The first table below looks at the demand for Expression Blend 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 Expression Blend over the 3 months to 24 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 Development 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Expression Blend
Rank - - -
Contract jobs citing Expression Blend 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Essex - - -
As % of the Development Applications category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £378 £308 £310
% change year-on-year
+22.56% -0.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Development Applications
Essex
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
41 41 61
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Essex 10.20% 9.880% 15.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 18 25
Average daily rate £325 £325 £420
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -22.61%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £215 £173 £318
10% offered a daily rate of more than £470 £453 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-1.51% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 15 5
Average hourly rate £27.63 £27.63 £30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -7.90%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £22.66 £26.28 £28.20
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £33.00 £40.00 £32.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -
Expression Blend
East of England