The first table below looks at the demand for Degree in IT contracts advertised for the Tyne and Wear 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 Tyne and Wear 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 - 34 29
Contract jobs citing Degree 0 7 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Tyne and Wear - 2.090% 2.593%
As % of the Qualifications category - 5.785% 11.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 4
Average daily rate - £510 £313
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +63.20%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £338
% change year-on-year
- -3.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.00 £30.00 £34.00
% change year-on-year
-30.00% -11.76%
All Qualifications
Tyne and Wear
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
30 121 61
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Tyne and Wear 15.87% 36.12% 22.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 58 24
Average daily rate £300 £325 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.69% +8.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £132 £210 £170
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £455 £442
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 5 3
Average hourly rate - £20.00 £16.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +23.07%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.22% -10.00%
Degree
North East

Degree
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Tyne and Wear 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 Tyne and Wear region.

Tyne and Wear 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 Tyne and Wear region.

Tyne and Wear Degree Hourly Rate Trend

Degree
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Tyne and Wear 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 6 (75.00%) Business Intelligence
2 5 (62.50%) Oracle
2 5 (62.50%) MS Office
3 4 (50.00%) MS Excel
4 3 (37.50%) SQL
4 3 (37.50%) Data Modelling
4 3 (37.50%) HND
4 3 (37.50%) Microsoft
4 3 (37.50%) EAM
4 3 (37.50%) MS PowerPoint
4 3 (37.50%) Oracle Spatial
4 3 (37.50%) Oracle BI EE
4 3 (37.50%) Asset Management
5 2 (25.00%) Mathematics
5 2 (25.00%) Finance
5 2 (25.00%) Project Management
5 2 (25.00%) Oracle 8/8i
6 1 (12.50%) Cognos
6 1 (12.50%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (12.50%) GSM
6 1 (12.50%) UMTS
6 1 (12.50%) SLA
6 1 (12.50%) Lotus Domino
6 1 (12.50%) SQL Server
6 1 (12.50%) C
6 1 (12.50%) HTML
6 1 (12.50%) Java
6 1 (12.50%) Management Information System
6 1 (12.50%) 2G
6 1 (12.50%) DecisionStream

Degree
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Tyne and Wear 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 (12.50%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 3 (37.50%) Oracle Spatial
2 1 (12.50%) Lotus Domino
Applications
1 5 (62.50%) MS Office
2 4 (50.00%) MS Excel
3 3 (37.50%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Cognos Business Intelligence
Communications & Networking
1 1 (12.50%) GSM
1 1 (12.50%) UMTS
1 1 (12.50%) 2G
1 1 (12.50%) 3G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (37.50%) Oracle BI EE
2 2 (25.00%) Oracle 8/8i
3 1 (12.50%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (12.50%) SQL Server
3 1 (12.50%) DecisionStream
3 1 (12.50%) SQL Server 2000
General
1 2 (25.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 3 (37.50%) Team Leader
2 2 (25.00%) Developer
2 2 (25.00%) Consultant
2 2 (25.00%) Business Intelligence Consultant
2 2 (25.00%) Graduate
3 1 (12.50%) Domino Developer
3 1 (12.50%) Cognos Developer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) Mathematics
2 1 (12.50%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (75.00%) Business Intelligence
2 3 (37.50%) Data Modelling
2 3 (37.50%) EAM
2 3 (37.50%) Asset Management
3 2 (25.00%) Project Management
4 1 (12.50%) Data Cleansing
4 1 (12.50%) Business Process Improvement
4 1 (12.50%) Kimball Methodology
Programming Languages
1 3 (37.50%) SQL
2 1 (12.50%) C
2 1 (12.50%) Java
2 1 (12.50%) LotusScript
2 1 (12.50%) Formula Language
Qualifications
1 3 (37.50%) HND
2 1 (12.50%) CITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) SLA
Vendors
1 5 (62.50%) Oracle
2 3 (37.50%) Microsoft
3 1 (12.50%) Cognos
3 1 (12.50%) Lotus
3 1 (12.50%) Amdocs