Benchmarking Contracts in the East of England
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for Benchmarking skills 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 Benchmarking over the 3 months to 17 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 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
17 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Benchmarking
Rank 110 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Benchmarking 5 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 0.232% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.347% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Average daily rate £350 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £264 £298 £283
% change year-on-year
-11.34% +5.30%
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
East of England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category		 1439 1910 1716
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 66.81% 64.81% 65.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 808 936 772
Average daily rate £375 £375 £375
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £250 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 128 152 192
Average hourly rate £35.03 £30.50 £32.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+14.83% -5.42%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £19.12 £12.04 £14.70
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £43.00 £49.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.60 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.40% -16.66%
Benchmarking
England

Benchmarking
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East of England 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 East of England region.

East of England 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 East of England region.

East of England 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 East of England region over the 3 months to 17 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 - 5 £350 -
Benchmarking
England

Benchmarking
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England 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 (71.43%) C++
1 5 (71.43%) Windows
1 5 (71.43%) Linux
1 5 (71.43%) Python
1 5 (71.43%) Test Automation
2 3 (42.86%) xDSL
2 3 (42.86%) HTML5
2 3 (42.86%) Flash
2 3 (42.86%) Broadband
2 3 (42.86%) Ethernet
2 3 (42.86%) HTTP
2 3 (42.86%) TCP/IP
2 3 (42.86%) DNS
2 3 (42.86%) Microsoft
2 3 (42.86%) Adobe
2 3 (42.86%) Streaming Media
2 3 (42.86%) Silverlight
3 2 (28.57%) Windows XP
3 2 (28.57%) Data Analysis
3 2 (28.57%) Windows Mobile
3 2 (28.57%) Regression Testing
3 2 (28.57%) Telecoms
3 2 (28.57%) Games
3 2 (28.57%) Objective-C
3 2 (28.57%) Mac OS X
3 2 (28.57%) NHS
3 2 (28.57%) Java
3 2 (28.57%) Windows 7
3 2 (28.57%) Augmented Reality
3 2 (28.57%) C

Benchmarking
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England 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 (42.86%) Flash
1 3 (42.86%) Silverlight
1 3 (42.86%) HTML5
Applications
1 1 (14.29%) MS Office
1 1 (14.29%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 3 (42.86%) Broadband
1 3 (42.86%) Ethernet
1 3 (42.86%) HTTP
1 3 (42.86%) TCP/IP
1 3 (42.86%) DNS
1 3 (42.86%) xDSL
2 1 (14.29%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) SQL Server
General
1 2 (28.57%) Telecoms
1 2 (28.57%) Games
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) Architect
2 2 (28.57%) Business Analyst
2 2 (28.57%) Analyst
2 2 (28.57%) Senior Business Analyst
2 2 (28.57%) Senior Analyst
2 2 (28.57%) Test Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Business Intelligence Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Senior Business Intelligence Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (42.86%) Streaming Media
2 2 (28.57%) NHS
2 2 (28.57%) Augmented Reality
3 1 (14.29%) Informatics
3 1 (14.29%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 5 (71.43%) Windows
1 5 (71.43%) Linux
2 2 (28.57%) Windows XP
2 2 (28.57%) Mac OS X
2 2 (28.57%) Windows Mobile
2 2 (28.57%) Android
2 2 (28.57%) Windows 7
3 1 (14.29%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) Test Automation
2 2 (28.57%) Game Development
2 2 (28.57%) Regression Testing
2 2 (28.57%) Data Analysis
3 1 (14.29%) Performance Management
3 1 (14.29%) Data Modelling
3 1 (14.29%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (14.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 5 (71.43%) C++
1 5 (71.43%) Python
2 2 (28.57%) Objective-C
2 2 (28.57%) Java
2 2 (28.57%) C
3 1 (14.29%) SQL
Vendors
1 3 (42.86%) Microsoft
1 3 (42.86%) Adobe
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