Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table looks at the demand for Degree 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 3 July 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Qualifications currently tracked.

LinkDegree
Location
3 months to
3 Jul 2009
Same period last year
Rank5056
Rank change on the same period last yearUp+6
Matching contract IT job ads9201987
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK2.678 %2.581 %
As % of the Qualifications category15.55 %16.97 %
Daily rates quoted356587
Average daily rate£350£400
Average daily rate % change on the same period last year-12.50 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£175£213
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£550£600
UK excluding London average daily rate£311£351
% change on same period last year-11.19 %
Hourly rates quoted96284
Average hourly rate£22.50£26.50
Average hourly rate % change on the same period last year-15.09 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£11.25£12.50
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£38.00£42.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.00£27.50
% change on same period last year-1.810 %
IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsAll Qualifications
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
591511708
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK17.22 %15.21 %
Daily rates quoted22253608
Average daily rate£340£375
Average daily rate % change on the same period last year-9.330 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£197£220
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£500£538
UK excluding London average daily rate£320£350
% change on same period last year-8.570 %
Hourly rates quoted6491251
Average hourly rate£23.00£25.00
Average hourly rate % change on the same period last year-8.000 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£13.00£13.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£39.00£41.85
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.00£27.00
% change on same period last year-7.400 %

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 3 July 2009.

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 3 July 2009.

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 3 July 2009. 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
EnglandUp+9870£350-12.50 %
LondonUp+5454£400-5.88 %
City of LondonUp+3146£463+15.62 %
South EastDown-11137£330-5.71 %
East of EnglandUp+366£250-28.67 %
North WestUp+3763£270-34.54 %
South WestUp+1456£400+23.07 %
BerkshireUp+837£350-5.40 %
West MidlandsUp+5036£380+26.66 %
HampshireNo change033£355+5.97 %
ManchesterUp+3131£230-45.23 %
CambridgeshireUp+928£300-9.09 %
ScotlandUp+927£135-64.00 %
YorkshireUp+1526£155-58.66 %
SurreyUp+826£275-27.63 %
BristolUp+1222£400+45.45 %
EssexUp+1021£188-2.72 %
West YorkshireUp+1020£200-44.82 %
LeedsUp+2119£225-40.98 %
CheshireUp+4318£323-24.11 %
ReadingUp+2918£325-7.14 %
East MidlandsUp+3515£475+111.11 %
HertfordshireDown-714£325-18.75 %
PortsmouthUp+1412--
CambridgeUp+612£350-
South WalesUp+811£315-10.00 %
WalesUp+411£315-30.00 %
WiltshireUp+3510£475+18.75 %
BirminghamUp+1710£475+89.62 %
Docklands, LondonUp+510£500+35.13 %

Degree
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 3 July 2009, 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.

1440 (21.32 %)Finance
2314 (15.21 %)SQL
3279 (13.52 %)Project Management
4257 (12.45 %)Computer Science
5245 (11.87 %)Education
6241 (11.68 %)Banking
7227 (11.00 %)C#
8224 (10.85 %).NET
8224 (10.85 %)Windows
9209 (10.13 %)Oracle
9209 (10.13 %)SQL Server
10202 (9.787 %)Java
11200 (9.690 %)Microsoft
12176 (8.527 %)PRINCE2
13164 (7.946 %)C++
14161 (7.800 %)XML
15152 (7.364 %)Front Office
16149 (7.219 %)UNIX
17142 (6.880 %)Derivative
18136 (6.589 %)HTML
19128 (6.202 %)MS Excel
20123 (5.959 %)Investment Banking
21122 (5.911 %)ITIL
22120 (5.814 %)JavaScript
23116 (5.620 %)Linux
24115 (5.572 %)Mathematics
25112 (5.426 %)C
25112 (5.426 %)MS Office
25112 (5.426 %)Government
26110 (5.329 %)Business Analysis

