Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for E-business 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 E-business over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Processes & Methodologies category for the East of England region.

 Electronic Business (eBusiness)
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank-90137
Matching contract IT job ads01621
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England-0.741 %0.479 %
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category-1.518 %0.897 %
Daily rates quoted0819
Average daily rate-£445£413
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-+7.870 %
UK excluding London average daily rate£320£410£400
% change year-on-year
-21.95 %+2.500 %
Hourly rates quoted010
Average hourly rate-£30.00-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£40.00£30.00£12.50
% change year-on-year
+33.33 %+140.00 %
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryAll Processes & Methodologies
East of England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
90210542340
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England54.24 %48.80 %53.34 %
Daily rates quoted369405887
Average daily rate£340£364£388
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.520 %-6.120 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£210£197£250
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£500£525£500
UK excluding London average daily rate£350£360£375
% change year-on-year
-2.770 %-4.000 %
Hourly rates quoted14098195
Average hourly rate£24.75£30.00£32.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-17.50 %-7.690 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£13.00£16.35£17.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£36.00£37.50£45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.50£27.50£30.00
% change year-on-year
-10.90 %-8.330 %
E-business EnglandE-business
England

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.

E-business
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing E-business across the East of England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

East of England E-business Demand Trend

E-business
Daily Rate Trend

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

East of England E-business Daily Rate Trend

E-business
Hourly Rate Trend

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

East of England E-business Hourly Rate Trend

E-business
Top 11 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region citing E-business 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 E-business.

14 (80.00 %)Marketing
14 (80.00 %)Email Marketing
21 (20.00 %)WebSphere
21 (20.00 %)MS Office
21 (20.00 %)E-Commerce
21 (20.00 %)Acrobat
21 (20.00 %)Tivoli
21 (20.00 %)Financial Institution
21 (20.00 %)FrameMaker
21 (20.00 %)Telecoms
21 (20.00 %)Finance

E-business
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region citing E-business 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 E-business. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
11 (20.00 %)WebSphere
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
11 (20.00 %)MS Office
11 (20.00 %)Acrobat
11 (20.00 %)FrameMaker
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
14 (80.00 %)Marketing
21 (20.00 %)Financial Institution
21 (20.00 %)Telecoms
21 (20.00 %)Finance
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
11 (20.00 %)Author
11 (20.00 %)Technical Author
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
14 (80.00 %)Email Marketing
21 (20.00 %)E-Commerce
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
11 (20.00 %)Tivoli