The first table below looks at the demand for Poser skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Poser 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 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Smith Micro Poser
Rank - - -
Contract jobs citing Poser 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK - - -
As % of the Applications category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate - - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Applications
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category
6088 7253 7257
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 13.12% 12.44% 11.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 3169 3712 3616
Average daily rate £340 £350 £365
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.85% -4.10%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £170 £175 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £513 £575
UK excluding London average daily rate £310 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+3.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 677 742 877
Average hourly rate £16.00 £15.56 £16.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+2.82% -2.75%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.50 £10.50 £10.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £35.16 £35.00 £35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.50 £15.50 £16.00
% change year-on-year
- -3.12%

Poser
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Poser Jobs Demand Trend

Poser
Daily Rate Trend

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

Poser Daily Rate Trend

Poser
Top 3 Related IT Skills

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

1 2 (100.00%) 3D Modelling
2 1 (50.00%) 3ds Max
2 1 (50.00%) E-Learning

Poser
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Applications
1 1 (50.00%) 3ds Max
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Developer
1 1 (50.00%) Programmer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) E-Learning
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) 3D Modelling