The first table below looks at the demand for K2 blackpearl skills in IT contracts advertised for the South East region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited K2 blackpearl over the 3 months to 23 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 South 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
K2 blackpearl
Rank - 240 253
Contract jobs citing K2 blackpearl 0 2 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East - 0.020% 0.057%
As % of the Application Development category - 0.087% 0.217%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 1
Average daily rate - £500 £700
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -28.57%
UK excluding London average daily rate - £500 £458
% change year-on-year
- +9.28%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Application Development
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
1895 2291 2761
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 24.35% 22.53% 26.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 1008 1137 1282
Average daily rate £350 £330 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.06% +1.53%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £240 £240
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 120 106 200
Average hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £38.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -7.89%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.33 £17.65 £29.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £43.50 £41.35 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
K2 blackpearl
England

K2 blackpearl
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing K2 blackpearl across the South East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

South East K2 blackpearl Jobs Demand Trend

K2 blackpearl
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing K2 blackpearl across the South East region.

South East K2 blackpearl Daily Rate Trend