The first table below looks at the demand for Benchmarking skills in IT contracts advertised for the Halifax region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Benchmarking 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 Halifax 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
Benchmarking
Rank - - -
Contract jobs citing Benchmarking 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Halifax - - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £263 £225 £283
% change year-on-year
+16.66% -20.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £42.50 £16.63 -
% change year-on-year
+155.63% -
All Processes & Methodologies
Halifax
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
111 180 85
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Halifax 68.10% 82.19% 77.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 83 156 58
Average daily rate £388 £380 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.10% -10.58%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £280 £280 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £505 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
+1.36% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 4
Average hourly rate - - £7.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%
Benchmarking
West Yorkshire

Benchmarking
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Halifax Benchmarking Jobs Demand Trend

Benchmarking
Daily Rate Trend

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

Halifax Benchmarking Daily Rate Trend

Benchmarking
Top 10 Related IT Skills

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

1 3 (100.00%) SEO
1 3 (100.00%) Legal
1 3 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 3 (100.00%) Retail
1 3 (100.00%) Content Management
1 3 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 3 (100.00%) Copywriting
1 3 (100.00%) Customer Insight
2 1 (33.33%) Banking
2 1 (33.33%) Finance

Benchmarking
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

General
1 3 (100.00%) Legal
1 3 (100.00%) Retail
2 1 (33.33%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Banking
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Consultant
1 1 (33.33%) User Experience Designer
1 1 (33.33%) Designer
1 1 (33.33%) User Experience Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Copywriting
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) SEO
1 3 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 3 (100.00%) Content Management
1 3 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 3 (100.00%) Customer Insight