The first table below looks at the demand for RoboHelp skills in IT contracts advertised for the Cambridge region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited RoboHelp 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 Applications category for the Cambridge 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
Adobe RoboHelp
Rank 36 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing RoboHelp 3 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridge 0.915% - -
As % of the Applications category 8.108% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Average daily rate £260 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £260 £236 -
% change year-on-year
+10.05% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £23.50 - £33.00
All Applications
Cambridge
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category
37 39 42
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridge 11.28% 9.242% 16.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 15 16
Average daily rate £260 £275 £290
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.45% -5.17%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £205 £252
10% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £500 £312
UK excluding London average daily rate £310 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+3.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 7 13
Average hourly rate £25.00 £11.63 £12.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+115.05% -7.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £18.80 £9.75 £10.19
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £35.60 £13.37 £34.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.50 £15.56 £16.00
% change year-on-year
-0.38% -2.75%
RoboHelp
Cambridgeshire

RoboHelp
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing RoboHelp across the Cambridge region as a proportion of the total demand within the Applications category.

Cambridge RoboHelp Jobs Demand Trend

RoboHelp
Daily Rate Trend

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

Cambridge RoboHelp Daily Rate Trend

RoboHelp
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Cambridge RoboHelp Hourly Rate Trend

RoboHelp
Top 9 Related IT Skills

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

1 5 (100.00%) FrameMaker
2 4 (80.00%) Agile Software Development
2 4 (80.00%) Multimedia
3 3 (60.00%) Adobe
3 3 (60.00%) Adobe Captivate
4 1 (20.00%) VB
4 1 (20.00%) Windows
4 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
4 1 (20.00%) Software Testing

RoboHelp
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Applications
1 5 (100.00%) FrameMaker
2 3 (60.00%) Adobe Captivate
General
1 4 (80.00%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 5 (100.00%) Author
1 5 (100.00%) Technical Author
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Agile Software Development
2 1 (20.00%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) VB
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) Adobe
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft