The first table below looks at the demand for Lucene skills in IT contracts advertised for the Northamptonshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Lucene 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 Development category for the Northamptonshire 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
Lucene
Rank - - -
Contract jobs citing Lucene 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Northamptonshire - - -
As % of the Application Development category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £335 £313 £253
% change year-on-year
+7.20% +23.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £45.00 - -
All Application Development
Northamptonshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
28 76 20
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Northamptonshire 11.38% 18.91% 7.299%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 52 9
Average daily rate £325 £250 £256
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+30.00% -2.43%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £210 £216
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £290 £368
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 1
Average hourly rate £35.00 - £35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
Lucene
East Midlands