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The first part of the table below looks at the demand for Degree in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Degree over the 3 months to 9 February 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Qualifications currently tracked.

LinkDegree
Location
3 months to
9 Feb 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank594458
Rank change year-on-year
Down-15Up+14
Matching contract IT job ads115612992017
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK2.641 %2.824 %2.464 %
As % of the Qualifications category18.53 %15.92 %16.53 %
Daily rates quoted481384627
Average daily rate£400£375£385
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.660 %-2.590 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£235£204£200
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£600£550£600
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£350£333
% change year-on-year
-7.140 %+5.260 %
Hourly rates quoted125165283
Average hourly rate£27.50£25.00£30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+10.00 %-16.66 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£10.50£12.00£11.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£40.00£40.00£41.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.50£28.57£32.00
% change year-on-year
-3.740 %-10.71 %
IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryAll Qualifications
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
6238815812200
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK14.25 %17.74 %14.90 %
Daily rates quoted265025843748
Average daily rate£359£375£375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-4.260 %-
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£225£225£220
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£525£550£525
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£360£350
% change year-on-year
-9.720 %+2.850 %
Hourly rates quoted5489661399
Average hourly rate£20.50£27.00£25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-24.07 %+8.000 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£12.50£13.50£13.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£38.00£40.00£40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£20.00£29.00£25.50
% change year-on-year
-31.03 %+13.72 %

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.

Degree
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Degree within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

Degree Demand Trend

Degree
Daily Rate Trend

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

Degree Daily Rate Trend

Degree
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Degree within the UK over the 3 months to 9 February 2010.

Degree Daily Rate Histogram

Degree
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Degree Hourly Rate Trend

Degree
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Degree within the UK over the 3 months to 9 February 2010.

Degree Hourly Rate Histogram

Degree
Top 30 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Degree within the UK over the 3 months to 9 February 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank 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
EnglandDown-131116£400+8.10 %
LondonDown-7700£440+10.00 %
City of LondonUp+1210£485+7.72 %
South EastNo change0182£325-10.03 %
East of EnglandUp+1352£325+27.45 %
North WestDown-1251£275-24.13 %
BerkshireUp+2446£275-21.42 %
Canary WharfDown-344£500-41.17 %
South WestDown-2236£295-9.23 %
SurreyUp+534£255-32.00 %
CambridgeshireUp+1133£325+30.00 %
HampshireDown-932£400-3.61 %
ManchesterDown-831£275-15.38 %
ScotlandDown-2329£341-14.68 %
West MidlandsDown-526£275-8.33 %
YorkshireDown-625£325-11.86 %
CambridgeUp+523£325+30.00 %
East MidlandsUp+523£413-5.17 %
West YorkshireDown-1216£325-11.86 %
LeedsUp+415£325-11.86 %
KentUp+1114£325+56.62 %
West SussexUp+613£363+0.69 %
ReadingUp+512£225-12.87 %
MiddlesexUp+412£363-15.94 %
HertfordshireUp+711£375+15.38 %
GlasgowUp+511£375-6.25 %
BuckinghamshireUp+111£124-
MidlandsUp+129--
SloughUp+69£195-46.20 %
WiltshireUp+69£350-17.64 %

Degree
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 9 February 2010, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

1488 (22.60 %)Finance
2416 (19.27 %)SQL
3414 (19.18 %)Banking
4320 (14.82 %)C#
5283 (13.11 %)Java
6256 (11.86 %)Project Management
6256 (11.86 %)Investment Banking
6256 (11.86 %)Computer Science
7247 (11.44 %)C++
7247 (11.44 %)Windows
8241 (11.16 %).NET
9238 (11.02 %)SQL Server
10223 (10.33 %)Microsoft
11219 (10.14 %)Derivative
12216 (10.00 %)Education
13215 (9.958 %)Oracle
14196 (9.078 %)MS Excel
15191 (8.847 %)Mathematics
16179 (8.291 %)Front Office
17168 (7.781 %)Linux
18166 (7.689 %)PRINCE2
18166 (7.689 %)OO
19154 (7.133 %)UNIX
20142 (6.577 %)XML
21133 (6.160 %)MS Office
22125 (5.790 %)VBA
23119 (5.512 %)HTML
24113 (5.234 %)C
24113 (5.234 %)JavaScript
25112 (5.188 %)Government

