The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term RIA in IT contracts advertised for the Watford region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited RIA 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 terms in our Miscellaneous category for the Watford 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Rich Internet Application (RIA)
Rank - - -
Contract jobs citing RIA 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Watford - - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £525 £325 £340
% change year-on-year
+61.53% -4.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £30.75 £42.00
% change year-on-year
- -26.78%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Watford
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
16 28 14
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Watford 23.88% 25.69% 18.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 11 3
Average daily rate £475 £350 £338
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+35.71% +3.70%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £343 £325 £280
10% offered a daily rate of more than £568 £380 £434
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £342 £340
% change year-on-year
+2.41% +0.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 0
Average hourly rate £35.00 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £24.50 £26.50
% change year-on-year
-10.20% -7.54%
RIA
Hertfordshire

RIA
Top 16 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Watford region citing RIA 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 RIA.

1 2 (100.00%) MS Project
1 2 (100.00%) ITIL
1 2 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 2 (100.00%) MS Excel
1 2 (100.00%) PMI
1 2 (100.00%) PMI Certification
1 2 (100.00%) Project Management
1 2 (100.00%) Service Management
1 2 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
1 2 (100.00%) Programme Management
1 2 (100.00%) MS PowerPoint
1 2 (100.00%) Project Planning
1 2 (100.00%) Spanish Language
2 1 (50.00%) C
2 1 (50.00%) Portuguese Language

RIA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Watford region citing RIA 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 RIA. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications
1 2 (100.00%) MS Project
1 2 (100.00%) MS Excel
1 2 (100.00%) MS PowerPoint
General
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
1 2 (100.00%) Spanish Language
2 1 (50.00%) Portuguese Language
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Project Manager
2 1 (50.00%) Senior Manager
2 1 (50.00%) Senior Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) PMI
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) ITIL
1 2 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 2 (100.00%) Project Management
1 2 (100.00%) Service Management
1 2 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 2 (100.00%) Programme Management
1 2 (100.00%) Project Planning
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) C
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) PMI Certification