The first table below looks at the demand for Papyrus skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Papyrus over the 3 months to 17 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 Application Platforms 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
ISIS Papyrus
Rank 529 - 586
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Papyrus 1 0 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.002% - 0.003%
As % of the Application Platforms category 0.012% - 0.019%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Average daily rate £135 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £135 - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Application Platforms
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
8409 9490 10269
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 18.12% 16.28% 16.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 4782 5232 5474
Average daily rate £353 £350 £378
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+0.71% -7.28%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £225 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £350
% change year-on-year
- -7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 452 419 565
Average hourly rate £21.00 £20.00 £19.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+5.00% +2.56%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £11.65 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.20 £40.00 £42.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £20.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.00% -

Papyrus
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Papyrus Jobs Demand Trend

Papyrus
Daily Rate Trend

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

Papyrus Daily Rate Trend

Papyrus
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Papyrus Hourly Rate Trend

Papyrus
Top 4 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Papyrus within the UK over the 3 months to 17 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 - 1 £135 -
East Midlands - 1 £135 -
Northamptonshire - 1 £135 -
Northampton - 1 £135 -

Papyrus
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Papyrus 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 Papyrus.

1 7 (100.00%) Java
1 7 (100.00%) Windows
2 5 (71.43%) HP
2 5 (71.43%) DOC1
2 5 (71.43%) PrintSoft PReS
2 5 (71.43%) SQL Server 2005
2 5 (71.43%) XML
2 5 (71.43%) C#
2 5 (71.43%) SQL Server
2 5 (71.43%) Exstream
2 5 (71.43%) SQL Server 2008
3 4 (57.14%) .NET Framework
3 4 (57.14%) .NET
3 4 (57.14%) Web Services
3 4 (57.14%) Internet
3 4 (57.14%) RDBMS
3 4 (57.14%) Microsoft
4 3 (42.86%) QA
5 2 (28.57%) Degree
5 2 (28.57%) Web Development
5 2 (28.57%) Marketing
5 2 (28.57%) SharePoint
5 2 (28.57%) Shell Script
5 2 (28.57%) UNIX
5 2 (28.57%) Linux
5 2 (28.57%) OO
5 2 (28.57%) Tomcat
5 2 (28.57%) MS Office
5 2 (28.57%) Struts
5 2 (28.57%) C++

Papyrus
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Papyrus 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 Papyrus. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 5 (71.43%) XML
2 4 (57.14%) .NET
2 4 (57.14%) Web Services
2 4 (57.14%) .NET Framework
3 2 (28.57%) Struts
4 1 (14.29%) JSF
4 1 (14.29%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 2 (28.57%) Tomcat
1 2 (28.57%) SharePoint
2 1 (14.29%) Exstream Dialogue
Applications
1 5 (71.43%) DOC1
1 5 (71.43%) PrintSoft PReS
2 2 (28.57%) MS Office
3 1 (14.29%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 5 (71.43%) Exstream
Communications & Networking
1 4 (57.14%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (71.43%) SQL Server
1 5 (71.43%) SQL Server 2005
1 5 (71.43%) SQL Server 2008
2 4 (57.14%) RDBMS
General
1 2 (28.57%) Marketing
2 1 (14.29%) Retail
Job Titles
1 7 (100.00%) Developer
2 3 (42.86%) .NET Developer
2 3 (42.86%) C# Developer
2 3 (42.86%) C# .NET Developer
3 2 (28.57%) Analyst Developer
3 2 (28.57%) Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 7 (100.00%) Windows
2 2 (28.57%) Linux
2 2 (28.57%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (28.57%) OO
1 2 (28.57%) Web Development
2 1 (14.29%) ETL
2 1 (14.29%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (100.00%) Java
2 5 (71.43%) C#
3 2 (28.57%) C++
3 2 (28.57%) JavaScript
3 2 (28.57%) PL/SQL
3 2 (28.57%) SQL
3 2 (28.57%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (42.86%) QA
Vendors
1 5 (71.43%) HP
2 4 (57.14%) Microsoft
3 1 (14.29%) XMPie