The first table below looks at the demand for Papyrus skills in IT contracts advertised for the London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Papyrus 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 of the Application Platforms category for the London 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
ISIS Papyrus
Rank - - 435
Contract jobs citing Papyrus 0 0 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London - - 0.006%
As % of the Application Platforms category - - 0.038%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £135 - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Application Platforms
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
4017 4309 5220
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 18.60% 16.09% 16.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 2587 2679 3212
Average daily rate £400 £385 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.89% -9.41%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £250 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £550 £575
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £350
% change year-on-year
- -7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 160 124 176
Average hourly rate £22.00 £20.00 £19.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+10.00% +3.89%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.50 £13.35 £12.65
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £60.00 £40.00 £41.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £20.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.00% -
Papyrus
England

Papyrus
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Papyrus across the London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Platforms category.

London Papyrus Jobs Demand Trend

Papyrus
Daily Rate Trend

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

London Papyrus Daily Rate Trend

Papyrus
Top 18 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing Papyrus 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 Papyrus.

1 3 (100.00%) C#
1 3 (100.00%) Java
1 3 (100.00%) .NET
1 3 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 3 (100.00%) Web Services
1 3 (100.00%) XML
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
1 3 (100.00%) RDBMS
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (100.00%) HP
1 3 (100.00%) Internet
1 3 (100.00%) DOC1
1 3 (100.00%) Exstream
1 3 (100.00%) PrintSoft PReS
1 3 (100.00%) SQL Server 2005
1 3 (100.00%) .NET Framework
1 3 (100.00%) QA
1 3 (100.00%) SQL Server 2008

Papyrus
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing Papyrus 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 Papyrus. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (100.00%) .NET
1 3 (100.00%) Web Services
1 3 (100.00%) XML
1 3 (100.00%) .NET Framework
Applications
1 3 (100.00%) DOC1
1 3 (100.00%) PrintSoft PReS
Business Applications
1 3 (100.00%) Exstream
Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 3 (100.00%) RDBMS
1 3 (100.00%) SQL Server 2005
1 3 (100.00%) SQL Server 2008
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Developer
1 3 (100.00%) .NET Developer
1 3 (100.00%) C# Developer
1 3 (100.00%) C# .NET Developer
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) C#
1 3 (100.00%) Java
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (100.00%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (100.00%) HP