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This section looks at the prevalence of the term 'Construction' 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 job ads that have cited Construction over the 3 months to 8 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkConstruction
Location
3 months to 8 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank4048
Rank change on same period last yearUp+8
Matching contract IT job ads86
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.011 %0.006 %
As % of the category below3.980 %2.609 %
Daily rates quoted11
Average minimum daily rate£400£350
Average daily rate£420£350
% change on same period last year+20.00 %
Average maximum daily rate£440£350
UK excluding London average daily rate£387£354
% change on same period last year+9.35 %
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£35.08£25.10
% change on same period last year+39.74 %
General KentGeneral
Kent
Matching contract IT job ads201230
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.265 %0.241 %
Daily rates quoted3559
Average minimum daily rate£299£311
Average daily rate£320£330
% change on same period last year-2.93 %
Average maximum daily rate£341£348
UK excluding London average daily rate£386£372
% change on same period last year+3.87 %
Hourly rates quoted3718
Average minimum hourly rate£20.91£24.15
Average hourly rate£22.30£26.95
% change on same period last year-17.27 %
Average maximum hourly rate£23.69£29.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate£26.46£26.98
% change on same period last year-1.94 %
Construction South EastConstruction
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.

Construction
Demand Trend

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

Kent Construction Demand Trend

Construction
Daily Rate Trend

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

Kent Construction Daily Rate Trend

Construction
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Kent Construction Hourly Rate Trend

Construction
Top 20 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 8 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Kent region citing Construction 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 Construction.

17 (50.00 %)Nokia
17 (50.00 %)CheckPoint
17 (50.00 %)Firewall
17 (50.00 %)CCSE
22 (14.29 %)Finance
22 (14.29 %)Exchange Server 2003
22 (14.29 %)Windows
22 (14.29 %)Cisco
22 (14.29 %)Adobe
22 (14.29 %)Active Directory
31 (7.143 %)Microsoft
31 (7.143 %)E-Commerce
31 (7.143 %)ERP
31 (7.143 %)Oracle
31 (7.143 %)SAP
31 (7.143 %)Data Management
31 (7.143 %)Electronic Trading
31 (7.143 %)Data Cleansing
31 (7.143 %)Data Conversion
31 (7.143 %)Manufacturing

Construction
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 8 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Kent region citing Construction 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 Construction. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
12 (14.29 %)Exchange Server 2003
Communications & Networking
17 (50.00 %)Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
11 (7.143 %)Data Cleansing
General
12 (14.29 %)Finance
21 (7.143 %)Manufacturing
Job Titles
12 (14.29 %)Infrastructure Engineer
12 (14.29 %)Technical Writer
21 (7.143 %)Data Manager
21 (7.143 %)Management Consultant
21 (7.143 %)Consultant
21 (7.143 %)Data Consultant
Miscellaneous
11 (7.143 %)Data Conversion
Operating Systems
12 (14.29 %)Windows
Processes & Methodologies
11 (7.143 %)E-Commerce
11 (7.143 %)ERP
11 (7.143 %)Data Management
11 (7.143 %)Electronic Trading
Qualifications
17 (50.00 %)CCSE
System Software
12 (14.29 %)Active Directory
Vendors
17 (50.00 %)Nokia
17 (50.00 %)CheckPoint
22 (14.29 %)Cisco
22 (14.29 %)Adobe
31 (7.143 %)Microsoft
31 (7.143 %)Oracle
31 (7.143 %)SAP
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