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The table below looks at the demand for the Author role in IT contracts within the East of England 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 6 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkAuthor
Location
3 months to
6 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank91113
Rank change on same period last yearUp+22
Matching contract IT job ads4044
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.056 %0.044 %
As % of the category below1.219 %0.964 %
Daily rates quoted38
Average minimum daily rate£217£249
Average daily rate£255£263
% change on same period last year-3.20 %
Average maximum daily rate£293£278
UK excluding London average daily rate£278£304
% change on same period last year-8.47 %
Hourly rates quoted28
Average minimum hourly rate£25.76£27.81
Average hourly rate£27.01£28.50
% change on same period last year-5.22 %
Average maximum hourly rate£28.26£29.19
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.60£25.69
% change on same period last year-4.24 %
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
East of England
Matching contract IT job ads32824562
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled4.585 %4.583 %
Daily rates quoted9751406
Average minimum daily rate£319£318
Average daily rate£340£336
% change on same period last year+1.29 %
Average maximum daily rate£361£353
UK excluding London average daily rate£353£353
% change on same period last year+0.09 %
Hourly rates quoted510702
Average minimum hourly rate£21.33£26.25
Average hourly rate£22.73£27.64
% change on same period last year-17.76 %
Average maximum hourly rate£24.13£29.03
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.74£25.24
% change on same period last year-5.93 %
Author EnglandAuthor
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 East of England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

East of England 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 East of England region.

East of England Author Daily Rate Trend

Author
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Author across the East of England region over the 3 months to 6 October 2008.

East of England Author Daily Rate Histogram

Author
Hourly Rate Trend

The 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
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Author across the East of England region over the 3 months to 6 October 2008.

East of England Author Hourly Rate Histogram

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 6 October 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
EssexUp+2422£215-28.33 %
HertfordshireUp+3013£275+27.41 %
CambridgeshireDown-25--
Author EnglandAuthor
England

Author
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 6 October 2008, 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.

112 (16.44 %)Adobe
211 (15.07 %)FrameMaker
310 (13.70 %)XML
49 (12.33 %)Acrobat
49 (12.33 %)Cisco
58 (10.96 %)Photoshop
58 (10.96 %)Finance
67 (9.589 %)Firewall
67 (9.589 %)C++
67 (9.589 %)MS Excel
67 (9.589 %)Adobe Illustrator
76 (8.219 %)Validation
76 (8.219 %)Programme Management
76 (8.219 %)C
76 (8.219 %)C#
76 (8.219 %)Pharmaceutical
76 (8.219 %)CiscoWorks
85 (6.849 %)Microsoft
85 (6.849 %)3D Graphics
94 (5.479 %)Security Cleared
94 (5.479 %)Nokia
94 (5.479 %)Telecoms
94 (5.479 %)HTML
94 (5.479 %)CheckPoint
103 (4.110 %)MS Office
103 (4.110 %)Management Information System
103 (4.110 %)Internet
103 (4.110 %)Tivoli
103 (4.110 %)Mainframe
103 (4.110 %)LIMS

Author
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 6 October 2008, 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.

East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
110 (13.70 %)XML
24 (5.479 %)HTML
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (1.370 %)IIS
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
111 (15.07 %)FrameMaker
29 (12.33 %)Acrobat
38 (10.96 %)Photoshop
47 (9.589 %)MS Excel
47 (9.589 %)Adobe Illustrator
53 (4.110 %)MS Office
62 (2.740 %)RoboHelp
71 (1.370 %)Fireworks
71 (1.370 %)RoboDemo
71 (1.370 %)Doxygen
71 (1.370 %)Adobe Captivate
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
17 (9.589 %)Firewall
23 (4.110 %)Internet
31 (1.370 %)Intranet
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (2.740 %)GIS
21 (1.370 %)SQL Server
21 (1.370 %)Oracle 10g
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12 (2.740 %)Flash
21 (1.370 %)Dreamweaver
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
18 (10.96 %)Finance
26 (8.219 %)Pharmaceutical
35 (6.849 %)3D Graphics
44 (5.479 %)Telecoms
52 (2.740 %)Government
61 (1.370 %)Health
61 (1.370 %)Home Office
61 (1.370 %)Multimedia
61 (1.370 %)Graphic Design
61 (1.370 %)Electronics
61 (1.370 %)Education
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
13 (4.110 %)LIMS
13 (4.110 %)Mainframe
13 (4.110 %)Management Information System
21 (1.370 %)Wiki
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12 (2.740 %)UNIX
12 (2.740 %)Windows
21 (1.370 %)AIX
21 (1.370 %)Solaris
21 (1.370 %)Linux
21 (1.370 %)Windows NT
21 (1.370 %)SUSE
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
16 (8.219 %)Programme Management
16 (8.219 %)Validation
24 (5.479 %)Security Cleared
33 (4.110 %)Agile Software Development
33 (4.110 %)Disaster Recovery
42 (2.740 %)OO
42 (2.740 %)BCP
42 (2.740 %)Business Continuity
51 (1.370 %)Web Design
51 (1.370 %)Document Management
51 (1.370 %)SC Cleared
51 (1.370 %)Project Management
51 (1.370 %)Quality Management
51 (1.370 %)Change Management
51 (1.370 %)ERP
51 (1.370 %)GAP Analysis
51 (1.370 %)SEO
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
17 (9.589 %)C++
26 (8.219 %)C
26 (8.219 %)C#
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
12 (2.740 %)Degree
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (1.370 %)GMP
11 (1.370 %)ISO9001
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (1.370 %)Active Directory
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
16 (8.219 %)CiscoWorks
23 (4.110 %)Tivoli
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
112 (16.44 %)Adobe
29 (12.33 %)Cisco
35 (6.849 %)Microsoft
44 (5.479 %)Nokia
44 (5.479 %)CheckPoint
52 (2.740 %)Hummingbird
52 (2.740 %)SAP
52 (2.740 %)Cognos
61 (1.370 %)IBM
61 (1.370 %)Oracle
61 (1.370 %)Macromedia
61 (1.370 %)Sun