Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the 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 16 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Qualifications for the West Sussex region.

 Degree
Location
3 months to
16 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank152144
Rank change year-on-year
Up+6Up+23
Matching contract IT job ads1655
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Sussex5.993 %2.660 %0.839 %
As % of the Qualifications category31.37 %16.67 %8.621 %
Daily rates quoted722
Average daily rate£300£325£310
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.690 %+4.830 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£270£297£302
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£400£353£318
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£340£325
% change year-on-year
-4.410 %+4.610 %
Hourly rates quoted721
Average hourly rate£10.20£39.00£27.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-73.84 %+44.44 %
UK excluding London average hourly rate£17.50£30.00£27.50
% change year-on-year
-41.66 %+9.090 %
West Sussex IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryAll Qualifications
West Sussex
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
513058
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Sussex19.10 %15.96 %9.732 %
Daily rates quoted15520
Average daily rate£325£325£300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-+8.330 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£140£239£220
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£400£465£425
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£350£350
% change year-on-year
-7.140 %-
Hourly rates quoted15147
Average hourly rate£10.50£16.00£17.85
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-34.37 %-10.36 %
UK excluding London average hourly rate£20.00£27.25£25.00
% change year-on-year
-26.60 %+9.000 %
Degree South EastDegree
South East

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.

Degree
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 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 Demand Trend

Degree
Daily Rate Trend

The 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
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Degree across the West Sussex region over the 3 months to 16 March 2010.

West Sussex Degree Daily Rate Histogram

Degree
Hourly Rate Trend

The 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

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Degree across the West Sussex region over the 3 months to 16 March 2010.

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 16 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank 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
GatwickNew entry-7£300-
CrawleyDown-62--
Degree South EastDegree
South East

Degree
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 16 March 2010, 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.

112 (46.15 %)Windows
27 (26.92 %)Microsoft Certification
36 (23.08 %)MCP
36 (23.08 %)C++
36 (23.08 %)SQL
36 (23.08 %)Oracle
36 (23.08 %)MCDST
45 (19.23 %)SQL Server
45 (19.23 %)Business Intelligence
54 (15.38 %)Microsoft
54 (15.38 %)XML
54 (15.38 %)C#
54 (15.38 %)OO
54 (15.38 %)MS Excel
54 (15.38 %)Windows XP
54 (15.38 %)OOD
54 (15.38 %)Manufacturing
63 (11.54 %)Windows Vista
63 (11.54 %)Oracle 8/8i
63 (11.54 %)OOP
63 (11.54 %)Citrix
63 (11.54 %)Cognos
63 (11.54 %)Hyperion
63 (11.54 %)BCP
63 (11.54 %)Service Delivery
63 (11.54 %)Data Security
72 (7.692 %)Identity Management
72 (7.692 %)Electronics
72 (7.692 %)Telecoms
72 (7.692 %)Workflow

Degree
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 16 March 2010, 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.

West Sussex IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
14 (15.38 %)XML
22 (7.692 %)HTML
22 (7.692 %)CSS
22 (7.692 %)LAMP
31 (3.846 %)Web Services
31 (3.846 %)ASP.NET
31 (3.846 %)COM
31 (3.846 %).NET
West Sussex IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
12 (7.692 %)CMS
21 (3.846 %)SharePoint Server 2007
21 (3.846 %)EPiServer
21 (3.846 %)Documentum
West Sussex IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
14 (15.38 %)MS Excel
West Sussex IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
12 (7.692 %)TCP/IP
21 (3.846 %)Ethernet
West Sussex IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
15 (19.23 %)SQL Server
23 (11.54 %)Oracle 8/8i
32 (7.692 %)Datawarehouse
32 (7.692 %)MySQL
41 (3.846 %)MOLAP
41 (3.846 %)RDBMS
41 (3.846 %)ROLAP
West Sussex IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
11 (3.846 %)Visual Studio
West Sussex IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
14 (15.38 %)Manufacturing
22 (7.692 %)Electronics
22 (7.692 %)Telecoms
22 (7.692 %)Finance
31 (3.846 %)Retail
31 (3.846 %)Health
West Sussex IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
17 (26.92 %)Architect
17 (26.92 %)Software Engineer
26 (23.08 %)Helpdesk Engineer
33 (11.54 %)Enterprise Architect
33 (11.54 %)Business Intelligence (BI) Architect
33 (11.54 %)Data Architect
33 (11.54 %)Solutions Architect
42 (7.692 %)Web Developer
42 (7.692 %)Developer
42 (7.692 %)Graduate
42 (7.692 %)Graduate Software Engineer
42 (7.692 %)Trainee
42 (7.692 %)Test Engineer
42 (7.692 %)Software Test Engineer
51 (3.846 %)Service Manager
51 (3.846 %)Procurement Specialist
51 (3.846 %)Oracle DBA
51 (3.846 %)Helpdesk Trainee
51 (3.846 %)Infrastructure Architect
51 (3.846 %)Support Manager
West Sussex IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
11 (3.846 %)Replication
11 (3.846 %)SCADA
11 (3.846 %)Mathematics
11 (3.846 %)Computer Science
11 (3.846 %)Open Source
11 (3.846 %)Management Information System
West Sussex IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
112 (46.15 %)Windows
24 (15.38 %)Windows XP
33 (11.54 %)Windows Vista
41 (3.846 %)Windows XP Embedded
41 (3.846 %)UNIX
41 (3.846 %)Linux
West Sussex IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
15 (19.23 %)Business Intelligence
24 (15.38 %)OO
24 (15.38 %)OOD
33 (11.54 %)OOP
33 (11.54 %)BCP
33 (11.54 %)Service Delivery
33 (11.54 %)Data Security
42 (7.692 %)Identity Management
42 (7.692 %)Workflow
42 (7.692 %)E-Commerce
42 (7.692 %)Network Design
42 (7.692 %)Web Analytics
51 (3.846 %)Programme Management
51 (3.846 %)Content Management
51 (3.846 %)Yield Management
51 (3.846 %)Information Architecture
51 (3.846 %)ITIL
51 (3.846 %)UML
51 (3.846 %)OOA/OOD
51 (3.846 %)CRM
West Sussex IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
16 (23.08 %)C++
16 (23.08 %)SQL
24 (15.38 %)C#
32 (7.692 %)VB
32 (7.692 %)JavaScript
32 (7.692 %)PHP
41 (3.846 %)C
41 (3.846 %)Python
West Sussex IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
17 (26.92 %)Microsoft Certification
26 (23.08 %)MCP
26 (23.08 %)MCDST
31 (3.846 %)MCSE
31 (3.846 %)OCP
31 (3.846 %)Oracle Certification
West Sussex IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
16 (23.08 %)Oracle
24 (15.38 %)Microsoft
33 (11.54 %)Citrix
33 (11.54 %)Cognos
33 (11.54 %)Hyperion