The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Chip and PIN in IT contracts advertised for the Hertfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Chip and PIN over the 3 months to 19 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 terms in our Miscellaneous category for the Hertfordshire 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Chip and PIN
Rank - 77 -
Contract jobs citing Chip and PIN 0 2 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hertfordshire - 0.201% -
As % of the Miscellaneous category - 0.943% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 0
Average daily rate - £350 -
UK excluding London average daily rate - £440 £575
% change year-on-year
- -23.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Hertfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
131 212 167
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 20.50% 21.29% 18.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 60 94 82
Average daily rate £350 £325 £338
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.69% -3.70%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £213 £246 £144
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £438 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £328
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +5.34%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 19 12
Average hourly rate £35.00 £27.00 £37.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+29.62% -27.02%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.03 £9.43 £13.10
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.50 £47.65 £38.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.63 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-3.88% -10.00%
Chip and PIN
East of England

Chip and PIN
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Chip and PIN across the Hertfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

Hertfordshire Chip and PIN Jobs Demand Trend

Chip and PIN
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Chip and PIN across the Hertfordshire region.

Hertfordshire Chip and PIN Daily Rate Trend

Chip and PIN
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Chip and PIN across the Hertfordshire region.

Hertfordshire Chip and PIN Hourly Rate Trend

Chip and PIN
Top 8 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire region citing Chip and PIN 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 Chip and PIN.

1 5 (100.00%) EPoS
1 5 (100.00%) Retail
1 5 (100.00%) PCI DSS
2 3 (60.00%) EFTPOS
3 2 (40.00%) Smartcard
3 2 (40.00%) EMV
3 2 (40.00%) NFC
4 1 (20.00%) EFT

Chip and PIN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire region citing Chip and PIN 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 Chip and PIN. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 2 (40.00%) NFC
General
1 5 (100.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Analyst
1 3 (60.00%) Systems Analyst
2 2 (40.00%) Consultant
3 1 (20.00%) Business Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) Business Systems Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 5 (100.00%) EPoS
2 3 (60.00%) EFTPOS
3 2 (40.00%) Smartcard
3 2 (40.00%) EMV
4 1 (20.00%) EFT
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (100.00%) PCI DSS
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