The first table below looks at the demand for DOC1 skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited DOC1 over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Applications 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Pitney Bowes DOC1
Rank 532 546 595
Rank change year-on-year
+14 +49
Contract jobs citing DOC1 9 24 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.019% 0.041% 0.010%
As % of the Applications category 0.143% 0.331% 0.079%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 16 2
Average daily rate £398 £350 £268
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+13.78% +30.84%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £382 £281 £182
10% offered a daily rate of more than £420 £355 £354
UK excluding London average daily rate £388 £350 £268
% change year-on-year
+10.71% +30.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £50.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £50.00 -
All Applications
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category
6299 7261 7553
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 13.09% 12.51% 12.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 3339 3712 3769
Average daily rate £350 £350 £355
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -1.40%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £165 £175 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £575
UK excluding London average daily rate £310 £306 £313
% change year-on-year
+1.22% -2.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 663 742 906
Average hourly rate £16.00 £15.50 £16.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+3.22% -6.06%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.37 £10.50 £10.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £35.00 £30.00 £35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.50 £15.00 £16.00
% change year-on-year
+3.33% -6.25%

DOC1
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing DOC1 within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Applications category.

DOC1 Jobs Demand Trend

DOC1
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing DOC1 within the UK.

DOC1 Daily Rate Trend

DOC1
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing DOC1 within the UK.

DOC1 Hourly Rate Trend

DOC1
Top 9 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing DOC1 within the UK over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
England -4 7 £398 +13.78% 1
London +25 1 £425 +54.54%
City of London - 1 £425 -
Merseyside - - - -
North West - - - -
West Midlands - - - -
Staffordshire - - - -
Burton-upon-Trent - - - -
Liverpool - - - -

DOC1
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing DOC1 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 DOC1.

1 10 (58.82%) XML
2 6 (35.29%) StreamWeaver
3 4 (23.53%) Workflow
3 4 (23.53%) XSD
3 4 (23.53%) SQL
4 3 (17.65%) .NET
4 3 (17.65%) RDBMS
4 3 (17.65%) Microsoft
4 3 (17.65%) Banking
4 3 (17.65%) Finance
5 2 (11.76%) Migration
5 2 (11.76%) Exstream
5 2 (11.76%) C#
5 2 (11.76%) HP
5 2 (11.76%) Internet
5 2 (11.76%) Oracle
5 2 (11.76%) SQL Server
5 2 (11.76%) Web Services
5 2 (11.76%) Windows
5 2 (11.76%) Document Management
5 2 (11.76%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 2 (11.76%) PrintSoft PReS
5 2 (11.76%) SQL Server 2005
5 2 (11.76%) .NET Framework
5 2 (11.76%) QA
5 2 (11.76%) SQL Server 2008
6 1 (5.882%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 1 (5.882%) Retail Banking
6 1 (5.882%) AIX
6 1 (5.882%) MS Visio

DOC1
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing DOC1 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 DOC1. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 10 (58.82%) XML
2 4 (23.53%) XSD
3 3 (17.65%) .NET
4 2 (11.76%) Web Services
4 2 (11.76%) .NET Framework
Application Platforms
1 6 (35.29%) StreamWeaver
Applications
1 2 (11.76%) PrintSoft PReS
2 1 (5.882%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (11.76%) Exstream
Communications & Networking
1 2 (11.76%) Internet
2 1 (5.882%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (17.65%) RDBMS
2 2 (11.76%) SQL Server
2 2 (11.76%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 2 (11.76%) SQL Server 2005
2 2 (11.76%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (5.882%) TOAD
General
1 3 (17.65%) Banking
1 3 (17.65%) Finance
2 1 (5.882%) Retail Banking
2 1 (5.882%) Retail
Job Titles
1 12 (70.59%) Developer
2 5 (29.41%) Analyst
3 2 (11.76%) .NET Developer
3 2 (11.76%) C# Developer
3 2 (11.76%) Developer Analyst
3 2 (11.76%) C# .NET Developer
4 1 (5.882%) Business Analyst
4 1 (5.882%) Tester
4 1 (5.882%) Consultant
4 1 (5.882%) Analyst Programmer
4 1 (5.882%) Programmer
Operating Systems
1 2 (11.76%) Windows
2 1 (5.882%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (23.53%) Workflow
2 2 (11.76%) Migration
2 2 (11.76%) Document Management
3 1 (5.882%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (5.882%) Data Modelling
3 1 (5.882%) Content Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (23.53%) SQL
2 2 (11.76%) C#
3 1 (5.882%) PL/SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (11.76%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (17.65%) Microsoft
2 2 (11.76%) HP
2 2 (11.76%) Oracle
3 1 (5.882%) Kofax
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