Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for the Applications Specialist role in IT contracts within the South Yorkshire region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Applications Specialist in their job title over the 3 months to 7 January 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Application Specialist
Location
3 months to
7 Jan 2009
Same period last year
Rank3354
Rank change on same period last yearUp+21
Matching contract IT job ads11
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.002 %0.001 %
As % of the category below0.377 %0.189 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£393£377
% change on same period last year+4.34 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£20.50£20.00
% change on same period last year+2.50 %
South Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
South Yorkshire
Matching contract IT job ads265528
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.529 %0.661 %
Daily rates quoted7387
Average minimum daily rate£333£295
Average daily rate£352£311
% change on same period last year+13.13 %
Average maximum daily rate£370£327
UK excluding London average daily rate£350£357
% change on same period last year-2.06 %
Hourly rates quoted68125
Average minimum hourly rate£23.46£23.39
Average hourly rate£24.32£24.64
% change on same period last year-1.32 %
Average maximum hourly rate£25.17£25.90
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.14£23.50
% change on same period last year-1.52 %
Applications Specialist YorkshireApplications Specialist
Yorkshire

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

Applications Specialist
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Applications Specialist across the South Yorkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

South Yorkshire Applications Specialist Demand Trend

Applications Specialist
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Applications Specialist across the South Yorkshire region.

South Yorkshire Applications Specialist Daily Rate Trend

Applications Specialist
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Applications Specialist within the South Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 7 January 2009. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank 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
SheffieldUp+201--
Applications Specialist YorkshireApplications Specialist
Yorkshire

Applications Specialist
Top 6 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 7 January 2009, IT contractor jobs across the South Yorkshire region that cited Applications Specialist 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 Applications Specialist in their job title.

11 (50.00 %)HTML
11 (50.00 %)MySQL
11 (50.00 %)Oracle
11 (50.00 %)CSS
11 (50.00 %)ITIL
11 (50.00 %)Linux

Applications Specialist
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 7 January 2009, IT contractor jobs across the South Yorkshire region that cited Applications Specialist 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 Applications Specialist in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

South Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (50.00 %)HTML
11 (50.00 %)CSS
South Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (50.00 %)MySQL
South Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (50.00 %)Linux
South Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (50.00 %)ITIL
South Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (50.00 %)Oracle