Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for the Author role in IT contracts within the Cambridgeshire region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Author in their job title over the 3 months to 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkAuthor
Location
3 months to
21 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank5852
Rank change on same period last yearDown-6
Matching contract IT job ads224
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.026 %
As % of the category below0.298 %2.398 %
Daily rates quoted03
Average minimum daily rate-£223
Average daily rate-£228
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£233
UK excluding London average daily rate£304£290
% change on same period last year+4.88 %
Hourly rates quoted12
Average minimum hourly rate£25.00£18.00
Average hourly rate£27.50£19.00
% change on same period last year+44.73 %
Average maximum hourly rate£30.00£20.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.36£25.32
% change on same period last year-3.77 %
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Cambridgeshire
Matching contract IT job ads6711001
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.057 %1.073 %
Daily rates quoted111206
Average minimum daily rate£290£307
Average daily rate£322£326
% change on same period last year-1.09 %
Average maximum daily rate£355£344
UK excluding London average daily rate£353£351
% change on same period last year+0.72 %
Hourly rates quoted162179
Average minimum hourly rate£23.07£27.02
Average hourly rate£24.71£29.24
% change on same period last year-15.47 %
Average maximum hourly rate£26.35£31.46
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.37£24.42
% change on same period last year-4.31 %
Author East of EnglandAuthor
East of England

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.

Author
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Author across the Cambridgeshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Cambridgeshire Author Demand Trend

Author
Daily Rate Trend

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

Cambridgeshire Author Daily Rate Trend

Author
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Author across the Cambridgeshire region.

Cambridgeshire Author Hourly Rate Trend

Author
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Author within the Cambridgeshire region over the 3 months to 21 November 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
CambridgeDown-62--
Author East of EnglandAuthor
East of England

Author
Top 17 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridgeshire region that cited Author in their job title 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 with Author in their job title.

13 (42.86 %)FrameMaker
13 (42.86 %)Telecoms
13 (42.86 %)Adobe
22 (28.57 %)Acrobat
22 (28.57 %)XML
22 (28.57 %)Internet
31 (14.29 %)RoboHelp
31 (14.29 %)Intranet
31 (14.29 %)C
31 (14.29 %)C#
31 (14.29 %)C++
31 (14.29 %)MS Office
31 (14.29 %)Government
31 (14.29 %)3D Graphics
31 (14.29 %)Degree
31 (14.29 %)Graphic Design
31 (14.29 %)Wiki

Author
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridgeshire region that cited Author in their job title 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 with Author in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
12 (28.57 %)XML
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
13 (42.86 %)FrameMaker
22 (28.57 %)Acrobat
31 (14.29 %)RoboHelp
31 (14.29 %)MS Office
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (28.57 %)Internet
21 (14.29 %)Intranet
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
13 (42.86 %)Telecoms
21 (14.29 %)Government
21 (14.29 %)3D Graphics
21 (14.29 %)Graphic Design
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (14.29 %)Wiki
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (14.29 %)C
11 (14.29 %)C#
11 (14.29 %)C++
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (14.29 %)Degree
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
13 (42.86 %)Adobe