The first table below looks at the demand for Stochastic Modelling 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 Stochastic Modelling 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 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Stochastic Modeling
Rank - 135 116
Contract jobs citing Stochastic Modelling 0 4 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West - 0.121% 0.036%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category - 0.177% 0.056%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 3 1
Average daily rate - £375 £975
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -61.53%
UK excluding London average daily rate - £375 £975
% change year-on-year
- -61.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Processes & Methodologies
South West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1354 2256 1796
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 66.11% 68.07% 64.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 846 1389 926
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 £250 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 59 109 125
Average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+24.00% -16.66%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £16.25 £18.00 £15.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £37.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.60 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.40% -16.66%
Stochastic Modelling
England

Stochastic Modelling
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South West Stochastic Modelling Jobs Demand Trend

Stochastic Modelling
Daily Rate Trend

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

South West Stochastic Modelling Daily Rate Trend

Stochastic Modelling
Top 28 Related IT Skills

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

1 5 (100.00%) C#
1 5 (100.00%) PL/SQL
1 5 (100.00%) SQL
1 5 (100.00%) T-SQL
1 5 (100.00%) VB.NET
1 5 (100.00%) .NET
1 5 (100.00%) Oracle
1 5 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 5 (100.00%) Crystal Reports
1 5 (100.00%) Business Objects
1 5 (100.00%) Visual Studio
1 5 (100.00%) MCP
1 5 (100.00%) Oracle Reports
1 5 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 5 (100.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
1 5 (100.00%) SQL Server 2005
1 5 (100.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 5 (100.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
1 5 (100.00%) Data Architecture
1 5 (100.00%) Team Foundation Server
1 5 (100.00%) Enterprise Software
2 4 (80.00%) QA
3 3 (60.00%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (40.00%) MS Excel
5 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
5 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared

Stochastic Modelling
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 5 (100.00%) .NET
Applications
1 2 (40.00%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 5 (100.00%) Crystal Reports
1 5 (100.00%) Oracle Reports
1 5 (100.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
1 5 (100.00%) SQL Server 2005
1 5 (100.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 5 (100.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 3 (60.00%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 5 (100.00%) Visual Studio
1 5 (100.00%) Team Foundation Server
Job Titles
1 5 (100.00%) Developer
1 5 (100.00%) Business Intelligence Developer
2 1 (20.00%) Business Developer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (100.00%) Enterprise Software
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 5 (100.00%) Data Architecture
Programming Languages
1 5 (100.00%) C#
1 5 (100.00%) PL/SQL
1 5 (100.00%) SQL
1 5 (100.00%) T-SQL
1 5 (100.00%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) MCP
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (80.00%) QA
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) Oracle
1 5 (100.00%) Business Objects
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft