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The table below looks at the demand for the Author role in IT contracts within the Stockport 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 Author in their job title over the 3 months to 8 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkAuthor
Location
3 months to
8 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank--
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads00
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.000 %0.000 %
As % of the category below0.000 %0.000 %
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£293£306
% change on same period last year-4.28 %
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£26.16£24.71
% change on same period last year+5.86 %
Stockport IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Stockport
Matching contract IT job ads3331
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.045 %0.031 %
Daily rates quoted44
Average minimum daily rate£256£371
Average daily rate£271£391
% change on same period last year-30.83 %
Average maximum daily rate£285£411
UK excluding London average daily rate£355£356
% change on same period last year-0.19 %
Hourly rates quoted910
Average minimum hourly rate£12.89£27.46
Average hourly rate£15.94£30.75
% change on same period last year-48.14 %
Average maximum hourly rate£19.00£34.03
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.78£25.65
% change on same period last year-7.28 %
Author ManchesterAuthor
Manchester

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.

Author
Demand Trend

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

Stockport Author Demand Trend

Author
Top 10 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 8 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Stockport 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.

12 (100.00 %)HTML
12 (100.00 %)Java
12 (100.00 %)ASP
12 (100.00 %)JSP
12 (100.00 %)XML
12 (100.00 %)XHTML
12 (100.00 %)E-Commerce
12 (100.00 %)Internet
12 (100.00 %)Insurance
12 (100.00 %)QA

Author
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 8 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Stockport 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.

Stockport IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
12 (100.00 %)HTML
12 (100.00 %)ASP
12 (100.00 %)JSP
12 (100.00 %)XML
12 (100.00 %)XHTML
Stockport IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (100.00 %)Internet
Stockport IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (100.00 %)Insurance
Stockport IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (100.00 %)E-Commerce
Stockport IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12 (100.00 %)Java
Stockport IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
12 (100.00 %)QA