The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Hitwise products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Bedfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Hitwise over the 3 months to 24 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 Vendors 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.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are NOT representative of contractor rates within Experian Hitwise.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Hitwise
Rank - - -
Contract jobs citing Hitwise 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bedfordshire - - -
As % of the Vendors category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate - £263 -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Vendors
Bedfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
76 113 153
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 40.00% 41.54% 52.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 51 53 62
Average daily rate £330 £375 £245
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-12.00% +53.06%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £213 £225 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £450 £405
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 10 5
Average hourly rate £17.50 £29.00 £11.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-39.65% +163.63%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
Hitwise
East of England