The first table below looks at the demand for Internet skills in IT contracts advertised for the Leicestershire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Internet over the 3 months to 24 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 of the Communications & Networking category for the Leicestershire 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Internet
Rank 31 22 32
Rank change year-on-year
-9 +10
Contract jobs citing Internet 3 3 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leicestershire 1.422% 1.402% 0.862%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 27.27% 9.375% 6.250%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 0
Average daily rate - £300 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £325 £350
% change year-on-year
-3.07% -7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
Average hourly rate £13.94 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.50 £15.00 £18.00
% change year-on-year
-3.33% -16.66%
All Communications & Networking
Leicestershire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
11 32 32
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leicestershire 5.213% 14.95% 13.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 7 6
Average daily rate £275 £200 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+37.50% -33.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £235 £180 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £547 £343 £325
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £338 £325
% change year-on-year
-6.66% +3.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 4 4
Average hourly rate £16.50 £18.00 £32.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-8.33% -44.61%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.75 £25.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-17.00% -9.09%
Internet
East Midlands

Internet
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Internet across the Leicestershire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

Leicestershire Internet Jobs Demand Trend

Internet
Daily Rate Trend

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

Leicestershire Internet Daily Rate Trend

Internet
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Leicestershire Internet Hourly Rate Trend

Internet
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Internet within the Leicestershire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Leicester -2 2 - -
Kegworth - 1 - -
Internet
East Midlands

Internet
Top 12 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Leicestershire region citing Internet 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 Internet.

1 9 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 8 (88.89%) MS Office
2 8 (88.89%) MS Excel
3 7 (77.78%) MS PowerPoint
3 7 (77.78%) Data Protection
4 2 (22.22%) Lync
4 2 (22.22%) Unified Communications
4 2 (22.22%) Windows
5 1 (11.11%) SLA
5 1 (11.11%) Financial Institution
5 1 (11.11%) Finance
5 1 (11.11%) Active Directory

Internet
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Leicestershire region citing Internet 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 Internet. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 2 (22.22%) Lync
Applications
1 8 (88.89%) MS Office
1 8 (88.89%) MS Excel
2 7 (77.78%) MS PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 2 (22.22%) Unified Communications
General
1 1 (11.11%) Financial Institution
1 1 (11.11%) Finance
Job Titles
1 7 (77.78%) Trainer
1 7 (77.78%) IT Trainer
2 1 (11.11%) Analyst
2 1 (11.11%) 1st Line Support
2 1 (11.11%) Service Analyst
2 1 (11.11%) Administrator
2 1 (11.11%) Service Desk Analyst
2 1 (11.11%) Network Administrator
Operating Systems
1 2 (22.22%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (77.78%) Data Protection
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (11.11%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (11.11%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 9 (100.00%) Microsoft