The first table below looks at the demand for the Author role in IT contracts advertised for the Kent region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Author in their job title over the 3 months to 21 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the Kent 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Author
Rank 34 28 40
Rank change year-on-year
-6 +12
Contract jobs requiring an Author 4 7 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Kent 1.329% 2.622% 1.278%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.434% 2.869% 1.320%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £260 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
-13.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
Average hourly rate - - £17.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.50 £22.50 £21.50
% change year-on-year
+57.77% +4.65%
All Job Titles
Kent
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
279 244 303
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Kent 92.69% 91.39% 96.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 136 115 173
Average daily rate £301 £308 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.03% +2.50%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £205 £138 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £450 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 27 23
Average hourly rate £16.00 £15.50 £15.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+3.22% +3.33%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.50 £10.30 £11.20
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £48.00 £27.50 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Author
South East

Author
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Author across the Kent region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Kent Author Jobs Demand Trend

Author
Daily Rate Trend

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

Kent Author Daily Rate Trend

Author
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Kent Author Hourly Rate Trend

Author
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Author within the Kent region over the 3 months to 21 May 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
Maidstone - 2 - -
Author
South East

Author
Top 12 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Kent region that cited Author in their job title 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 with Author in their job title.

1 3 (75.00%) Data Warehouse
1 3 (75.00%) SQL
2 2 (50.00%) ETL
3 1 (25.00%) SAS
3 1 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (25.00%) SGML
3 1 (25.00%) Finance
3 1 (25.00%) Automotive
3 1 (25.00%) Migration
3 1 (25.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (25.00%) OLAP
3 1 (25.00%) XML

Author
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Kent region that cited Author in their job title 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 with Author in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (25.00%) SGML
1 1 (25.00%) XML
Application Platforms
1 1 (25.00%) SAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (75.00%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (25.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (25.00%) OLAP
General
1 1 (25.00%) Finance
1 1 (25.00%) Automotive
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) ETL
2 1 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (25.00%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 3 (75.00%) SQL
Maidstone, South East
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Posted: 26 April 2013