South West STL Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Standard Template Library (STL) skills within the South West region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited STL over the 3 months to 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Standard Template Library (STL)
Location Barnet Bristol Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf City of London Docklands, London East Midlands East of England England Hampshire Hertfordshire Kent London Manchester Middlesex North West Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Portsmouth Redhill Sevenoaks South East South West Stockport Surrey Thames Valley UK	3 months to 20 Aug 2008	Same period last year
Rank	132	154
Rank change on same period last year	+22
Matching contract IT job ads	10	15
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.013 %	0.015 %
As % of the category below	1.259 %	1.322 %
Daily rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum daily rate	-	-
Average daily rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	-	-
UK excluding London average daily rate	£276	£318
% change on same period last year	-13.07 %
Hourly rates quoted	7	14
Average minimum hourly rate	£36.00	£31.79
Average hourly rate	£36.36	£33.75
% change on same period last year	+7.72 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£36.71	£35.71
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£35.50	£33.17
% change on same period last year	+7.03 %
Application Development South West
Matching contract IT job ads	794	1135
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	1.048 %	1.130 %
Daily rates quoted	169	252
Average minimum daily rate	£299	£308
Average daily rate	£328	£331
% change on same period last year	-0.89 %
Average maximum daily rate	£357	£354
UK excluding London average daily rate	£338	£337
% change on same period last year	+0.55 %
Hourly rates quoted	135	148
Average minimum hourly rate	£31.40	£29.62
Average hourly rate	£33.52	£33.32
% change on same period last year	+0.61 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£35.65	£37.01
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£32.72	£33.29
% change on same period last year	-1.69 %
STL England

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

STL
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing STL across the South West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

STL
Daily Rate Trend

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

STL
Hourly Rate Trend

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

STL
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing STL across the South West region over the 3 months to 20 August 2008.

STL
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing STL within the South West region over the 3 months to 20 August 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
Bristol	+15	9	-	-

STL England

STL
Top 17 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South West region citing STL 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 STL.

1 18 (100.00 %) C++ 2 17 (94.44 %) Java 2 17 (94.44 %) UNIX 2 17 (94.44 %) UML 2 17 (94.44 %) GIS 2 17 (94.44 %) Serena 3 16 (88.89 %) Configuration Management 3 16 (88.89 %) Solaris 3 16 (88.89 %) Linux 3 16 (88.89 %) PVCS 3 16 (88.89 %) LuciadMap 4 15 (83.33 %) XML 4 15 (83.33 %) CORBA 4 15 (83.33 %) Middleware 5 1 (5.556 %) OO

5 1 (5.556 %) Multithreading 5 1 (5.556 %) C#

STL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South West region citing STL 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 STL. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 16 (88.89 %) LuciadMap 2 15 (83.33 %) XML 2 15 (83.33 %) CORBA 2 15 (83.33 %) Middleware	Database & Business Intelligence 1 17 (94.44 %) GIS
Development Applications 1 16 (88.89 %) PVCS	Job Titles 1 17 (94.44 %) Software Engineer 2 15 (83.33 %) Java Software Engineer 3 14 (77.78 %) C++ Software Engineer 4 1 (5.556 %) Developer 4 1 (5.556 %) Software Developer 4 1 (5.556 %) Software Development Engineer
Miscellaneous 1 1 (5.556 %) Multithreading	Operating Systems 1 17 (94.44 %) UNIX 2 16 (88.89 %) Solaris 2 16 (88.89 %) Linux
Processes & Methodologies 1 17 (94.44 %) UML 2 16 (88.89 %) Configuration Management 3 1 (5.556 %) OO	Programming Languages 1 18 (100.00 %) C++ 2 17 (94.44 %) Java 3 1 (5.556 %) C#
Vendors 1 17 (94.44 %) Serena