The first table below looks at the demand for Degree in IT contracts advertised for the Swindon region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Degree 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 Qualifications for the Swindon 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
Degree
Rank 33 21 23
Rank change year-on-year
-12 +2
Contract jobs citing Degree 6 17 14
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Swindon 2.055% 4.696% 4.348%
As % of the Qualifications category 8.571% 15.45% 25.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 7 1
Average daily rate £415 £525 £120
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-20.95% +337.50%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £338
% change year-on-year
- -3.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 3
Average hourly rate - £32.50 £30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +8.33%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.00 £30.00 £34.00
% change year-on-year
-30.00% -11.76%
All Qualifications
Swindon
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
70 110 56
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Swindon 23.97% 30.39% 17.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 53 63 24
Average daily rate £425 £400 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.25% -5.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £309 £191 £244
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £473 £449
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 5
Average hourly rate £13.00 £23.25 £21.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-44.08% +10.71%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.22% -10.00%
Degree
Wiltshire

Degree
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Swindon 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 Swindon region.

Swindon Degree Daily Rate Trend

Degree
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Degree across the Swindon region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Swindon Degree Daily Rate Histogram

Degree
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Swindon Degree Hourly Rate Trend

Degree
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Swindon 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 (64.71%) Finance
2 5 (29.41%) Project Management
3 4 (23.53%) Content Management
3 4 (23.53%) Web Analytics
3 4 (23.53%) Marketing
3 4 (23.53%) Analytics
4 3 (17.65%) MS Excel
5 2 (11.76%) Advertising
5 2 (11.76%) Validation
5 2 (11.76%) MS Office
5 2 (11.76%) PRINCE2
5 2 (11.76%) Business Intelligence
5 2 (11.76%) Online Banking
5 2 (11.76%) MiFID
5 2 (11.76%) Product Marketing
5 2 (11.76%) MS PowerPoint
5 2 (11.76%) Information Management
5 2 (11.76%) Programme Management
5 2 (11.76%) PRINCE
5 2 (11.76%) Internet
5 2 (11.76%) Banking
5 2 (11.76%) Retail
5 2 (11.76%) Data Management
6 1 (5.882%) Configuration Management
6 1 (5.882%) Agile Software Development
6 1 (5.882%) Knowledge Management
6 1 (5.882%) Taxonomies
6 1 (5.882%) JSON
6 1 (5.882%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (5.882%) Information Architecture

Degree
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Swindon 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 1 (5.882%) JSON
1 1 (5.882%) REST
1 1 (5.882%) XML
1 1 (5.882%) XSLT
1 1 (5.882%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 1 (5.882%) SharePoint 2010
1 1 (5.882%) CMS
1 1 (5.882%) eRoom
1 1 (5.882%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (17.65%) MS Excel
2 2 (11.76%) MS Office
2 2 (11.76%) MS PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 2 (11.76%) Internet
2 1 (5.882%) Firewall
2 1 (5.882%) LAN
2 1 (5.882%) WAN
2 1 (5.882%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.882%) SQL Server
General
1 11 (64.71%) Finance
2 4 (23.53%) Marketing
3 2 (11.76%) Advertising
3 2 (11.76%) Banking
3 2 (11.76%) Retail
Job Titles
1 4 (23.53%) Coordinator
1 4 (23.53%) Analyst
2 2 (11.76%) PMO Analyst
3 1 (5.882%) .NET Developer
3 1 (5.882%) VB.NET Developer
3 1 (5.882%) Technical Writer
3 1 (5.882%) Linux Engineer
3 1 (5.882%) Content Editor
3 1 (5.882%) User Experience Architect
3 1 (5.882%) Junior Analyst
3 1 (5.882%) Consultant
3 1 (5.882%) Business Intelligence Consultant
3 1 (5.882%) Operations Manager
3 1 (5.882%) Architect
3 1 (5.882%) Junior
3 1 (5.882%) Developer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (11.76%) Online Banking
2 1 (5.882%) Taxonomies
2 1 (5.882%) Mobile Banking
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.882%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 1 (5.882%) Oracle Linux
1 1 (5.882%) UNIX
1 1 (5.882%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (29.41%) Project Management
2 4 (23.53%) Content Management
2 4 (23.53%) Web Analytics
2 4 (23.53%) Analytics
3 2 (11.76%) Validation
3 2 (11.76%) PRINCE2
3 2 (11.76%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (11.76%) Product Marketing
3 2 (11.76%) Information Management
3 2 (11.76%) Programme Management
3 2 (11.76%) PRINCE
3 2 (11.76%) Data Management
4 1 (5.882%) Configuration Management
4 1 (5.882%) Agile Software Development
4 1 (5.882%) Knowledge Management
4 1 (5.882%) Information Architecture
4 1 (5.882%) Capacity Planning
4 1 (5.882%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (5.882%) Business Transformation
4 1 (5.882%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.882%) C#
1 1 (5.882%) JavaScript
1 1 (5.882%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 1 (5.882%) CCNP
1 1 (5.882%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (11.76%) MiFID
Vendors
1 1 (5.882%) Cisco
1 1 (5.882%) Microsoft
1 1 (5.882%) Juniper
1 1 (5.882%) Nokia
1 1 (5.882%) Red Hat
1 1 (5.882%) CheckPoint
1 1 (5.882%) Oracle