The first table below looks at the demand for Internet skills in IT contracts advertised for the Norfolk region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Internet over the 3 months to 21 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 Norfolk 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Internet
Rank 33 - 32
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Internet 1 0 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Norfolk 0.556% - 1.901%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.571% - 16.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
Average daily rate £290 - £488
UK excluding London average daily rate £311 £325 £350
% change year-on-year
-4.23% -7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.75 £15.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-1.66% -25.00%
All Communications & Networking
Norfolk
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
28 35 30
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Norfolk 15.56% 13.41% 11.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 12 7
Average daily rate £225 £293 £225
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-23.07% +30.00%
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £335 £325
% change year-on-year
-5.97% +3.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 6 9
Average hourly rate £16.00 £25.75 £19.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-37.86% +35.52%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.50 £25.75 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-16.50% -6.36%
Internet
East of England

Internet
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Norfolk 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 Norfolk region.

Norfolk 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 Norfolk region.

Norfolk 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 Norfolk region over the 3 months to 21 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
Norwich - 1 £290 -
Internet
East of England

Internet
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Norfolk 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 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
1 2 (66.67%) Agile Software Development
2 1 (33.33%) Systems Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) Competitor Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) Software Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Web 2.0
2 1 (33.33%) PDA
2 1 (33.33%) Degree
2 1 (33.33%) JIRA
2 1 (33.33%) QA
2 1 (33.33%) Social Network
2 1 (33.33%) Selenium
2 1 (33.33%) Usability Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Performance Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Integration Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Web Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Test Management
2 1 (33.33%) Test Scripting
2 1 (33.33%) Manual Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Test Automation
2 1 (33.33%) Information Architecture
2 1 (33.33%) Axure RP
2 1 (33.33%) Waterfall
2 1 (33.33%) Agile Project Management
2 1 (33.33%) ISEB
2 1 (33.33%) QuickTest Pro
2 1 (33.33%) Project Management
2 1 (33.33%) Regression Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Wireless
2 1 (33.33%) Bugzilla

Internet
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Norfolk 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 Development
1 1 (33.33%) .NET
1 1 (33.33%) ASP.NET
1 1 (33.33%) XML
Applications
1 1 (33.33%) MS Project
1 1 (33.33%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) Wireless
1 1 (33.33%) LAN
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) JIRA
1 1 (33.33%) Selenium
1 1 (33.33%) Axure RP
1 1 (33.33%) QuickTest Pro
1 1 (33.33%) Bugzilla
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) IT Support
1 1 (33.33%) Architect
1 1 (33.33%) Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Test Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Web 2.0
1 1 (33.33%) PDA
1 1 (33.33%) Social Network
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Agile Software Development
2 1 (33.33%) Systems Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) Competitor Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) Software Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Usability Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Performance Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Integration Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Web Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Test Management
2 1 (33.33%) Test Scripting
2 1 (33.33%) Manual Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Test Automation
2 1 (33.33%) Information Architecture
2 1 (33.33%) Waterfall
2 1 (33.33%) Agile Project Management
2 1 (33.33%) Project Management
2 1 (33.33%) Regression Testing
2 1 (33.33%) E-Commerce
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) C#
1 1 (33.33%) C++
1 1 (33.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
1 1 (33.33%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft