The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Kinect in IT contracts advertised for the Surrey region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Kinect over the 3 months to 23 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 terms in our Miscellaneous category 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Kinect
Rank 74 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Kinect 6 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Surrey 0.522% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.281% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate - £325 £238
% change year-on-year
- +36.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Surrey
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
263 270 366
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Surrey 22.87% 16.77% 19.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 102 130 211
Average daily rate £400 £310 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+29.03% -17.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £190 £160 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £450 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £340
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +1.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 18 11
Average hourly rate £33.75 £32.00 £37.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+5.46% -14.66%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.25 £16.00 £11.55
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £35.00 £40.00 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £23.00 £26.50
% change year-on-year
-2.17% -13.20%
Kinect
South East

Kinect
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Surrey Kinect Jobs Demand Trend

Kinect
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Kinect within the Surrey region over the 3 months to 23 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
Guildford - 6 - -
Kinect
South East

Kinect
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Surrey region citing Kinect 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 Kinect.

1 6 (100.00%) C
1 6 (100.00%) C#
1 6 (100.00%) C++
1 6 (100.00%) SQL
1 6 (100.00%) MS Excel
1 6 (100.00%) MS Visio
1 6 (100.00%) Data Mining
1 6 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 6 (100.00%) Code Coverage
1 6 (100.00%) Games
1 6 (100.00%) Degree
1 6 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 6 (100.00%) Automated Testing
1 6 (100.00%) Software Architecture
1 6 (100.00%) Process Architecture
1 6 (100.00%) Game Development
1 6 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 6 (100.00%) Test Strategy
2 4 (66.67%) Windows 8
2 4 (66.67%) Analytics
2 4 (66.67%) Visualisation
2 4 (66.67%) Software Engineering
2 4 (66.67%) Continuous Integration
2 4 (66.67%) Windows
2 4 (66.67%) Python
2 4 (66.67%) Regression Testing
2 4 (66.67%) Data Analysis
2 4 (66.67%) Streaming Video
2 4 (66.67%) Scrum
2 4 (66.67%) JavaScript

Kinect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Surrey region citing Kinect 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 Kinect. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (33.33%) Web Services
1 2 (33.33%) WCF
1 2 (33.33%) REST
Application Platforms
1 2 (33.33%) IIS
Applications
1 6 (100.00%) MS Excel
1 6 (100.00%) MS Visio
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (100.00%) Data Mining
2 2 (33.33%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (33.33%) Visual Studio
General
1 6 (100.00%) Games
Job Titles
1 6 (100.00%) Development Engineer
2 2 (33.33%) Software Development Engineer
2 2 (33.33%) Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (100.00%) Computer Science
2 4 (66.67%) Visualisation
2 4 (66.67%) Streaming Video
3 2 (33.33%) Cloud Computing
Operating Systems
1 4 (66.67%) Windows 8
1 4 (66.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Code Coverage
1 6 (100.00%) Automated Testing
1 6 (100.00%) Software Architecture
1 6 (100.00%) Process Architecture
1 6 (100.00%) Game Development
1 6 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 6 (100.00%) Test Strategy
2 4 (66.67%) Analytics
2 4 (66.67%) Software Engineering
2 4 (66.67%) Continuous Integration
2 4 (66.67%) Regression Testing
2 4 (66.67%) Data Analysis
2 4 (66.67%) Scrum
3 2 (33.33%) Load Testing
3 2 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 6 (100.00%) C
1 6 (100.00%) C#
1 6 (100.00%) C++
1 6 (100.00%) SQL
2 4 (66.67%) Python
2 4 (66.67%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 6 (100.00%) Degree
2 2 (33.33%) ISTQB
Vendors
1 6 (100.00%) Microsoft