The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of AppSense products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Cheshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited AppSense 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 Vendors for the Cheshire 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.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are NOT representative of contractor rates within AppSense Limited.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
AppSense
Rank 43 - 75
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing AppSense 20 0 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 2.721% - 0.103%
As % of the Vendors category 5.435% - 0.208%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 0 0
Average daily rate £248 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £353 £300
% change year-on-year
+6.38% +17.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
Average hourly rate £41.25 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.00 - £27.25
All Vendors
Cheshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
368 455 480
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 50.07% 56.52% 49.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 142 223 254
Average daily rate £370 £355 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.22% +1.42%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £226 £285 £240
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £500 £415
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 11 12
Average hourly rate £37.50 £15.75 £12.46
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+138.09% +26.42%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.78 £14.00 £8.75
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £30.00 £35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year
- -7.31%
AppSense
North West

AppSense
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing AppSense across the Cheshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

Cheshire AppSense Jobs Demand Trend

AppSense
Daily Rate Trend

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

Cheshire AppSense Daily Rate Trend

AppSense
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Cheshire AppSense Hourly Rate Trend

AppSense
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing AppSense within the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 21 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
Knutsford - 6 - -
Chester - 1 - -
AppSense
North West

AppSense
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire region citing AppSense 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 AppSense.

1 21 (87.50%) Citrix
2 15 (62.50%) XenApp
3 14 (58.33%) Windows 7
3 14 (58.33%) Windows
4 13 (54.17%) Migration
5 8 (33.33%) Microsoft App-V
5 8 (33.33%) SCCM
5 8 (33.33%) ITIL
6 7 (29.17%) Citrix Presentation Server
7 5 (20.83%) PRINCE2
7 5 (20.83%) Windows XP
7 5 (20.83%) Active Directory
7 5 (20.83%) Symantec
7 5 (20.83%) Windows Server 2003
7 5 (20.83%) Finance
8 4 (16.67%) Data Analysis
8 4 (16.67%) Banking
8 4 (16.67%) Windows Server 2008
9 3 (12.50%) Local Government
10 2 (8.333%) iPlanet
10 2 (8.333%) webMethods
10 2 (8.333%) Project Management
10 2 (8.333%) McAfee
10 2 (8.333%) Configuration Management
10 2 (8.333%) BEA
10 2 (8.333%) Microsoft
10 2 (8.333%) WebLogic
10 2 (8.333%) Service Management
10 2 (8.333%) Service Delivery
10 2 (8.333%) Change Management

AppSense
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire region citing AppSense 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 AppSense. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (4.167%) Application Packaging
Application Platforms
1 2 (8.333%) iPlanet
1 2 (8.333%) WebLogic
Development Applications
1 1 (4.167%) PVCS
1 1 (4.167%) Ant
1 1 (4.167%) TestDirector
1 1 (4.167%) AdminStudio
General
1 5 (20.83%) Finance
2 4 (16.67%) Banking
3 3 (12.50%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 5 (20.83%) Support Specialist
2 3 (12.50%) Citrix Support Specialist
2 3 (12.50%) 3rd Line Support Specialist
2 3 (12.50%) Citrix Specialist
2 3 (12.50%) Citrix Support
2 3 (12.50%) 3rd Line Support
2 3 (12.50%) Architect
3 2 (8.333%) Analyst
3 2 (8.333%) Consultant
3 2 (8.333%) Infrastructure Analyst
3 2 (8.333%) Technical Consultant
3 2 (8.333%) Desktop Analyst
3 2 (8.333%) Deployment Manager
3 2 (8.333%) Service Manager
3 2 (8.333%) Transition Manager
3 2 (8.333%) Virtualisation Consultant
3 2 (8.333%) Build Engineer
3 2 (8.333%) Citrix Architect
4 1 (4.167%) Defect Manager
4 1 (4.167%) Infrastructure Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (8.333%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 14 (58.33%) Windows 7
1 14 (58.33%) Windows
2 5 (20.83%) Windows XP
2 5 (20.83%) Windows Server 2003
3 4 (16.67%) Windows Server 2008
4 1 (4.167%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (54.17%) Migration
2 8 (33.33%) ITIL
3 5 (20.83%) PRINCE2
4 4 (16.67%) Data Analysis
5 2 (8.333%) Project Management
5 2 (8.333%) Configuration Management
5 2 (8.333%) Service Management
5 2 (8.333%) Service Delivery
5 2 (8.333%) Change Management
5 2 (8.333%) Network Management
6 1 (4.167%) ITIL V3
6 1 (4.167%) Change Control
6 1 (4.167%) Problem Management
6 1 (4.167%) PRINCE
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.167%) Perl
1 1 (4.167%) SQL
1 1 (4.167%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 2 (8.333%) Degree
2 1 (4.167%) ISTQB
2 1 (4.167%) ISEB
2 1 (4.167%) ITIL Certification
2 1 (4.167%) PMP
2 1 (4.167%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.167%) QA
System Software
1 15 (62.50%) XenApp
2 8 (33.33%) Microsoft App-V
3 7 (29.17%) Citrix Presentation Server
4 5 (20.83%) Active Directory
5 2 (8.333%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (4.167%) vSphere
6 1 (4.167%) VMware ESX
Systems Management
1 8 (33.33%) SCCM
Vendors
1 21 (87.50%) Citrix
2 5 (20.83%) Symantec
3 2 (8.333%) webMethods
3 2 (8.333%) McAfee
3 2 (8.333%) BEA
3 2 (8.333%) Microsoft
3 2 (8.333%) VMware
4 1 (4.167%) HP