The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Cantonese Language in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Cantonese Language over the 3 months to 24 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 terms in our General category.

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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Cantonese Language
Rank - 579 583
Contract jobs citing Cantonese Language 0 5 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK - 0.009% 0.002%
As % of the General category - 0.019% 0.003%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 4 0
Average daily rate - £310 -
UK excluding London average daily rate - £335 -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All of the General Category
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
19979 26477 30377
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 43.07% 45.40% 49.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 11992 15778 18181
Average daily rate £450 £427 £500
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.32% -14.55%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £275 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £600 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 653 726 916
Average hourly rate £25.00 £22.50 £25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+11.11% -10.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £12.00 £11.20
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £42.50 £42.40
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.50 £25.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year
+2.00% -3.84%

Cantonese Language
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Cantonese Language within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.

Cantonese Language Jobs Demand Trend

Cantonese Language
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Cantonese Language within the UK.

Cantonese Language Daily Rate Trend

Cantonese Language
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Cantonese Language within the UK.

Cantonese Language Hourly Rate Trend

Cantonese Language
Top 20 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Cantonese Language 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 Cantonese Language.

1 3 (37.50%) ITIL
1 3 (37.50%) E-Commerce
1 3 (37.50%) Mandarin Language
1 3 (37.50%) German Language
1 3 (37.50%) Russian Language
1 3 (37.50%) Turkish Language
2 2 (25.00%) Advertising
2 2 (25.00%) Web Design
2 2 (25.00%) Retail
2 2 (25.00%) Fireworks
2 2 (25.00%) UNIX
2 2 (25.00%) Photoshop
3 1 (12.50%) HTML
3 1 (12.50%) B2C
3 1 (12.50%) Adobe
3 1 (12.50%) Social Media
3 1 (12.50%) Content Management
3 1 (12.50%) CMS
3 1 (12.50%) Adobe Illustrator
3 1 (12.50%) InDesign

Cantonese Language
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Cantonese Language 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 Cantonese Language. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (12.50%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 1 (12.50%) CMS
Applications
1 2 (25.00%) Fireworks
1 2 (25.00%) Photoshop
2 1 (12.50%) Adobe Illustrator
2 1 (12.50%) InDesign
General
1 3 (37.50%) Mandarin Language
1 3 (37.50%) German Language
1 3 (37.50%) Russian Language
1 3 (37.50%) Turkish Language
2 2 (25.00%) Advertising
2 2 (25.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 3 (37.50%) Designer
1 3 (37.50%) Digital Designer
1 3 (37.50%) Engineering Manager
2 2 (25.00%) Digital Account Manager
2 2 (25.00%) Account Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 2 (25.00%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (37.50%) ITIL
1 3 (37.50%) E-Commerce
2 2 (25.00%) Web Design
3 1 (12.50%) B2C
3 1 (12.50%) Content Management
Vendors
1 1 (12.50%) Adobe