Degree
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 3 July 2009, 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 DevelopmentApplication Development
1224 (10.85 %).NET
2161 (7.800 %)XML
3136 (6.589 %)HTML
4100 (4.845 %)CSS
590 (4.360 %)WebServices
687 (4.215 %)ASP.NET
764 (3.101 %)J2EE
862 (3.004 %)AJAX
946 (2.229 %)Spring
1043 (2.083 %)Flash
1140 (1.938 %)XHTML
1235 (1.696 %)ASP
1333 (1.599 %)XSLT
1333 (1.599 %).NET Framework
1430 (1.453 %)SOAP
1527 (1.308 %)Middleware
1626 (1.260 %)Hibernate
1724 (1.163 %)JSP
1822 (1.066 %)STL
1822 (1.066 %)WinForms
IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
165 (3.149 %)SharePoint
241 (1.986 %)MS Exchange
340 (1.938 %)SAS
439 (1.890 %)IIS
530 (1.453 %)CMS
626 (1.260 %)Apache
723 (1.114 %)WebLogic
818 (0.872 %)Rendezvous
818 (0.872 %)SharePoint Server 2007
818 (0.872 %)Exchange Server 2007
914 (0.678 %)Tomcat
1013 (0.630 %)Exchange Server 2003
1112 (0.581 %)Documentum
1211 (0.533 %)Drupal
139 (0.436 %)WebSphere MQ
147 (0.339 %)ArcGIS
156 (0.291 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
156 (0.291 %)ColdFusion
156 (0.291 %)Lotus Notes
165 (0.242 %)BizTalk Server
IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
1128 (6.202 %)MS Excel
2112 (5.426 %)MS Office
350 (2.422 %)MS Visio
446 (2.229 %)MS Project
528 (1.357 %)MS PowerPoint
625 (1.211 %)Photoshop
724 (1.163 %)MATLAB
818 (0.872 %)Spreadsheet
915 (0.727 %)Simulink
915 (0.727 %)Adobe Illustrator
1013 (0.630 %)SPSS
117 (0.339 %)CA Clarity
126 (0.291 %)Fireworks
135 (0.242 %)AutoCAD
135 (0.242 %)Pro/ENGINEER
143 (0.145 %)Stata
143 (0.145 %)Open Workbench
143 (0.145 %)MicroStation
152 (0.097 %)Stateflow
152 (0.097 %)Acrobat
IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
118 (0.872 %)Sophis RISQUE
211 (0.533 %)ION MarketView
38 (0.388 %)SAP HR
47 (0.339 %)Summit
54 (0.194 %)HFM
54 (0.194 %)RMDS
63 (0.145 %)SAP MDM
63 (0.145 %)Oracle Applications
63 (0.145 %)SAP Payroll
63 (0.145 %)PeopleSoft HRMS
63 (0.145 %)Microsoft CRM
63 (0.145 %)SAP PS
63 (0.145 %)Oracle HRMS
63 (0.145 %)SAP Oil and Gas
72 (0.097 %)Remedy ITSM
72 (0.097 %)Oracle General Ledger
72 (0.097 %)Cerner Millennium
72 (0.097 %)HiPortfolio
72 (0.097 %)Endur
72 (0.097 %)SAP R/3
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
176 (3.682 %)Internet
237 (1.793 %)Intranet
336 (1.744 %)Firewall
434 (1.647 %)TCP/IP
434 (1.647 %)LAN
530 (1.453 %)WAN
628 (1.357 %)SAN
724 (1.163 %)DNS
816 (0.775 %)VPN
915 (0.727 %)LDAP
1014 (0.678 %)VoIP
1113 (0.630 %)GSM
1113 (0.630 %)3G
1212 (0.581 %)UMTS
1311 (0.533 %)Network Security
1410 (0.484 %)DHCP
1410 (0.484 %)Ethernet
1410 (0.484 %)Broadband
159 (0.436 %)SMTP
168 (0.388 %)NAS
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1209 (10.13 %)SQL Server
262 (3.004 %)SQL Server 2005
361 (2.955 %)MySQL
432 (1.550 %)MS Access
432 (1.550 %)Datawarehouse
527 (1.308 %)SQL Server 2000
626 (1.260 %)RDBMS
626 (1.260 %)Crystal Reports
725 (1.211 %)GIS
819 (0.921 %)Oracle Reports
917 (0.824 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
1016 (0.775 %)SQL Server Integration Services
1016 (0.775 %)BusinessObjects
1114 (0.678 %)ETL
1212 (0.581 %)DTS
1311 (0.533 %)Oracle 8/8i
1311 (0.533 %)Data Mining
148 (0.388 %)Oracle 10g
148 (0.388 %)DataStage
