The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Biometrics in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Biometrics 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.

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
Biometrics
Rank 540 545 578
Rank change year-on-year
+5 +33
Contract jobs citing Biometrics 1 20 8
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.002% 0.034% 0.013%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.008% 0.140% 0.046%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 11 6
Average daily rate - £315 £451
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -30.07%
UK excluding London average daily rate - £250 £425
% change year-on-year
- -41.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £50.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £50.00 -
All of the Miscellaneous Category
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
12277 14313 17463
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 26.50% 24.52% 28.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 7372 8397 10373
Average daily rate £425 £425 £525
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -19.04%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £248 £250 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £600 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £340
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +1.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 533 663 738
Average hourly rate £22.50 £22.50 £23.36
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -3.68%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £12.50 £11.25
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £44.25 £45.00 £42.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £23.00 £26.50
% change year-on-year
-2.17% -13.20%

Biometrics
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Biometrics within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

Biometrics Jobs Demand Trend

Biometrics
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Biometrics within the UK.

Biometrics Daily Rate Trend

Biometrics
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Biometrics within the UK.

Biometrics Hourly Rate Trend

Biometrics
Top 3 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Biometrics within the UK 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
London +27 1 - -
England +25 1 - -
Canary Wharf - 1 - -

Biometrics
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Biometrics 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 Biometrics.

1 7 (58.33%) Back Office
2 6 (50.00%) SLA
2 6 (50.00%) Windows
3 5 (41.67%) Security Cleared
4 3 (25.00%) SC Cleared
4 3 (25.00%) Military
5 2 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (16.67%) Management Information System
5 2 (16.67%) Data Management
5 2 (16.67%) C
5 2 (16.67%) Internet
5 2 (16.67%) Mobile Banking
5 2 (16.67%) Banking
6 1 (8.333%) Retail
6 1 (8.333%) Open Source
6 1 (8.333%) Pattern Recognition
6 1 (8.333%) OpenCV
6 1 (8.333%) Analytics
6 1 (8.333%) DV Cleared
6 1 (8.333%) OpenGL
6 1 (8.333%) MATLAB
6 1 (8.333%) Microsoft
6 1 (8.333%) C#
6 1 (8.333%) C++
6 1 (8.333%) SQL
6 1 (8.333%) VBA
6 1 (8.333%) MS Office
6 1 (8.333%) SAP
6 1 (8.333%) MS Excel
6 1 (8.333%) CRM

Biometrics
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Biometrics 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 Biometrics. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (8.333%) OpenCV
1 1 (8.333%) OpenGL
Applications
1 1 (8.333%) MS Office
1 1 (8.333%) MS Excel
1 1 (8.333%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (8.333%) SAP CRM
Communications & Networking
1 2 (16.67%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (8.333%) Data Warehouse
General
1 7 (58.33%) Back Office
2 3 (25.00%) Military
3 2 (16.67%) Banking
4 1 (8.333%) Retail
4 1 (8.333%) Finance
Job Titles
1 7 (58.33%) Analyst
2 6 (50.00%) Systems Analyst
3 3 (25.00%) Systems Support Analyst
3 3 (25.00%) Systems Support
3 3 (25.00%) Support Analyst
4 2 (16.67%) Project Manager
5 1 (8.333%) Data Administrator
5 1 (8.333%) Architect
5 1 (8.333%) Solutions Architect
5 1 (8.333%) Data Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (16.67%) Management Information System
1 2 (16.67%) Mobile Banking
2 1 (8.333%) Open Source
2 1 (8.333%) Physics
2 1 (8.333%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 6 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
1 2 (16.67%) Data Management
2 1 (8.333%) Pattern Recognition
2 1 (8.333%) Analytics
2 1 (8.333%) CRM
2 1 (8.333%) TOGAF
2 1 (8.333%) Information Management
2 1 (8.333%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 2 (16.67%) C
2 1 (8.333%) MATLAB
2 1 (8.333%) C#
2 1 (8.333%) C++
2 1 (8.333%) SQL
2 1 (8.333%) VBA
Qualifications
1 5 (41.67%) Security Cleared
2 3 (25.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (8.333%) DV Cleared
3 1 (8.333%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (50.00%) SLA
2 1 (8.333%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 1 (8.333%) Microsoft
1 1 (8.333%) SAP
1 1 (8.333%) SIMUL8