The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Linked Data 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 Linked Data over the 3 months to 24 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 Miscellaneous 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Linked Data
Rank - - -
Contract jobs citing Linked Data 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East - - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £301 - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All of the Miscellaneous Category
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
1563 1915 1952
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 20.05% 18.87% 18.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 717 810 808
Average daily rate £375 £325 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+15.38% -7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £220 £220 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £475 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £340
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +1.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 120 177 180
Average hourly rate £22.50 £27.50 £30.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-18.18% -10.56%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.00 £12.60 £12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £45.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £22.50 £26.00
% change year-on-year
- -13.46%
Linked Data
England

Linked Data
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Linked Data across the South East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

South East Linked Data Jobs Demand Trend

Linked Data
Daily Rate Trend

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

South East Linked Data Daily Rate Trend

Linked Data
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South East Linked Data Hourly Rate Trend

Linked Data
Top 5 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing Linked Data 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 Linked Data.

1 2 (100.00%) RDF
1 2 (100.00%) Ontologies
1 2 (100.00%) Semantic Web
2 1 (50.00%) SCOM
2 1 (50.00%) Pharmaceutical

Linked Data
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing Linked Data 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 Linked Data. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

General
1 1 (50.00%) Pharmaceutical
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Ontologies
1 2 (100.00%) Semantic Web
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) RDF
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) SCOM