The first table below looks at the demand for the Author role in IT contracts advertised for the South West region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Author in their job title 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 Job Titles advertised for the South West 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
Author
Rank 103 123 115
Rank change year-on-year
+20 -8
Contract jobs requiring an Author 5 13 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 0.248% 0.402% 0.247%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.264% 0.432% 0.262%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 5
Average daily rate £221 £400 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-44.68% +14.28%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £206 £330 £318
10% offered a daily rate of more than £236 £879 £410
UK excluding London average daily rate £260 £300 £313
% change year-on-year
-13.33% -4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 1
Average hourly rate - £25.00 £15.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +61.29%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.50 £22.25 £21.50
% change year-on-year
+46.06% +3.48%
All Job Titles
South West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1895 3012 2668
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 93.95% 93.11% 94.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 1138 1803 1328
Average daily rate £350 £375 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.66% +7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £230 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 137 186 243
Average hourly rate £15.40 £22.50 £22.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-31.55% +2.27%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.00 £12.70 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £37.50 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Author
England

Author
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Author across the South West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

South West Author Jobs Demand Trend

Author
Daily Rate Trend

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

South West Author Daily Rate Trend

Author
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South West Author Hourly Rate Trend

Author
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Author within the South West region over the 3 months to 24 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
Bristol +14 1 £203 -49.37%
Wiltshire 0 1 £240 -
Author
England

Author
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West region that cited Author in their job title 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 with Author in their job title.

1 3 (30.00%) Firewall
2 2 (20.00%) Avionics
2 2 (20.00%) MS PowerPoint
2 2 (20.00%) VLAN
2 2 (20.00%) Oracle
2 2 (20.00%) MS Office
2 2 (20.00%) JSP
2 2 (20.00%) MS Excel
2 2 (20.00%) SharePoint
2 2 (20.00%) MS Visio
2 2 (20.00%) Cisco
2 2 (20.00%) Dell
3 1 (10.00%) Windows Server 2003
3 1 (10.00%) MOM
3 1 (10.00%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
3 1 (10.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (10.00%) Compuware
3 1 (10.00%) VBScript
3 1 (10.00%) VB
3 1 (10.00%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (10.00%) Windows
3 1 (10.00%) Marketing
3 1 (10.00%) SCOM
3 1 (10.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (10.00%) Security Cleared
3 1 (10.00%) PowerShell
3 1 (10.00%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (10.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (10.00%) Software Architecture
3 1 (10.00%) SharePoint 2010

Author
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West region that cited Author in their job title 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 with Author in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (20.00%) JSP
Application Platforms
1 2 (20.00%) SharePoint
2 1 (10.00%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
2 1 (10.00%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 2 (20.00%) MS PowerPoint
1 2 (20.00%) MS Office
1 2 (20.00%) MS Excel
1 2 (20.00%) MS Visio
2 1 (10.00%) Spreadsheet
Communications & Networking
1 3 (30.00%) Firewall
2 2 (20.00%) VLAN
General
1 2 (20.00%) Avionics
2 1 (10.00%) Marketing
Operating Systems
1 1 (10.00%) Windows Server 2003
1 1 (10.00%) Windows
1 1 (10.00%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (10.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (10.00%) Software Architecture
Programming Languages
1 1 (10.00%) VBScript
1 1 (10.00%) VB
1 1 (10.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (10.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (10.00%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 1 (10.00%) MOM
1 1 (10.00%) SCOM
Vendors
1 2 (20.00%) Oracle
1 2 (20.00%) Cisco
1 2 (20.00%) Dell
2 1 (10.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (10.00%) Compuware
Bristol, Avon
The successful candidate will be responsible for interpreting content form multiple business areas and being able to convert this into a central SharePoint site on a Global scale.....
Sanderson
Rate: £180 - £225 per day
Posted: 21 May 2013