The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term LPAR 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 LPAR over the 3 months to 21 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 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
LPAR
Rank - 136 116
Contract jobs citing LPAR 0 6 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West - 0.184% 0.145%
As % of the Miscellaneous category - 0.939% 0.802%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 3
Average daily rate - £280 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -25.33%
UK excluding London average daily rate £438 £340 £365
% change year-on-year
+28.67% -6.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £67.50 -
All of the Miscellaneous Category
South West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
419 639 499
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 20.11% 19.57% 18.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 219 344 208
Average daily rate £350 £384 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-8.79% +9.64%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £250 £205
10% offered a daily rate of more than £505 £525 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £340
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +1.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 42 42 57
Average hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £29.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+20.00% -13.79%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.00 £10.70 £14.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £42.50 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £23.00 £26.50
% change year-on-year
-4.34% -13.20%
LPAR
England

LPAR
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South West LPAR Jobs Demand Trend

LPAR
Daily Rate Trend

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

South West LPAR Daily Rate Trend

LPAR
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South West LPAR Hourly Rate Trend