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This section looks at the demand for Mason skills within the Kent region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Mason over the 3 months to 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMason
Location
3 months to
29 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank-50
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads05
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.000 %0.005 %
As % of the category below0.000 %3.030 %
Daily rates quoted01
Average minimum daily rate-£270
Average daily rate-£270
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£270
UK excluding London average daily rate£388£270
% change on same period last year+43.51 %
Hourly rates quoted01
Average minimum hourly rate-£30.00
Average hourly rate-£30.00
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£30.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate-£37.50
% change on same period last year-
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
Kent
Matching contract IT job ads97165
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.129 %0.165 %
Daily rates quoted2234
Average minimum daily rate£294£260
Average daily rate£307£269
% change on same period last year+14.19 %
Average maximum daily rate£321£278
UK excluding London average daily rate£338£337
% change on same period last year+0.41 %
Hourly rates quoted1529
Average minimum hourly rate£31.02£40.20
Average hourly rate£32.59£46.83
% change on same period last year-30.41 %
Average maximum hourly rate£34.15£53.46
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.55£33.03
% change on same period last year-1.44 %
Mason South EastMason
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.

Mason
Demand Trend

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

Kent Mason Demand Trend

Mason
Daily Rate Trend

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

Kent Mason Daily Rate Trend

Mason
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Kent Mason Hourly Rate Trend

Mason
Top 8 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Kent region citing Mason 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 Mason.

14 (100.00 %)HTML
14 (100.00 %)JavaScript
14 (100.00 %)Perl
14 (100.00 %)MySQL
14 (100.00 %)CSS
14 (100.00 %)XML
14 (100.00 %)OOP
14 (100.00 %)Publishing

Mason
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Kent region citing Mason 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 Mason. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
14 (100.00 %)HTML
14 (100.00 %)CSS
14 (100.00 %)XML
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
14 (100.00 %)MySQL
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
14 (100.00 %)Publishing
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
14 (100.00 %)Developer
14 (100.00 %)Perl Developer
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
14 (100.00 %)OOP
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
14 (100.00 %)JavaScript
14 (100.00 %)Perl