The first table below looks at the demand for Papyrus 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 Papyrus 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 Application Platforms 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
ISIS Papyrus
Rank - - -
Contract jobs citing Papyrus 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bedfordshire - - -
As % of the Application Platforms category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £135 - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Application Platforms
Bedfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
41 54 75
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 21.93% 19.49% 25.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 27 38
Average daily rate £325 £375 £213
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-13.33% +76.47%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £173 £325 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £425 £301
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £345
% change year-on-year
- -5.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 2
Average hourly rate £17.50 £12.00 £10.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+45.83% +11.62%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £20.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year
-5.00% -2.43%
Papyrus
East of England

Papyrus
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bedfordshire Papyrus Jobs Demand Trend

Papyrus
Daily Rate Trend

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

Bedfordshire Papyrus Daily Rate Trend

Papyrus
Top 22 Related IT Skills

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

1 2 (100.00%) C#
1 2 (100.00%) Java
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 2 (100.00%) XML
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) HP
1 2 (100.00%) PrintSoft PReS
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server 2005
1 2 (100.00%) DOC1
1 2 (100.00%) Exstream
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server 2008
2 1 (50.00%) Exstream Dialogue
2 1 (50.00%) .NET Framework
2 1 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (50.00%) XMPie
2 1 (50.00%) Change Management
2 1 (50.00%) Internet
2 1 (50.00%) ETL
2 1 (50.00%) RDBMS
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) Web Services
2 1 (50.00%) .NET

Papyrus
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 2 (100.00%) XML
2 1 (50.00%) .NET Framework
2 1 (50.00%) Web Services
2 1 (50.00%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 1 (50.00%) Exstream Dialogue
Applications
1 2 (100.00%) PrintSoft PReS
1 2 (100.00%) DOC1
Business Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Exstream
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server 2005
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server 2008
2 1 (50.00%) RDBMS
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Developer
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Change Management
1 1 (50.00%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) C#
1 2 (100.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) HP
2 1 (50.00%) XMPie
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft