Contents: Market Reports ITJobsWatch - Market Rates Top 10 UK Skills Market Reports 8 important reasons why 2017 will be a strong year for contracting Improving prospects and new ways of sourcing contracts are amongst several reasons why you can look forward to a buoyant year of contracting in 2017. Others | Thu, 05 Jan 2017 97% of contractors much happier than employees, says new survey – find out why Contractors across the globe are expressing greater satisfaction at work than employees, a new study has revealed. Find out the reasons why, here. Others | Wed, 26 Oct 2016 80% of self-employed don’t want employment rights, reveals survey Government must acknowledge that freelancers aren’t vulnerable workers and don’t want employment rights, says ContractorCalculator following survey. Others | Tue, 25 Oct 2016 ContractorCalculator Market Report September 2016 The post-Brexit outlook remains promising, with increasing skills shortage concerns and reduce permanent headcounts playing into contractor’s favour. Others | Tue, 06 Sep 2016 Load more Market Reports ITJobsWatch - Market Rates These figures are sourced by ITJobsWatch from advertisements on internet advertising job boards. Please note that whilst many adverts do not include rates these statistics can be used as a general guide to the state of the market. Top 10 UK Skills Click on this icon to view calculated take home pay and taxes. Location: UK East Midlands East of England London Midlands North East North of England North West Northern Ireland Scotland South East South West UK excluding London Wales West Midlands Yorkshire Category: Any Application Platforms Applications Business Applications Cloud Services Communications & Networking Database & Business Intelligence Development Applications General Job Titles Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards Miscellaneous Operating Systems Processes & Methodologies Programming Languages Qualifications Quality Assurance & Compliance System Software Systems Management Vendors Sort: Rank Last 3 Months Rank Change on Same Period Last Year Average Daily Rate Daily Rate 10th Percentile Daily Rate 90th Percentile Description Job Adverts AverageDaily Rate 1 Social Skills 4,535 £500 2 Finance 3,978 £575 3 Agile 3,783 £550 4 Security Cleared 3,738 £563 5 Azure 2,959 £530 6 Developer 2,874 £525 7 Microsoft 2,678 £500 8 SC Cleared 2,594 £560 9 Analyst 2,571 £475 10 AWS 2,240 £550 Source ITJobsWatch.co.uk Last Updated 01 Jan 0001