The first table below looks at the demand for Software Deployment skills in IT contracts advertised for the Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Software Deployment over the 3 months to 22 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 Processes & Methodologies category for the 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Deployment
Rank 104 105 88
Rank change year-on-year
+1 -17
Contract jobs citing Software Deployment 9 9 8
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Yorkshire 0.477% 0.391% 0.447%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.693% 0.554% 0.707%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 2 4
Average daily rate £330 £305 £268
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+8.19% +14.01%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £218 £249 £120
10% offered a daily rate of more than £348 £361 £422
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £290 £388
% change year-on-year
+8.62% -25.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £10.25 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £17.50 £14.50
% change year-on-year
+28.57% +20.68%
All Processes & Methodologies
Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1298 1625 1131
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Yorkshire 68.79% 70.62% 63.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 714 895 537
Average daily rate £325 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.14% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £225 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £459 £457 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 47 43 59
Average hourly rate £26.00 £16.50 £23.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+57.57% -28.26%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.85 £12.50 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £128.00 £32.50 £60.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%
Software Deployment
England

Software Deployment
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Software Deployment across the Yorkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Yorkshire Software Deployment Jobs Demand Trend

Software Deployment
Daily Rate Trend

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

Yorkshire Software Deployment Daily Rate Trend

Software Deployment
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Software Deployment across the Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Yorkshire Software Deployment Daily Rate Histogram

Software Deployment
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Yorkshire Software Deployment Hourly Rate Trend

Software Deployment
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Software Deployment within the Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 22 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
South Yorkshire +4 6 £330 +40.42%
West Yorkshire -7 1 - -
East Yorkshire - 1 - -
North Yorkshire - 1 - -
Software Deployment
England

Software Deployment
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Yorkshire region citing Software Deployment 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 Software Deployment.

1 15 (88.24%) Windows
2 14 (82.35%) Microsoft
3 13 (76.47%) Windows Server 2003
3 13 (76.47%) Windows Server 2008
3 13 (76.47%) Windows 7
4 12 (70.59%) SCCM
4 12 (70.59%) Microsoft Certification
4 12 (70.59%) MCSE
5 11 (64.71%) SLA
5 11 (64.71%) Symantec
5 11 (64.71%) Remedy
6 10 (58.82%) MS Excel
7 2 (11.76%) Release Management
7 2 (11.76%) Migration
7 2 (11.76%) Novell
7 2 (11.76%) ITIL
7 2 (11.76%) Oracle
8 1 (5.882%) SQL Server
8 1 (5.882%) IIS
8 1 (5.882%) MS Office
8 1 (5.882%) XML
8 1 (5.882%) UNIX
8 1 (5.882%) Linux
8 1 (5.882%) Windows XP
8 1 (5.882%) FTP
8 1 (5.882%) TCP/IP
8 1 (5.882%) Business Intelligence
8 1 (5.882%) VB
8 1 (5.882%) Active Directory
8 1 (5.882%) ZENworks

Software Deployment
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Yorkshire region citing Software Deployment 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 Software Deployment. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (5.882%) XML
1 1 (5.882%) Application Packaging
Application Platforms
1 1 (5.882%) IIS
Applications
1 10 (58.82%) MS Excel
2 1 (5.882%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.882%) FTP
1 1 (5.882%) TCP/IP
1 1 (5.882%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.882%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (5.882%) Legal
Job Titles
1 9 (52.94%) Server Support
2 8 (47.06%) Support Engineer
2 8 (47.06%) Server Engineer
3 7 (41.18%) Server Support Engineer
4 3 (17.65%) Deployment Engineer
5 2 (11.76%) Support Analyst
5 2 (11.76%) Analyst
6 1 (5.882%) Project Manager
6 1 (5.882%) Technical Project Manager
6 1 (5.882%) Applications Support
6 1 (5.882%) Design Engineer
6 1 (5.882%) Deployment Manager
6 1 (5.882%) Applications Support Analyst
6 1 (5.882%) Desktop Engineer
6 1 (5.882%) Technical Manager
6 1 (5.882%) Software Manager
6 1 (5.882%) SCCM Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.882%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 15 (88.24%) Windows
2 13 (76.47%) Windows Server 2003
2 13 (76.47%) Windows Server 2008
2 13 (76.47%) Windows 7
3 1 (5.882%) UNIX
3 1 (5.882%) Linux
3 1 (5.882%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (11.76%) Release Management
1 2 (11.76%) Migration
1 2 (11.76%) ITIL
2 1 (5.882%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (5.882%) Configuration Management
2 1 (5.882%) Project Management
2 1 (5.882%) Service Delivery
2 1 (5.882%) Change Management
2 1 (5.882%) Test Management
2 1 (5.882%) Software Testing
2 1 (5.882%) Problem Management
2 1 (5.882%) Matrix Management
2 1 (5.882%) System Testing
2 1 (5.882%) Waterfall
2 1 (5.882%) ITIL V2
2 1 (5.882%) Software Distribution
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.882%) VB
1 1 (5.882%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 12 (70.59%) Microsoft Certification
1 12 (70.59%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (64.71%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (5.882%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 12 (70.59%) SCCM
2 1 (5.882%) ZENworks
2 1 (5.882%) Business Desktop Deployment
Vendors
1 14 (82.35%) Microsoft
2 11 (64.71%) Symantec
2 11 (64.71%) Remedy
3 2 (11.76%) Novell
3 2 (11.76%) Oracle
4 1 (5.882%) Perforce