The first table below looks at the demand for Benchmarking skills in IT contracts advertised for the Cambridgeshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Benchmarking 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 of the Processes & Methodologies category for the Cambridgeshire 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
Benchmarking
Rank 48 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Benchmarking 5 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire 0.923% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.661% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Average daily rate £350 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £263 £245 £283
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -13.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £42.50 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £42.50 £16.31 -
% change year-on-year
+160.53% -
All Processes & Methodologies
Cambridgeshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
301 395 334
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire 55.54% 57.75% 65.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 166 193 170
Average daily rate £375 £395 £366
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.06% +8.07%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £275 £260
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £550 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £363 £375
% change year-on-year
- -3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 31 41
Average hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-5.88% +41.66%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £25.75 £12.00 £12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £56.50 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.00 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+28.00% -16.66%
Benchmarking
East of England

Benchmarking
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Benchmarking across the Cambridgeshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Cambridgeshire Benchmarking Jobs Demand Trend

Benchmarking
Daily Rate Trend

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

Cambridgeshire Benchmarking Daily Rate Trend

Benchmarking
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Cambridgeshire Benchmarking Hourly Rate Trend

Benchmarking
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Benchmarking within the Cambridgeshire region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Cambridge - 5 £350 -
Benchmarking
East of England

Benchmarking
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridgeshire 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.

1 5 (100.00%) C++
1 5 (100.00%) Windows
1 5 (100.00%) Linux
1 5 (100.00%) Python
1 5 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 3 (60.00%) xDSL
2 3 (60.00%) HTML5
2 3 (60.00%) Streaming Media
2 3 (60.00%) Silverlight
2 3 (60.00%) Flash
2 3 (60.00%) Broadband
2 3 (60.00%) Ethernet
2 3 (60.00%) HTTP
2 3 (60.00%) TCP/IP
2 3 (60.00%) DNS
2 3 (60.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (60.00%) Adobe
3 2 (40.00%) Mac OS X
3 2 (40.00%) Java
3 2 (40.00%) Regression Testing
3 2 (40.00%) Windows XP
3 2 (40.00%) Android
3 2 (40.00%) Telecoms
3 2 (40.00%) Games
3 2 (40.00%) Objective-C
3 2 (40.00%) Windows Mobile
3 2 (40.00%) Windows 7
3 2 (40.00%) Augmented Reality
3 2 (40.00%) C
3 2 (40.00%) Game Development

Benchmarking
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridgeshire 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.

Application Development
1 3 (60.00%) Flash
1 3 (60.00%) Silverlight
1 3 (60.00%) HTML5
Communications & Networking
1 3 (60.00%) Broadband
1 3 (60.00%) Ethernet
1 3 (60.00%) HTTP
1 3 (60.00%) TCP/IP
1 3 (60.00%) DNS
1 3 (60.00%) xDSL
2 1 (20.00%) Wireless
General
1 2 (40.00%) Telecoms
1 2 (40.00%) Games
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Architect
2 2 (40.00%) Test Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) Streaming Media
2 2 (40.00%) Augmented Reality
3 1 (20.00%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 5 (100.00%) Windows
1 5 (100.00%) Linux
2 2 (40.00%) Windows XP
2 2 (40.00%) Mac OS X
2 2 (40.00%) Windows Mobile
2 2 (40.00%) Android
2 2 (40.00%) Windows 7
3 1 (20.00%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 2 (40.00%) Game Development
2 2 (40.00%) Regression Testing
Programming Languages
1 5 (100.00%) C++
1 5 (100.00%) Python
2 2 (40.00%) Objective-C
2 2 (40.00%) Java
2 2 (40.00%) C
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (60.00%) Adobe