The first table below looks at the demand for Internet 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 Internet over the 3 months to 23 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 Communications & Networking 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Internet
Rank 39 41 -
Rank change year-on-year
+2 -
Contract jobs citing Internet 7 7 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Essex 1.763% 1.716% -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.14% 15.22% -
Number of daily rates quoted 6 0 0
Average daily rate £369 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £325 £350
% change year-on-year
-3.07% -7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.50 £15.00 £18.50
% change year-on-year
-3.33% -18.91%
All Communications & Networking
Essex
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
69 46 31
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Essex 17.38% 11.27% 7.692%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 16 8
Average daily rate £325 £371 £308
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-12.45% +20.73%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £230 £133 £174
10% offered a daily rate of more than £413 £450 £433
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £338 £325
% change year-on-year
-6.66% +3.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 3 12
Average hourly rate £25.00 £23.50 £17.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+6.38% +34.28%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.20 £15.10 £10.20
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £30.00 £28.70 £27.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.50 £25.38 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-15.27% -7.72%
Internet
East of England

Internet
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Internet across the Essex region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

Essex Internet Jobs Demand Trend

Internet
Daily Rate Trend

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

Essex Internet Daily Rate Trend

Internet
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Internet across the Essex region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Essex Internet Daily Rate Histogram

Internet
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Essex Internet Hourly Rate Trend

Internet
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Internet within the Essex region over the 3 months to 23 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
Chelmsford -3 4 £400 -
Internet
East of England

Internet
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Essex region citing Internet 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 Internet.

1 10 (83.33%) Microsoft
2 7 (58.33%) SharePoint
2 7 (58.33%) .NET
2 7 (58.33%) ASP.NET
3 6 (50.00%) C#
3 6 (50.00%) SQL Server
3 6 (50.00%) CRM
3 6 (50.00%) Intranet
3 6 (50.00%) GIS
3 6 (50.00%) SaaS
4 5 (41.67%) IVR
4 5 (41.67%) CTI
4 5 (41.67%) Business Intelligence
4 5 (41.67%) Oracle
4 5 (41.67%) Web Services
5 3 (25.00%) Windows
6 2 (16.67%) Business Analysis
6 2 (16.67%) Windows Server 2003
6 2 (16.67%) NHS
6 2 (16.67%) Systems Analysis
6 2 (16.67%) Project Management
6 2 (16.67%) SLA
6 2 (16.67%) TCP/IP
6 2 (16.67%) SQL
6 2 (16.67%) PRINCE2
6 2 (16.67%) MS Office
6 2 (16.67%) Project Planning
6 2 (16.67%) Web Development
6 2 (16.67%) WCF
7 1 (8.333%) Continuous Integration

Internet
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Essex region citing Internet 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 Internet. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 7 (58.33%) .NET
1 7 (58.33%) ASP.NET
2 5 (41.67%) Web Services
3 2 (16.67%) WCF
4 1 (8.333%) ASP
4 1 (8.333%) HTML
4 1 (8.333%) CSS
4 1 (8.333%) XML
4 1 (8.333%) XSL
Application Platforms
1 7 (58.33%) SharePoint
2 1 (8.333%) IIS
2 1 (8.333%) MS Exchange
2 1 (8.333%) Exchange Server 2003
Applications
1 2 (16.67%) MS Office
2 1 (8.333%) Spreadsheet
2 1 (8.333%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 6 (50.00%) Intranet
2 5 (41.67%) CTI
3 2 (16.67%) TCP/IP
4 1 (8.333%) SAN
4 1 (8.333%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (50.00%) SQL Server
1 6 (50.00%) GIS
2 1 (8.333%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 1 (8.333%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 1 (8.333%) Back Office
1 1 (8.333%) Finance
1 1 (8.333%) Law
Job Titles
1 5 (41.67%) Developer
2 3 (25.00%) SharePoint Developer
3 2 (16.67%) Analyst
3 2 (16.67%) Project Manager
4 1 (8.333%) NHS Project Manager
4 1 (8.333%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
4 1 (8.333%) Senior SQL Developer
4 1 (8.333%) Desktop Support
4 1 (8.333%) Senior Analyst
4 1 (8.333%) Systems Analyst
4 1 (8.333%) Web Developer
4 1 (8.333%) Senior Developer
4 1 (8.333%) Systems Support
4 1 (8.333%) Support Analyst
4 1 (8.333%) Support Engineer
4 1 (8.333%) 2nd Line Support
4 1 (8.333%) .NET Developer
4 1 (8.333%) Desktop Support Engineer
4 1 (8.333%) Analyst Developer
4 1 (8.333%) ASP.NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (50.00%) SaaS
2 5 (41.67%) IVR
3 2 (16.67%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 3 (25.00%) Windows
2 2 (16.67%) Windows Server 2003
3 1 (8.333%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (8.333%) Windows 2000
3 1 (8.333%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (50.00%) CRM
2 5 (41.67%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (16.67%) Business Analysis
3 2 (16.67%) Systems Analysis
3 2 (16.67%) Project Management
3 2 (16.67%) PRINCE2
3 2 (16.67%) Project Planning
3 2 (16.67%) Web Development
4 1 (8.333%) Continuous Integration
4 1 (8.333%) Business Development
4 1 (8.333%) Network Load Balancing
4 1 (8.333%) Service Delivery
4 1 (8.333%) TDD
4 1 (8.333%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 6 (50.00%) C#
2 2 (16.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (8.333%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
1 1 (8.333%) Degree
1 1 (8.333%) MCP
1 1 (8.333%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (8.333%) MCSE
1 1 (8.333%) MCDST
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (16.67%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (8.333%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 10 (83.33%) Microsoft
2 5 (41.67%) Oracle
3 1 (8.333%) VMware