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The table below looks at the demand for the Junior role in IT contracts within the Leeds region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Junior in their job title over the 3 months to 13 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Junior
Location
3 months to
13 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank8073
Rank change on same period last yearDown-7
Matching contract IT job ads45
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.006 %0.005 %
As % of the category below0.349 %0.392 %
Daily rates quoted13
Average minimum daily rate£200£217
Average daily rate£225£217
% change on same period last year+3.84 %
Average maximum daily rate£250£217
UK excluding London average daily rate£250£238
% change on same period last year+4.67 %
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£13.63£15.38
% change on same period last year-11.37 %
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Leeds
Matching contract IT job ads11471275
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.622 %1.291 %
Daily rates quoted265274
Average minimum daily rate£323£329
Average daily rate£346£346
% change on same period last year-0.03 %
Average maximum daily rate£369£364
UK excluding London average daily rate£352£353
% change on same period last year-0.18 %
Hourly rates quoted79103
Average minimum hourly rate£20.32£27.40
Average hourly rate£21.93£28.49
% change on same period last year-23.02 %
Average maximum hourly rate£23.55£29.58
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.71£25.14
% change on same period last year-5.69 %
Junior West YorkshireJunior
West Yorkshire

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.

Junior
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Junior across the Leeds region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Leeds Junior Demand Trend

Junior
Daily Rate Trend

The 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
Hourly Rate Trend

The 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 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, 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.

13 (30.00 %)Project Management
13 (30.00 %)VB.NET
13 (30.00 %).NET
13 (30.00 %)MS Excel
13 (30.00 %)MS Access
22 (20.00 %)SQL Server
22 (20.00 %)PRINCE2
22 (20.00 %)Finance
22 (20.00 %)Advertising
22 (20.00 %)PRINCE
31 (10.00 %)Computer Science
31 (10.00 %)Spreadsheet
31 (10.00 %)Agile Software Development
31 (10.00 %)Banking
31 (10.00 %)Spring
31 (10.00 %)Incident Management
31 (10.00 %)Degree
31 (10.00 %)Windows Server 2003
31 (10.00 %)Hibernate
31 (10.00 %)Windows
31 (10.00 %)J2SE
31 (10.00 %)ASP.NET
31 (10.00 %)Microsoft
31 (10.00 %)PRINCE2 Certification
31 (10.00 %)J2EE
31 (10.00 %)Oracle
31 (10.00 %)C#
31 (10.00 %)Java
31 (10.00 %)JavaScript
31 (10.00 %)SQL

Junior
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, 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.

Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
13 (30.00 %).NET
21 (10.00 %)J2EE
21 (10.00 %)ASP.NET
21 (10.00 %)J2SE
21 (10.00 %)Hibernate
21 (10.00 %)Spring
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
13 (30.00 %)MS Excel
21 (10.00 %)Spreadsheet
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
13 (30.00 %)MS Access
22 (20.00 %)SQL Server
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (20.00 %)Finance
12 (20.00 %)Advertising
21 (10.00 %)Banking
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (10.00 %)Computer Science
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (10.00 %)Windows
11 (10.00 %)Windows Server 2003
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13 (30.00 %)Project Management
22 (20.00 %)PRINCE2
22 (20.00 %)PRINCE
31 (10.00 %)Agile Software Development
31 (10.00 %)Incident Management
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
13 (30.00 %)VB.NET
21 (10.00 %)C#
21 (10.00 %)Java
21 (10.00 %)JavaScript
21 (10.00 %)SQL
21 (10.00 %)VB
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (10.00 %)PRINCE2 Certification
11 (10.00 %)Degree
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (10.00 %)Oracle
11 (10.00 %)Microsoft