Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for Smart Card skills within the York region with a comparison to our Miscellaneous category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Smartcard over the 3 months to 3 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSmart Card
Location
3 months to
3 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank15-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads20
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.000 %
As % of the category below33.33 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted10
Average minimum daily rate£300-
Average daily rate£325-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£350-
UK excluding London average daily rate£310£335
% change on same period last year-7.52 %
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£39.00£25.75
% change on same period last year+51.46 %
York IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
York
Matching contract IT job ads619
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.010 %0.021 %
Daily rates quoted47
Average minimum daily rate£372£360
Average daily rate£381£366
% change on same period last year+3.97 %
Average maximum daily rate£390£373
UK excluding London average daily rate£344£345
% change on same period last year-0.31 %
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£25.44£25.60
% change on same period last year-0.62 %
Smartcard North YorkshireSmartcard
North Yorkshire

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.

Smartcard
Demand Trend

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

York Smartcard Demand Trend

Smartcard
Daily Rate Trend

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

York Smartcard Daily Rate Trend

Smartcard
Top 7 Related IT Skills

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

12 (66.67 %)MS Office
12 (66.67 %)MS Visio
21 (33.33 %)Finance
21 (33.33 %)Time Management
21 (33.33 %)Microsoft
21 (33.33 %)C
21 (33.33 %)MS Project

Smartcard
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

York IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
12 (66.67 %)MS Office
12 (66.67 %)MS Visio
21 (33.33 %)MS Project
York IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (33.33 %)Finance
York IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
12 (66.67 %)Business Analyst
12 (66.67 %)Analyst
York IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (33.33 %)Time Management
York IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (33.33 %)C
York IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (33.33 %)Microsoft