The first table below looks at the demand for Degree in IT contracts advertised for the West Sussex region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Degree 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 Qualifications for the West Sussex 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Degree
Rank 24 31 36
Rank change year-on-year
+7 +5
Contract jobs citing Degree 15 25 17
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Sussex 4.098% 3.794% 3.761%
As % of the Qualifications category 21.13% 28.09% 21.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 13 4
Average daily rate £369 £390 £480
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.44% -18.75%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £333 £225 £247
10% offered a daily rate of more than £414 £477 £511
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £338
% change year-on-year
- -3.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 4
Average hourly rate £30.00 - £21.79
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.00 £30.00 £34.00
% change year-on-year
-30.00% -11.76%
All Qualifications
West Sussex
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
71 89 80
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Sussex 19.40% 13.51% 17.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 39 47 29
Average daily rate £400 £320 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+25.00% -20.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £310 £140 £240
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £439 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 7 22
Average hourly rate £36.50 £15.30 £15.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+138.56% -2.85%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £18.27 £11.75 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £38.00 £33.50 £35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.22% -10.00%
Degree
South East

Degree
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Sussex 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 West Sussex region.

West Sussex 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 West Sussex region.

West Sussex Degree Hourly Rate Trend

Degree
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Degree across the West Sussex region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

West Sussex Degree Hourly Rate Histogram

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 West Sussex region over the 3 months to 23 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
Horsham +7 3 - -
Crawley +3 2 £356 +58.33%
Worthing +2 2 - -
Chichester - 1 £350 -
Degree
South East

Degree
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Sussex 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 7 (25.93%) Mathematics
2 5 (18.52%) Social Media
2 5 (18.52%) New Media
2 5 (18.52%) Facebook
2 5 (18.52%) Twitter
2 5 (18.52%) Analytics
2 5 (18.52%) CMS
2 5 (18.52%) Adobe Premiere
2 5 (18.52%) Finance
2 5 (18.52%) Java
2 5 (18.52%) Photoshop
3 4 (14.81%) C#
3 4 (14.81%) C++
3 4 (14.81%) Oracle
3 4 (14.81%) Windows
3 4 (14.81%) Project Management
3 4 (14.81%) Manufacturing
3 4 (14.81%) Computer Science
3 4 (14.81%) Economics
4 3 (11.11%) Business Analysis
4 3 (11.11%) Web Development
4 3 (11.11%) TDD
4 3 (11.11%) Software Testing
4 3 (11.11%) QMS
4 3 (11.11%) QA
4 3 (11.11%) Git (software)
4 3 (11.11%) Quality Management
4 3 (11.11%) Solaris
4 3 (11.11%) Linux
4 3 (11.11%) OO

Degree
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Sussex 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 3 (11.11%) XML
2 2 (7.407%) .NET
2 2 (7.407%) Middleware
3 1 (3.704%) .NET Framework
3 1 (3.704%) WinForms
3 1 (3.704%) ASP.NET
Application Platforms
1 5 (18.52%) CMS
2 2 (7.407%) Documentum
Applications
1 5 (18.52%) Adobe Premiere
1 5 (18.52%) Photoshop
2 2 (7.407%) MS Office
2 2 (7.407%) MS PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 2 (7.407%) Firewall
2 1 (3.704%) Network Security
2 1 (3.704%) MPLS
2 1 (3.704%) BGP
2 1 (3.704%) Internet
2 1 (3.704%) LAN
2 1 (3.704%) DHCP
2 1 (3.704%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (7.407%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (11.11%) Git (software)
1 3 (11.11%) Eclipse
2 1 (3.704%) Visual Studio
General
1 5 (18.52%) Finance
2 4 (14.81%) Manufacturing
3 2 (7.407%) Pharmaceutical
4 1 (3.704%) French Language
Job Titles
1 7 (25.93%) Analyst
2 5 (18.52%) Business Analyst
3 4 (14.81%) Software Engineer
4 3 (11.11%) C# Software Engineer
4 3 (11.11%) QA Manager
5 2 (7.407%) Graduate
5 2 (7.407%) Developer
5 2 (7.407%) Consultant
5 2 (7.407%) Help Desk Support
5 2 (7.407%) Graduate Developer
6 1 (3.704%) Financial Analyst
6 1 (3.704%) Help Desk Support Engineer
6 1 (3.704%) Test Analyst
6 1 (3.704%) IT Manager
6 1 (3.704%) IT Administrator
6 1 (3.704%) Help Desk Engineer
6 1 (3.704%) Systems Support Engineer
6 1 (3.704%) Systems Administrator
6 1 (3.704%) Network Engineer
6 1 (3.704%) Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (25.93%) Mathematics
2 5 (18.52%) Social Media
2 5 (18.52%) New Media
3 4 (14.81%) Computer Science
3 4 (14.81%) Economics
4 3 (11.11%) EFT
5 2 (7.407%) Smart Meter
5 2 (7.407%) Biology
6 1 (3.704%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (3.704%) Informatics
Operating Systems
1 4 (14.81%) Windows
2 3 (11.11%) Solaris
2 3 (11.11%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (18.52%) Analytics
2 4 (14.81%) Project Management
3 3 (11.11%) Business Analysis
3 3 (11.11%) Web Development
3 3 (11.11%) TDD
3 3 (11.11%) Software Testing
3 3 (11.11%) QMS
3 3 (11.11%) Quality Management
3 3 (11.11%) OO
4 2 (7.407%) PRINCE2
4 2 (7.407%) Data Security
4 2 (7.407%) Data Protection
4 2 (7.407%) Financial Modelling
5 1 (3.704%) Capacity Management
5 1 (3.704%) Strategic Planning
5 1 (3.704%) Incident Management
5 1 (3.704%) Project Planning
5 1 (3.704%) Data Management
5 1 (3.704%) Network Design
5 1 (3.704%) Bioinformatics
Programming Languages
1 5 (18.52%) Java
2 4 (14.81%) C#
2 4 (14.81%) C++
3 3 (11.11%) SQL
4 1 (3.704%) VB
Qualifications
1 3 (11.11%) HND
2 1 (3.704%) PCI QSA
2 1 (3.704%) ISACA
2 1 (3.704%) MBA
2 1 (3.704%) CCAB
2 1 (3.704%) CCNP
2 1 (3.704%) CCNA
2 1 (3.704%) ISEB
2 1 (3.704%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (11.11%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (3.704%) SCOM
1 1 (3.704%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 5 (18.52%) Facebook
1 5 (18.52%) Twitter
2 4 (14.81%) Oracle
3 1 (3.704%) SolarWinds
3 1 (3.704%) Microsoft
3 1 (3.704%) Borland