The first table below looks at the demand for Degree in IT contracts advertised for the Southampton region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Degree over the 3 months to 24 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 Qualifications for the Southampton 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Degree
Rank 22 26 22
Rank change year-on-year
+4 -4
Contract jobs citing Degree 13 7 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Southampton 4.319% 2.966% 2.646%
As % of the Qualifications category 15.29% 10.29% 18.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 2 0
Average daily rate £250 £400 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-37.50% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 1
Average hourly rate £25.00 - £33.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.00 £30.00 £34.00
% change year-on-year
-33.33% -11.76%
All Qualifications
Southampton
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
85 68 27
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Southampton 28.24% 28.81% 14.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 51 43 12
Average daily rate £330 £350 £288
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.71% +21.73%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £141 £263 £205
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £450 £472
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 10 3
Average hourly rate £19.63 £20.00 £24.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-1.87% -16.66%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.75 £9.94 £18.75
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £30.00 £37.50 £30.65
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.22% -10.00%
Degree
Hampshire

Degree
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Degree across the Southampton region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

Southampton Degree Jobs Demand Trend

Degree
Daily Rate Trend

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

Southampton Degree Daily Rate Trend

Degree
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Southampton Degree Hourly Rate Trend

Degree
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Degree across the Southampton region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Southampton Degree Hourly Rate Histogram

Degree
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Southampton region citing Degree 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 Degree.

1 11 (36.67%) Windows
2 10 (33.33%) SQL Server
3 9 (30.00%) SQL
4 8 (26.67%) Agile Software Development
5 7 (23.33%) Windows Server 2003
6 6 (20.00%) Oracle
6 6 (20.00%) Java
6 6 (20.00%) ISO 9001
7 5 (16.67%) RDBMS
7 5 (16.67%) PRINCE2
7 5 (16.67%) Oracle 8/8i
7 5 (16.67%) PL/SQL
7 5 (16.67%) Project Management
7 5 (16.67%) Microsoft
7 5 (16.67%) HP
7 5 (16.67%) BizTalk Server
7 5 (16.67%) Google
7 5 (16.67%) Computer Science
7 5 (16.67%) Google Analytics
7 5 (16.67%) Windows Server 2008
7 5 (16.67%) Kindle
7 5 (16.67%) Analytics
8 4 (13.33%) Continuous Improvement
8 4 (13.33%) Windows 7
8 4 (13.33%) LANDesk
8 4 (13.33%) A+ Certification
8 4 (13.33%) Active Directory
8 4 (13.33%) Telecoms
8 4 (13.33%) Network+ Certification
8 4 (13.33%) Windows XP

Degree
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Southampton region citing Degree 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 Degree. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (6.667%) Velocity
2 1 (3.333%) JMS
2 1 (3.333%) JDBC
2 1 (3.333%) XML
2 1 (3.333%) XSL
2 1 (3.333%) Hibernate
2 1 (3.333%) Lucene
2 1 (3.333%) Spring
2 1 (3.333%) Drools
2 1 (3.333%) REST
2 1 (3.333%) HTML5
2 1 (3.333%) JPA
Application Platforms
1 5 (16.67%) BizTalk Server
2 2 (6.667%) MS Exchange
3 1 (3.333%) ActiveMQ
Applications
1 2 (6.667%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 5 (16.67%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 3 (10.00%) TCP/IP
2 1 (3.333%) HTTP
2 1 (3.333%) DVB
2 1 (3.333%) PABX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (33.33%) SQL Server
2 5 (16.67%) RDBMS
2 5 (16.67%) Oracle 8/8i
3 1 (3.333%) Crystal Reports
3 1 (3.333%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (3.333%) Maven
1 1 (3.333%) Git (software)
1 1 (3.333%) Cucumber
General
1 4 (13.33%) Telecoms
2 2 (6.667%) Pharmaceutical
2 2 (6.667%) Manufacturing
3 1 (3.333%) Military
3 1 (3.333%) Aerospace
3 1 (3.333%) Spanish Language
3 1 (3.333%) Avionics
Job Titles
1 9 (30.00%) Analyst
2 8 (26.67%) Developer
3 5 (16.67%) Project Manager
3 5 (16.67%) Systems Developer
3 5 (16.67%) Web Analyst
4 4 (13.33%) Software Engineer
5 3 (10.00%) Tester
6 2 (6.667%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
6 2 (6.667%) C# Software Developer
6 2 (6.667%) Quality Analyst
6 2 (6.667%) Web Manager
6 2 (6.667%) Web Project Manager
6 2 (6.667%) Team Leader
6 2 (6.667%) Support Analyst
6 2 (6.667%) 2nd Line Support
6 2 (6.667%) Software Developer
6 2 (6.667%) Systems Manager
6 2 (6.667%) Software Tester
6 2 (6.667%) C# Developer
6 2 (6.667%) C# Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (16.67%) Computer Science
1 5 (16.67%) Kindle
2 2 (6.667%) CCTV
3 1 (3.333%) Clustering
3 1 (3.333%) DTV
Operating Systems
1 11 (36.67%) Windows
2 7 (23.33%) Windows Server 2003
3 5 (16.67%) Windows Server 2008
4 4 (13.33%) Windows 7
4 4 (13.33%) Windows XP
5 1 (3.333%) UNIX
5 1 (3.333%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (26.67%) Agile Software Development
2 5 (16.67%) PRINCE2
2 5 (16.67%) Project Management
2 5 (16.67%) Analytics
3 4 (13.33%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (10.00%) Validation
4 3 (10.00%) Multithreading
5 2 (6.667%) Kanban
5 2 (6.667%) Change Control
5 2 (6.667%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (6.667%) Scrum
5 2 (6.667%) ITIL
5 2 (6.667%) ERP
5 2 (6.667%) OOD
6 1 (3.333%) Migration
6 1 (3.333%) Knowledge Management
6 1 (3.333%) Software Testing
6 1 (3.333%) Software Engineering
6 1 (3.333%) Requirements Analysis
6 1 (3.333%) Technical Architecture
Programming Languages
1 9 (30.00%) SQL
2 6 (20.00%) Java
3 5 (16.67%) PL/SQL
4 3 (10.00%) C#
5 2 (6.667%) VB
6 1 (3.333%) Python
6 1 (3.333%) VBA
6 1 (3.333%) C
6 1 (3.333%) C++
6 1 (3.333%) XPath
Qualifications
1 4 (13.33%) A+ Certification
1 4 (13.33%) Network+ Certification
2 2 (6.667%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
3 1 (3.333%) APMP
3 1 (3.333%) SC Cleared
3 1 (3.333%) DV Cleared
3 1 (3.333%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (20.00%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 4 (13.33%) Active Directory
2 2 (6.667%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 6 (20.00%) Oracle
2 5 (16.67%) Microsoft
2 5 (16.67%) HP
2 5 (16.67%) Google
3 4 (13.33%) LANDesk
3 4 (13.33%) Cisco
4 2 (6.667%) VMware
5 1 (3.333%) SAP
5 1 (3.333%) JDA
5 1 (3.333%) RedPrairie
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