Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for the Author role in IT contracts within the Essex region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Author in their job title over the 3 months to 15 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkAuthor
Location
3 months to
15 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank3564
Rank change on same period last yearUp+29
Matching contract IT job ads223
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.031 %0.003 %
As % of the category below3.235 %0.375 %
Daily rates quoted11
Average minimum daily rate£200£250
Average daily rate£215£300
% change on same period last year-28.33 %
Average maximum daily rate£230£350
UK excluding London average daily rate£291£312
% change on same period last year-6.83 %
Hourly rates quoted02
Average minimum hourly rate-£26.25
Average hourly rate-£26.25
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£26.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.43£25.81
% change on same period last year-1.46 %
Essex IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Essex
Matching contract IT job ads680799
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.969 %0.826 %
Daily rates quoted237251
Average minimum daily rate£252£279
Average daily rate£268£296
% change on same period last year-9.62 %
Average maximum daily rate£283£313
UK excluding London average daily rate£354£353
% change on same period last year+0.11 %
Hourly rates quoted106172
Average minimum hourly rate£20.60£27.46
Average hourly rate£21.83£28.17
% change on same period last year-22.49 %
Average maximum hourly rate£23.06£28.87
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.64£25.03
% change on same period last year-5.56 %
Author East of EnglandAuthor
East of 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.

Author
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Author across the Essex region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Essex Author Demand Trend

Author
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Author across the Essex region.

Essex Author Daily Rate Trend

Author
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Author across the Essex region.

Essex Author Hourly Rate Trend

Author
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Author within the Essex region over the 3 months to 15 October 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
BasildonUp+911--
WithamNew entry-1--
Author East of EnglandAuthor
East of England

Author
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 15 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Essex region that cited Author in their job title 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 with Author in their job title.

18 (32.00 %)Cisco
27 (28.00 %)Firewall
36 (24.00 %)CiscoWorks
45 (20.00 %)Validation
54 (16.00 %)Nokia
54 (16.00 %)CheckPoint
63 (12.00 %)Tivoli
63 (12.00 %)Mainframe
63 (12.00 %)Disaster Recovery
72 (8.000 %)GIS
72 (8.000 %)Hummingbird
72 (8.000 %)Business Continuity
72 (8.000 %)BCP
72 (8.000 %)SAP
72 (8.000 %)UNIX
72 (8.000 %)Windows
81 (4.000 %)AIX
81 (4.000 %)Solaris
81 (4.000 %)Linux
81 (4.000 %)Windows NT
81 (4.000 %)IBM
81 (4.000 %)Oracle 10g
81 (4.000 %)Sun
81 (4.000 %)Active Directory
81 (4.000 %)HTML
81 (4.000 %)Oracle
81 (4.000 %)Internet
81 (4.000 %)Web Design
81 (4.000 %)SUSE
81 (4.000 %)Management Information System

Author
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 15 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Essex region that cited Author in their job title 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 with Author in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Essex IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (4.000 %)HTML
Essex IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
17 (28.00 %)Firewall
21 (4.000 %)Internet
Essex IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (8.000 %)GIS
21 (4.000 %)Oracle 10g
Essex IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
13 (12.00 %)Mainframe
21 (4.000 %)Management Information System
Essex IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12 (8.000 %)UNIX
12 (8.000 %)Windows
21 (4.000 %)AIX
21 (4.000 %)Solaris
21 (4.000 %)Linux
21 (4.000 %)Windows NT
21 (4.000 %)SUSE
Essex IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
15 (20.00 %)Validation
23 (12.00 %)Disaster Recovery
32 (8.000 %)Business Continuity
32 (8.000 %)BCP
41 (4.000 %)Web Design
41 (4.000 %)SEO
Essex IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (4.000 %)Active Directory
Essex IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
16 (24.00 %)CiscoWorks
23 (12.00 %)Tivoli
Essex IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
18 (32.00 %)Cisco
24 (16.00 %)Nokia
24 (16.00 %)CheckPoint
32 (8.000 %)Hummingbird
32 (8.000 %)SAP
41 (4.000 %)Oracle
41 (4.000 %)IBM
41 (4.000 %)Sun