The first table below looks at the demand for Line 100 skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Line 100 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 Business 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Sage Line 100
Rank - 579 578
Contract jobs citing Line 100 0 2 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK - 0.003% 0.003%
As % of the Business Applications category - 0.038% 0.035%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 0
Average daily rate - £438 -
UK excluding London average daily rate - £438 -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Business Applications
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Business Applications category
4057 5243 5648
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 8.594% 8.969% 9.389%
Number of daily rates quoted 2011 2552 2778
Average daily rate £450 £450 £450
90% offered a daily rate of more than £288 £300 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £600 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £438 £420
% change year-on-year
-2.85% +4.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 83 62 100
Average hourly rate £37.80 £24.17 £25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+56.39% -3.32%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £11.00 £15.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £62.25 £56.45 £44.88
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.80 £22.50 £21.96
% change year-on-year
+68.00% +2.45%

Line 100
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Line 100 within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Business Applications category.

Line 100 Jobs Demand Trend

Line 100
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Line 100 within the UK.

Line 100 Daily Rate Trend

Line 100
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Line 100 within the UK.

Line 100 Hourly Rate Trend