South Yorkshire Construction Contracts

This section looks at the prevalence of the term 'Construction' in contract IT jobs within the South Yorkshire region together with a comparison to our General terms category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited Construction over the 3 months to 4 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Aberdeen Avon Barnsley Basildon Bath Bedford Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Birmingham Bracknell Brentwood Brighton Bristol Buckinghamshire Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cheadle Cheshire City of London Coalville County Antrim Coventry Devon Docklands, London Dorset East Anglia East Midlands East of England East Sussex Edinburgh England Essex Exeter Fareham Gatwick Glasgow Hampshire Hertfordshire Kent King's Lynn Kingston Upon Thames Knutsford Lancashire Leatherhead Leeds Leicestershire London M4 Corridor Manchester Merseyside Middlesbrough Middlesex Midlands Newport Norfolk North West North Yorkshire Northern Ireland Norwich Oxford Oxfordshire Peterborough Portsmouth Reading Redcar Salisbury Scotland Shropshire Somerset South Coast South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Stevenage Stockport Suffolk Sunbury-on-Thames Surrey Telford Thames Valley UK Wales Walsall Warrington Warwick Warwickshire West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Wiltshire Windsor Wirral Wolverhampton Worthing Yorkshire	3 months to 4 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	42	37
Rank change on same period last year	-5
Matching contract IT job ads	1	1
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.001 %	0.001 %
As % of the category below	0.709 %	1.075 %
Daily rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum daily rate	-	-
Average daily rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	-	-
UK excluding London average daily rate	£389	£354
% change on same period last year	+9.84 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum hourly rate	-	-
Average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£34.48	£24.80
% change on same period last year	+38.99 %
General South Yorkshire
Matching contract IT job ads	141	93
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.186 %	0.099 %
Daily rates quoted	34	16
Average minimum daily rate	£297	£297
Average daily rate	£321	£312
% change on same period last year	+2.76 %
Average maximum daily rate	£345	£328
UK excluding London average daily rate	£386	£372
% change on same period last year	+3.96 %
Hourly rates quoted	32	20
Average minimum hourly rate	£26.28	£16.60
Average hourly rate	£26.78	£16.83
% change on same period last year	+59.11 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£27.27	£17.05
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£26.47	£27.20
% change on same period last year	-2.68 %
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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.

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Demand Trend

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

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Daily Rate Trend

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

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Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Construction across the South Yorkshire region.

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Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT job ads citing Construction within the South Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 4 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
Barnsley	-	1	-	-

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Top 8 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South Yorkshire region citing Construction also 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 that cited Construction.

1 2 (66.67 %) SQL 1 2 (66.67 %) Data Analysis 1 2 (66.67 %) Time Management 2 1 (33.33 %) QA 2 1 (33.33 %) NHS 2 1 (33.33 %) Project Management 2 1 (33.33 %) Government 2 1 (33.33 %) Health

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South Yorkshire region citing Construction also 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 that cited Construction. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

General 1 1 (33.33 %) Government 1 1 (33.33 %) Health	Job Titles 1 2 (66.67 %) Analyst 1 2 (66.67 %) Data Analyst 2 1 (33.33 %) Procurement Manager 2 1 (33.33 %) Procurement Specialist
Miscellaneous 1 1 (33.33 %) NHS	Processes & Methodologies 1 2 (66.67 %) Data Analysis 1 2 (66.67 %) Time Management 2 1 (33.33 %) Project Management
Programming Languages 1 2 (66.67 %) SQL	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 1 (33.33 %) QA