The first table below looks at the demand for Internet skills 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 Internet 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 of the Communications & Networking category 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
Internet
Rank 27 29 28
Rank change year-on-year
+2 -1
Contract jobs citing Internet 5 5 9
As % of all contract IT jobs located in South Yorkshire 1.894% 1.923% 3.000%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 11.36% 11.11% 16.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 2
Average daily rate £263 £375 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-30.00% -11.76%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £253 £275 £405
10% offered a daily rate of more than £273 £407 £445
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £325 £350
% change year-on-year
-3.07% -7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £12.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.50 £15.00 £18.50
% change year-on-year
-3.33% -18.91%
All Communications & Networking
South Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
44 45 56
As % of all contract IT jobs located in South Yorkshire 16.67% 17.31% 18.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 27 26
Average daily rate £360 £340 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.88% +23.63%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £251 £220 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £525 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £338 £325
% change year-on-year
-6.66% +3.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 7 9
Average hourly rate £15.00 £30.00 £48.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-50.00% -37.82%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.20 £12.00 £33.10
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £20.10 £35.50 £60.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.50 £25.38 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-15.27% -7.72%
Internet
Yorkshire

Internet
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South Yorkshire Internet Jobs Demand Trend

Internet
Daily Rate Trend

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

South Yorkshire Internet Daily Rate Trend

Internet
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South Yorkshire Internet Hourly Rate Trend

Internet
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Internet within the South Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank 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
Sheffield +2 5 £263 -30.00%
Internet
Yorkshire

Internet
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 4 (44.44%) Windows
1 4 (44.44%) Microsoft
2 3 (33.33%) SharePoint
2 3 (33.33%) SQL Server
2 3 (33.33%) Intranet
2 3 (33.33%) Disaster Recovery
2 3 (33.33%) Replication
2 3 (33.33%) VMware
2 3 (33.33%) SCCM
2 3 (33.33%) SCOM
2 3 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (22.22%) MySQL
3 2 (22.22%) Manual Testing
3 2 (22.22%) QA
3 2 (22.22%) Wireless
3 2 (22.22%) SQL
3 2 (22.22%) Active Directory
3 2 (22.22%) ISEB
4 1 (11.11%) Windows Server 2003
4 1 (11.11%) Windows XP
4 1 (11.11%) MS Exchange
4 1 (11.11%) LAN
4 1 (11.11%) PSTN
4 1 (11.11%) WAN
4 1 (11.11%) SSL
4 1 (11.11%) ActionScript
4 1 (11.11%) HTML
4 1 (11.11%) JavaScript
4 1 (11.11%) MS Office
4 1 (11.11%) CSS

Internet
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South Yorkshire region citing Internet 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 Internet. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (11.11%) HTML
1 1 (11.11%) CSS
1 1 (11.11%) HTML5
Application Platforms
1 3 (33.33%) SharePoint
2 1 (11.11%) MS Exchange
2 1 (11.11%) Exchange Server 2003
2 1 (11.11%) Exchange Server 2007
2 1 (11.11%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 1 (11.11%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 3 (33.33%) Intranet
2 2 (22.22%) Wireless
3 1 (11.11%) LAN
3 1 (11.11%) PSTN
3 1 (11.11%) WAN
3 1 (11.11%) SSL
3 1 (11.11%) IPsec
3 1 (11.11%) MPLS
3 1 (11.11%) H.323
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (33.33%) SQL Server
2 2 (22.22%) MySQL
General
1 1 (11.11%) Telecoms
1 1 (11.11%) Finance
1 1 (11.11%) Legal
Job Titles
1 3 (33.33%) Support Engineer
1 3 (33.33%) 3rd Line Support
1 3 (33.33%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
2 2 (22.22%) QA Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Desktop Support
3 1 (11.11%) Consultant
3 1 (11.11%) Support Technician
3 1 (11.11%) Business Consultant
3 1 (11.11%) Desktop Support Technician
3 1 (11.11%) Trainee
3 1 (11.11%) Designer
3 1 (11.11%) Desktop Technician
Miscellaneous
1 3 (33.33%) Replication
2 1 (11.11%) SCORM
Operating Systems
1 4 (44.44%) Windows
2 1 (11.11%) Windows Server 2003
2 1 (11.11%) Windows XP
2 1 (11.11%) Windows Vista
2 1 (11.11%) Apple iOS
2 1 (11.11%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (33.33%) Disaster Recovery
2 2 (22.22%) Manual Testing
3 1 (11.11%) OOP
3 1 (11.11%) OO
3 1 (11.11%) Service Management
3 1 (11.11%) Agile Software Development
3 1 (11.11%) Data Management
3 1 (11.11%) Software Distribution
Programming Languages
1 2 (22.22%) SQL
2 1 (11.11%) ActionScript
2 1 (11.11%) JavaScript
2 1 (11.11%) ActionScript 3.0
Qualifications
1 2 (22.22%) ISEB
2 1 (11.11%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (22.22%) QA
System Software
1 3 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (22.22%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (33.33%) SCCM
1 3 (33.33%) SCOM
2 1 (11.11%) Cisco IPCC
Vendors
1 4 (44.44%) Microsoft
2 3 (33.33%) VMware
3 1 (11.11%) Twitter