Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term 'Back Office' in contract IT jobs within the Kent 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 Back Office over the 3 months to 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkBack Office
Location
3 months to
2 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank4349
Rank change on same period last yearUp+6
Matching contract IT job ads53
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.008 %0.003 %
As % of the category below2.793 %1.422 %
Daily rates quoted10
Average minimum daily rate£300-
Average daily rate£325-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£350-
UK excluding London average daily rate£415£360
% change on same period last year+15.30 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.25£24.25
% change on same period last year+16.49 %
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
Kent
Matching contract IT job ads179211
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.288 %0.227 %
Daily rates quoted4445
Average minimum daily rate£313£342
Average daily rate£323£362
% change on same period last year-10.84 %
Average maximum daily rate£333£383
UK excluding London average daily rate£380£378
% change on same period last year+0.46 %
Hourly rates quoted2329
Average minimum hourly rate£20.10£23.16
Average hourly rate£21.03£24.48
% change on same period last year-14.09 %
Average maximum hourly rate£21.95£25.79
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.35£26.62
% change on same period last year+2.74 %
Back Office South EastBack Office
South East

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.

Back Office
Demand Trend

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

Kent Back Office Demand Trend

Back Office
Daily Rate Trend

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

Kent Back Office Daily Rate Trend

Back Office
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Kent Back Office Hourly Rate Trend

Back Office
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Back Office within the Kent 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
West MallingNew entry-1£325-
Back Office South EastBack Office
South East

Back Office
Top 24 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Kent region citing Back Office 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 Back Office.

15 (83.33 %)SQL
24 (66.67 %)Business Intelligence
24 (66.67 %)NHS
24 (66.67 %)Data Analysis
32 (33.33 %)Finance
41 (16.67 %)NUnit
41 (16.67 %)SQL Server 2005
41 (16.67 %).NET Framework
41 (16.67 %)XPath
41 (16.67 %)Unit Testing
41 (16.67 %)DHTML
41 (16.67 %)JavaScript
41 (16.67 %)SQL Server 2000
41 (16.67 %).NET
41 (16.67 %)SQL Server
41 (16.67 %)ASP.NET
41 (16.67 %)CSS
41 (16.67 %)WebServices
41 (16.67 %)XML
41 (16.67 %)XSD
41 (16.67 %)XSL
41 (16.67 %)CRM
41 (16.67 %)N-Tier
41 (16.67 %)SOA

Back Office
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (16.67 %).NET
11 (16.67 %)ASP.NET
11 (16.67 %)CSS
11 (16.67 %)WebServices
11 (16.67 %)XML
11 (16.67 %)XSD
11 (16.67 %)XSL
11 (16.67 %).NET Framework
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (16.67 %)SQL Server
11 (16.67 %)SQL Server 2000
11 (16.67 %)SQL Server 2005
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (16.67 %)NUnit
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (33.33 %)Finance
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
14 (66.67 %)Analyst
14 (66.67 %)Information Analyst
21 (16.67 %).NET Programmer
21 (16.67 %)Developer
21 (16.67 %)Programmer
21 (16.67 %)Operations Manager
21 (16.67 %).NET Developer
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
14 (66.67 %)NHS
21 (16.67 %)N-Tier
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
14 (66.67 %)Business Intelligence
14 (66.67 %)Data Analysis
21 (16.67 %)Unit Testing
21 (16.67 %)CRM
21 (16.67 %)SOA
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
15 (83.33 %)SQL
21 (16.67 %)XPath
21 (16.67 %)DHTML
21 (16.67 %)JavaScript