The first table below looks at the demand for the Author role in IT contracts advertised for the East of England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Author in their job title 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 Job Titles advertised for the East of England 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
Author
Rank 103 102 120
Rank change year-on-year
-1 +18
Contract jobs requiring an Author 17 29 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 0.780% 0.987% 0.232%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.834% 1.049% 0.245%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 5 1
Average daily rate £281 £325 £250
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-13.46% +30.00%
UK excluding London average daily rate £260 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
-13.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 9 2
Average hourly rate £35.50 £29.00 £38.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+22.41% -25.16%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £33.10 £17.50 £29.75
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £36.30 £30.00 £47.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.50 £22.50 £21.50
% change year-on-year
+57.77% +4.65%
All Job Titles
East of England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
2038 2765 2452
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 93.49% 94.14% 94.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 1044 1303 1080
Average daily rate £350 £350 £350
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £200 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £463 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 258 285 319
Average hourly rate £24.90 £25.75 £20.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-3.30% +25.60%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.00 £11.50 £11.25
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.00 £42.00 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Author
England

Author
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Author across the East of England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

East of England Author Jobs Demand Trend

Author
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Author across the East of England region.

East of England Author Daily Rate Trend

Author
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Author across the East of England region.

East of England 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 East of England region over the 3 months to 21 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
Cambridgeshire +20 15 £281 -13.46%
Essex - 2 - -
Author
England

Author
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England 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.

1 12 (37.50%) Publishing
2 11 (34.38%) Marketing
2 11 (34.38%) Degree
3 8 (25.00%) FrameMaker
4 7 (21.88%) Adobe
5 6 (18.75%) Intranet
6 5 (15.63%) Electronics
6 5 (15.63%) RoboHelp
7 4 (12.50%) Agile Software Development
7 4 (12.50%) Multimedia
7 4 (12.50%) Adobe Illustrator
7 4 (12.50%) Microsoft
7 4 (12.50%) XML
8 3 (9.375%) HTML
8 3 (9.375%) MS Office
8 3 (9.375%) Acrobat
8 3 (9.375%) MS Excel
8 3 (9.375%) InDesign
8 3 (9.375%) Finance
8 3 (9.375%) Graphic Design
8 3 (9.375%) Adobe Captivate
8 3 (9.375%) Embedded Systems
9 2 (6.250%) Product Marketing
9 2 (6.250%) MS PowerPoint
9 2 (6.250%) Banking
9 2 (6.250%) Investment Banking
9 2 (6.250%) CMS
9 2 (6.250%) Telecoms
9 2 (6.250%) C++
9 2 (6.250%) XSLT

Author
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England 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.

Application Development
1 4 (12.50%) XML
2 3 (9.375%) HTML
3 2 (6.250%) XSLT
4 1 (3.125%) SGML
Application Platforms
1 2 (6.250%) CMS
2 1 (3.125%) SharePoint
Applications
1 8 (25.00%) FrameMaker
2 5 (15.63%) RoboHelp
3 4 (12.50%) Adobe Illustrator
4 3 (9.375%) MS Office
4 3 (9.375%) Acrobat
4 3 (9.375%) MS Excel
4 3 (9.375%) InDesign
4 3 (9.375%) Adobe Captivate
5 2 (6.250%) MS PowerPoint
6 1 (3.125%) XMetaL
Communications & Networking
1 6 (18.75%) Intranet
Development Applications
1 1 (3.125%) Eclipse
General
1 12 (37.50%) Publishing
2 11 (34.38%) Marketing
3 5 (15.63%) Electronics
4 4 (12.50%) Multimedia
5 3 (9.375%) Finance
6 2 (6.250%) Banking
6 2 (6.250%) Investment Banking
6 2 (6.250%) Telecoms
7 1 (3.125%) Financial Institution
7 1 (3.125%) Automotive
7 1 (3.125%) Legal
Miscellaneous
1 3 (9.375%) Graphic Design
1 3 (9.375%) Embedded Systems
2 1 (3.125%) E-Learning
2 1 (3.125%) Computer Science
2 1 (3.125%) Animation
Operating Systems
1 2 (6.250%) Windows
2 1 (3.125%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (3.125%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (12.50%) Agile Software Development
2 2 (6.250%) Product Marketing
3 1 (3.125%) OO
3 1 (3.125%) Data Modelling
3 1 (3.125%) CAD
3 1 (3.125%) Project Management
3 1 (3.125%) Software Engineering
3 1 (3.125%) Software Testing
3 1 (3.125%) Content Management
3 1 (3.125%) Technical Architecture
3 1 (3.125%) Matrix Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (6.250%) C++
2 1 (3.125%) Python
2 1 (3.125%) Perl
2 1 (3.125%) VB
2 1 (3.125%) Assembly Language
Qualifications
1 11 (34.38%) Degree
Vendors
1 7 (21.88%) Adobe
2 4 (12.50%) Microsoft
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