The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term N-Tier in IT contracts advertised for the Cambridge region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited N-Tier over the 3 months to 21 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 Cambridge 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
N-Tier
Rank 38 48 -
Rank change year-on-year
+10 -
Contract jobs citing N-Tier 1 2 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridge 0.298% 0.482% -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.124% 1.802% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 0
Average daily rate - £345 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £313
% change year-on-year
- +4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £33.25
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Cambridge
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
89 111 45
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridge 26.49% 26.75% 18.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 56 12
Average daily rate £263 £299 £335
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-12.13% -10.82%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £170 £225 £293
10% offered a daily rate of more than £389 £413 £375
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £340
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +1.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 20 10
Average hourly rate £37.50 £42.50 £12.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-11.76% +240.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £16.00 £21.20 £10.19
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £50.00 £34.65
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £23.00 £26.50
% change year-on-year
-4.34% -13.20%
N-Tier
Cambridgeshire

N-Tier
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cambridge N-Tier Jobs Demand Trend

N-Tier
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing N-Tier across the Cambridge region.

Cambridge N-Tier Daily Rate Trend

N-Tier
Top 15 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridge region citing N-Tier 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 N-Tier.

1 2 (100.00%) C#
2 1 (50.00%) .NET
2 1 (50.00%) Visual Studio
2 1 (50.00%) ASP.NET
2 1 (50.00%) Python
2 1 (50.00%) Client/Server
2 1 (50.00%) SNMP
2 1 (50.00%) Shell Script
2 1 (50.00%) Banking
2 1 (50.00%) Telerik
2 1 (50.00%) Ajax
2 1 (50.00%) WCF
2 1 (50.00%) jQuery
2 1 (50.00%) DevExpress
2 1 (50.00%) Embedded Systems

N-Tier
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridge region citing N-Tier 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 N-Tier. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (50.00%) .NET
1 1 (50.00%) ASP.NET
1 1 (50.00%) Ajax
1 1 (50.00%) WCF
1 1 (50.00%) jQuery
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) SNMP
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Visual Studio
General
1 1 (50.00%) Banking
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Tester
1 1 (50.00%) Developer
1 1 (50.00%) .NET Developer
1 1 (50.00%) C# Developer
1 1 (50.00%) ASP.NET Developer
1 1 (50.00%) Non-Functional Tester
1 1 (50.00%) C# ASP.NET Developer
1 1 (50.00%) C# .NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Client/Server
1 1 (50.00%) Embedded Systems
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) C#
2 1 (50.00%) Python
2 1 (50.00%) Shell Script
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Telerik
1 1 (50.00%) DevExpress