The first table below looks at the demand for SPSS skills in IT contracts advertised for the West Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SPSS over the 3 months to 17 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 Applications category for the West Yorkshire 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SPSS
Rank - 91 72
Contract jobs citing SPSS 0 3 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Yorkshire - 0.185% 0.178%
As % of the Applications category - 1.531% 1.408%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 2
Average daily rate - £90 £208
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -56.62%
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £275 £375
% change year-on-year
+36.36% -26.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £11.50 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £13.25 -
All Applications
West Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category
167 196 142
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 13.16% 12.11% 12.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 78 91 47
Average daily rate £310 £340 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-8.82% -2.85%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £232 £160 £172
10% offered a daily rate of more than £402 £420 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £305 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+1.66% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 30 22
Average hourly rate £13.50 £12.00 £10.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+12.50% +20.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.86 £11.00 £7.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £27.50 £30.75 £15.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.50 £16.00 £15.50
% change year-on-year
-3.12% +3.22%
SPSS
Yorkshire

SPSS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Yorkshire SPSS Jobs Demand Trend

SPSS
Daily Rate Trend

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

West Yorkshire SPSS Daily Rate Trend

SPSS
Hourly Rate Trend

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

West Yorkshire SPSS Hourly Rate Trend

SPSS
Top 11 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Yorkshire region citing SPSS 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 SPSS.

1 4 (100.00%) MS Excel
1 4 (100.00%) SAS
1 4 (100.00%) NHS
2 3 (75.00%) Data Management
2 3 (75.00%) Reference Data
2 3 (75.00%) Spreadsheet
3 2 (50.00%) Supplier Management
3 2 (50.00%) MS Office
4 1 (25.00%) PRINCE2
4 1 (25.00%) Data Modelling
4 1 (25.00%) Statistics

SPSS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Yorkshire region citing SPSS 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 SPSS. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 4 (100.00%) SAS
Applications
1 4 (100.00%) MS Excel
2 3 (75.00%) Spreadsheet
3 2 (50.00%) MS Office
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Analyst
2 3 (75.00%) Information Analyst
3 2 (50.00%) Senior Analyst
3 2 (50.00%) Business Analyst
3 2 (50.00%) Senior Information Analyst
4 1 (25.00%) Data Analyst
4 1 (25.00%) Business Data Analyst
4 1 (25.00%) NHS Information Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 4 (100.00%) NHS
2 3 (75.00%) Reference Data
3 1 (25.00%) Statistics
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Data Management
2 2 (50.00%) Supplier Management
3 1 (25.00%) PRINCE2
3 1 (25.00%) Data Modelling