The first table below looks at the demand for Internet skills in IT contracts advertised for the Wales region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Internet over the 3 months to 24 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 Communications & Networking category for the Wales region.

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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Internet
Rank 36 51 49
Rank change year-on-year
+15 -2
Contract jobs citing Internet 8 3 12
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wales 1.878% 0.526% 1.818%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 13.33% 3.409% 11.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 0 6
Average daily rate £373 - £438
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 - £309
10% offered a daily rate of more than £390 - £480
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £325 £350
% change year-on-year
-3.07% -7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 1
Average hourly rate £15.50 £14.00 £9.36
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+10.71% +49.57%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.50 £15.00 £18.00
% change year-on-year
-3.33% -16.66%
All Communications & Networking
Wales
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
60 88 103
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wales 14.08% 15.44% 15.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 44 48
Average daily rate £350 £300 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+16.66% -7.69%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £123 £196 £290
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £450 £448
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £338 £325
% change year-on-year
-6.66% +3.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 8 10
Average hourly rate £15.25 £15.50 £19.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-1.61% -18.42%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.00 £14.30 £9.36
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.65 £23.00 £27.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.75 £25.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-17.00% -9.09%
Internet
UK

Internet
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Internet across the Wales region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

Wales Internet Jobs Demand Trend

Internet
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Internet across the Wales region.

Wales Internet Daily Rate Trend

Internet
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Internet across the Wales region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Wales Internet Daily Rate Histogram

Internet
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Internet across the Wales region.

Wales Internet Hourly Rate Trend

Internet
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Internet within the Wales region over the 3 months to 24 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
South Wales +7 8 £373 -
Internet
UK

Internet
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wales region citing Internet 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 Internet.

1 14 (41.18%) Security Cleared
2 8 (23.53%) Intranet
3 6 (17.65%) Oracle Exadata
3 6 (17.65%) Oracle 11g
3 6 (17.65%) HTML
3 6 (17.65%) Oracle
3 6 (17.65%) WebLogic
3 6 (17.65%) AIX
3 6 (17.65%) Linux
3 6 (17.65%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
3 6 (17.65%) Active Directory
4 5 (14.71%) Microsoft
4 5 (14.71%) Migration
4 5 (14.71%) Incident Management
5 4 (11.76%) VMware
5 4 (11.76%) Microsoft Certification
5 4 (11.76%) MCSE
5 4 (11.76%) CSS
6 3 (8.824%) Photoshop
6 3 (8.824%) MS Office
6 3 (8.824%) MS Exchange
6 3 (8.824%) Windows
6 3 (8.824%) Citrix
6 3 (8.824%) Mainframe
6 3 (8.824%) Retail Banking
6 3 (8.824%) Degree
6 3 (8.824%) Banking
6 3 (8.824%) Retail
6 3 (8.824%) Test Scripting
6 3 (8.824%) Automated Testing

