The first table below looks at the demand for NFC 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 NFC over the 3 months to 23 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 Communications & Networking 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Near Field Communication (NFC)
Rank - - -
Contract jobs citing NFC 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England - - -
As % of the Communications & Networking category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £478 £463 £475
% change year-on-year
+3.24% -2.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Communications & Networking
East of England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
383 529 433
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 18.07% 17.93% 16.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 137 168 129
Average daily rate £325 £325 £298
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +9.24%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £214 £209 £187
10% offered a daily rate of more than £413 £450 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £338 £325
% change year-on-year
-6.66% +3.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 70 51 85
Average hourly rate £19.00 £30.00 £27.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-36.66% +9.09%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.00 £12.00 £10.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £52.50 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.50 £25.38 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-15.27% -7.72%
NFC
England

NFC
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East of England NFC Jobs Demand Trend

NFC
Top 8 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region citing NFC 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 NFC.

1 2 (100.00%) EPoS
1 2 (100.00%) EMV
1 2 (100.00%) Chip and PIN
1 2 (100.00%) EFTPOS
1 2 (100.00%) Smartcard
1 2 (100.00%) Retail
1 2 (100.00%) PCI DSS
2 1 (50.00%) EFT

NFC
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region citing NFC 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 NFC. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

General
1 2 (100.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Systems Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) EPoS
1 2 (100.00%) EMV
1 2 (100.00%) Chip and PIN
1 2 (100.00%) EFTPOS
1 2 (100.00%) Smartcard
2 1 (50.00%) EFT
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) PCI DSS