Reply to: The doom cycle is underway

[Troll]

Hi DimPrawn,

When kept up-to-date the site is incredibly useful and I hope I can get it back to a state where it is worth regularly returning.

We want to allow ineractive charts where you can specify time-frames and overlay skills to compare trends and rates for multiple skills.

The skill capturing is pretty ropey on the current system, we have greatly improved this and will also be breaking skills down in a more logical way to make it easier to navigate all the skills we find.

Geographical comparisons is a good idea, no reason why we should not be able to include these, thanks.

Hey Mr Jobstat
Always thought your site was useful when up to date
If I may make a suggestion - why not include a forum for like minded contractors to discuss trends and the Industry in general - you could also allow anonymous logins to reduce any admin overhead

[BrilloPad]

A quality thread from DP - the doom was just beginning....

[Troll]

If you have any suggestions as to what you would like to see on the site then now is the time to shout.

Could you overlay the number of Fast track Visas being issued on your demand for staff graph

[RSoles]

Though there is something wrong with the 'Trends in the hourly rates offered for all jobs' graph key.
Where it says:-

rate offered by more than 10% of adverts
rate offered by more than 25% of adverts
Median rate
rate offered by more than 75% of adverts

Isn't that the wrong way round?

RS

[RSoles]

Hi Jobstats,

I like the 'bare bones' look & feel of the site as it is.
It's the content that draws me there not the presentation.

Above all, please don't make any changes to the way in which the stats are collected or calculated. Doing this would prevent us from making comparisons with previous years (e.g. comparing today with 2000).

RS

[mace]

Hello JobStats. I used to use the site a lot.

Would be good to have better (interactive charts), clean up the skills (too many) and have contract rate trends by location.

Well done.

Doomed!

Yeh and call it http://www.itjobswatch.co.uk/

I prefer jobstats because it's more raw. Put off by it due to the large gaps when nobody was updating it, and also that large spike in job demand which apparantly occurred a year ago, I never noticed.

[chef]

what utter tosh, surely it depends on what field your in?

just got a renewal for 6 months (previous was 3) AND £50 a day rise due to "market demand"..

the Chef household will have a great xmas me thinks.. now run along boy and buy the biggest turkey you can find

[Charles Foster Kane]

Hi Guys

Glad you found the information useful. Rates certainly are looking a bit shaky! Can see a usual downturn in rates at this time of year but this time it certainly is more pronounced.

Obviously with the Citigroup, Merrill Lynch and Northern Rock news recently it is not surprising that the financial and banking contracts are on the dwindle as projects are shelved while the full extent of the sub-prime shenanigans unveils. Interesting times ahead I fear.

By way of an introduction - I took this site over recently from Nick who originally built it and am in the process of re-making to give more insights into the data. If you have any suggestions as to what you would like to see on the site then now is the time to shout.

Did you create those graphs on an Amstrad PC 1640?

[AlfredJPruffock]

RELAX,,

Rates and contract numbers always drop this time of year,,

...likewise the barmaid's knickers.

Grey Slate Index remains firmly in the Grey.

[DimPrawn]

RELAX,,

Rates and contract numbers always drop this time of year,,

Ditto house prices.

[someone has my name]

RELAX,,

Rates and contract numbers always drop this time of year,,

[BrilloPad]

I always wondered why the chart goes from september to september?

Wonder if we're on another rollercoaster like 2000-2003 ?

not yet - this is more like 1998 than 2000.

but 2010-2013 will not be good...

[Spacecadet]

Hi Guys

Hi

If you have any suggestions as to what you would like to see on the site then now is the time to shout.

The pages are a mess looks like they haven't been redesigned in anyway since the late 90's

[GreenerGrass]

Contract rates:

http://www.jobstats.co.uk/jobstats.d...71104.1155.png

Key

Black = rate offered by more than 10% of adverts
Green = rate offered by more than 25% of adverts
Blue = Median rate
Red = rate offered by more than 75% of adverts

Demand for Contract staff:

http://www.jobstats.co.uk/jobstats.d...71104.1155.png


If you've got a big mortgage to pay, you might be in for a bumpy ride.

Renewed at beginning of October on an increased rate, if only my stock market and housing market timing was this good.

[bobhope]

I always wondered why the chart goes from september to september?

Wonder if we're on another rollercoaster like 2000-2003 ?