The first table below looks at the demand for the Author role in IT contracts advertised for the South Yorkshire 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 23 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 Yorkshire 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Author
Rank 31 33 -
Rank change year-on-year
+2 -
Contract jobs requiring an Author 1 1 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in South Yorkshire 0.379% 0.385% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.408% 0.405% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 0
Average daily rate - £175 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £260 £300 £313
% change year-on-year
-13.33% -4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.50 £22.25 £21.50
% change year-on-year
+46.06% +3.48%
All Job Titles
South Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
245 247 285
As % of all contract IT jobs located in South Yorkshire 92.80% 95.00% 95.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 141 132 170
Average daily rate £300 £288 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.34% -11.53%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £160 £165 £220
10% offered a daily rate of more than £485 £500 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 21 31
Average hourly rate £14.50 £22.50 £30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-35.55% -25.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.00 £12.00 £10.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.50 £30.00 £60.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Author
Yorkshire

Author
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region.

South Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region.

South Yorkshire Author Hourly Rate Trend

Author
Top 7 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South Yorkshire 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 1 (50.00%) Service Management
1 1 (50.00%) Service Delivery
1 1 (50.00%) ITSM
1 1 (50.00%) MS Office
1 1 (50.00%) ITIL
1 1 (50.00%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (50.00%) NHS

Author
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South Yorkshire 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.

Applications
1 1 (50.00%) MS Office
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Data Warehouse
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Service Management
1 1 (50.00%) Service Delivery
1 1 (50.00%) ITSM
1 1 (50.00%) ITIL