The first table below looks at the demand for QSIG skills 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 QSIG 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 of the Communications & Networking 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
QSIG
Rank - 122 -
Contract jobs citing QSIG 0 14 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West - 0.433% -
As % of the Communications & Networking category - 2.647% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 8 0
Average daily rate - £413 -
UK excluding London average daily rate - £400 -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Communications & Networking
South West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
295 529 371
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 14.63% 16.35% 13.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 163 270 151
Average daily rate £350 £400 £345
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-12.50% +15.94%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £215 £265 £203
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £438
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £338 £325
% change year-on-year
-6.66% +3.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 38 54
Average hourly rate £32.50 £22.50 £29.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+44.44% -22.41%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.93 £20.00 £14.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.10 £42.50 £41.90
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.75 £25.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-17.00% -9.09%
QSIG
England

QSIG
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South West QSIG Jobs Demand Trend

QSIG
Daily Rate Trend

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

South West QSIG Daily Rate Trend