The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Economics in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Economics over the 3 months to 19 June 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Economics
Rank 472 534 503
Rank change year-on-year
+62 -31
Contract jobs citing Economics 69 36 99
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.143% 0.062% 0.159%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.532% 0.252% 0.573%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 19 54
Average daily rate £450 £450 £390
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +15.38%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £368 £220 £277
10% offered a daily rate of more than £580 £610 £575
UK excluding London average daily rate £450 £400 £325
% change year-on-year
+12.50% +23.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 2
Average hourly rate £35.00 - £51.50
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £21.00 - £49.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £49.00 - £53.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £52.50 - £51.50
All of the Miscellaneous Category
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
12964 14261 17263
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 26.94% 24.57% 27.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 7811 8294 10400
Average daily rate £425 £425 £501
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -15.08%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £243 £250 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £601 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £328
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +5.34%
Number of hourly rates quoted 567 691 684
Average hourly rate £22.25 £22.50 £22.81
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-1.11% -1.36%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.43 £12.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.65 £45.00 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.63 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-3.88% -10.00%

Economics
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Economics Jobs Demand Trend

Economics
Daily Rate Trend

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

Economics Daily Rate Trend

Economics
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Economics within the UK over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Economics Daily Rate Histogram

Economics
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Economics Hourly Rate Trend

Economics
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Economics within the UK over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Economics Hourly Rate Histogram

Economics
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 Economics within the UK over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
England +40 62 £450 -2.70% 49
London +56 45 £475 -5.70% 34
City of London +19 25 £540 +96.36% 13
South East +27 10 - - 4
Berkshire +22 7 - - 1
North West +20 4 £450 - 2
Manchester +9 4 £450 -
Bracknell - 3 - -
Docklands, London - 2 £475 -
Hampshire -4 1 - -
Scotland -10 1 £325 +44.44% 3
South West - 1 £450 - 3
Swindon - 1 £450 - 1
Wiltshire - 1 £450 - 1
Glasgow - 1 £325 -
Guildford - - - - 1
Harrow - - - -
Maidenhead - - - -
Buckinghamshire - - - -
Cambridgeshire - - - -
Cheshire - - - - 1
Devon - - - -
Hertfordshire - - - -
Kent - - - - 2
Oxfordshire - - - -
Somerset - - - -
Surrey - - - - 1
West Sussex - - - -
West Yorkshire - - - - 2
Bridgend - - - -

Economics
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Economics 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 Economics.

1 82 (52.56%) Finance
2 76 (48.72%) Degree
3 59 (37.82%) Project Management
4 49 (31.41%) Mathematics
5 40 (25.64%) Banking
6 35 (22.44%) Change Management
7 30 (19.23%) Marketing
8 29 (18.59%) Project Planning
8 29 (18.59%) Investment Banking
9 26 (16.67%) Computer Science
9 26 (16.67%) PRINCE2
10 22 (14.10%) SQL
11 20 (12.82%) Credit Risk
12 19 (12.18%) Telecoms
13 17 (10.90%) Statistics
14 16 (10.26%) Management Information System
14 16 (10.26%) Stakeholder Management
14 16 (10.26%) SAS
15 15 (9.615%) Risk Management
15 15 (9.615%) Derivative
15 15 (9.615%) Business Analysis
16 14 (8.974%) Analytics
17 11 (7.051%) Microsoft
17 11 (7.051%) Statistical Modelling
17 11 (7.051%) Infrastructure Management
18 10 (6.410%) Customer Insight
18 10 (6.410%) PMI Certification
18 10 (6.410%) VBA
18 10 (6.410%) .NET
18 10 (6.410%) Fixed Income

