East of England Operations Research Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for Operations Research (or Operational Research) skills within the East of England region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Operations Research over the 3 months to 15 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Operations Research (or Operational Research)
Location Cheshire Chester City of London East of England Edinburgh England Hampshire Kent Leeds London North West Scotland Sevenoaks South East UK West Yorkshire Yorkshire	3 months to 15 Oct 2008	Same period last year
Rank	-	159
Rank change on same period last year	-
Matching contract IT job ads	0	1
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.000 %	0.001 %
As % of the category below	0.000 %	0.043 %
Daily rates quoted	0	1
Average minimum daily rate	-	£350
Average daily rate	-	£400
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	-	£450
UK excluding London average daily rate	£222	£348
% change on same period last year	-36.30 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum hourly rate	-	-
Average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	-	£39.00
% change on same period last year	-
Processes & Methodologies East of England
Matching contract IT job ads	1823	2310
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	2.598 %	2.389 %
Daily rates quoted	580	764
Average minimum daily rate	£358	£353
Average daily rate	£383	£373
% change on same period last year	+2.74 %
Average maximum daily rate	£409	£393
UK excluding London average daily rate	£378	£370
% change on same period last year	+1.93 %
Hourly rates quoted	212	304
Average minimum hourly rate	£27.89	£32.08
Average hourly rate	£29.32	£33.56
% change on same period last year	-12.63 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£30.75	£35.04
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£29.30	£29.76
% change on same period last year	-1.54 %
Operations Research 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.

Operations Research
Demand Trend

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

Operations Research
Daily Rate Trend

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

Operations Research
Hourly Rate Trend

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