Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term 'Publishing' in contract IT jobs within the Hertfordshire region together with a comparison to our General terms category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Publishing over the 3 months to 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkPublishing
Location
3 months to
2 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank6778
Rank change on same period last yearUp+11
Matching contract IT job ads417
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.006 %0.018 %
As % of the category below0.839 %1.968 %
Daily rates quoted06
Average minimum daily rate-£244
Average daily rate-£272
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£300
UK excluding London average daily rate£332£352
% change on same period last year-5.64 %
Hourly rates quoted01
Average minimum hourly rate-£30.00
Average hourly rate-£40.00
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£50.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£16.13£21.23
% change on same period last year-24.04 %
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
Hertfordshire
Matching contract IT job ads477864
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.766 %0.928 %
Daily rates quoted139377
Average minimum daily rate£349£330
Average daily rate£377£357
% change on same period last year+5.55 %
Average maximum daily rate£405£383
UK excluding London average daily rate£380£378
% change on same period last year+0.46 %
Hourly rates quoted5582
Average minimum hourly rate£28.19£28.08
Average hourly rate£29.54£29.97
% change on same period last year-1.44 %
Average maximum hourly rate£30.88£31.86
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.35£26.62
% change on same period last year+2.74 %
Publishing East of EnglandPublishing
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.

Publishing
Demand Trend

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

Hertfordshire Publishing Demand Trend

Publishing
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Publishing across the Hertfordshire region.

Hertfordshire Publishing Daily Rate Trend

Publishing
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hertfordshire Publishing Hourly Rate Trend

Publishing
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Publishing within the Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 2 December 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
St AlbansUp+113--
Publishing East of EnglandPublishing
East of England

Publishing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire region citing Publishing 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 Publishing.

18 (66.67 %)Security Cleared
27 (58.33 %)SC Cleared
36 (50.00 %)MS Office
45 (41.67 %)Government
54 (33.33 %)Internet
54 (33.33 %)HTML
63 (25.00 %)E-Commerce
63 (25.00 %)Adobe
63 (25.00 %)CMS
63 (25.00 %)Marketing
63 (25.00 %)Spreadsheet
63 (25.00 %)Content Management
72 (16.67 %)Degree
72 (16.67 %)InDesign
72 (16.67 %)Law
72 (16.67 %)SharePoint
81 (8.333 %)C#
81 (8.333 %)Dreamweaver
81 (8.333 %)Microsoft
81 (8.333 %)ASP
81 (8.333 %)ASP.NET
81 (8.333 %)XML
81 (8.333 %)MS Excel
81 (8.333 %)JavaScript
81 (8.333 %)SQL
81 (8.333 %)VB
81 (8.333 %)VB.NET
81 (8.333 %).NET
81 (8.333 %)SQL Server
81 (8.333 %)Photoshop

Publishing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire region citing Publishing 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 Publishing. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
14 (33.33 %)HTML
21 (8.333 %).NET
21 (8.333 %)ASP
21 (8.333 %)ASP.NET
21 (8.333 %)XML
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
13 (25.00 %)CMS
22 (16.67 %)SharePoint
31 (8.333 %)BizTalk Server
31 (8.333 %)SharePoint Server 2007
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
16 (50.00 %)MS Office
23 (25.00 %)Spreadsheet
32 (16.67 %)InDesign
41 (8.333 %)Photoshop
41 (8.333 %)MS Excel
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
14 (33.33 %)Internet
21 (8.333 %)Intranet
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (8.333 %)SQL Server
11 (8.333 %)SQL Server 2000
11 (8.333 %)SQL Server 2005
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (8.333 %)Dreamweaver
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
15 (41.67 %)Government
23 (25.00 %)Marketing
32 (16.67 %)Law
41 (8.333 %)Finance
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
13 (25.00 %)Web Editor
13 (25.00 %)Web Content Editor
13 (25.00 %)Content Editor
21 (8.333 %)Developer
21 (8.333 %)Web Developer
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
18 (66.67 %)Security Cleared
27 (58.33 %)SC Cleared
33 (25.00 %)E-Commerce
33 (25.00 %)Content Management
41 (8.333 %)Web Development
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (8.333 %)C#
11 (8.333 %)JavaScript
11 (8.333 %)SQL
11 (8.333 %)VB
11 (8.333 %)VB.NET
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
12 (16.67 %)Degree
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
13 (25.00 %)Adobe
21 (8.333 %)Tridion
21 (8.333 %)Microsoft