The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Reuters products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Kent region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Reuters over the 3 months to 17 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 Vendors 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.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are NOT representative of contractor rates within Reuters Group PLC.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Reuters
Rank - 34 -
Contract jobs citing Reuters 0 2 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Kent - 0.755% -
As % of the Vendors category - 1.550% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 0
Average daily rate - £133 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £550 £450 £364
% change year-on-year
+22.22% +23.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.00 £31.50 £97.63
% change year-on-year
-55.55% -67.73%
All Vendors
Kent
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
164 129 154
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Kent 53.59% 48.68% 48.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 92 67 95
Average daily rate £300 £290 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.44% -3.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £137 £263
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £425 £375
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 4 4
Average hourly rate £16.00 £47.50 £40.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-66.31% +18.75%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.50 £19.00 £27.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £90.00 £67.50 £105.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
Reuters
South East

Reuters
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Kent Reuters Jobs Demand Trend

Reuters
Daily Rate Trend

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

Kent Reuters Daily Rate Trend