The first table below looks at the demand for Degree in IT contracts advertised for the Warwickshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Degree 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 Qualifications for the Warwickshire 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
Degree
Rank 25 22 16
Rank change year-on-year
-3 -6
Contract jobs citing Degree 6 5 12
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Warwickshire 2.899% 2.049% 5.581%
As % of the Qualifications category 16.67% 20.00% 30.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 2
Average daily rate £250 £238 £381
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.26% -37.70%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 4
Average hourly rate £32.50 £16.85 £25.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+92.87% -33.92%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.00 £30.00 £34.00
% change year-on-year
-33.33% -11.76%
All Qualifications
Warwickshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
36 25 40
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Warwickshire 17.39% 10.25% 18.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 7 11
Average daily rate £325 £275 £255
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+18.18% +7.84%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £195 £165
10% offered a daily rate of more than £380 £288 £463
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 6 8
Average hourly rate £15.50 £17.50 £25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-11.42% -30.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.80 £13.00 £18.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £31.15 £32.50 £39.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.22% -10.00%
Degree
West Midlands

Degree
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Degree across the Warwickshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

Warwickshire Degree Jobs Demand Trend

Degree
Daily Rate Trend

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

Warwickshire Degree Daily Rate Trend

Degree
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Warwickshire Degree Hourly Rate Trend

Degree
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 Warwickshire 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
Stratford-upon-Avon +1 1 - -
Degree
West Midlands

Degree
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Warwickshire region 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.

1 8 (42.11%) PRINCE2
2 7 (36.84%) Finance
3 6 (31.58%) Project Management
3 6 (31.58%) MS Office
4 5 (26.32%) MS Visio
5 4 (21.05%) Migration
5 4 (21.05%) MS Project
5 4 (21.05%) Windows
6 3 (15.79%) C#
6 3 (15.79%) SQL
6 3 (15.79%) CheckPoint
6 3 (15.79%) Six Sigma
6 3 (15.79%) IBM
6 3 (15.79%) Automotive
6 3 (15.79%) SharePoint
6 3 (15.79%) Mathematics
6 3 (15.79%) Change Control
7 2 (10.53%) Razor View Engine
7 2 (10.53%) Web Application Development
7 2 (10.53%) iSeries
7 2 (10.53%) jQuery
7 2 (10.53%) Games
7 2 (10.53%) CSS3
7 2 (10.53%) Web Development
7 2 (10.53%) .NET Framework
7 2 (10.53%) IBM Mainframe
7 2 (10.53%) MS PowerPoint
7 2 (10.53%) MVC
7 2 (10.53%) Mainframe
7 2 (10.53%) Microsoft

Degree
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Warwickshire region 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.

Application Development
1 2 (10.53%) Razor View Engine
1 2 (10.53%) jQuery
1 2 (10.53%) CSS3
1 2 (10.53%) .NET Framework
1 2 (10.53%) .NET
1 2 (10.53%) HTML
1 2 (10.53%) XHTML
1 2 (10.53%) CSS
Application Platforms
1 3 (15.79%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (31.58%) MS Office
2 5 (26.32%) MS Visio
3 4 (21.05%) MS Project
4 2 (10.53%) MS PowerPoint
4 2 (10.53%) MS Excel
5 1 (5.263%) Photoshop
5 1 (5.263%) Simulink
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.263%) TCP/IP
1 1 (5.263%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (10.53%) SQL Server
2 1 (5.263%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 1 (5.263%) Dreamweaver
1 1 (5.263%) Rational DOORS
General
1 7 (36.84%) Finance
2 3 (15.79%) Automotive
3 2 (10.53%) Games
4 1 (5.263%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 6 (31.58%) Analyst
2 5 (26.32%) Project Support Officer
2 5 (26.32%) Project Officer
3 3 (15.79%) Senior Analyst
3 3 (15.79%) Developer
4 2 (10.53%) Senior Programmer
4 2 (10.53%) Process Analyst
4 2 (10.53%) Senior Developer
4 2 (10.53%) Analyst Programmer
4 2 (10.53%) Programmer
4 2 (10.53%) Business Analyst
4 2 (10.53%) Software Engineer
4 2 (10.53%) Analyst Developer
4 2 (10.53%) Senior Analyst Programmer
4 2 (10.53%) Senior Analyst Developer
5 1 (5.263%) Technical Engineer
5 1 (5.263%) Design Engineer
5 1 (5.263%) Test Coordinator
5 1 (5.263%) Senior Software Engineer
5 1 (5.263%) Games Developer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (15.79%) Mathematics
2 2 (10.53%) iSeries
2 2 (10.53%) IBM Mainframe
2 2 (10.53%) Mainframe
3 1 (5.263%) Economics
3 1 (5.263%) Statistics
3 1 (5.263%) Computer Science
3 1 (5.263%) CAN bus
3 1 (5.263%) Mobile App
3 1 (5.263%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 4 (21.05%) Windows
2 1 (5.263%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (42.11%) PRINCE2
2 6 (31.58%) Project Management
3 4 (21.05%) Migration
4 3 (15.79%) Six Sigma
4 3 (15.79%) Change Control
5 2 (10.53%) Web Application Development
5 2 (10.53%) Web Development
5 2 (10.53%) MVC
5 2 (10.53%) PRINCE
6 1 (5.263%) Benchmarking
6 1 (5.263%) Data Analysis
6 1 (5.263%) Programme Management
6 1 (5.263%) Statistical Analysis
6 1 (5.263%) Business Analysis
6 1 (5.263%) Supplier Management
6 1 (5.263%) Software Testing
6 1 (5.263%) Manual Testing
6 1 (5.263%) Time Management
6 1 (5.263%) Use Case
6 1 (5.263%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 3 (15.79%) C#
1 3 (15.79%) SQL
2 2 (10.53%) C
2 2 (10.53%) T-SQL
2 2 (10.53%) JavaScript
2 2 (10.53%) PL/SQL
3 1 (5.263%) C++
3 1 (5.263%) MATLAB
3 1 (5.263%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 2 (10.53%) HNC
1 2 (10.53%) HND
2 1 (5.263%) ISEB
2 1 (5.263%) ISEB Practitioner
2 1 (5.263%) ISTQB
2 1 (5.263%) SC Cleared
2 1 (5.263%) BC Cleared
2 1 (5.263%) Security Cleared
2 1 (5.263%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Vendors
1 3 (15.79%) CheckPoint
1 3 (15.79%) IBM
2 2 (10.53%) Microsoft
3 1 (5.263%) Minitab
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