The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Advertising in IT contracts advertised for the Wales region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Advertising over the 3 months to 22 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 terms in our General category for the Wales region.

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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Advertising
Rank 43 47 53
Rank change year-on-year
+4 +6
Contract jobs citing Advertising 2 9 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wales 0.468% 1.568% 0.917%
As % of the General category 1.429% 4.036% 2.778%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 5
Average daily rate £363 £375 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.33% +7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £213 £375 £243
10% offered a daily rate of more than £513 £395 £410
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £375 £300
% change year-on-year
-6.66% +25.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.77 £30.00 £15.00
% change year-on-year
-47.43% +100.00%
All of the General Category
Wales
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
140 223 216
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wales 32.79% 38.85% 33.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 95 150 123
Average daily rate £390 £380 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.63% +1.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £237 £275 £263
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 5
Average hourly rate £19.00 £15.25 £12.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+24.59% +22.00%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £25.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year
- -3.84%
Advertising
UK

Advertising
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Advertising across the Wales region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.

Wales Advertising Jobs Demand Trend

Advertising
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Advertising across the Wales region.

Wales Advertising Daily Rate Trend

Advertising
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Advertising across the Wales region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Wales Advertising Daily Rate Histogram

Advertising
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Advertising across the Wales region.

Wales Advertising Hourly Rate Trend

Advertising
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Advertising within the Wales region over the 3 months to 22 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
West Wales +8 1 £175 -53.33%
South Wales -1 1 £550 +46.66%
Advertising
UK

Advertising
Top 20 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wales region citing Advertising 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 Advertising.

1 2 (66.67%) E-Commerce
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (33.33%) Adobe
2 1 (33.33%) Fireworks
2 1 (33.33%) Manufacturing
2 1 (33.33%) Adobe Illustrator
2 1 (33.33%) Web Design
2 1 (33.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 1 (33.33%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (33.33%) Dynamics AX
2 1 (33.33%) WordPress
2 1 (33.33%) Social Media
2 1 (33.33%) Responsive Web Design
2 1 (33.33%) C
2 1 (33.33%) HTML
2 1 (33.33%) .NET
2 1 (33.33%) SQL Server
2 1 (33.33%) Photoshop
2 1 (33.33%) CSS
2 1 (33.33%) MS Excel

Advertising
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wales region citing Advertising 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 Advertising. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (33.33%) HTML
1 1 (33.33%) .NET
1 1 (33.33%) CSS
Application Platforms
1 1 (33.33%) WordPress
Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Fireworks
1 1 (33.33%) Adobe Illustrator
1 1 (33.33%) Photoshop
1 1 (33.33%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Dynamics NAV
1 1 (33.33%) Dynamics AX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
1 1 (33.33%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (33.33%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Report Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) IT Director
1 1 (33.33%) Designer
1 1 (33.33%) Digital Designer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) E-Commerce
2 1 (33.33%) Web Design
2 1 (33.33%) Responsive Web Design
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) C
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (33.33%) Adobe