The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Quark products and/or services 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 Quark 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 Vendors 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.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are NOT representative of contractor rates within Quark, Inc.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Quark
Rank - 236 252
Contract jobs citing Quark 0 3 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East - 0.030% 0.010%
As % of the Vendors category - 0.060% 0.020%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 0
Average daily rate - £360 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £144 £300 -
% change year-on-year
-52.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £15.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £20.00 £15.00
% change year-on-year
- +33.33%
All Vendors
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
3939 4993 5071
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 50.54% 49.21% 48.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 1932 2185 1996
Average daily rate £350 £360 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.77% +2.85%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £220 £240
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £500 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 315 378 421
Average hourly rate £19.63 £17.50 £21.79
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+12.14% -19.68%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.44 £11.48 £11.30
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £45.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
Quark
England

Quark
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East Quark Jobs Demand Trend

Quark
Daily Rate Trend

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

South East Quark Daily Rate Trend

Quark
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South East Quark Hourly Rate Trend

Quark
Top 18 Related IT Skills

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

1 1 (100.00%) Photoshop
1 1 (100.00%) MS Office
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) MS Excel
1 1 (100.00%) DHCP
1 1 (100.00%) Acrobat
1 1 (100.00%) QuarkXPress
1 1 (100.00%) Internet
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
1 1 (100.00%) Publishing
1 1 (100.00%) LAMP
1 1 (100.00%) Google
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Drupal
1 1 (100.00%) Android
1 1 (100.00%) Windows 7
1 1 (100.00%) Google Apps

Quark
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 1 (100.00%) LAMP
Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) Drupal
Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Photoshop
1 1 (100.00%) MS Office
1 1 (100.00%) MS Excel
1 1 (100.00%) Acrobat
1 1 (100.00%) QuarkXPress
1 1 (100.00%) Google Apps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) DHCP
1 1 (100.00%) Internet
General
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
1 1 (100.00%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Desktop Support
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Android
1 1 (100.00%) Windows 7
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Google