Degree
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 9 February 2010, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
1241 (11.16 %).NET
2142 (6.577 %)XML
3119 (5.512 %)HTML
4107 (4.956 %)CSS
588 (4.076 %)ASP.NET
677 (3.566 %)Web Services
772 (3.335 %)AJAX
869 (3.196 %)J2EE
958 (2.686 %)WinForms
1045 (2.084 %)Flash
1140 (1.853 %)XHTML
1237 (1.714 %)STL
1237 (1.714 %)Hibernate
1237 (1.714 %)Spring
1333 (1.528 %)WPF
1432 (1.482 %).NET Framework
1531 (1.436 %)WCF
1625 (1.158 %)LAMP
1724 (1.112 %)Middleware
1822 (1.019 %)jQuery
IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
188 (4.076 %)SAS
254 (2.501 %)SharePoint
337 (1.714 %)Tomcat
435 (1.621 %)CMS
532 (1.482 %)Apache
629 (1.343 %)SharePoint Server 2007
722 (1.019 %)MS Exchange
819 (0.880 %)IIS
917 (0.787 %)Rendezvous
1014 (0.648 %)Drupal
1113 (0.602 %)WebSphere MQ
1212 (0.556 %)WebLogic
1311 (0.509 %)MQSeries
1410 (0.463 %)Lotus Notes
158 (0.371 %)Exchange Server 2003
158 (0.371 %)Exchange Server 2007
167 (0.324 %)ESB
167 (0.324 %)Moodle
176 (0.278 %)TIBCO EMS
185 (0.232 %)WebLogic Portal
IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
1196 (9.078 %)MS Excel
2133 (6.160 %)MS Office
371 (3.289 %)MS PowerPoint
464 (2.964 %)MS Visio
560 (2.779 %)SPSS
658 (2.686 %)MS Project
750 (2.316 %)Photoshop
837 (1.714 %)Spreadsheet
927 (1.251 %)Adobe Illustrator
1012 (0.556 %)MATLAB
1111 (0.509 %)CA Clarity
128 (0.371 %)InfoPath
136 (0.278 %)Acrobat
136 (0.278 %)Fireworks
145 (0.232 %)Quicktime
154 (0.185 %)AutoCAD
154 (0.185 %)FreeHand
163 (0.139 %)MicroStation
172 (0.093 %)Adobe After Effects
172 (0.093 %)Adobe Premiere
IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
111 (0.509 %)Summit
29 (0.417 %)SAP Oil and Gas
29 (0.417 %)RMDS
38 (0.371 %)ION MarketView
46 (0.278 %)SAP MDM
46 (0.278 %)Oracle Applications
46 (0.278 %)SAP HR
55 (0.232 %)SAP MM
55 (0.232 %)Oracle EBS
55 (0.232 %)Oracle Financials
64 (0.185 %)SAP FI/CO
64 (0.185 %)Sophis RISQUE
64 (0.185 %)SAP CO
64 (0.185 %)SAP R/3
64 (0.185 %)SAP FI
64 (0.185 %)BusinessWorks
64 (0.185 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
73 (0.139 %)Loan IQ
73 (0.139 %)SunGard AvantGard
73 (0.139 %)Cerner Millennium
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
172 (3.335 %)Internet
254 (2.501 %)TCP/IP
344 (2.038 %)LAN
443 (1.992 %)WAN
534 (1.575 %)DNS
631 (1.436 %)Intranet
730 (1.390 %)Firewall
823 (1.065 %)SAN
918 (0.834 %)LDAP
1015 (0.695 %)Wireless
1114 (0.648 %)3G
1212 (0.556 %)VPN
1212 (0.556 %)HTTP
1311 (0.509 %)Network Security
1410 (0.463 %)DHCP
159 (0.417 %)MPLS
168 (0.371 %)BGP
168 (0.371 %)OSPF
177 (0.324 %)VoIP
177 (0.324 %)Ethernet
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
1238 (11.02 %)SQL Server
277 (3.566 %)SQL Server 2005
351 (2.362 %)MySQL
447 (2.177 %)Data Mining
541 (1.899 %)Datawarehouse
640 (1.853 %)BusinessObjects
731 (1.436 %)SQL Server 2000
830 (1.390 %)MS Access
830 (1.390 %)Crystal Reports
928 (1.297 %)Oracle 10g
1027 (1.251 %)SQL Server 2008
1121 (0.973 %)ETL
1220 (0.926 %)SQL Server Integration Services
1220 (0.926 %)RDBMS
1318 (0.834 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
1416 (0.741 %)Oracle Reports
1416 (0.741 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
1514 (0.648 %)Oracle 8/8i
1613 (0.602 %)GIS
1711 (0.509 %)SAS Enterprise Guide
IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
150 (2.316 %)Visual Studio
237 (1.714 %)Subversion
331 (1.436 %)QuickTest Pro
422 (1.019 %)Team Foundation Server
519 (0.880 %)Eclipse
519 (0.880 %)JUnit
616 (0.741 %)ClearCase
715 (0.695 %)Rational Rose
715 (0.695 %)LoadRunner
715 (0.695 %)Maven
715 (0.695 %)NUnit
813 (0.602 %)Dreamweaver
912 (0.556 %)VSS/SourceSafe
912 (0.556 %)Selenium
1011 (0.509 %)ClearQuest
1110 (0.463 %)TestDirector
128 (0.371 %)WinRunner
128 (0.371 %)Ant
137 (0.324 %)TeamCity
137 (0.324 %)CruiseControl
IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
1488 (22.60 %)Finance
2414 (19.18 %)Banking
3256 (11.86 %)Investment Banking
4216 (10.00 %)Education
5179 (8.291 %)Front Office
6112 (5.188 %)Government
7107 (4.956 %)Marketing
887 (4.030 %)Telecoms
983 (3.844 %)Retail
1073 (3.381 %)Health
1153 (2.455 %)Insurance
1247 (2.177 %)Back Office
1335 (1.621 %)Electronics
1429 (1.343 %)Financial Institution
1429 (1.343 %)Manufacturing
1429 (1.343 %)Retail Banking
1528 (1.297 %)Legal
1626 (1.204 %)Electric
1723 (1.065 %)Pharmaceutical
1820 (0.926 %)Law
IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1566 (26.22 %)Developer
2474 (21.95 %)Analyst
3191 (8.847 %)Business Analyst
4154 (7.133 %)Project Manager
5125 (5.790 %)C# Developer
6120 (5.558 %)Java Developer
782 (3.798 %)Architect
877 (3.566 %)C++ Developer
967 (3.103 %).NET Developer
1066 (3.057 %)Designer
1163 (2.918 %)Consultant
1260 (2.779 %)Senior Developer
1260 (2.779 %)Data Analyst
1355 (2.547 %)Programmer
1355 (2.547 %)Software Engineer
1451 (2.362 %)Graduate
1451 (2.362 %)Support Analyst
1548 (2.223 %)SAS Analyst
1644 (2.038 %)Tester
1741 (1.899 %)Junior
IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
1256 (11.86 %)Computer Science
2219 (10.14 %)Derivative
3191 (8.847 %)Mathematics
4106 (4.910 %)Fixed Income
591 (4.215 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
673 (3.381 %)NHS
673 (3.381 %)Physics
764 (2.964 %)Equities
862 (2.872 %)Economics
958 (2.686 %)Management Information System
1055 (2.547 %)Equity Derivative
1152 (2.409 %)Credit Derivative
1239 (1.806 %)Statistics
1338 (1.760 %)Interest Rate Derivative
1436 (1.667 %)Open Source
1535 (1.621 %)Credit Risk
1630 (1.390 %)Client/Server
1725 (1.158 %)Multithreading
1824 (1.112 %)Grid Computing
1923 (1.065 %)N-Tier
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
1247 (11.44 %)Windows
2168 (7.781 %)Linux
3154 (7.133 %)UNIX
450 (2.316 %)Solaris
549 (2.270 %)Windows Server 2003
637 (1.714 %)Windows XP
716 (0.741 %)Windows 2000
815 (0.695 %)Red Hat Linux
912 (0.556 %)Windows Server 2008
1010 (0.463 %)Windows Vista
118 (0.371 %)Windows NT
118 (0.371 %)Windows 2000 Server
126 (0.278 %)HPUX
135 (0.232 %)Android
135 (0.232 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
144 (0.185 %)IRIX
144 (0.185 %)Windows 7
153 (0.139 %)VxWorks
153 (0.139 %)AIX
162 (0.093 %)OS/390
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
1256 (11.86 %)Project Management
2166 (7.689 %)PRINCE2
2166 (7.689 %)OO
3107 (4.956 %)ITIL
4101 (4.678 %)UML
597 (4.493 %)Agile Software Development
694 (4.354 %)Business Analysis
694 (4.354 %)Risk Management
777 (3.566 %)Change Management
863 (2.918 %)Migration
957 (2.640 %)Software Engineering
1055 (2.547 %)E-Commerce
1148 (2.223 %)Business Intelligence
