Essex Tandem Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Tandem skills within the Essex region with a comparison to our Miscellaneous category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Tandem over the 3 months to 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Tandem
Location Belfast Buckinghamshire Cambridge Cambridgeshire Cardiff Cheshire City of London County Antrim Docklands, London East Midlands East of England Edinburgh England Essex Harrogate Hemel Hempstead Herefordshire Hertfordshire Knutsford Leicester Leicestershire London Manchester Midlands North East North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Scotland South East South Wales Surrey Tyne and Wear UK Wales Warwick Warwickshire West Midlands Yorkshire	3 months to 20 Aug 2008	Same period last year
Rank	-	57
Rank change on same period last year	-
Matching contract IT job ads	0	3
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.000 %	0.003 %
As % of the category below	0.000 %	2.970 %
Daily rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum daily rate	-	-
Average daily rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	-	-
UK excluding London average daily rate	£457	£324
% change on same period last year	+41.20 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum hourly rate	-	-
Average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£33.25	£23.42
% change on same period last year	+41.95 %
Miscellaneous Essex
Matching contract IT job ads	188	101
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.248 %	0.101 %
Daily rates quoted	63	23
Average minimum daily rate	£293	£318
Average daily rate	£319	£334
% change on same period last year	-4.62 %
Average maximum daily rate	£345	£351
UK excluding London average daily rate	£351	£352
% change on same period last year	-0.16 %
Hourly rates quoted	23	13
Average minimum hourly rate	£28.51	£25.34
Average hourly rate	£29.69	£25.91
% change on same period last year	+14.58 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£30.87	£26.49
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£25.30	£28.72
% change on same period last year	-11.88 %
Tandem 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.

Tandem
Demand Trend

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

Tandem
Hourly Rate Trend

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