Economics
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Economics 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 Economics. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 10 (6.410%) .NET
2 6 (3.846%) ASP.NET
3 4 (2.564%) Ajax
3 4 (2.564%) Silverlight
3 4 (2.564%) Django
4 3 (1.923%) WPF
4 3 (1.923%) XML
5 1 (0.641%) WCF
5 1 (0.641%) Windows SharePoint Services
5 1 (0.641%) XML Messaging
5 1 (0.641%) SAP MI
5 1 (0.641%) K2 blackpearl
5 1 (0.641%) ASP.NET MVC
Application Platforms
1 16 (10.26%) SAS
2 3 (1.923%) CMS
3 2 (1.282%) Windows Azure
3 2 (1.282%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.641%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 8 (5.128%) MS Excel
2 6 (3.846%) MS Office
3 5 (3.205%) MS PowerPoint
3 5 (3.205%) MS Visio
4 3 (1.923%) MS Project
5 2 (1.282%) PowerPivot
5 2 (1.282%) SPSS
6 1 (0.641%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.641%) InfoPath
Business Applications
1 2 (1.282%) SimCorp Dimension
2 1 (0.641%) Google Analytics
2 1 (0.641%) Summit
2 1 (0.641%) WebTrends
2 1 (0.641%) SAP MM
2 1 (0.641%) SAP PP
2 1 (0.641%) SiteCatalyst
2 1 (0.641%) SAP BPC
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.564%) 3G
2 2 (1.282%) Firewall
2 2 (1.282%) HTTP
2 2 (1.282%) Internet
3 1 (0.641%) LTE
3 1 (0.641%) Network Security
3 1 (0.641%) IPv6
3 1 (0.641%) HTTPS
3 1 (0.641%) Kerberos
3 1 (0.641%) VPN
3 1 (0.641%) SDH
3 1 (0.641%) Ethernet
3 1 (0.641%) FTP
3 1 (0.641%) 2G
3 1 (0.641%) 4G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (3.846%) Data Mining
1 6 (3.846%) SQL Server
2 4 (2.564%) TOAD
3 3 (1.923%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 3 (1.923%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (1.282%) RDBMS
4 2 (1.282%) BusinessObjects
4 2 (1.282%) SAP BW
5 1 (0.641%) Base SAS
5 1 (0.641%) Microsoft Analysis Services
5 1 (0.641%) SAP BI
Development Applications
1 4 (2.564%) ERwin
2 1 (0.641%) Balsamiq Mockups
General
1 82 (52.56%) Finance
2 40 (25.64%) Banking
3 30 (19.23%) Marketing
4 29 (18.59%) Investment Banking
5 19 (12.18%) Telecoms
6 10 (6.410%) Front Office
6 10 (6.410%) Retail
7 4 (2.564%) Legal
8 3 (1.923%) French Language
8 3 (1.923%) Back Office
9 2 (1.282%) Financial Institution
9 2 (1.282%) Retail Banking
9 2 (1.282%) Local Government
9 2 (1.282%) Dutch Language
9 2 (1.282%) German Language
10 1 (0.641%) Norwegian Language
10 1 (0.641%) Multimedia
10 1 (0.641%) Pharmaceutical
10 1 (0.641%) Games
10 1 (0.641%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 55 (35.26%) Project Manager
2 48 (30.77%) Analyst
3 25 (16.03%) Business Analyst
4 15 (9.615%) Risk Manager
5 14 (8.974%) Developer
6 13 (8.333%) Strategic Project Manager
6 13 (8.333%) Data Manager
6 13 (8.333%) Credit Risk Project Manager
7 11 (7.051%) Senior Analyst
8 10 (6.410%) Infrastructure Project Manager
8 10 (6.410%) Infrastructure Manager
9 9 (5.769%) SAS Analyst
10 7 (4.487%) Senior SAS Analyst
10 7 (4.487%) C# Developer
10 7 (4.487%) Senior Manager
10 7 (4.487%) SAS Insight Analyst
10 7 (4.487%) Insight Analyst
11 6 (3.846%) Senior Project Manager
12 5 (3.205%) Strategy Manager
12 5 (3.205%) Customer Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 49 (31.41%) Mathematics
2 26 (16.67%) Computer Science
3 20 (12.82%) Credit Risk
4 17 (10.90%) Statistics
5 16 (10.26%) Management Information System
6 15 (9.615%) Derivative
7 10 (6.410%) Fixed Income
8 8 (5.128%) Market Risk
9 7 (4.487%) Physics
10 6 (3.846%) Visualisation
10 6 (3.846%) Equity Derivative
11 4 (2.564%) Mobile App
11 4 (2.564%) NHS
11 4 (2.564%) FMCG
12 3 (1.923%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 3 (1.923%) Handset
13 2 (1.282%) PaaS
13 2 (1.282%) Hedge funds
13 2 (1.282%) IaaS
13 2 (1.282%) Digital Media
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.282%) UNIX
1 2 (1.282%) Linux
2 1 (0.641%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (37.82%) Project Management
2 35 (22.44%) Change Management
3 29 (18.59%) Project Planning
4 26 (16.67%) PRINCE2
5 16 (10.26%) Stakeholder Management
6 15 (9.615%) Risk Management
6 15 (9.615%) Business Analysis
7 14 (8.974%) Analytics
8 11 (7.051%) Statistical Modelling
8 11 (7.051%) Infrastructure Management
9 10 (6.410%) Customer Insight
10 9 (5.769%) Quality Management
10 9 (5.769%) Business Transformation
11 8 (5.128%) CHAID
11 8 (5.128%) Programme Management
11 8 (5.128%) Data Analysis
12 6 (3.846%) Predictive Modelling
12 6 (3.846%) Business Analytics
12 6 (3.846%) E-Commerce
12 6 (3.846%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 22 (14.10%) SQL
2 10 (6.410%) VBA
3 9 (5.769%) C#
4 6 (3.846%) C
5 5 (3.205%) Perl
5 5 (3.205%) Python
6 4 (2.564%) JavaScript
7 3 (1.923%) Java
7 3 (1.923%) R
8 2 (1.282%) C++
Qualifications
1 76 (48.72%) Degree
2 10 (6.410%) PMI Certification
3 9 (5.769%) PMP
4 6 (3.846%) MBA
5 3 (1.923%) CFA
5 3 (1.923%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 3 (1.923%) PhD
6 2 (1.282%) Postgraduate
6 2 (1.282%) DV Cleared
6 2 (1.282%) Security Cleared
7 1 (0.641%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 1 (0.641%) ACCA
7 1 (0.641%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (4.487%) QA
2 3 (1.923%) SLA
3 1 (0.641%) ISO 9001
3 1 (0.641%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (0.641%) Basel II
System Software
1 1 (0.641%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 11 (7.051%) Microsoft
2 5 (3.205%) SAP
2 5 (3.205%) Oracle
3 3 (1.923%) Murex
3 3 (1.923%) Calypso
4 2 (1.282%) Business Objects
4 2 (1.282%) HP
4 2 (1.282%) Omniture
4 2 (1.282%) Google
4 2 (1.282%) SimCorp
4 2 (1.282%) Fujitsu
5 1 (0.641%) Huawei
5 1 (0.641%) Sybase
5 1 (0.641%) Minitab
5 1 (0.641%) Twitter
5 1 (0.641%) iRise
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