The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Online Games in IT contracts advertised for the Staffordshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Online Games over the 3 months to 20 June 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all terms in our Miscellaneous category for the Staffordshire 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
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Online Gaming
Rank - 29 39
Contract jobs citing Online Games 0 3 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Staffordshire - 1.463% 2.024%
As % of the Miscellaneous category - 7.895% 10.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 3
Average daily rate - £325 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +8.33%
UK excluding London average daily rate £388 £325 £288
% change year-on-year
+19.23% +13.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Staffordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
27 38 49
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Staffordshire 27.55% 18.54% 19.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 20 25
Average daily rate £330 £325 £315
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.53% +3.17%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £238 £250 £255
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £353 £357
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £330
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +4.54%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 6 0
Average hourly rate £11.26 £40.00 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-71.85% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.22% -10.00%
Online Games
West Midlands

Online Games
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Online Games across the Staffordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

Staffordshire Online Games Jobs Demand Trend

Online Games
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Online Games across the Staffordshire region.

Staffordshire Online Games Daily Rate Trend

Online Games
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Online Games within the Staffordshire region over the 3 months to 20 June 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
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Online Games
West Midlands
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