Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Mercator products and/or services in IT contracts within the Worthing region with a comparison to our Vendors category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Mercator over the 3 months to 3 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMercator
Location
3 months to
3 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank--
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads00
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.000 %0.000 %
As % of the category below0.000 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£327£520
% change on same period last year-37.17 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Worthing IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
Worthing
Matching contract IT job ads2822
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.045 %0.024 %
Daily rates quoted104
Average minimum daily rate£348£298
Average daily rate£382£319
% change on same period last year+19.71 %
Average maximum daily rate£416£340
UK excluding London average daily rate£357£348
% change on same period last year+2.71 %
Hourly rates quoted01
Average minimum hourly rate-£20.00
Average hourly rate-£25.00
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£30.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.86£24.00
% change on same period last year-0.59 %
Mercator West SussexMercator
West Sussex

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

These figures represent the IT job market and are NOT representative of employment within Mercator Software, Inc.

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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Mercator across the Worthing region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

Worthing Mercator Demand Trend

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Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Mercator across the Worthing region.

Worthing Mercator Daily Rate Trend

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Top 13 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 3 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Worthing region citing Mercator 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 Mercator.

13 (100.00 %)J2EE
13 (100.00 %)BEA
13 (100.00 %)AquaLogic
22 (66.67 %)JMS
22 (66.67 %)Government
31 (33.33 %)Spring
31 (33.33 %)EJB
31 (33.33 %)SOAP
31 (33.33 %)XML
31 (33.33 %)UML
31 (33.33 %)OO
31 (33.33 %)RUP
31 (33.33 %)Java

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 3 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Worthing region citing Mercator 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 Mercator. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Worthing IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
13 (100.00 %)J2EE
22 (66.67 %)JMS
31 (33.33 %)Spring
31 (33.33 %)EJB
31 (33.33 %)SOAP
31 (33.33 %)XML
Worthing IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (66.67 %)Government
Worthing IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
13 (100.00 %)Developer
21 (33.33 %)J2EE Developer
Worthing IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (33.33 %)UML
11 (33.33 %)OO
11 (33.33 %)RUP
Worthing IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (33.33 %)Java
Worthing IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
13 (100.00 %)AquaLogic
Worthing IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
13 (100.00 %)BEA