The first table below looks at the demand for SPARQL 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 SPARQL over the 3 months to 21 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 Programming Languages 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SPARQL
Rank - - -
Contract jobs citing SPARQL 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridge - - -
As % of the Programming Languages category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £323 £383 -
% change year-on-year
-15.68% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Programming Languages
Cambridge
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
183 265 143
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridge 54.46% 63.86% 59.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 92 137 72
Average daily rate £300 £305 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.63% +1.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £239 £213 £256
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £416 £409
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 31 23
Average hourly rate £40.00 £37.50 £32.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+6.66% +15.38%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.50 £35.00 £17.90
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £60.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+1.44% -1.42%
SPARQL
Cambridgeshire