Thames Valley Publishing Contracts

This section looks at the prevalence of the term 'Publishing' in contract IT jobs within the Thames Valley 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 Publishing over the 3 months to 4 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Publishing
Location Aberdeen Berkshire Birmingham Brighton Bristol Bromley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Cheshire City of London Croydon Docklands, London Durham Ealing East Lothian East Midlands East of England East Sussex Edinburgh England Essex Feltham Glasgow Hammersmith Hampshire Hemel Hempstead Herefordshire Hertfordshire Hornchurch Kent Lancashire Leeds London Maidstone Manchester Middlesex Midlands Newbury Newport Norfolk North East North West North Yorkshire Northamptonshire Norwich Oxford Oxfordshire Portsmouth Reading Scotland Sheffield Slough Somerset South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Stratford-upon-Avon Surrey Taunton Thames Valley UK Wales Warrington Warwickshire West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Wiltshire Worcester Worcestershire Worthing York Yorkshire	3 months to 4 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	40	65
Rank change on same period last year	+25
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	0.606 %	0.332 %
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	£299	£289
% change on same period last year	+3.50 %
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	£27.58	£21.96
% change on same period last year	+25.59 %
General Thames Valley
Matching contract IT job ads	165	301
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.218 %	0.319 %
Daily rates quoted	26	46
Average minimum daily rate	£320	£368
Average daily rate	£341	£379
% change on same period last year	-10.20 %
Average maximum daily rate	£361	£391
UK excluding London average daily rate	£386	£372
% change on same period last year	+3.96 %
Hourly rates quoted	15	14
Average minimum hourly rate	£27.53	£33.24
Average hourly rate	£30.97	£34.06
% change on same period last year	-9.06 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£34.41	£34.88
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£26.47	£27.20
% change on same period last year	-2.68 %
Publishing South East

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.

Publishing
Demand Trend

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

Publishing
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Publishing across the Thames Valley region.

Publishing
Top 2 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Thames Valley region citing Publishing 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 Publishing.

1 1 (100.00 %) SAP 1 1 (100.00 %) NetWeaver

Publishing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Thames Valley region citing Publishing 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 Publishing. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms 1 1 (100.00 %) NetWeaver	Job Titles 1 1 (100.00 %) Trainer 1 1 (100.00 %) SAP Trainer
Vendors 1 1 (100.00 %) SAP