The first table below looks at the demand for Operations Research skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Operations Research over the 3 months to 17 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 of the Processes & Methodologies 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Operations Research (or Operational Research)
Rank 520 568 572
Rank change year-on-year
+48 +4
Contract jobs citing Operations Research 10 10 16
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.022% 0.017% 0.026%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.030% 0.025% 0.039%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 5 12
Average daily rate £300 £275 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+9.09% -31.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £260 £328
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £480 £495
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £275 £400
% change year-on-year
+9.09% -31.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
Average hourly rate £31.50 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.50 - -
All Processes & Methodologies
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
32885 39492 41512
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 70.87% 67.77% 67.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 19655 22706 23594
Average daily rate £413 £400 £440
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.12% -9.09%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £275 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £579 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 974 1268 1474
Average hourly rate £31.25 £25.00 £29.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+25.00% -15.25%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.50 £13.00 £13.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £50.00 £45.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.60 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.40% -16.66%

Operations Research
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Operations Research within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Operations Research Jobs Demand Trend

Operations Research
Daily Rate Trend

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

Operations Research Daily Rate Trend

Operations Research
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Operations Research within the UK over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Operations Research Daily Rate Histogram

Operations Research
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Operations Research Hourly Rate Trend

Operations Research
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 Operations Research within the UK over the 3 months to 17 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 +47 9 £275 -
Bristol - 4 £425 -
South West - 4 £425 -
South East +25 3 £225 -
West Midlands +8 2 - -
Coventry -4 2 - -
Scotland - 1 £325 -
Surrey - 1 - -
Guildford - 1 - -
Glasgow - 1 £325 -

Operations Research
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Operations Research 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 Operations Research.

1 24 (77.42%) SQL
2 23 (74.19%) SAS
2 23 (74.19%) Degree
3 20 (64.52%) Mathematics
4 18 (58.06%) Statistics
5 12 (38.71%) Analytics
6 11 (35.48%) Finance
7 10 (32.26%) Marketing
8 9 (29.03%) SQL Server
9 8 (25.81%) SPSS
10 7 (22.58%) SC Cleared
10 7 (22.58%) Security Cleared
10 7 (22.58%) R
11 6 (19.35%) Base SAS
11 6 (19.35%) Mercurial
11 6 (19.35%) Customer Insight
11 6 (19.35%) Statistical Modelling
11 6 (19.35%) Perforce
11 6 (19.35%) WebSphere
11 6 (19.35%) Computer Science
11 6 (19.35%) ClearCase
11 6 (19.35%) Configuration Management
11 6 (19.35%) DB2
11 6 (19.35%) WebLogic
11 6 (19.35%) Java
11 6 (19.35%) JBoss
11 6 (19.35%) Oracle
11 6 (19.35%) Apache
11 6 (19.35%) Tomcat
12 5 (16.13%) VBA

Operations Research
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Operations Research 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 Operations Research. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 6 (19.35%) WebSphere
2 3 (9.677%) Django
Application Platforms
1 23 (74.19%) SAS
2 6 (19.35%) WebLogic
2 6 (19.35%) Apache
2 6 (19.35%) Tomcat
Applications
1 8 (25.81%) SPSS
2 5 (16.13%) MS Excel
3 3 (9.677%) MS Office
4 2 (6.452%) MS PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 3 (9.677%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (29.03%) SQL Server
2 6 (19.35%) DB2
2 6 (19.35%) Base SAS
3 1 (3.226%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 6 (19.35%) ClearCase
1 6 (19.35%) Mercurial
2 4 (12.90%) ProC
3 3 (9.677%) Visual Studio
General
1 11 (35.48%) Finance
2 10 (32.26%) Marketing
3 3 (9.677%) Military
4 2 (6.452%) Banking
4 2 (6.452%) Investment Banking
5 1 (3.226%) Telecoms
5 1 (3.226%) Retail
Job Titles
1 20 (64.52%) Analyst
2 7 (22.58%) SAS Analyst
3 5 (16.13%) Business Analyst
3 5 (16.13%) Insight Analyst
4 4 (12.90%) SAS Insight Analyst
4 4 (12.90%) Consultant
4 4 (12.90%) Senior Analyst
4 4 (12.90%) Senior SAS Analyst
5 3 (9.677%) Data Analyst
5 3 (9.677%) Developer
5 3 (9.677%) Technical Consultant
6 2 (6.452%) Senior Insight Analyst
6 2 (6.452%) Technical Analyst
6 2 (6.452%) Data Modeller
6 2 (6.452%) MI Analyst
6 2 (6.452%) Data Consultant
6 2 (6.452%) Marketing Analyst
6 2 (6.452%) SAS Marketing Analyst
7 1 (3.226%) Customer Insight Manager
7 1 (3.226%) Business Manager
Miscellaneous
1 20 (64.52%) Mathematics
2 18 (58.06%) Statistics
3 6 (19.35%) Computer Science
4 5 (16.13%) Economics
5 2 (6.452%) Visualisation
6 1 (3.226%) Credit Risk
6 1 (3.226%) Data Extraction
6 1 (3.226%) FMCG
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (38.71%) Analytics
2 6 (19.35%) Customer Insight
2 6 (19.35%) Statistical Modelling
2 6 (19.35%) Configuration Management
3 4 (12.90%) CRM
3 4 (12.90%) Data Modelling
3 4 (12.90%) Customer Intelligence
3 4 (12.90%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (9.677%) Predictive Modelling
4 3 (9.677%) CHAID
4 3 (9.677%) OO
4 3 (9.677%) RAD
5 2 (6.452%) Use Case
5 2 (6.452%) Statistical Analysis
5 2 (6.452%) Direct Marketing
5 2 (6.452%) Logistic Regression
5 2 (6.452%) Data Analysis
5 2 (6.452%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 2 (6.452%) Marketing Strategy
6 1 (3.226%) Logistics
Programming Languages
1 24 (77.42%) SQL
2 7 (22.58%) R
3 6 (19.35%) Java
4 5 (16.13%) VBA
4 5 (16.13%) SAS Macro
5 3 (9.677%) VC++
5 3 (9.677%) Python
5 3 (9.677%) C#
5 3 (9.677%) C++
6 1 (3.226%) C
Qualifications
1 23 (74.19%) Degree
2 7 (22.58%) SC Cleared
2 7 (22.58%) Security Cleared
3 1 (3.226%) Postgraduate
Vendors
1 6 (19.35%) Oracle
1 6 (19.35%) JBoss
1 6 (19.35%) Perforce
2 5 (16.13%) Microsoft
3 2 (6.452%) Twitter
4 1 (3.226%) Teradata
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