The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Billing in IT contracts advertised for the North East region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Billing 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 terms in our General category for the North East 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
Billing
Rank 35 45 30
Rank change year-on-year
+10 -15
Contract jobs citing Billing 2 2 16
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North East 0.738% 0.410% 3.645%
As % of the General category 3.390% 1.681% 14.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 3
Average daily rate £425 £329 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+29.27% -12.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £365 £312 £355
10% offered a daily rate of more than £485 £346 £395
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £425 £335
% change year-on-year
-17.64% +26.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £11.00 £17.00 £17.50
% change year-on-year
-35.29% -2.85%
All of the General Category
North East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
59 119 110
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North East 21.77% 24.39% 25.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 36 68 48
Average daily rate £425 £350 £340
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+21.42% +2.94%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £263 £230
10% offered a daily rate of more than £528 £500 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 6 4
Average hourly rate £11.00 £22.50 £17.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-51.11% +28.57%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £25.00 £26.50
% change year-on-year
- -5.66%
Billing
England

Billing
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Billing across the North East region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.

North East Billing Jobs Demand Trend

Billing
Daily Rate Trend

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

North East Billing Daily Rate Trend

Billing
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Billing across the North East region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

North East Billing Daily Rate Histogram

Billing
Hourly Rate Trend

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

North East Billing Hourly Rate Trend

Billing
Top 14 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North East region citing Billing 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 Billing.

1 2 (100.00%) CRM
2 1 (50.00%) SharePoint
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (50.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (50.00%) Business Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) SharePoint Server
2 1 (50.00%) Oracle APEX
2 1 (50.00%) Oracle BI EE
2 1 (50.00%) Social Media
2 1 (50.00%) .NET
2 1 (50.00%) Oracle
2 1 (50.00%) WebLogic
2 1 (50.00%) MS Excel

Billing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North East region citing Billing 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 Billing. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (50.00%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 1 (50.00%) SharePoint
1 1 (50.00%) SharePoint Server
1 1 (50.00%) WebLogic
Applications
1 1 (50.00%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle EBS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle BI EE
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle APEX
General
1 1 (50.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Architect
1 1 (50.00%) Business Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Solutions Architect
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle Architect
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle Solutions Architect
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Solutions Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) CRM
2 1 (50.00%) Business Analysis
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle