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The table below looks at the demand for Benchmarking skills within the Bristol region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Benchmarking over the 3 months to 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkBenchmarking
Location
3 months to
21 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank5863
Rank change on same period last yearUp+5
Matching contract IT job ads11
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.002 %0.001 %
As % of the category below0.216 %0.198 %
Daily rates quoted11
Average minimum daily rate£300£300
Average daily rate£325£300
% change on same period last year+8.33 %
Average maximum daily rate£350£300
UK excluding London average daily rate£395£283
% change on same period last year+39.41 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.27£49.90
% change on same period last year-49.35 %
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
Bristol
Matching contract IT job ads462504
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.728 %0.540 %
Daily rates quoted142190
Average minimum daily rate£344£337
Average daily rate£372£355
% change on same period last year+4.89 %
Average maximum daily rate£399£372
UK excluding London average daily rate£380£370
% change on same period last year+2.76 %
Hourly rates quoted9858
Average minimum hourly rate£29.87£25.25
Average hourly rate£30.97£28.44
% change on same period last year+8.86 %
Average maximum hourly rate£32.06£31.63
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.17£29.91
% change on same period last year-5.80 %
Benchmarking South WestBenchmarking
South West

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

Benchmarking
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Benchmarking across the Bristol region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Bristol Benchmarking Demand Trend

Benchmarking
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Benchmarking across the Bristol region.

Bristol Benchmarking Daily Rate Trend

Benchmarking
Top 2 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol region citing Benchmarking 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 Benchmarking.

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11 (100.00 %)MS Visio

Benchmarking
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol region citing Benchmarking 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 Benchmarking. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (100.00 %)HTML
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (100.00 %)MS Visio