The first table below looks at the demand for AWD skills in IT contracts advertised for the Essex region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited AWD 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 Business Applications category for the Essex 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
DST Systems Automated Work Distributor (AWD)
Rank 45 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing AWD 1 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Essex 0.246% - -
As % of the Business Applications category 5.000% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Average daily rate £450 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £235 £400 £375
% change year-on-year
-41.25% +6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Business Applications
Essex
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Business Applications category
20 30 10
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Essex 4.914% 7.317% 2.532%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 14 5
Average daily rate £425 £450 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.55% +12.50%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £313 £205 £370
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £500 £460
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £438 £420
% change year-on-year
-2.85% +4.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 0
Average hourly rate £140.00 £35.11 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+298.74% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.80 £22.92 £20.00
% change year-on-year
+64.92% +14.60%
AWD
East of England

AWD
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Essex AWD Jobs Demand Trend

AWD
Daily Rate Trend

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

Essex AWD Daily Rate Trend

AWD
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing AWD within the Essex 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
Brentwood - 1 £450 -
AWD
East of England

AWD
Top 11 Related IT Skills

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

1 1 (100.00%) HP
1 1 (100.00%) ISEB
1 1 (100.00%) QuickTest Pro
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) ISTQB
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Selenium
1 1 (100.00%) Data Conversion
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) HP Quality Center

AWD
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) QuickTest Pro
1 1 (100.00%) Selenium
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Test Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Data Conversion
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) ISEB
1 1 (100.00%) ISTQB
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) HP