The first table below looks at the demand for UniBasic skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited UniBasic over the 3 months to 23 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 Programming Languages 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IBM UniBasic
Rank - - 574
Contract jobs citing UniBasic 0 0 12
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK - - 0.019%
As % of the Programming Languages category - - 0.052%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 6
Average daily rate - - £531
UK excluding London average daily rate - - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Programming Languages
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
17292 20186 23280
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 37.32% 34.58% 37.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 10671 11908 13509
Average daily rate £385 £375 £413
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.66% -9.09%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £250 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £570 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 602 723 930
Average hourly rate £35.00 £34.50 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+1.44% -1.42%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £16.50 £17.05 £19.52
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £43.50 £45.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+1.44% -1.42%

UniBasic
Jobs Demand Trend

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

UniBasic Jobs Demand Trend

UniBasic
Daily Rate Trend

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

UniBasic Daily Rate Trend

UniBasic
Hourly Rate Trend

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

UniBasic Hourly Rate Trend