The first table below looks at the demand for the Junior role in IT contracts advertised for the Leeds region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Junior in their job title over the 3 months to 22 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 Leeds 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Junior
Rank 63 61 53
Rank change year-on-year
-2 -8
Contract jobs requiring a Junior 5 10 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leeds 0.665% 1.120% 0.161%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.703% 1.181% 0.169%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 7 0
Average daily rate £270 £320 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-15.62% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £233 £255 £199
% change year-on-year
-8.82% +28.30%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £12.50 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.23 £15.00 £18.75
% change year-on-year
-5.13% -20.00%
All Job Titles
Leeds
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
711 847 592
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leeds 94.55% 94.85% 95.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 375 486 272
Average daily rate £300 £335 £335
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-10.44% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £210 £210 £222
10% offered a daily rate of more than £426 £459 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 49 47
Average hourly rate £12.50 £13.00 £15.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-3.84% -13.33%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.50 £10.00 £7.10
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £36.25 £35.60 £24.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Junior
West Yorkshire

Junior
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Leeds Junior Jobs Demand Trend

Junior
Daily Rate Trend

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

Leeds Junior Daily Rate Trend

Junior
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Junior across the Leeds region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Leeds Junior Daily Rate Histogram

Junior
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Leeds Junior Hourly Rate Trend

Junior
Top 25 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Leeds region that cited Junior 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 Junior in their job title.

1 2 (40.00%) Finance
1 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 2 (40.00%) PRINCE2
2 1 (20.00%) OO
2 1 (20.00%) E-Commerce
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (20.00%) PRINCE2 Certification
2 1 (20.00%) PMP
2 1 (20.00%) PMI Certification
2 1 (20.00%) PRINCE
2 1 (20.00%) Project Management
2 1 (20.00%) Change Management
2 1 (20.00%) HTML
2 1 (20.00%) PHP
2 1 (20.00%) MS Office
2 1 (20.00%) CSS
2 1 (20.00%) Scrum
2 1 (20.00%) Agile Software Development
2 1 (20.00%) Banking
2 1 (20.00%) Ajax
2 1 (20.00%) Private Banking
2 1 (20.00%) Project Planning
2 1 (20.00%) Web Development
2 1 (20.00%) Use Case
2 1 (20.00%) Network Architecture

Junior
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Leeds region that cited Junior 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 Junior in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (20.00%) HTML
1 1 (20.00%) CSS
1 1 (20.00%) Ajax
Applications
1 1 (20.00%) MS Office
General
1 2 (40.00%) Finance
2 1 (20.00%) Banking
2 1 (20.00%) Private Banking
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 2 (40.00%) PRINCE2
2 1 (20.00%) OO
2 1 (20.00%) E-Commerce
2 1 (20.00%) PRINCE
2 1 (20.00%) Project Management
2 1 (20.00%) Change Management
2 1 (20.00%) Scrum
2 1 (20.00%) Agile Software Development
2 1 (20.00%) Project Planning
2 1 (20.00%) Web Development
2 1 (20.00%) Use Case
2 1 (20.00%) Network Architecture
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) PHP
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) PRINCE2 Certification
1 1 (20.00%) PMP
1 1 (20.00%) PMI Certification
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
Leeds, West Yorkshire
The skill and experience needed for this role are- -Experience in delivering change. -Junior PM experience within Financial Services. -Analytical experience. -Microsoft Office, including Project. -Stakeholder management experience...
Sanderson
Rate: £250 - £290 per day
Posted: 17 May 2013