157 (0.339 %)OLAP
IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
124 (1.163 %)Visual Studio
221 (1.017 %)ClearCase
316 (0.775 %)JUnit
316 (0.775 %)Subversion
414 (0.678 %)Team Foundation Server
414 (0.678 %)Dreamweaver
513 (0.630 %)Eclipse
611 (0.533 %)VSS/SourceSafe
79 (0.436 %)Selenium
87 (0.339 %)NUnit
96 (0.291 %)Git (software)
96 (0.291 %)ClearQuest
96 (0.291 %)QuickTest Pro
105 (0.242 %)LoadRunner
105 (0.242 %)Ant
105 (0.242 %)TestDirector
114 (0.194 %)JCAPS
114 (0.194 %)Xcode
123 (0.145 %)LabVIEW
123 (0.145 %)Oracle Forms
IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1440 (21.32 %)Finance
2245 (11.87 %)Education
3241 (11.68 %)Banking
4152 (7.364 %)Front Office
5123 (5.959 %)Investment Banking
6112 (5.426 %)Government
798 (4.748 %)Telecoms
893 (4.506 %)Health
972 (3.488 %)Marketing
1066 (3.198 %)Retail
1149 (2.374 %)Insurance
1248 (2.326 %)Electric
1341 (1.986 %)Pharmaceutical
1440 (1.938 %)Retail Banking
1535 (1.696 %)Electronics
1632 (1.550 %)Legal
1731 (1.502 %)Construction
1830 (1.453 %)Aerospace
1928 (1.357 %)Games
2027 (1.308 %)Back Office
IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1505 (24.47 %)Developer
2428 (20.74 %)Analyst
3189 (9.157 %)Project Manager
4174 (8.430 %)Business Analyst
577 (3.731 %)C# Developer
675 (3.634 %)Architect
769 (3.343 %)Consultant
862 (3.004 %)Java Developer
956 (2.713 %)Software Engineer
1053 (2.568 %)Web Developer
1053 (2.568 %).NET Developer
1148 (2.326 %)Support Analyst
1245 (2.180 %)Junior
1344 (2.132 %)Trainee
1442 (2.035 %)Senior Developer
1539 (1.890 %)Programmer
1638 (1.841 %)Senior Manager
1638 (1.841 %)C++ Developer
1737 (1.793 %)Senior Analyst
1836 (1.744 %)PHP Developer
IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
1257 (12.45 %)Computer Science
2142 (6.880 %)Derivative
3115 (5.572 %)Mathematics
495 (4.603 %)NHS
573 (3.537 %)Management Information System
663 (3.052 %)Fixed Income
761 (2.955 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
851 (2.471 %)Credit Derivative
949 (2.374 %)Equities
949 (2.374 %)Credit Risk
1043 (2.083 %)Physics
1142 (2.035 %)Equity Derivative
1236 (1.744 %)Statistics
1327 (1.308 %)Life Science
1426 (1.260 %)Interest Rate Derivative
1522 (1.066 %)Grid Computing
1620 (0.969 %)Economics
1620 (0.969 %)Informatics
1716 (0.775 %)Blackberry
1814 (0.678 %)Multithreading
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1224 (10.85 %)Windows
2149 (7.219 %)UNIX
3116 (5.620 %)Linux
452 (2.519 %)Windows Server 2003
549 (2.374 %)Solaris
635 (1.696 %)Windows XP
715 (0.727 %)Windows 2000
813 (0.630 %)Windows Server 2008
910 (0.484 %)Windows Vista
109 (0.436 %)Windows Mobile
115 (0.242 %)Windows 2000 Server
115 (0.242 %)FreeBSD
115 (0.242 %)Windows NT
115 (0.242 %)Mac OS X
124 (0.194 %)Red Hat Linux
124 (0.194 %)NetWare
133 (0.145 %)AIX
133 (0.145 %)HPUX
142 (0.097 %)OS/390
142 (0.097 %)Ubuntu
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1279 (13.52 %)Project Management
2176 (8.527 %)PRINCE2
3122 (5.911 %)ITIL
4110 (5.329 %)Business Analysis
598 (4.748 %)OO
683 (4.021 %)UML
767 (3.246 %)Migration
863 (3.052 %)Agile Software Development
960 (2.907 %)Risk Management
1056 (2.713 %)Change Management
1153 (2.568 %)Content Management
1250 (2.422 %)Stakeholder Management
