1 4 (11.11%) Marketing
2 3 (8.333%) Finance
3 2 (5.556%) Military
3 2 (5.556%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 6 (16.67%) Analyst
2 5 (13.89%) Statistician
3 4 (11.11%) SAS Analyst
4 3 (8.333%) Data Manager
4 3 (8.333%) Development Project Manager
4 3 (8.333%) Development Manager
4 3 (8.333%) Support Engineer
4 3 (8.333%) Project Manager
4 3 (8.333%) Help Desk Manager
5 2 (5.556%) Developer
5 2 (5.556%) Database Developer
5 2 (5.556%) SQL Developer
5 2 (5.556%) SQL Server Developer
5 2 (5.556%) Senior Support Engineer
5 2 (5.556%) SQL Database Developer
5 2 (5.556%) Auditor
5 2 (5.556%) Marketing Analyst
5 2 (5.556%) SAS Marketing Analyst
5 2 (5.556%) SAS Insight Analyst
5 2 (5.556%) Insight Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 9 (25.00%) Mathematics
2 5 (13.89%) VAX
3 2 (5.556%) Management Information System
3 2 (5.556%) Credit Risk
4 1 (2.778%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 5 (13.89%) VMS
2 3 (8.333%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (11.11%) Operations Research
1 4 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
1 4 (11.11%) Monte Carlo Method
1 4 (11.11%) Statistical Modelling
2 3 (8.333%) Time Management
3 2 (5.556%) Change Control
3 2 (5.556%) Root Cause Analysis
3 2 (5.556%) Data Modelling
3 2 (5.556%) Project Management
3 2 (5.556%) Information Management
4 1 (2.778%) Data Analysis
4 1 (2.778%) Software Engineering
4 1 (2.778%) Business Analysis
4 1 (2.778%) Incident Management
4 1 (2.778%) Change Management
4 1 (2.778%) GAP Analysis
4 1 (2.778%) Migration
4 1 (2.778%) Information Security
4 1 (2.778%) Programme Management
4 1 (2.778%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (25.00%) SQL
2 5 (13.89%) C++
2 5 (13.89%) Fortran
2 5 (13.89%) R
3 4 (11.11%) SAS Macro
4 2 (5.556%) C
4 2 (5.556%) T-SQL
5 1 (2.778%) Java
Qualifications
1 14 (38.89%) Security Cleared
2 10 (27.78%) Degree
3 7 (19.44%) SC Cleared
4 2 (5.556%) DV Cleared
5 1 (2.778%) APMP
5 1 (2.778%) CCSP
5 1 (2.778%) CCNP
5 1 (2.778%) CCIP
5 1 (2.778%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (2.778%) CCVP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (16.67%) QA
2 2 (5.556%) SLA
3 1 (2.778%) Data Quality
System Software
1 3 (8.333%) Terminal Services
2 1 (2.778%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (8.333%) Tivoli
1 3 (8.333%) Netcool
1 3 (8.333%) Netcool/OMNIbus
2 2 (5.556%) OpenView
2 2 (5.556%) CiscoWorks
Vendors
1 5 (13.89%) Microsoft
2 4 (11.11%) Cisco
3 3 (8.333%) IBM
3 3 (8.333%) SolarWinds
3 3 (8.333%) F5
3 3 (8.333%) Compuware
3 3 (8.333%) HP
3 3 (8.333%) Citrix
3 3 (8.333%) Juniper
3 3 (8.333%) OPNET
3 3 (8.333%) VMware
4 1 (2.778%) Civica
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