The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term APACS in IT contracts advertised for the Wiltshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited APACS 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 terms in our Miscellaneous category for the Wiltshire 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
Association for Payment Clearing Services (APACS)
Rank - - -
Contract jobs citing APACS 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wiltshire - - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate - - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Wiltshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
100 128 91
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wiltshire 22.42% 20.25% 16.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 64 64 33
Average daily rate £413 £375 £331
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+10.00% +13.20%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £239 £250 £159
10% offered a daily rate of more than £578 £525 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £342 £340
% change year-on-year
+2.41% +0.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 12 11
Average hourly rate £16.00 £40.00 £30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-60.00% +33.33%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.54 £16.00 £14.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £32.50 £44.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £24.50 £26.50
% change year-on-year
-10.20% -7.54%
APACS
South West

APACS
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing APACS across the Wiltshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

Wiltshire APACS Jobs Demand Trend

APACS
Daily Rate Trend

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

Wiltshire APACS Daily Rate Trend

APACS
Top 12 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wiltshire region citing APACS 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 APACS.

1 15 (93.75%) EMV
1 15 (93.75%) Finance
2 12 (75.00%) C
2 12 (75.00%) C++
3 11 (68.75%) EPoS
4 8 (50.00%) VeriFone
5 7 (43.75%) Linux
6 4 (25.00%) Validation
6 4 (25.00%) ISEB
6 4 (25.00%) Chip and PIN
6 4 (25.00%) Test Scripting
7 3 (18.75%) Hyperion

APACS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

General
1 15 (93.75%) Finance
Job Titles
1 11 (68.75%) Developer
1 11 (68.75%) Software Developer
2 5 (31.25%) Software Engineer
3 4 (25.00%) Software Programmer
3 4 (25.00%) Tester
3 4 (25.00%) C++ Programmer
3 4 (25.00%) Programmer
3 4 (25.00%) C++ Developer
3 4 (25.00%) Systems Tester
4 3 (18.75%) C Developer
4 3 (18.75%) C Programmer
5 1 (6.250%) C++ Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 15 (93.75%) EMV
2 11 (68.75%) EPoS
3 4 (25.00%) Chip and PIN
Operating Systems
1 7 (43.75%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (25.00%) Validation
1 4 (25.00%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 12 (75.00%) C
1 12 (75.00%) C++
Qualifications
1 4 (25.00%) ISEB
Vendors
1 8 (50.00%) VeriFone
2 3 (18.75%) Hyperion