The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Billing in IT contracts advertised for the Cheshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Billing over the 3 months to 24 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 General category 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.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Billing
Rank 56 53 70
Rank change year-on-year
-3 +17
Contract jobs citing Billing 7 10 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 0.967% 1.252% 0.206%
As % of the General category 2.201% 2.985% 0.403%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 4 1
Average daily rate £350 £329 £213
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.54% +54.58%
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £423 £335
% change year-on-year
-17.15% +26.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £11.00 £17.00 £17.50
% change year-on-year
-35.29% -2.85%
All of the General Category
Cheshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
318 335 496
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 43.92% 41.93% 51.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 144 225 344
Average daily rate £370 £373 £333
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-0.80% +12.18%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £239 £293 £238
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £513 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 7 14
Average hourly rate £40.29 £27.58 £13.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+46.09% +112.11%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.11 £21.18 £9.13
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £50.97 £31.00 £70.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.50 £25.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year
+2.00% -3.84%
Billing
North West

Billing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cheshire Billing Jobs Demand Trend

Billing
Daily Rate Trend

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

Cheshire Billing Daily Rate Trend

Billing
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Billing across the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Cheshire Billing Daily Rate Histogram

Billing
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Cheshire Billing Hourly Rate Trend

Billing
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Billing within the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 24 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
Warrington -2 2 £350 +16.66%
Chester -4 2 £160 -
Knutsford -9 1 £398 -
Billing
North West

Billing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire region citing Billing 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 Billing.

1 4 (44.44%) Finance
2 3 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
2 3 (33.33%) Retail
3 2 (22.22%) User Acceptance Testing
3 2 (22.22%) Test Scripting
3 2 (22.22%) Data Migration
3 2 (22.22%) Change Management
3 2 (22.22%) Disaster Recovery
3 2 (22.22%) Non-Functional Testing
3 2 (22.22%) ISEB
3 2 (22.22%) PL/SQL
3 2 (22.22%) SQL
3 2 (22.22%) Cognos
3 2 (22.22%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (22.22%) VB
3 2 (22.22%) CSG Singleview
3 2 (22.22%) Project Management
3 2 (22.22%) Validation
3 2 (22.22%) Migration
4 1 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (11.11%) Banking
4 1 (11.11%) Mainframe
4 1 (11.11%) Service Management
4 1 (11.11%) Service Delivery
4 1 (11.11%) Oracle
4 1 (11.11%) SQL Server
4 1 (11.11%) OLAP
4 1 (11.11%) Crystal Reports
4 1 (11.11%) SAP
4 1 (11.11%) ITIL

Billing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire region citing Billing 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 Billing. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications
1 1 (11.11%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (22.22%) CSG Singleview
2 1 (11.11%) Cognos Business Intelligence
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (22.22%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (11.11%) SQL Server
2 1 (11.11%) OLAP
2 1 (11.11%) Crystal Reports
2 1 (11.11%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (11.11%) MS Access
2 1 (11.11%) SQL Server 2005
2 1 (11.11%) Oracle OLAP
General
1 4 (44.44%) Finance
2 3 (33.33%) Retail
3 1 (11.11%) Banking
3 1 (11.11%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 3 (33.33%) Analyst
2 2 (22.22%) Developer
2 2 (22.22%) Test Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Services Delivery Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Service Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Project Coordinator
3 1 (11.11%) Crystal Reports Developer
3 1 (11.11%) Data Modeller
3 1 (11.11%) Delivery Manager
3 1 (11.11%) IT Services Delivery Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Coordinator
3 1 (11.11%) Architect
3 1 (11.11%) Solutions Architect
3 1 (11.11%) