Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for Degree in IT contracts advertised for the Surrey region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Degree over the 3 months to 22 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Qualifications for the Surrey region.

 Degree
Location
3 months to
22 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank463049
Rank change year-on-year
Down-16Up+19
Matching contract IT job ads343559
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Surrey3.047 %3.808 %2.629 %
As % of the Qualifications category20.00 %24.31 %16.43 %
Daily rates quoted111315
Average daily rate£260£400£235
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-35.00 %+70.21 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£200£192£197
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£385£425£500
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£340£325
% change year-on-year
-4.410 %+4.610 %
Hourly rates quoted12817
Average hourly rate£53.00£37.75£23.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+40.39 %+58.94 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£27.75£10.50£17.25
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£60.00£43.00£38.70
UK excluding London average hourly rate£17.50£27.75£27.50
% change year-on-year
-36.93 %+0.900 %
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryAll Qualifications
Surrey
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
170144359
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Surrey15.23 %15.67 %16.00 %
Daily rates quoted7352124
Average daily rate£355£325£350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+9.230 %-7.140 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£206£175£235
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£452£440£500
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£350£350
% change year-on-year
-7.140 %-
Hourly rates quoted152069
Average hourly rate£50.00£21.00£20.88
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+138.09 %+0.570 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£16.00£11.69£13.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£60.00£43.00£42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£21.00£25.00£25.00
% change year-on-year
-16.00 %-
Degree South EastDegree
South East

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.

Degree
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Degree across the Surrey region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

Surrey Degree Demand Trend

Degree
Daily Rate Trend

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

Surrey Degree Daily Rate Trend

Degree
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Degree across the Surrey region over the 3 months to 22 March 2010.

Surrey Degree Daily Rate Histogram

Degree
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Surrey Degree Hourly Rate Trend

Degree
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Degree across the Surrey region over the 3 months to 22 March 2010.

Surrey 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 Surrey region over the 3 months to 22 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank 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
GuildfordUp+102£275+10.00 %
Sunbury-on-ThamesUp+22£193-35.83 %
EpsomDown-32--
TadworthNew entry-1£400-
RedhillNew entry-1--
Degree South EastDegree
South East

Degree
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the Surrey 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.

118 (25.71 %)Computer Science
214 (20.00 %)Education
311 (15.71 %)SQL Server
311 (15.71 %)UML
311 (15.71 %)Linux
410 (14.29 %)Windows
410 (14.29 %)HTML
410 (14.29 %)Health
59 (12.86 %)Finance
59 (12.86 %)Pharmaceutical
59 (12.86 %)SQL
59 (12.86 %).NET
59 (12.86 %)Web Services
68 (11.43 %)ASP.NET
77 (10.00 %)ITIL
77 (10.00 %)C#
77 (10.00 %)MS Excel
77 (10.00 %)OOA/OOD
77 (10.00 %)Project Management
77 (10.00 %)TCP/IP
77 (10.00 %)WinForms
86 (8.571 %)Business Analysis
86 (8.571 %)AJAX
86 (8.571 %)Stakeholder Management
86 (8.571 %)Internet
86 (8.571 %)OO
86 (8.571 %)Oracle
86 (8.571 %)MS Office
95 (7.143 %)Visual Studio
95 (7.143 %)XML

Degree
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the Surrey 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.

Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
110 (14.29 %)HTML
29 (12.86 %).NET
29 (12.86 %)Web Services
38 (11.43 %)ASP.NET
47 (10.00 %)WinForms
56 (8.571 %)AJAX
65 (7.143 %)XML
74 (5.714 %)CSS
83 (4.286 %)J2EE
92 (2.857 %)Silverlight
92 (2.857 %)Windows SharePoint Services
92 (2.857 %).NET Framework
92 (2.857 %)XHTML
92 (2.857 %)ASP
101 (1.429 %)LAMP
101 (1.429 %)WSDL
101 (1.429 %)JDBC
101 (1.429 %)SOAP
101 (1.429 %)EJB
101 (1.429 %)Swing
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
12 (2.857 %)SharePoint Server 2007
12 (2.857 %)SAS
12 (2.857 %)Apache
12 (2.857 %)ColdFusion
12 (2.857 %)CMS
21 (1.429 %)ColdFusion MX
21 (1.429 %)Tomcat
21 (1.429 %)ESB
21 (1.429 %)WebSphere Message Broker
21 (1.429 %)Moodle
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
17 (10.00 %)MS Excel
26 (8.571 %)MS Office
33 (4.286 %)MS Visio
42 (2.857 %)MS PowerPoint
42 (2.857 %)Photoshop
42 (2.857 %)SPSS
51 (1.429 %)Spreadsheet
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
11 (1.429 %)SAP MDM
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
17 (10.00 %)TCP/IP
26 (8.571 %)Internet
33 (4.286 %)SAN
33 (4.286 %)Intranet
41 (1.429 %)HTTPS
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
111 (15.71 %)SQL Server
25 (7.143 %)SQL Server 2008
34 (5.714 %)SQL Server 2005
34 (5.714 %)SQL Server 2000
42 (2.857 %)MySQL
51 (1.429 %)Oracle 9i
51 (1.429 %)Datawarehouse
51 (1.429 %)ETL
51 (1.429 %)Data Cleansing
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
15 (7.143 %)Visual Studio
22 (2.857 %)Dreamweaver
31 (1.429 %)JUnit
31 (1.429 %)Eclipse
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
114 (20.00 %)Education
210 (14.29 %)Health
39 (12.86 %)Finance
39 (12.86 %)Pharmaceutical
44 (5.714 %)Insurance
52 (2.857 %)Pensions
52 (2.857 %)Military
52 (2.857 %)Manufacturing
61 (1.429 %)Legal
61 (1.429 %)Telecoms
61 (1.429 %)Banking
61 (1.429 %)Auditing
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
115 (21.43 %)Analyst
213 (18.57 %)Developer
39 (12.86 %)Business Analyst
47 (10.00 %)Project Manager
54 (5.714 %).NET Developer
54 (5.714 %)Helpdesk Support
63 (4.286 %)Software Engineer
63 (4.286 %)Systems Engineer
63 (4.286 %)Software Developer
63 (4.286 %)VB.NET Developer
63 (4.286 %)Senior Software Engineer
63 (4.286 %)Integration Manager
72 (2.857 %)VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer
72 (2.857 %)Research Analyst
72 (2.857 %)Junior Analyst
72 (2.857 %)Business Manager
72 (2.857 %).NET Web Developer
72 (2.857 %)SQL Developer
72 (2.857 %)Project Coordinator
72 (2.857 %)Business Project Manager
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
118 (25.71 %)Computer Science
24 (5.714 %)Mathematics
24 (5.714 %)Multithreading
32 (2.857 %)Data Conversion
32 (2.857 %)Wiki
32 (2.857 %)Statistics
32 (2.857 %)Economics
41 (1.429 %)Device Driver
41 (1.429 %)NHS
41 (1.429 %)Client/Server
41 (1.429 %)VLE
41 (1.429 %)Grid Computing
41 (1.429 %)Clustering
41 (1.429 %)E-Learning
41 (1.429 %)Life Science
41 (1.429 %)IIBA
41 (1.429 %)Learning Management System
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
111 (15.71 %)Linux
210 (14.29 %)Windows
32 (2.857 %)Red Hat Linux
32 (2.857 %)UNIX
32 (2.857 %)Windows CE
41 (1.429 %)AIX
41 (1.429 %)Windows XP
41 (1.429 %)Windows 2000
41 (1.429 %)CentOS
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
111 (15.71 %)UML
27 (10.00 %)ITIL
27 (10.00 %)OOA/OOD
27 (10.00 %)Project Management
36 (8.571 %)Business Analysis
36 (8.571 %)Stakeholder Management
36 (8.571 %)OO
45 (7.143 %)PRINCE2
54 (5.714 %)Data Analysis
54 (5.714 %)Software Engineering
54 (5.714 %)Configuration Management
54 (5.714 %)CMMI
54 (5.714 %)Risk Management
63 (4.286 %)SOA
63 (4.286 %)Programme Management
63 (4.286 %)Agile Software Development
63 (4.286 %)Test Scripting
72 (2.857 %)Choice Modelling
72 (2.857 %)Market Research
72 (2.857 %)Data Entry
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
19 (12.86 %)SQL
27 (10.00 %)C#
35 (7.143 %)Java
44 (5.714 %)VB6
44 (5.714 %)C++
44 (5.714 %)C
44 (5.714 %)VB
53 (4.286 %)Shell Script
53 (4.286 %)VB.NET
53 (4.286 %)VBA
53 (4.286 %)Delphi
53 (4.286 %)T-SQL
62 (2.857 %)JavaScript
62 (2.857 %)PHP
71 (1.429 %)PL/SQL
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
15 (7.143 %)SC Cleared
15 (7.143 %)Security Cleared
24 (5.714 %)PRINCE2 Certification
33 (4.286 %)Microsoft Certification
42 (2.857 %)RHCT
42 (2.857 %)HND
42 (2.857 %)PMP
42 (2.857 %)PMI Certification
42 (2.857 %)RHCE
51 (1.429 %)ITIL Certification
51 (1.429 %)CISSP
51 (1.429 %)IBM Certification
51 (1.429 %)MCP
51 (1.429 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
14 (5.714 %)ISO9001
21 (1.429 %)21 CFR Part 11
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
11 (1.429 %)VMware ESX
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
13 (4.286 %)Nagios
13 (4.286 %)Cacti
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
16 (8.571 %)Oracle
23 (4.286 %)IBM
23 (4.286 %)SAP
32 (2.857 %)RedDot
32 (2.857 %)JBoss
32 (2.857 %)Red Hat
32 (2.857 %)Microsoft
32 (2.857 %)Adobe
41 (1.429 %)HP
41 (1.429 %)MicroStrategy
41 (1.429 %)Salesforce.com
41 (1.429 %)Remedy
41 (1.429 %)PeopleSoft
41 (1.429 %)Cisco
41 (1.429 %)VMware