The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Smart Meter in IT contracts advertised for the Bradford region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Smart Meter over the 3 months to 20 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 terms in our Miscellaneous category for the Bradford 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Smart Metering
Rank - - -
Contract jobs citing Smart Meter 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bradford - - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £363 £525
% change year-on-year
+3.44% -30.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Bradford
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
28 24 28
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bradford 18.06% 15.00% 23.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 8 6
Average daily rate £260 £165 £250
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+57.57% -34.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £213 £139 £236
10% offered a daily rate of more than £350 £365 £258
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £343 £340
% change year-on-year
+2.18% +0.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 3
Average hourly rate £12.42 £32.50 £7.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-61.78% +333.33%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £24.50 £27.00
% change year-on-year
-8.16% -9.25%
Smart Meter
West Yorkshire

Smart Meter
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Smart Meter across the Bradford region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

Bradford Smart Meter Jobs Demand Trend

Smart Meter
Daily Rate Trend

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

Bradford Smart Meter Daily Rate Trend

Smart Meter
Top 4 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bradford region citing Smart Meter 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 Smart Meter.

1 2 (100.00%) IBM
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 2 (100.00%) Requirements Management
2 1 (50.00%) E-Commerce

Smart Meter
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bradford region citing Smart Meter 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 Smart Meter. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Business Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 2 (100.00%) Requirements Management
2 1 (50.00%) E-Commerce
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) IBM