Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of iSOFT products and/or services in IT contracts within the Essex region with a comparison to our Vendors category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited iSOFT over the 3 months to 15 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkiSOFT
Location
3 months to
15 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank5662
Rank change on same period last yearUp+6
Matching contract IT job ads15
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.005 %
As % of the category below0.319 %1.401 %
Daily rates quoted04
Average minimum daily rate-£270
Average daily rate-£288
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£305
UK excluding London average daily rate£214£269
% change on same period last year-20.31 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate-£16.90
% change on same period last year-
Essex IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
Essex
Matching contract IT job ads313357
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.446 %0.369 %
Daily rates quoted88110
Average minimum daily rate£300£269
Average daily rate£313£307
% change on same period last year+1.86 %
Average maximum daily rate£326£346
UK excluding London average daily rate£361£353
% change on same period last year+2.16 %
Hourly rates quoted4272
Average minimum hourly rate£21.37£25.38
Average hourly rate£25.56£26.05
% change on same period last year-1.87 %
Average maximum hourly rate£29.75£26.71
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.37£24.17
% change on same period last year+0.83 %
iSOFT East of EnglandiSOFT
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.

These figures represent the IT job market and are NOT representative of employment within iSOFT Group.

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Demand Trend

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

Essex iSOFT Demand Trend

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Daily Rate Trend

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

Essex iSOFT Daily Rate Trend

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Top 4 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 15 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Essex region citing iSOFT 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 iSOFT.

11 (100.00 %)MS Visio
11 (100.00 %)Cerner
11 (100.00 %)NHS
11 (100.00 %)Health

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 15 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Essex region citing iSOFT 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 iSOFT. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Essex IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (100.00 %)MS Visio
Essex IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (100.00 %)Health
Essex IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11 (100.00 %)Trainer
11 (100.00 %)IT Trainer
Essex IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (100.00 %)NHS
Essex IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (100.00 %)Cerner