The first table below looks at the demand for the Content Editor role in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Content Editor in their job title 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 Job Titles currently tracked.

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
Content Editor
Rank 489 562 550
Rank change year-on-year
+73 -12
Contract jobs requiring a Content Editor 40 22 34
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.086% 0.038% 0.056%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.094% 0.041% 0.060%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 13 17
Average daily rate £235 £190 £195
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+23.68% -2.56%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £150 £120 £113
10% offered a daily rate of more than £325 £319 £241
UK excluding London average daily rate £175 £229 £225
% change year-on-year
-23.49% +1.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 5
Average hourly rate £12.75 £12.00 £13.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+6.25% -11.11%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.95 £12.00 £12.30
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.55 £13.60 £16.74
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £12.00 £13.50
% change year-on-year
- -11.11%
All Job Titles
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
42733 53947 56601
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 92.11% 92.50% 92.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 24507 29722 30764
Average daily rate £400 £400 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -5.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £240 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £575 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 2112 2572 2930
Average hourly rate £18.50 £18.50 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -7.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £11.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £41.50 £40.00 £41.38
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%

Content Editor
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Content Editor within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Content Editor Jobs Demand Trend

Content Editor
Daily Rate Trend

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

Content Editor Daily Rate Trend

Content Editor
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Content Editor within the UK over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Content Editor Daily Rate Histogram

Content Editor
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Content Editor Hourly Rate Trend

Content Editor
Top 14 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Content Editor within the UK over the 3 months to 24 May 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
England +68 37 £236 +47.65%
London +60 33 £250 +56.25%
City of London +22 11 £180 +12.50%
Feltham - 8 £257 -
South East +16 3 £125 -44.44%
Bromley - 3 £325 -
Scotland -13 2 £225 -3.22%
Berkshire - 2 £138 -
South West +28 1 £175 +9.37%
Edinburgh +3 1 £225 +6.50%
Hampshire - 1 £125 -
Portsmouth - 1 £125 -
Glasgow - 1 - -
Bristol - 1 £175 -

Content Editor
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited Content Editor 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 Content Editor in their job title.

1 45 (60.81%) CMS
2 32 (43.24%) Content Management
3 27 (36.49%) HTML
4 26 (35.14%) Publishing
5 21 (28.38%) Social Media
6 16 (21.62%) CSS
7 14 (18.92%) Intranet
8 13 (17.57%) Internet
9 12 (16.22%) Adobe
10 11 (14.86%) SharePoint
11 10 (13.51%) JavaScript
11 10 (13.51%) Copywriting
12 8 (10.81%) Migration
13 7 (9.459%) MS Excel
13 7 (9.459%) MS Office
13 7 (9.459%) Security Cleared
13 7 (9.459%) Continuous Improvement
13 7 (9.459%) Adobe CQ
13 7 (9.459%) Analytics
14 6 (8.108%) Time Management
14 6 (8.108%) Microsoft
14 6 (8.108%) SEO
14 6 (8.108%) Finance
14 6 (8.108%) Adobe Premiere
15 5 (6.757%) Windows
15 5 (6.757%) Digital Media
16 4 (5.405%) SC Cleared
16 4 (5.405%) Marketing
16 4 (5.405%) XML
16 4 (5.405%) Java

Content Editor
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited Content Editor 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 Content Editor in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 27 (36.49%) HTML
2 16 (21.62%) CSS
3 4 (5.405%) XML
4 1 (1.351%) XSLT
4 1 (1.351%) XHTML
4 1 (1.351%) WebSphere
4 1 (1.351%) JSON
4 1 (1.351%) jQuery
Application Platforms
1 45 (60.81%) CMS
2 11 (14.86%) SharePoint
3 7 (9.459%) Adobe CQ
4 3 (4.054%) SharePoint 2010
4 3 (4.054%) Sitecore CMS
5 2 (2.703%) TeamSite
6 1 (1.351%) IIS
6 1 (1.351%) Umbraco
6 1 (1.351%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 7 (9.459%) MS Excel
1 7 (9.459%) MS Office
2 6 (8.108%) Adobe Premiere
3 3 (4.054%) MS PowerPoint
4 2 (2.703%) Photoshop
5 1 (1.351%) InfoPath
Business Applications
1 3 (4.054%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 14 (18.92%) Intranet
2 13 (17.57%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.351%) SQL Server
1 1 (1.351%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (1.351%) DTS
1 1 (1.351%) RDBMS
1 1 (1.351%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 1 (1.351%) Dreamweaver
General
1 26 (35.14%) Publishing
2 6 (8.108%) Finance
3 4 (5.405%) Marketing
4 3 (4.054%) Multimedia
5 2 (2.703%) French Language
5 2 (2.703%) Banking
6 1 (1.351%) Telecoms
6 1 (1.351%) Legal
6 1 (1.351%) Manufacturing
6 1 (1.351%) Advertising
6 1 (1.351%) German Language
6 1 (1.351%) Japanese Language
6 1 (1.351%) Spanish Language
6 1 (1.351%) Swedish Language
Miscellaneous
1 21 (28.38%) Social Media
2 10 (13.51%) Copywriting
3 5 (6.757%) Digital Media
4 2 (2.703%) Blog
4 2 (2.703%) Taxonomies
5 1 (1.351%) W3C
5 1 (1.351%) Handset
5 1 (1.351%) Web 2.0
5 1 (1.351%) Statistics
5 1 (1.351%) Online Banking
5 1 (1.351%) Video Editing
Operating Systems
1 5 (6.757%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (43.24%) Content Management
2 8 (10.81%) Migration
3 7 (9.459%) Continuous Improvement
3 7 (9.459%) Analytics
4 6 (8.108%) Time Management
4 6 (8.108%) SEO
5 3 (4.054%) Information Architecture
6 2 (2.703%) Web Analytics
6 2 (2.703%) Web Development
6 2 (2.703%) E-Commerce
7 1 (1.351%) CRM
7 1 (1.351%) Process Management
7 1 (1.351%) Agile Software Development
7 1 (1.351%) Information Security
7 1 (1.351%) Workflow
7 1 (1.351%) Document Management
7 1 (1.351%) Web Accessibility
7 1 (1.351%) Data Entry
Programming Languages
1 10 (13.51%) JavaScript
2 4 (5.405%) Java
3 1 (1.351%) SQL
3 1 (1.351%) T-SQL
3 1 (1.351%) Python
3 1 (1.351%) XQuery
3 1 (1.351%) PowerHouse
Qualifications
1 7 (9.459%) Security Cleared
2 4 (5.405%) SC Cleared
3 3 (4.054%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (4.054%) QA
Vendors
1 12 (16.22%) Adobe
2 6 (8.108%) Microsoft
3 3 (4.054%) Google
3 3 (4.054%) Sitecore
4 1 (1.351%) Macromedia
4 1 (1.351%) Open Text
4 1 (1.351%) RedDot
4 1 (1.351%) Omniture
4 1 (1.351%) Hitwise
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