1148 (2.223 %)Data Analysis
1245 (2.084 %)Market Research
1344 (2.038 %)OOD
1442 (1.945 %)Data Modelling
1541 (1.899 %)Scrum
1541 (1.899 %)Logistic Regression
1639 (1.806 %)Service Delivery
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1416 (19.27 %)SQL
2320 (14.82 %)C#
3283 (13.11 %)Java
4247 (11.44 %)C++
5125 (5.790 %)VBA
6113 (5.234 %)C
6113 (5.234 %)JavaScript
784 (3.891 %)VB
856 (2.594 %)T-SQL
953 (2.455 %)PHP
1049 (2.270 %)VB.NET
1146 (2.131 %)Perl
1237 (1.714 %)Python
1333 (1.528 %)PL/SQL
1427 (1.251 %)VC++
1519 (0.880 %)VB6
1618 (0.834 %)Shell Script
1714 (0.648 %)VBScript
1813 (0.602 %)ActionScript
1910 (0.463 %)Ada
IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
189 (4.122 %)Security Cleared
259 (2.733 %)ISEB
358 (2.686 %)Microsoft Certification
448 (2.223 %)SC Cleared
535 (1.621 %)PRINCE2 Certification
633 (1.528 %)PMI Certification
729 (1.343 %)HND
827 (1.251 %)MCSE
925 (1.158 %)PhD
925 (1.158 %)Cisco Certification
1021 (0.973 %)HNC
1021 (0.973 %)MCP
1120 (0.926 %)DV Cleared
1120 (0.926 %)PMP
1219 (0.880 %)MBA
1318 (0.834 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
1415 (0.695 %)Postgraduate
1512 (0.556 %)CCNP
1512 (0.556 %)CISSP
1611 (0.509 %)CCIE
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
173 (3.381 %)QA
221 (0.973 %)Basel II
317 (0.787 %)SLA
48 (0.371 %)ISO9001
56 (0.278 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
56 (0.278 %)ISO27001
65 (0.232 %)21 CFR Part 11
74 (0.185 %)GAMP
74 (0.185 %)GMP
74 (0.185 %)ISO17799
83 (0.139 %)HL7
83 (0.139 %)WAI
83 (0.139 %)JTAG
83 (0.139 %)GLP
92 (0.093 %)BS7799
92 (0.093 %)PCI DSS
101 (0.046 %)COBIT
101 (0.046 %)WCAG
101 (0.046 %)MiFID
101 (0.046 %)HMG Infosec
IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
147 (2.177 %)Active Directory
225 (1.158 %)VMware Infrastructure
35 (0.232 %)MSMQ
35 (0.232 %)VMware ESX
44 (0.185 %)NFS
53 (0.139 %)XenApp
53 (0.139 %)Backup Exec
53 (0.139 %)Oracle RMAN
62 (0.093 %)NetBackup
62 (0.093 %)ISA Server
62 (0.093 %)Citrix Presentation Server
62 (0.093 %)Oracle RAC
71 (0.046 %)Squid
71 (0.046 %)vSphere
71 (0.046 %)Postfix
71 (0.046 %)Sendmail
71 (0.046 %)Terminal Server
71 (0.046 %)Terminal Services
71 (0.046 %)Tivoli Workload Scheduler
71 (0.046 %)Snort
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
111 (0.509 %)Tivoli
25 (0.232 %)SCOM
34 (0.185 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
34 (0.185 %)AutoSys
34 (0.185 %)SCCM
43 (0.139 %)Cisco IPCC
52 (0.093 %)OpenView
52 (0.093 %)CiscoWorks
52 (0.093 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
52 (0.093 %)MSI
52 (0.093 %)TIBCO Hawk
52 (0.093 %)Data Guard
52 (0.093 %)WhatsUp Gold
52 (0.093 %)HP Quality Center
61 (0.046 %)WSUS
61 (0.046 %)Sun Identity Manager
61 (0.046 %)Cacti
61 (0.046 %)CONTROL-M
61 (0.046 %)Nagios
61 (0.046 %)ZENworks
IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1223 (10.33 %)Microsoft
2215 (9.958 %)Oracle
375 (3.474 %)SAP
462 (2.872 %)Sybase
550 (2.316 %)Adobe
648 (2.223 %)TIBCO
744 (2.038 %)Cisco
840 (1.853 %)Business Objects
937 (1.714 %)VMware
1032 (1.482 %)Citrix
1130 (1.390 %)HP
1222 (1.019 %)IBM
1321 (0.973 %)Reuters
1419 (0.880 %)DataSynapse
1517 (0.787 %)Sun
1615 (0.695 %)JBoss
1714 (0.648 %)Cognos
1714 (0.648 %)Bloomberg
1812 (0.556 %)Infragistics
1812 (0.556 %)Red Hat