The first table below looks at the demand for Degree in IT contracts advertised for the Staffordshire 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 Staffordshire 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 12 19 32
Rank change year-on-year
+7 +13
Contract jobs citing Degree 7 15 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Staffordshire 8.333% 6.944% 2.765%
As % of the Qualifications category 58.33% 41.67% 54.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 12 3
Average daily rate £330 £328 £260
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+0.76% +25.96%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 0
Average hourly rate £42.50 £29.00 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+46.55% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.00 £30.00 £34.00
% change year-on-year
-33.33% -11.76%
All Qualifications
Staffordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
12 36 11
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Staffordshire 14.29% 16.67% 5.069%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 22 3
Average daily rate £175 £291 £293
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-39.91% -0.42%
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 4 1
Average hourly rate £43.15 £17.50 £14.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+146.54% +25.00%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.22% -10.00%
Degree
West Midlands

Degree
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Staffordshire 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 Staffordshire region.

Staffordshire 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 Staffordshire region.

Staffordshire 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 Staffordshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Staffordshire Degree Hourly Rate Histogram

Degree
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Degree within the Staffordshire region over the 3 months to 24 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
Stoke-on-Trent +1 4 £330 +0.76%
Burton-upon-Trent +2 1 - -
Degree
West Midlands

Degree
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Staffordshire 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 19 (82.61%) SQL Server
2 18 (78.26%) SQL
3 15 (65.22%) SEO
3 15 (65.22%) Ajax
3 15 (65.22%) C#
3 15 (65.22%) JavaScript
3 15 (65.22%) VB.NET
3 15 (65.22%) .NET
3 15 (65.22%) ASP.NET
3 15 (65.22%) CSS
3 15 (65.22%) XML
3 15 (65.22%) XSLT
3 15 (65.22%) E-Commerce
3 15 (65.22%) N-Tier
3 15 (65.22%) SOA
3 15 (65.22%) XHTML
3 15 (65.22%) jQuery
3 15 (65.22%) Unit Testing
3 15 (65.22%) HTML5
3 15 (65.22%) CSS3
3 15 (65.22%) Web Application Development
4 6 (26.09%) TDD
4 6 (26.09%) Windows
5 4 (17.39%) ETL
5 4 (17.39%) Document Management
5 4 (17.39%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 4 (17.39%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 4 (17.39%) Games
5 4 (17.39%) JIRA
5 4 (17.39%) SQL Server 2008

Degree
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Staffordshire 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 15 (65.22%) Ajax
1 15 (65.22%) .NET
1 15 (65.22%) ASP.NET
1 15 (65.22%) CSS
1 15 (65.22%) XML
1 15 (65.22%) XSLT
1 15 (65.22%) XHTML
1 15 (65.22%) jQuery
1 15 (65.22%) HTML5
1 15 (65.22%) CSS3
Applications
1 2 (8.696%) Simulink
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (82.61%) SQL Server
2 4 (17.39%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 4 (17.39%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 4 (17.39%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (4.348%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 1 (4.348%) Microsoft Analysis Services
3 1 (4.348%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 4 (17.39%) JIRA
General
1 4 (17.39%) Games
2 2 (8.696%) Electronics
3 1 (4.348%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 17 (73.91%) Developer
2 15 (65.22%) .NET Developer
3 14 (60.87%) VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer
3 14 (60.87%) Web Developer
3 14 (60.87%) SQL Developer
3 14 (60.87%) .NET Web Developer
3 14 (60.87%) VB.NET Developer
3 14 (60.87%) ASP.NET Developer
4 3 (13.04%) Analyst
4 3 (13.04%) Data Analyst
5 2 (8.696%) Website Developer
6 1 (4.348%) C# ASP.NET Developer
6 1 (4.348%) Software Team Leader
6 1 (4.348%) Software Manager
6 1 (4.348%) C# .NET Developer
6 1 (4.348%) Software Tester
6 1 (4.348%) C# Developer
6 1 (4.348%) Software Development Manager
6 1 (4.348%) Team Leader
6 1 (4.348%) Analyst Developer
Miscellaneous
1 15 (65.22%) N-Tier
2 3 (13.04%) WURFL
2 3 (13.04%) Blackberry
3 1 (4.348%) Computer Science
3 1 (4.348%) Mobile App
3 1 (4.348%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
Operating Systems
1 6 (26.09%) Windows
2 3 (13.04%) Android
2 3 (13.04%) Windows Server 2008
2 3 (13.04%) Windows Mobile
2 3 (13.04%) BlackBerry OS
2 3 (13.04%) Apple iOS
2 3 (13.04%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (65.22%) SEO
1 15 (65.22%) E-Commerce
1 15 (65.22%) SOA
1 15 (65.22%) Unit Testing
1 15 (65.22%) Web Application Development
2 6 (26.09%) TDD
3 4 (17.39%) ETL
3 4 (17.39%) Document Management
4 3 (13.04%) Data Migration
4 3 (13.04%) Migration
4 3 (13.04%) Web Development
5 1 (4.348%) Manual Testing
5 1 (4.348%) Kimball Methodology
5 1 (4.348%) Scrum
5 1 (4.348%) Programme Management
5 1 (4.348%) Software Testing
5 1 (4.348%) Software Engineering
5 1 (4.348%) TOGAF
5 1 (4.348%) Agile Software Development
5 1 (4.348%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 18 (78.26%) SQL
2 15 (65.22%) C#
2 15 (65.22%) JavaScript
2 15 (65.22%) VB.NET
3 3 (13.04%) T-SQL
4 2 (8.696%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 1 (4.348%) PhD
1 1 (4.348%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (4.348%) MCSE
1 1 (4.348%) MCSD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.348%) QA
1 1 (4.348%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 4 (17.39%) AccuRev
2 1 (4.348%) Microsoft
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