Internet
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wales region citing Internet 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 Internet. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 6 (17.65%) HTML
2 4 (11.76%) CSS
3 1 (2.941%) EDI
3 1 (2.941%) SAP ALE
Application Platforms
1 6 (17.65%) WebLogic
2 3 (8.824%) MS Exchange
3 2 (5.882%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
3 2 (5.882%) CMS
4 1 (2.941%) NetWeaver
Applications
1 3 (8.824%) Photoshop
1 3 (8.824%) MS Office
2 2 (5.882%) Adobe Illustrator
2 2 (5.882%) Fireworks
2 2 (5.882%) MS Excel
3 1 (2.941%) MS Project
3 1 (2.941%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (2.941%) SAP CRM
1 1 (2.941%) SAP APO
1 1 (2.941%) SAP PM
1 1 (2.941%) SAP EBP
Communications & Networking
1 8 (23.53%) Intranet
2 2 (5.882%) SAN
2 2 (5.882%) Wireless
2 2 (5.882%) Firewall
2 2 (5.882%) LAN
2 2 (5.882%) WAN
2 2 (5.882%) DHCP
2 2 (5.882%) TCP/IP
2 2 (5.882%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (17.65%) Oracle Exadata
1 6 (17.65%) Oracle 11g
2 2 (5.882%) SQL Server 2008
2 2 (5.882%) SQL Server 2000
2 2 (5.882%) SQL Server
3 1 (2.941%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 1 (2.941%) Axure RP
General
1 3 (8.824%) Retail Banking
1 3 (8.824%) Banking
1 3 (8.824%) Retail
2 2 (5.882%) Finance
2 2 (5.882%) Telecoms
3 1 (2.941%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 13 (38.24%) Analyst
2 9 (26.47%) Senior Analyst
3 7 (20.59%) Project Analyst
3 7 (20.59%) Development Analyst
3 7 (20.59%) Senior Development Analyst
4 6 (17.65%) Oracle DBA
4 6 (17.65%) DBA
5 4 (11.76%) Project Manager
6 2 (5.882%) Designer
6 2 (5.882%) Service Desk Analyst
6 2 (5.882%) Graphic Designer
6 2 (5.882%) Architect
6 2 (5.882%) Test Manager
6 2 (5.882%) Support Analyst
6 2 (5.882%) Service Analyst
6 2 (5.882%) Graduate
7 1 (2.941%) Administrator
7 1 (2.941%) Systems Support
7 1 (2.941%) Systems Analyst
7 1 (2.941%) Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (8.824%) Mainframe
1 3 (8.824%) Social Media
2 2 (5.882%) Enterprise Storage
2 2 (5.882%) Copywriting
2 2 (5.882%) Fat Client
2 2 (5.882%) Thin Client
2 2 (5.882%) Blackberry
3 1 (2.941%) Management Information System
3 1 (2.941%) Grid Computing
3 1 (2.941%) Social Network
Operating Systems
1 6 (17.65%) AIX
1 6 (17.65%) Linux
2 3 (8.824%) Windows
3 2 (5.882%) UNIX
3 2 (5.882%) Solaris
4 1 (2.941%) Windows Server 2003
4 1 (2.941%) Windows 7
4 1 (2.941%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (14.71%) Migration
1 5 (14.71%) Incident Management
2 3 (8.824%) Test Scripting
2 3 (8.824%) Automated Testing
3 2 (5.882%) Software Deployment
3 2 (5.882%) Data Management
3 2 (5.882%) SEO
3 2 (5.882%) ITIL
4 1 (2.941%) PRINCE2
4 1 (2.941%) CRM
4 1 (2.941%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (2.941%) Service Delivery
4 1 (2.941%) Workflow
4 1 (2.941%) Agile Software Development
4 1 (2.941%) Systems Analysis
4 1 (2.941%) Analytics
4 1 (2.941%) Waterfall
4 1 (2.941%) Information Architecture
4 1 (2.941%) Capacity Planning
Programming Languages
1 2 (5.882%) SQL
2 1 (2.941%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 14 (41.18%) Security Cleared
2 4 (11.76%) Microsoft Certification
2 4 (11.76%) MCSE
3 3 (8.824%) Degree
4 2 (5.882%) ISEB Practitioner
4 2 (5.882%) ISEB
4 2 (5.882%) MCP
4 2 (5.882%) HND
5 1 (2.941%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.882%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (17.65%) Active Directory
2 3 (8.824%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (5.882%) VMware Workstation
3 2 (5.882%) ISA Server
Systems Management
1 6 (17.65%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
2 2 (5.882%) SCCM
Vendors
1 6 (17.65%) Oracle
2 5 (14.71%) Microsoft
3 4 (11.76%) VMware
4 3 (8.824%) Citrix
5 2 (5.882%) NetApp
5 2 (5.882%) HP
5 2 (5.882%) Sun
6 1 (2.941%) SAP