The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Publishing in IT contracts advertised for the Northamptonshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Publishing over the 3 months to 20 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 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Publishing
Rank 29 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Publishing 2 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Northamptonshire 0.813% - -
As % of the General category 1.587% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
Average daily rate £350 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £365 £338
% change year-on-year
-10.95% +8.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £18.50 £16.50 £17.50
% change year-on-year
+12.12% -5.71%
All of the General Category
Northamptonshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
126 233 149
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Northamptonshire 51.22% 58.40% 55.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 89 168 106
Average daily rate £425 £384 £383
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+10.74% +0.32%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £325 £270 £160
10% offered a daily rate of more than £900 £500 £485
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 5
Average hourly rate £15.00 £20.00 £8.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-25.00% +135.29%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £26.00 £25.00 £26.50
% change year-on-year
+4.00% -5.66%
Publishing
East Midlands

Publishing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Northamptonshire Publishing Jobs Demand Trend

Publishing
Daily Rate Trend

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

Northamptonshire Publishing Daily Rate Trend

Publishing
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Publishing within the Northamptonshire region over the 3 months to 20 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
Daventry - 2 £350 -
Publishing
East Midlands

Publishing
Top 27 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Northamptonshire region citing Publishing 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 Publishing.

1 3 (60.00%) Migration
1 3 (60.00%) Data Management
2 2 (40.00%) Software Testing
2 2 (40.00%) Data Migration
2 2 (40.00%) Validation
2 2 (40.00%) SQL
2 2 (40.00%) Oracle
2 2 (40.00%) MS Access
2 2 (40.00%) Trillium
2 2 (40.00%) Informatica
2 2 (40.00%) DataFlux
2 2 (40.00%) Data Governance
2 2 (40.00%) Data Quality
3 1 (20.00%) Project Management
3 1 (20.00%) SAP
3 1 (20.00%) HND
3 1 (20.00%) JavaScript
3 1 (20.00%) E-Learning
3 1 (20.00%) TestComplete
3 1 (20.00%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (20.00%) Test Automation
3 1 (20.00%) QA
3 1 (20.00%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (20.00%) Integration Testing
3 1 (20.00%) Test Management
3 1 (20.00%) Manual Testing
3 1 (20.00%) Degree

Publishing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Spreadsheet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (40.00%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) TestComplete
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Analyst
1 2 (40.00%) Data Analyst
1 2 (40.00%) Quality Analyst
1 2 (40.00%) Data Quality Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Testing Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Software Testing Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Software Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Project Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Tester
2 1 (20.00%) Software Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Project Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Software Tester
2 1 (20.00%) QA Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Test Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Manager
2 1 (20.00%) QA Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) E-Learning
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Migration
1 3 (60.00%) Data Management
2 2 (40.00%) Software Testing
2 2 (40.00%) Validation
2 2 (40.00%) Data Migration
2 2 (40.00%) Data Governance
3 1 (20.00%) Test Automation
3 1 (20.00%) Project Management
3 1 (20.00%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (20.00%) Integration Testing
3 1 (20.00%) Test Management
3 1 (20.00%) Manual Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (40.00%) SQL
2 1 (20.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) HND
1 1 (20.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (40.00%) Data Quality
2 1 (20.00%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Oracle
1 2 (40.00%) Trillium
1 2 (40.00%) Informatica
1 2 (40.00%) DataFlux
2 1 (20.00%) SAP