The first table below looks at the demand for the Applications Specialist role in IT contracts advertised for the Surrey region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Applications Specialist in their job title 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 Job Titles advertised for the Surrey 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
Application Specialist
Rank 78 93 -
Rank change year-on-year
+15 -
Contract jobs requiring an Applications Specialist 2 2 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Surrey 0.173% 0.124% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.185% 0.134% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
Average daily rate £290 £525 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-44.76% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £450 £385
% change year-on-year
-33.33% +16.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Job Titles
Surrey
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1082 1497 1725
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Surrey 93.84% 92.92% 93.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 539 803 858
Average daily rate £375 £350 £390
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% -10.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £210 £225 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £538 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 85 130 78
Average hourly rate £17.00 £17.50 £23.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-2.85% -23.91%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £10.50 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £50.00 £42.50 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Applications Specialist
South East

Applications Specialist
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Applications Specialist across the Surrey region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Surrey Applications Specialist Jobs Demand Trend

Applications Specialist
Daily Rate Trend

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

Surrey Applications Specialist Daily Rate Trend

Applications Specialist
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Applications Specialist within the Surrey 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
Staines - 1 - -
Applications Specialist
South East

Applications Specialist
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Surrey region that cited Applications Specialist in their job title 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 with Applications Specialist in their job title.

1 5 (83.33%) SQL
1 5 (83.33%) ITIL
1 5 (83.33%) Windows
2 4 (66.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 4 (66.67%) SQL Server
2 4 (66.67%) Microsoft
3 3 (50.00%) VB
3 3 (50.00%) Incident Management
3 3 (50.00%) Windows Server 2003
3 3 (50.00%) Problem Management
3 3 (50.00%) Change Control
3 3 (50.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 2 (33.33%) Investment Banking
4 2 (33.33%) COM
4 2 (33.33%) WinForms
4 2 (33.33%) Finance
4 2 (33.33%) Banking
4 2 (33.33%) VB6
4 2 (33.33%) Document Management
4 2 (33.33%) C#
4 2 (33.33%) MS Excel
4 2 (33.33%) HTTP
5 1 (16.67%) Business Intelligence
5 1 (16.67%) HTTPS
5 1 (16.67%) IIS
5 1 (16.67%) Active Directory
5 1 (16.67%) Cerner
5 1 (16.67%) NHS
5 1 (16.67%) Documentum
5 1 (16.67%) T-SQL

Applications Specialist
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Surrey region that cited Applications Specialist in their job title 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 with Applications Specialist in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (33.33%) COM
1 2 (33.33%) WinForms
Application Platforms
1 1 (16.67%) IIS
1 1 (16.67%) Documentum
Applications
1 2 (33.33%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Cerner Millennium
Communications & Networking
1 2 (33.33%) HTTP
2 1 (16.67%) HTTPS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (66.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 4 (66.67%) SQL Server
2 3 (50.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 2 (33.33%) Investment Banking
1 2 (33.33%) Finance
1 2 (33.33%) Banking
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 5 (83.33%) Windows
2 3 (50.00%) Windows Server 2003
3 1 (16.67%) Windows Server 2012
3 1 (16.67%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) ITIL
2 3 (50.00%) Incident Management
2 3 (50.00%) Problem Management
2 3 (50.00%) Change Control
3 2 (33.33%) Document Management
4 1 (16.67%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (16.67%) Enterprise Architecture
4 1 (16.67%) Wealth Management
4 1 (16.67%) Migration
4 1 (16.67%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (83.33%) SQL
2 3 (50.00%) VB
3 2 (33.33%) VB6
3 2 (33.33%) C#
4 1 (16.67%) T-SQL
4 1 (16.67%) VBScript
4 1 (16.67%) PowerShell
System Software
1 1 (16.67%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 4 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (16.67%) Cerner
2 1 (16.67%) Twitter
Surrey, South East
Job Title Cerner Application Support Specialist Location Surrey South West LondonSalary 280 - 300 per dayDescription My client, an NHS Trust in Surrey South West London is looking to...
E-Resourcing
Rate: £280 - £300 per day
Posted: 17 May 2013