The first table below looks at the demand for Degree in IT contracts advertised for the Watford region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Degree 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 Qualifications for the Watford 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Degree
Rank 15 17 20
Rank change year-on-year
+2 +3
Contract jobs citing Degree 2 7 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Watford 2.564% 7.368% 1.064%
As % of the Qualifications category 28.57% 53.85% 8.333%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Average daily rate £325 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £325 £325
% change year-on-year
+7.69% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £30.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
-16.66% -14.28%
All Qualifications
Watford
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
7 13 12
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Watford 8.974% 13.68% 12.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 1
Average daily rate £419 £345 £165
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+21.37% +109.09%
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £12.50 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £21.50 £24.00
% change year-on-year
+2.32% -10.41%
Degree
Hertfordshire

Degree
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Watford 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 Watford region.

Watford 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 Watford region.

Watford Degree Hourly Rate Trend

Degree
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Watford 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 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
1 2 (66.67%) SQL
1 2 (66.67%) Computer Science
2 1 (33.33%) QA
2 1 (33.33%) Use Case
2 1 (33.33%) Test Scripting
2 1 (33.33%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 1 (33.33%) Time Management
2 1 (33.33%) FMCG
2 1 (33.33%) Pega
2 1 (33.33%) SQL Server
2 1 (33.33%) MS Office
2 1 (33.33%) COM
2 1 (33.33%) Windows
2 1 (33.33%) Linux
2 1 (33.33%) MS Excel
2 1 (33.33%) CRM
2 1 (33.33%) OLTP
2 1 (33.33%) RDBMS
2 1 (33.33%) ISEB
2 1 (33.33%) Salesforce.com
2 1 (33.33%) Project Management
2 1 (33.33%) Service Management
2 1 (33.33%) Management Information System
2 1 (33.33%) Workflow
2 1 (33.33%) Games
2 1 (33.33%) Retail
2 1 (33.33%) Multimedia
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Analysis Services
2 1 (33.33%) Business Analysis

Degree
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Watford 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 1 (33.33%) COM
Application Platforms
1 1 (33.33%) SugarCRM
Applications
1 1 (33.33%) MS Office
1 1 (33.33%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Dynamics CRM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) SQL Server Analysis Services
1 1 (33.33%) SQL Server
1 1 (33.33%) OLTP
1 1 (33.33%) RDBMS
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Analysis Services
General
1 1 (33.33%) Games
1 1 (33.33%) Retail
1 1 (33.33%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) CRM Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Project Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Tester
1 1 (33.33%) DBA
1 1 (33.33%) Database Specialist
1 1 (33.33%) SQL DBA
1 1 (33.33%) CRM Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Computer Science
2 1 (33.33%) FMCG
2 1 (33.33%) Management Information System
2 1 (33.33%) Mathematics
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
1 1 (33.33%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Use Case
1 1 (33.33%) Test Scripting
1 1 (33.33%) Time Management
1 1 (33.33%) CRM
1 1 (33.33%) Project Management
1 1 (33.33%) Service Management
1 1 (33.33%) Workflow
1 1 (33.33%) Business Analysis
1 1 (33.33%) Software Testing
1 1 (33.33%) Resource Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (33.33%) Pega
2 1 (33.33%) Salesforce.com