The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Marketing in IT contracts advertised for the Bedfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Marketing over the 3 months to 19 June 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 General 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Marketing
Rank 18 32 34
Rank change year-on-year
+14 +2
Contract jobs citing Marketing 13 3 9
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 6.599% 1.145% 3.614%
As % of the General category 18.57% 2.500% 11.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 8
Average daily rate £450 - £300
90% offered a daily rate of more than £430 - £174
10% offered a daily rate of more than £458 - £383
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £325 £325
% change year-on-year
+15.38% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
Average hourly rate £42.50 £190.00 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-77.63% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £18.25 £18.75
% change year-on-year
+50.68% -2.66%
All of the General Category
Bedfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
70 120 76
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 35.53% 45.80% 30.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 38 57 39
Average daily rate £375 £368 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.97% +13.15%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £238 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £500 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £380 £375 £375
% change year-on-year
+1.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 5 3
Average hourly rate £35.50 £35.00 £26.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+1.42% +33.33%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £32.75 £24.25 £22.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £39.70 £112.75 £30.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £24.99 £26.00
% change year-on-year
+0.05% -3.89%
Marketing
East of England

Marketing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bedfordshire Marketing Jobs Demand Trend

Marketing
Daily Rate Trend

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

Bedfordshire Marketing Daily Rate Trend

Marketing
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Bedfordshire Marketing Hourly Rate Trend

Marketing
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Marketing within the Bedfordshire region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Luton -1 5 £438 - 3
Bedford - - - -
Marketing
East of England

Marketing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bedfordshire region citing Marketing 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 Marketing.

1 12 (63.16%) Retail
2 10 (52.63%) Advertising
2 10 (52.63%) Pay per click
2 10 (52.63%) Display Advertising
2 10 (52.63%) Digital Marketing
2 10 (52.63%) Online Marketing
2 10 (52.63%) Marketing Strategy
2 10 (52.63%) Internet
3 4 (21.05%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (15.79%) Project Management
4 3 (15.79%) Supplier Management
5 2 (10.53%) Wireless
6 1 (5.263%) Change Management
6 1 (5.263%) FrameMaker
6 1 (5.263%) SAP
6 1 (5.263%) XML
6 1 (5.263%) HNC
6 1 (5.263%) MS Excel
6 1 (5.263%) CRM
6 1 (5.263%) SharePoint
6 1 (5.263%) E-Commerce
6 1 (5.263%) ERP
6 1 (5.263%) MS Visio
6 1 (5.263%) ISO 9001
6 1 (5.263%) Microsoft
6 1 (5.263%) EMC
6 1 (5.263%) Citrix
6 1 (5.263%) SAN
6 1 (5.263%) XMLSpy
6 1 (5.263%) Telecoms

Marketing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bedfordshire region citing Marketing 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 Marketing. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (5.263%) XML
Application Platforms
1 1 (5.263%) SharePoint
1 1 (5.263%) Lync
Applications
1 1 (5.263%) FrameMaker
1 1 (5.263%) MS Excel
1 1 (5.263%) MS Visio
1 1 (5.263%) XMetaL
1 1 (5.263%) Office 365
Communications & Networking
1 10 (52.63%) Internet
2 2 (10.53%) Wireless
3 1 (5.263%) SAN
3 1 (5.263%) 2G
3 1 (5.263%) 3G
3 1 (5.263%) LTE
3 1 (5.263%) Unified Communications
Development Applications
1 1 (5.263%) XMLSpy
General
1 12 (63.16%) Retail
2 10 (52.63%) Advertising
3 1 (5.263%) Telecoms
3 1 (5.263%) Finance
Job Titles
1 10 (52.63%) Marketing Manager
2 3 (15.79%) Project Manager
3 2 (10.53%) Programme Manager
4 1 (5.263%) Technical Author
4 1 (5.263%) Software Engineer
4 1 (5.263%) Development Manager
4 1 (5.263%) Senior Manager
4 1 (5.263%) Quality Engineer
4 1 (5.263%) Architect
4 1 (5.263%) Change Manager
4 1 (5.263%) Business Development Manager
4 1 (5.263%) Senior Project Manager
4 1 (5.263%) Infrastructure Architect
4 1 (5.263%) Technical Writer
4 1 (5.263%) Senior Programme Manager
4 1 (5.263%) Author
4 1 (5.263%) Business Manager
4 1 (5.263%) Software Quality Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (52.63%) Pay per click
1 10 (52.63%) Display Advertising
1 10 (52.63%) Digital Marketing
1 10 (52.63%) Online Marketing
1 10 (52.63%) Marketing Strategy
2 4 (21.05%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (15.79%) Project Management
3 3 (15.79%) Supplier Management
4 1 (5.263%) Change Management
4 1 (5.263%) CRM
4 1 (5.263%) E-Commerce
4 1 (5.263%) ERP
4 1 (5.263%) Business Continuity
4 1 (5.263%) Programme Management
4 1 (5.263%) Validation
4 1 (5.263%) Content Management
4 1 (5.263%) Data Architecture
4 1 (5.263%) Technical Architecture
4 1 (5.263%) Business Development
4 1 (5.263%) Security Architecture
Qualifications
1 1 (5.263%) HNC
1 1 (5.263%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
1 1 (5.263%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.263%) ISO 9001
1 1 (5.263%) QA
System Software
1 1 (5.263%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 1 (5.263%) SAP
1 1 (5.263%) Microsoft
1 1 (5.263%) EMC
1 1 (5.263%) Citrix
1 1 (5.263%) VMware