The first table below looks at the demand for the Junior role in IT contracts advertised for the Essex region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Junior in their job title 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 Job Titles advertised 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
Junior
Rank 45 43 49
Rank change year-on-year
-2 +6
Contract jobs requiring a Junior 2 2 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Essex 0.498% 0.482% 0.255%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.548% 0.512% 0.270%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
Average daily rate £228 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £229 £260 £200
% change year-on-year
-12.01% +30.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £13.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.96 £16.50 £19.00
% change year-on-year
-9.33% -13.15%
All Job Titles
Essex
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
365 391 371
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Essex 90.80% 94.22% 94.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 185 184 168
Average daily rate £300 £300 £288
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +4.34%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £160 £105 £78
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 65 58 68
Average hourly rate £28.00 £26.28 £27.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+6.54% -4.43%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £13.00 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £38.00 £41.50 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Junior
East of England

Junior
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Essex Junior Jobs Demand Trend

Junior
Daily Rate Trend

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

Essex Junior Daily Rate Trend

Junior
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Essex Junior Hourly Rate Trend

Junior
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Essex region that cited Junior 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 Junior in their job title.

1 3 (60.00%) SQL
1 3 (60.00%) .NET
1 3 (60.00%) SQL Server
2 2 (40.00%) C#
2 2 (40.00%) ASP.NET
2 2 (40.00%) CSS
2 2 (40.00%) Web Services
2 2 (40.00%) Windows
2 2 (40.00%) Project Management
2 2 (40.00%) Ajax
2 2 (40.00%) .NET Framework
3 1 (20.00%) Degree
3 1 (20.00%) Spanish Language
3 1 (20.00%) WSE
3 1 (20.00%) jQuery
3 1 (20.00%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (20.00%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
3 1 (20.00%) SQL Server 2005
3 1 (20.00%) Dynamics GP
3 1 (20.00%) Web Development
3 1 (20.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (20.00%) Finance
3 1 (20.00%) WinForms
3 1 (20.00%) MS Excel
3 1 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (20.00%) PMI
3 1 (20.00%) PMP
3 1 (20.00%) PMI Certification
3 1 (20.00%) XML

Junior
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Essex region that cited Junior 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 Junior in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (60.00%) .NET
2 2 (40.00%) ASP.NET
2 2 (40.00%) CSS
2 2 (40.00%) Web Services
2 2 (40.00%) Ajax
2 2 (40.00%) .NET Framework
3 1 (20.00%) WSE
3 1 (20.00%) jQuery
3 1 (20.00%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
3 1 (20.00%) WinForms
3 1 (20.00%) XML
3 1 (20.00%) HTML
3 1 (20.00%) ADO.NET
Application Platforms
1 1 (20.00%) IIS
Applications
1 1 (20.00%) MS Excel
1 1 (20.00%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Dynamics GP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (60.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (20.00%) SQL Server 2008
2 1 (20.00%) SQL Server 2005
2 1 (20.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Visual Studio
General
1 1 (20.00%) Spanish Language
1 1 (20.00%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 2 (40.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Project Management
2 1 (20.00%) Web Development
2 1 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (20.00%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 3 (60.00%) SQL
2 2 (40.00%) C#
3 1 (20.00%) JavaScript
3 1 (20.00%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) Degree
1 1 (20.00%) PMP
1 1 (20.00%) PMI Certification
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
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