The first table below looks at the demand for Workflow 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 Workflow over the 3 months to 18 June 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 Processes & Methodologies 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Workflow
Rank 43 42 35
Rank change year-on-year
-1 -7
Contract jobs citing Workflow 8 8 13
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Essex 1.891% 1.790% 3.359%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.721% 2.857% 5.508%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 4 1
Average daily rate £265 £248 £481
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.07% -48.49%
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £375 £350
% change year-on-year
-6.66% +7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
Average hourly rate - £13.00 £32.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -60.00%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £14.75 £18.25
% change year-on-year
+8.47% -19.17%
All Processes & Methodologies
Essex
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
294 280 236
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Essex 69.50% 62.64% 60.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 142 126 104
Average daily rate £325 £320 £351
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.56% -8.70%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £125 £194
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £475 £440
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
+1.36% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 58 42 37
Average hourly rate £33.00 £27.50 £27.63
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+20.00% -0.47%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £22.66 £17.00 £18.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £43.00 £41.80 £39.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%
Workflow
East of England

Workflow
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Essex Workflow Jobs Demand Trend

Workflow
Daily Rate Trend

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

Essex Workflow Daily Rate Trend

Workflow
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Workflow across the Essex region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

Essex Workflow Daily Rate Histogram

Workflow
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Essex Workflow Hourly Rate Trend

Workflow
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Workflow within the Essex region over the 3 months to 18 June 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
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Job
Vacancies
Basildon -1 1 - -
Workflow
East of England

Workflow
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Essex region citing Workflow 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 Workflow.

1 7 (43.75%) .NET
2 6 (37.50%) SharePoint
3 5 (31.25%) Finance
3 5 (31.25%) Microsoft
4 4 (25.00%) SQL
4 4 (25.00%) Business Analysis
5 3 (18.75%) Project Management
5 3 (18.75%) MS Office
5 3 (18.75%) MS Excel
5 3 (18.75%) VisionPLUS
6 2 (12.50%) Financial Institution
6 2 (12.50%) .NET Framework
6 2 (12.50%) Degree
6 2 (12.50%) Use Case
6 2 (12.50%) OO
6 2 (12.50%) C#
6 2 (12.50%) VB.NET
6 2 (12.50%) ASP.NET
7 1 (6.250%) CSS
7 1 (6.250%) XSD
7 1 (6.250%) XSL
7 1 (6.250%) XSLT
7 1 (6.250%) PRINCE2
7 1 (6.250%) Windows
7 1 (6.250%) OOP
7 1 (6.250%) C
7 1 (6.250%) SQL Server
7 1 (6.250%) IIS
7 1 (6.250%) Java
7 1 (6.250%) T-SQL

Workflow
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Essex region citing Workflow 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 Workflow. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 7 (43.75%) .NET
2 2 (12.50%) ASP.NET
2 2 (12.50%) .NET Framework
3 1 (6.250%) WF
3 1 (6.250%) LINQ
3 1 (6.250%) jQuery
3 1 (6.250%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
3 1 (6.250%) CSS
3 1 (6.250%) XSD
3 1 (6.250%) XSL
3 1 (6.250%) XSLT
Application Platforms
1 6 (37.50%) SharePoint
2 1 (6.250%) Content Management Server
2 1 (6.250%) CMS
2 1 (6.250%) SharePoint Server
2 1 (6.250%) SharePoint 2010
2 1 (6.250%) IIS
Applications
1 3 (18.75%) MS Office
1 3 (18.75%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (18.75%) VisionPLUS
2 1 (6.250%) AWD
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.250%) SQL Server
1 1 (6.250%) EDMS
Development Applications
1 1 (6.250%) Visual Studio
1 1 (6.250%) TestDirector
1 1 (6.250%) LoadRunner
General
1 5 (31.25%) Finance
2 2 (12.50%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 8 (50.00%) Developer
2 6 (37.50%) Analyst
2 6 (37.50%) SharePoint Developer
3 5 (31.25%) Business Analyst
4 2 (12.50%) Business Process Analyst
4 2 (12.50%) Process Analyst
4 2 (12.50%) .NET Developer
5 1 (6.250%) C# Developer
5 1 (6.250%) IT Support Analyst
5 1 (6.250%) ASP.NET Developer
5 1 (6.250%) Support Analyst
5 1 (6.250%) Applications Support
5 1 (6.250%) Tester
5 1 (6.250%) Programme Manager
5 1 (6.250%) Integration Tester
5 1 (6.250%) C# ASP.NET Developer
5 1 (6.250%) IT Support
5 1 (6.250%) C# .NET Developer
5 1 (6.250%) Payments Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (6.250%) PMI
1 1 (6.250%) Management Information System
1 1 (6.250%) iSeries
Operating Systems
1 1 (6.250%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (25.00%) Business Analysis
2 3 (18.75%) Project Management
3 2 (12.50%) OO
3 2 (12.50%) Use Case
4 1 (6.250%) User Acceptance Testing
4 1 (6.250%) Stress Testing
4 1 (6.250%) Unit Testing
4 1 (6.250%) Test Automation
4 1 (6.250%) Process Improvement
4 1 (6.250%) OOD
4 1 (6.250%) PRINCE2
4 1 (6.250%) OOP
4 1 (6.250%) GAP Analysis
4 1 (6.250%) Migration
4 1 (6.250%) Agile Software Development
4 1 (6.250%) TDD
4 1 (6.250%) Asset Management
4 1 (6.250%) Document Management
4 1 (6.250%) Penetration Testing
4 1 (6.250%) Wealth Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (25.00%) SQL
2 2 (12.50%) C#
2 2 (12.50%) VB.NET
3 1 (6.250%) C
3 1 (6.250%) Java
3 1 (6.250%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (12.50%) Degree
2 1 (6.250%) PgMP
2 1 (6.250%) PMP
2 1 (6.250%) PMI Certification
Vendors
1 5 (31.25%) Microsoft
2 1 (6.250%) Adobe
2 1 (6.250%) Kofax
2 1 (6.250%) Telerik
2 1 (6.250%) Pega