The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Chemistry in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Chemistry over the 3 months to 24 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Chemistry
Rank 517 579 572
Rank change year-on-year
+62 -7
Contract jobs citing Chemistry 12 5 12
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.026% 0.009% 0.020%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.097% 0.035% 0.070%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 0 2
Average daily rate £420 - £648
90% offered a daily rate of more than £162 - £630
10% offered a daily rate of more than £439 - £666
UK excluding London average daily rate £420 - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 4
Average hourly rate £10.99 - £12.63
UK excluding London average hourly rate £10.99 - £12.63
All of the Miscellaneous Category
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
12308 14298 17184
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 26.53% 24.52% 28.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 7390 8376 10196
Average daily rate £425 £425 £525
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -19.04%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £245 £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 536 662 725
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 £44.15 £45.00 £42.10
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £22.50 £26.00
% change year-on-year
- -13.46%

Chemistry
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Chemistry Jobs Demand Trend

Chemistry
Daily Rate Trend

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

Chemistry Daily Rate Trend

Chemistry
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Chemistry within the UK over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Chemistry Daily Rate Histogram

Chemistry
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Chemistry Hourly Rate Trend

Chemistry
Top 10 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Chemistry within the UK over the 3 months to 24 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
England +51 9 £325 -
South East +18 7 £420 -
Berkshire - 5 £420 -
Kent - 2 £183 -
Reading - 2 £420 -
Yorkshire - 1 £230 -
North Yorkshire - 1 £230 -
Slough - 1 - -
Maidenhead - 1 £480 -
London - 1 £113 -

Chemistry
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Chemistry 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 Chemistry.

1 11 (64.71%) Degree
2 4 (23.53%) Security Cleared
3 3 (17.65%) Project Management
4 2 (11.76%) i2
4 2 (11.76%) BMC PATROL
4 2 (11.76%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (11.76%) Data Mining
4 2 (11.76%) Business Intelligence
4 2 (11.76%) Microsoft
4 2 (11.76%) Oracle 10g
4 2 (11.76%) PL/SQL
4 2 (11.76%) SQL
4 2 (11.76%) Oracle
4 2 (11.76%) SQL Server
4 2 (11.76%) MS Office
4 2 (11.76%) UNIX
4 2 (11.76%) Windows
4 2 (11.76%) Oracle 9i
4 2 (11.76%) ArcGIS
4 2 (11.76%) Publishing
4 2 (11.76%) Migration
4 2 (11.76%) Replication
4 2 (11.76%) Military
4 2 (11.76%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (11.76%) Electronics
4 2 (11.76%) Resource Management
4 2 (11.76%) Mathematics
4 2 (11.76%) Bioinformatics
4 2 (11.76%) Computer Science
4 2 (11.76%) Data Migration

Chemistry
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Chemistry 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 Chemistry. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 2 (11.76%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 2 (11.76%) MS Office
1 2 (11.76%) Spreadsheet
2 1 (5.882%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.882%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (11.76%) Data Warehouse
1 2 (11.76%) Data Mining
1 2 (11.76%) Oracle 10g
1 2 (11.76%) SQL Server
1 2 (11.76%) Oracle 9i
2 1 (5.882%) Oracle 11g
2 1 (5.882%) GIS
General
1 2 (11.76%) Publishing
1 2 (11.76%) Military
1 2 (11.76%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 4 (23.53%) Analyst
1 4 (23.53%) Development Manager
2 2 (11.76%) Project Manager
2 2 (11.76%) Technical Support
2 2 (11.76%) Oracle Developer
2 2 (11.76%) Developer
3 1 (5.882%) GIS Analyst
3 1 (5.882%) Designer
3 1 (5.882%) SQL Developer
3 1 (5.882%) Senior Oracle Developer
3 1 (5.882%) Senior Developer
3 1 (5.882%) Test Analyst
3 1 (5.882%) Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (11.76%) Replication
1 2 (11.76%) Mathematics
1 2 (11.76%) Computer Science
2 1 (5.882%) Life Science
2 1 (5.882%) Biology
Operating Systems
1 2 (11.76%) UNIX
1 2 (11.76%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (17.65%) Project Management
2 2 (11.76%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (11.76%) Migration
2 2 (11.76%) Resource Management
2 2 (11.76%) Bioinformatics
2 2 (11.76%) Data Migration
3 1 (5.882%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (5.882%) Manual Testing
3 1 (5.882%) System Testing
3 1 (5.882%) Time Management
3 1 (5.882%) Business Analysis
3 1 (5.882%) Software Testing
3 1 (5.882%) Project Planning
3 1 (5.882%) Workflow
3 1 (5.882%) Information Management
3 1 (5.882%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (11.76%) PL/SQL
1 2 (11.76%) SQL
Qualifications
1 11 (64.71%) Degree
2 4 (23.53%) Security Cleared
3 2 (11.76%) NVQ Level 3
3 2 (11.76%) SC Cleared
3 2 (11.76%) DV Cleared
4 1 (5.882%) ISEB
Systems Management
1 2 (11.76%) BMC PATROL
2 1 (5.882%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 2 (11.76%) i2
1 2 (11.76%) Microsoft
1 2 (11.76%) Oracle