The first table below looks at the demand for DOC1 skills in IT contracts advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited DOC1 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 Applications category for the 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
Pitney Bowes DOC1
Rank 504 526 567
Rank change year-on-year
+22 +41
Contract jobs citing DOC1 6 32 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.014% 0.060% 0.009%
As % of the Applications category 0.108% 0.479% 0.073%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 20 2
Average daily rate £409 £350 £268
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+16.85% +30.84%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £392 £317 £182
10% offered a daily rate of more than £462 £375 £354
UK excluding London average daily rate £409 £350 £268
% change year-on-year
+16.85% +30.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £50.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £50.00 -
All Applications
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category
5543 6687 6834
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 13.33% 12.53% 12.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 2844 3454 3407
Average daily rate £340 £350 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.85% -6.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £165 £175 £180
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £525 £575
UK excluding London average daily rate £305 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+1.66% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 655 702 841
Average hourly rate £16.50 £16.00 £16.20
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+3.12% -1.23%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.50 £10.50 £10.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £36.00 £35.00 £35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.50 £16.00 £15.50
% change year-on-year
-3.12% +3.22%
DOC1
UK

DOC1
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing DOC1 across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Applications category.

England DOC1 Jobs Demand Trend

DOC1
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing DOC1 across the England region.

England DOC1 Daily Rate Trend

DOC1
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing DOC1 across the England region.

England DOC1 Hourly Rate Trend

DOC1
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing DOC1 within the 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
Yorkshire -2 3 £398 +6.20%
East Midlands - 2 - -
East of England - 1 £475 -
DOC1
UK

DOC1
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing DOC1 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 DOC1.

1 17 (73.91%) XML
2 10 (43.48%) SQL Server
2 10 (43.48%) C#
2 10 (43.48%) HP
2 10 (43.48%) Exstream
2 10 (43.48%) SQL Server 2005
2 10 (43.48%) SQL Server 2008
3 9 (39.13%) PrintSoft PReS
3 9 (39.13%) Windows
3 9 (39.13%) .NET
4 8 (34.78%) Web Services
4 8 (34.78%) Internet
4 8 (34.78%) Microsoft
4 8 (34.78%) .NET Framework
5 7 (30.43%) QA
5 7 (30.43%) RDBMS
5 7 (30.43%) Java
6 5 (21.74%) Papyrus
7 4 (17.39%) StreamWeaver
7 4 (17.39%) Workflow
7 4 (17.39%) XSD
8 3 (13.04%) Finance
8 3 (13.04%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 2 (8.696%) Change Management
9 2 (8.696%) SQL
9 2 (8.696%) J2EE
10 1 (4.348%) Project Management
10 1 (4.348%) AIX
10 1 (4.348%) SharePoint
10 1 (4.348%) ETL

DOC1
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing DOC1 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 DOC1. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 17 (73.91%) XML
2 9 (39.13%) .NET
3 8 (34.78%) Web Services
3 8 (34.78%) .NET Framework
4 4 (17.39%) XSD
5 2 (8.696%) J2EE
Application Platforms
1 5 (21.74%) Papyrus
2 4 (17.39%) StreamWeaver
3 1 (4.348%) Exstream Dialogue
3 1 (4.348%) SharePoint Server
3 1 (4.348%) SharePoint
Applications
1 9 (39.13%) PrintSoft PReS
Business Applications
1 10 (43.48%) Exstream
Communications & Networking
1 8 (34.78%) Internet
2 1 (4.348%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (43.48%) SQL Server
1 10 (43.48%) SQL Server 2005
1 10 (43.48%) SQL Server 2008
2 7 (30.43%) RDBMS
3 3 (13.04%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (4.348%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 1 (4.348%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 3 (13.04%) Finance
2 1 (4.348%) Banking
Job Titles
1 19 (82.61%) Developer
2 7 (30.43%) .NET Developer
2 7 (30.43%) C# Developer
2 7 (30.43%) C# .NET Developer
3 3 (13.04%) Analyst
4 2 (8.696%) Developer Analyst
5 1 (4.348%) Senior .NET Developer
5 1 (4.348%) Senior C# Developer
5 1 (4.348%) Senior Developer
5 1 (4.348%) Lead Developer
5 1 (4.348%) Tester
Operating Systems
1 9 (39.13%) Windows
2 1 (4.348%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (17.39%) Workflow
2 2 (8.696%) Change Management
3 1 (4.348%) ETL
3 1 (4.348%) Project Management
3 1 (4.348%) Service Delivery
3 1 (4.348%) Migration
3 1 (4.348%) Agile Software Development
3 1 (4.348%) TDD
3 1 (4.348%) Document Management
Programming Languages
1 10 (43.48%) C#
2 7 (30.43%) Java
3 2 (8.696%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (4.348%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (30.43%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (4.348%) Dollar Universe
Vendors
1 10 (43.48%) HP
2 8 (34.78%) Microsoft
3 1 (4.348%) Kofax
3 1 (4.348%) XMPie