1348 (2.326 %)Web Development
1446 (2.229 %)User Acceptance Testing
1446 (2.229 %)Data Modelling
1543 (2.083 %)Software Engineering
1543 (2.083 %)Investment Management
1640 (1.938 %)E-Commerce
1739 (1.890 %)Data Analysis
1837 (1.793 %)Service Management
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1314 (15.21 %)SQL
2227 (11.00 %)C#
3202 (9.787 %)Java
4164 (7.946 %)C++
5120 (5.814 %)JavaScript
6112 (5.426 %)C
770 (3.391 %)PHP
869 (3.343 %)VBA
947 (2.277 %)Perl
1046 (2.229 %)VB
1145 (2.180 %)VB.NET
1241 (1.986 %)PL/SQL
1331 (1.502 %)T-SQL
1428 (1.357 %)Python
1523 (1.114 %)Shell Script
1618 (0.872 %)VBScript
1717 (0.824 %)ActionScript
1816 (0.775 %)Ada
1816 (0.775 %)VB6
1914 (0.678 %)Ruby
IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1106 (5.136 %)Security Cleared
272 (3.488 %)Microsoft Certification
359 (2.859 %)SC Cleared
439 (1.890 %)HND
531 (1.502 %)HNC
531 (1.502 %)MCSE
630 (1.453 %)PRINCE2 Certification
729 (1.405 %)ISEB
729 (1.405 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
826 (1.260 %)Cisco Certification
920 (0.969 %)CCNA
1018 (0.872 %)ITIL Certification
1117 (0.824 %)PhD
1215 (0.727 %)PMI Certification
1313 (0.630 %)CCNP
1313 (0.630 %)MCP
1410 (0.484 %)PMP
159 (0.436 %)MCSA
159 (0.436 %)DV Cleared
168 (0.388 %)CTC Cleared
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
140 (1.938 %)QA
224 (1.163 %)SLA
39 (0.436 %)ISO27001
45 (0.242 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
45 (0.242 %)GCP
45 (0.242 %)ISO9001
53 (0.145 %)COBIT
53 (0.145 %)HL7
61 (0.048 %)DICOM
61 (0.048 %)HMG Infosec
61 (0.048 %)JSP 440
61 (0.048 %)JTAG
61 (0.048 %)MiFID
61 (0.048 %)Basel II
61 (0.048 %)21 CFR Part 11
61 (0.048 %)GMP
61 (0.048 %)GLP
IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
168 (3.295 %)Active Directory
229 (1.405 %)VMware Infrastructure
312 (0.581 %)VMware ESX
47 (0.339 %)MetaFrame
56 (0.291 %)AquaLogic
56 (0.291 %)Oracle RAC
65 (0.242 %)Backup Exec
65 (0.242 %)Citrix Presentation Server
74 (0.194 %)NetBackup
83 (0.145 %)Terminal Server
92 (0.097 %)ISA Server
92 (0.097 %)NDS
92 (0.097 %)Oracle RMAN
92 (0.097 %)Sendmail
92 (0.097 %)XenApp
92 (0.097 %)XenServer
92 (0.097 %)XenDesktop
101 (0.048 %)Veritas Volume Manager
101 (0.048 %)Snort
101 (0.048 %)Novell eDirectory
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
17 (0.339 %)ZENworks
26 (0.291 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
34 (0.194 %)AutoSys
43 (0.145 %)WSUS
43 (0.145 %)SCOM
43 (0.145 %)CONTROL-M
52 (0.097 %)Data Guard
52 (0.097 %)Sun Identity Manager
52 (0.097 %)BMC PATROL
52 (0.097 %)Novell Identity Manager
52 (0.097 %)Norton AntiVirus
52 (0.097 %)MIMEsweeper
52 (0.097 %)OpenView
52 (0.097 %)Tivoli
52 (0.097 %)MOM
61 (0.048 %)CiscoWorks
61 (0.048 %)Nessus
61 (0.048 %)EMC NetWorker
61 (0.048 %)SCCM
IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
1209 (10.13 %)Oracle
2200 (9.690 %)Microsoft
371 (3.440 %)SAP
443 (2.083 %)Cisco
536 (1.744 %)VMware
632 (1.550 %)Citrix
731 (1.502 %)Sybase
828 (1.357 %)Sun
926 (1.260 %)Sophis
1025 (1.211 %)IBM
1122 (1.066 %)Adobe
1122 (1.066 %)TIBCO
1221 (1.017 %)Fidessa
1316 (0.775 %)EMC
1316 (0.775 %)Siebel
1316 (0.775 %)Business Objects
1415 (0.727 %)HP
1513 (0.630 %)Lotus
1612 (0.581 %)Reuters
1711 (0.533 %)ION Trading