The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Statistics 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 Statistics over the 3 months to 21 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 terms in our Miscellaneous 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Statistics
Rank 118 122 116
Rank change year-on-year
+4 -6
Contract jobs citing Statistics 2 9 10
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 0.092% 0.306% 0.387%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.411% 1.471% 2.132%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 4 2
Average daily rate £300 £251 £600
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+19.40% -58.12%
UK excluding London average daily rate £323 £288 £275
% change year-on-year
+12.17% +4.54%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
Average hourly rate - £11.20 £12.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -10.40%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.50 £16.00 £13.64
% change year-on-year
-9.37% +17.30%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
East of England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
487 612 469
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 22.34% 20.84% 18.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 225 273 183
Average daily rate £325 £325 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +8.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £213 £200 £197
10% offered a daily rate of more than £457 £450 £490
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £340
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +1.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 77 65 68
Average hourly rate £33.00 £29.00 £27.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+13.79% +7.40%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £16.00 £13.08 £12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £43.00 £48.85 £37.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £23.00 £26.50
% change year-on-year
-4.34% -13.20%
Statistics
England

Statistics
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East of England Statistics Jobs Demand Trend

Statistics
Daily Rate Trend

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

East of England Statistics Daily Rate Trend

Statistics
Hourly Rate Trend

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

East of England Statistics Hourly Rate Trend

Statistics
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Statistics within the East of England region over the 3 months to 21 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
Essex -7 1 - -
Bedfordshire - 1 £300 -
Statistics
England

Statistics
Top 23 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region citing Statistics 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 Statistics.

1 3 (75.00%) Finance
2 2 (50.00%) Marketing
2 2 (50.00%) Degree
3 1 (25.00%) Mathematics
3 1 (25.00%) Usability Testing
3 1 (25.00%) Performance Management
3 1 (25.00%) Data Protection
3 1 (25.00%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (25.00%) Marketing Strategy
3 1 (25.00%) Analytics
3 1 (25.00%) Marketing Analytics
3 1 (25.00%) SQL
3 1 (25.00%) VBA
3 1 (25.00%) SQL Server
3 1 (25.00%) OLAP
3 1 (25.00%) Web Services
3 1 (25.00%) ITIL
3 1 (25.00%) Cognos
3 1 (25.00%) E-Commerce
3 1 (25.00%) IBM
3 1 (25.00%) Agresso
3 1 (25.00%) Intranet
3 1 (25.00%) Management Information System

Statistics
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region citing Statistics 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 Statistics. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (25.00%) Web Services
Business Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Agresso
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) SQL Server 2008
1 1 (25.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (25.00%) OLAP
General
1 3 (75.00%) Finance
2 2 (50.00%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 1 (25.00%) Project Support Assistant
1 1 (25.00%) Analyst
1 1 (25.00%) Consultant
1 1 (25.00%) Support Assistant
1 1 (25.00%) Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Mathematics
1 1 (25.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (25.00%) Usability Testing
1 1 (25.00%) Performance Management
1 1 (25.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (25.00%) Marketing Strategy
1 1 (25.00%) Analytics
1 1 (25.00%) Marketing Analytics
1 1 (25.00%) ITIL
1 1 (25.00%) E-Commerce
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) SQL
1 1 (25.00%) VBA
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Cognos
1 1 (25.00%) IBM