The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Smart Meter in IT contracts advertised for the Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Smart Meter over the 3 months to 23 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 Yorkshire 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Smart Metering
Rank 105 92 87
Rank change year-on-year
-13 -5
Contract jobs citing Smart Meter 7 18 16
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Yorkshire 0.376% 0.801% 0.862%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.786% 5.660% 4.290%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 5 2
Average daily rate £400 £450 £525
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-11.11% -14.28%
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £363 £525
% change year-on-year
+3.44% -30.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £29.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £29.50
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
392 318 373
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Yorkshire 21.08% 14.15% 20.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 216 170 155
Average daily rate £310 £338 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-8.14% +12.50%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £220 £203 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £466 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £340
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +1.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 9 30
Average hourly rate £12.50 £21.00 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-40.47% +5.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £9.05 £11.00 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £24.00 £30.00 £47.60
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £23.00 £26.50
% change year-on-year
-2.17% -13.20%
Smart Meter
England

Smart Meter
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Smart Meter across the Yorkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

Yorkshire Smart Meter Jobs Demand Trend

Smart Meter
Daily Rate Trend

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

Yorkshire Smart Meter Daily Rate Trend

Smart Meter
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Yorkshire Smart Meter Hourly Rate Trend

Smart Meter
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Smart Meter within the Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
West Yorkshire -8 7 £400 -1.53%
Smart Meter
England

Smart Meter
Top 23 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Yorkshire region citing Smart Meter 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 Smart Meter.

1 5 (26.32%) SAP
2 4 (21.05%) ISEB
2 4 (21.05%) Business Analysis
3 3 (15.79%) Logistics
3 3 (15.79%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (10.53%) Project Management
4 2 (10.53%) PRINCE2
4 2 (10.53%) MS Excel
4 2 (10.53%) MS Office
4 2 (10.53%) IBM
4 2 (10.53%) Requirements Management
5 1 (5.263%) SAP IS-U
5 1 (5.263%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 1 (5.263%) Change Control
5 1 (5.263%) Critical Path Analysis
5 1 (5.263%) Finance
5 1 (5.263%) MS PowerPoint
5 1 (5.263%) Microsoft
5 1 (5.263%) MS Project
5 1 (5.263%) E-Commerce
5 1 (5.263%) Data Mining
5 1 (5.263%) Asset Management
5 1 (5.263%) Billing

Smart Meter
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Yorkshire region citing Smart Meter 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 Smart Meter. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications
1 2 (10.53%) MS Excel
1 2 (10.53%) MS Office
2 1 (5.263%) MS PowerPoint
2 1 (5.263%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 1 (5.263%) SAP IS-U
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.263%) Data Mining
General
1 1 (5.263%) Finance
1 1 (5.263%) Billing
Job Titles
1 17 (89.47%) Business Analyst
1 17 (89.47%) Analyst
2 2 (10.53%) Project Manager
3 1 (5.263%) Project Planner
3 1 (5.263%) Business Project Manager
3 1 (5.263%) Business Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (21.05%) Business Analysis
2 3 (15.79%) Logistics
2 3 (15.79%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (10.53%) Project Management
3 2 (10.53%) PRINCE2
3 2 (10.53%) Requirements Management
4 1 (5.263%) Change Control
4 1 (5.263%) Critical Path Analysis
4 1 (5.263%) E-Commerce
4 1 (5.263%) Asset Management
Qualifications
1 4 (21.05%) ISEB
2 1 (5.263%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Vendors
1 5 (26.32%) SAP
2 2 (10.53%) IBM
3 1 (5.263%) Microsoft
West Yorkshire
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Rate: market rate
Posted: 22 May 2013
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