The first table below looks at the demand for DOC1 skills in IT contracts advertised for the Bedfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited DOC1 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 of the Applications category for the Bedfordshire 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
Pitney Bowes DOC1
Rank - - -
Contract jobs citing DOC1 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bedfordshire - - -
As % of the Applications category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £409 £350 £268
% change year-on-year
+16.85% +30.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £50.00 -
All Applications
Bedfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category
28 43 32
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 14.97% 15.52% 10.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 12 11
Average daily rate £325 £280 £225
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+16.07% +24.44%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £125 £185 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £443 £375 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £310 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+3.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 4 3
Average hourly rate £22.00 £29.00 £11.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-24.13% +163.63%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.50 £15.56 £16.00
% change year-on-year
-0.38% -2.75%
DOC1
East of England

DOC1
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing DOC1 across the Bedfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Applications category.

Bedfordshire DOC1 Jobs Demand Trend

DOC1
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing DOC1 across the Bedfordshire region.

Bedfordshire DOC1 Daily Rate Trend

DOC1
Top 28 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bedfordshire region citing DOC1 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 DOC1.

1 5 (100.00%) C#
1 5 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 5 (100.00%) XML
1 5 (100.00%) Windows
1 5 (100.00%) HP
1 5 (100.00%) Exstream
1 5 (100.00%) PrintSoft PReS
1 5 (100.00%) SQL Server 2005
1 5 (100.00%) SQL Server 2008
2 4 (80.00%) .NET
2 4 (80.00%) .NET Framework
2 4 (80.00%) Internet
2 4 (80.00%) Web Services
3 3 (60.00%) RDBMS
3 3 (60.00%) Microsoft
3 3 (60.00%) QA
4 2 (40.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 2 (40.00%) Java
4 2 (40.00%) SQL
4 2 (40.00%) Papyrus
5 1 (20.00%) TDD
5 1 (20.00%) Service Delivery
5 1 (20.00%) Change Management
5 1 (20.00%) ETL
5 1 (20.00%) XMPie
5 1 (20.00%) Project Management
5 1 (20.00%) Exstream Dialogue
5 1 (20.00%) Degree

DOC1
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bedfordshire region citing DOC1 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 DOC1. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 5 (100.00%) XML
2 4 (80.00%) .NET
2 4 (80.00%) .NET Framework
2 4 (80.00%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 2 (40.00%) Papyrus
2 1 (20.00%) Exstream Dialogue
Applications
1 5 (100.00%) PrintSoft PReS
Business Applications
1 5 (100.00%) Exstream
Communications & Networking
1 4 (80.00%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 5 (100.00%) SQL Server 2005
1 5 (100.00%) SQL Server 2008
2 3 (60.00%) RDBMS
3 2 (40.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Job Titles
1 5 (100.00%) Developer
2 2 (40.00%) C# .NET Developer
2 2 (40.00%) .NET Developer
2 2 (40.00%) C# Developer
3 1 (20.00%) Lead Developer
Operating Systems
1 5 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (20.00%) TDD
1 1 (20.00%) Service Delivery
1 1 (20.00%) Change Management
1 1 (20.00%) ETL
1 1 (20.00%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (100.00%) C#
2 2 (40.00%) Java
2 2 (40.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (60.00%) QA
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) HP
2 3 (60.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (20.00%) XMPie