The first table below looks at the demand for E-Commerce skills in IT contracts advertised for the Suffolk region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited E-Commerce over the 3 months to 21 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 Processes & Methodologies category for the Suffolk 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Electronic Commerce (eCommerce)
Rank 23 23 32
Rank change year-on-year
0 +9
Contract jobs citing E-Commerce 8 17 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Suffolk 5.000% 6.719% 0.562%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.921% 10.49% 0.877%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 16 1
Average daily rate £275 £281 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.22% +2.27%
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £325 £375
% change year-on-year
+15.38% -13.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £17.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+114.28% -50.00%
All Processes & Methodologies
Suffolk
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
101 162 114
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Suffolk 63.13% 64.03% 64.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 72 95 53
Average daily rate £375 £325 £525
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+15.38% -38.09%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £259 £288 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £470 £425 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 16 6
Average hourly rate £15.16 £29.50 £13.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-48.61% +114.54%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.60 £12.50 £13.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.50 £35.00 £50.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.50 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.00% -16.66%
E-Commerce
East of England

E-Commerce
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing E-Commerce across the Suffolk region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Suffolk E-Commerce Jobs Demand Trend

E-Commerce
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing E-Commerce across the Suffolk region.

Suffolk E-Commerce Daily Rate Trend

E-Commerce
Top 6 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Suffolk region citing E-Commerce 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 E-Commerce.

1 8 (100.00%) C#
1 8 (100.00%) .NET
1 8 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 8 (100.00%) ASP.NET
1 8 (100.00%) SQL Server 2005
1 8 (100.00%) SQL Server 2008

E-Commerce
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Suffolk region citing E-Commerce 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 E-Commerce. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 8 (100.00%) .NET
1 8 (100.00%) ASP.NET
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 8 (100.00%) SQL Server 2005
1 8 (100.00%) SQL Server 2008
Job Titles
1 8 (100.00%) Developer
1 8 (100.00%) .NET Developer
1 8 (100.00%) C# Developer
1 8 (100.00%) ASP.NET Developer
1 8 (100.00%) C# ASP.NET Developer
1 8 (100.00%) C# .NET Developer
Programming Languages
1 8 (100.00%) C#