The first table below looks at the demand for RoboHelp 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 RoboHelp over the 3 months to 19 June 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Adobe RoboHelp
Rank 530 532 569
Rank change year-on-year
+2 +37
Contract jobs citing RoboHelp 2 13 11
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.005% 0.025% 0.019%
As % of the Applications category 0.035% 0.193% 0.155%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 2
Average daily rate £450 £275 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+63.63% -26.66%
UK excluding London average daily rate - £275 -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
Average hourly rate - £30.00 £33.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -9.09%
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £30.00 £33.00
% change year-on-year
- -9.09%
All Applications
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category
5736 6753 7108
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 13.26% 12.75% 12.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 3029 3490 3573
Average daily rate £350 £350 £365
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -4.10%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £165 £175 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £519 £501 £575
UK excluding London average daily rate £310 £306 £313
% change year-on-year
+1.22% -2.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 613 695 868
Average hourly rate £16.50 £15.50 £16.63
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+6.45% -6.76%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.50 £10.50 £10.52
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £35.00 £30.00 £35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.50 £15.00 £16.00
% change year-on-year
+3.33% -6.25%
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RoboHelp
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England RoboHelp Jobs Demand Trend

RoboHelp
Daily Rate Trend

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

England RoboHelp Daily Rate Trend

RoboHelp
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England RoboHelp Hourly Rate Trend

RoboHelp
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing RoboHelp within the England region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Yorkshire - - - -
North West - - - -
South East - - - - 2
West Midlands - - - -
East of England - - - - 1
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RoboHelp
Top 23 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing RoboHelp 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 RoboHelp.

1 7 (63.64%) Agile Software Development
2 6 (54.55%) FrameMaker
2 6 (54.55%) Adobe
3 5 (45.45%) Adobe Captivate
4 4 (36.36%) Multimedia
5 3 (27.27%) Publishing
6 2 (18.18%) E-Learning
6 2 (18.18%) FileNet
6 2 (18.18%) Lotus
6 2 (18.18%) IBM
6 2 (18.18%) Microsoft
6 2 (18.18%) HTML
6 2 (18.18%) Document Management
6 2 (18.18%) Investment Banking
6 2 (18.18%) Banking
7 1 (9.091%) User Acceptance Testing
7 1 (9.091%) Software Testing
7 1 (9.091%) VB
7 1 (9.091%) MS Office
7 1 (9.091%) Windows
7 1 (9.091%) IBM Notes
7 1 (9.091%) SharePoint
7 1 (9.091%) Documentum

RoboHelp
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing RoboHelp 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 RoboHelp. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (18.18%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 2 (18.18%) FileNet
2 1 (9.091%) IBM Notes
2 1 (9.091%) SharePoint
2 1 (9.091%) Documentum
Applications
1 6 (54.55%) FrameMaker
2 5 (45.45%) Adobe Captivate
3 1 (9.091%) MS Office
General
1 4 (36.36%) Multimedia
2 3 (27.27%) Publishing
3 2 (18.18%) Investment Banking
3 2 (18.18%) Banking
Job Titles
1 9 (81.82%) Author
1 9 (81.82%) Technical Author
2 2 (18.18%) IT Consultant
2 2 (18.18%) Consultant
2 2 (18.18%) Training Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 2 (18.18%) E-Learning
Operating Systems
1 1 (9.091%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (63.64%) Agile Software Development
2 2 (18.18%) Document Management
3 1 (9.091%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (9.091%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (9.091%) VB
Vendors
1 6 (54.55%) Adobe
2 2 (18.18%) Lotus
2 2 (18.18%) IBM
2 2 (18.18%) Microsoft
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