The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Games in IT contracts advertised for the Worcester region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Games 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 terms in our General category for the Worcester 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Gaming
Rank - - -
Contract jobs citing Games 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Worcester - - -
As % of the General category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £303 £325 £263
% change year-on-year
-6.92% +23.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £32.50 £22.50
% change year-on-year
-7.69% +44.44%
All of the General Category
Worcester
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
11 1 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Worcester 28.95% 6.667% 38.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 1 3
Average daily rate £383 £260 £233
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+47.11% +11.82%
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.50 £25.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year
+2.00% -3.84%
Games
Worcestershire