The first table below looks at the demand for Workflow skills in IT contracts advertised for the Watford region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Workflow 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 Processes & Methodologies 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Workflow
Rank 14 19 16
Rank change year-on-year
+5 -3
Contract jobs citing Workflow 1 3 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Watford 1.316% 2.804% 5.479%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.041% 3.333% 8.889%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 2
Average daily rate - £425 £438
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -2.85%
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £375 £328
% change year-on-year
-6.66% +14.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.50 £16.50 £18.00
% change year-on-year
+54.54% -8.33%
All Processes & Methodologies
Watford
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
49 90 45
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Watford 64.47% 84.11% 61.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 29 20
Average daily rate £450 £375 £390
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+20.00% -3.84%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £325 £290 £350
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £450 £525
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 7 0
Average hourly rate - £12.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.50 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.00% -16.66%
Workflow
Hertfordshire

Workflow
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Workflow across the Watford region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Watford Workflow Jobs Demand Trend

Workflow
Daily Rate Trend

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

Watford Workflow Daily Rate Trend

Workflow
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Watford Workflow Hourly Rate Trend

Workflow
Top 22 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Watford region citing Workflow 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 Workflow.

1 3 (60.00%) XML
1 3 (60.00%) XSD
1 3 (60.00%) StreamWeaver
1 3 (60.00%) DOC1
2 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (20.00%) ISEB
3 1 (20.00%) Windows
3 1 (20.00%) SharePoint
3 1 (20.00%) Multimedia
3 1 (20.00%) Network Design
3 1 (20.00%) Software Testing
3 1 (20.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (20.00%) Degree
3 1 (20.00%) Mathematics
3 1 (20.00%) Computer Science
3 1 (20.00%) QA
3 1 (20.00%) Test Scripting
3 1 (20.00%) FMCG
3 1 (20.00%) Games
3 1 (20.00%) SQL
3 1 (20.00%) SQL Server
3 1 (20.00%) MS Office

Workflow
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Watford region citing Workflow 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 Workflow. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (60.00%) XML
1 3 (60.00%) XSD
Application Platforms
1 3 (60.00%) StreamWeaver
2 1 (20.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (60.00%) DOC1
2 1 (20.00%) MS Office
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 1 (20.00%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (20.00%) Multimedia
1 1 (20.00%) Games
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Developer
2 1 (20.00%) Architect
2 1 (20.00%) Tester
2 1 (20.00%) Solutions Architect
2 1 (20.00%) Applications Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Mathematics
1 1 (20.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (20.00%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (20.00%) Network Design
1 1 (20.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (20.00%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) ISEB
1 1 (20.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft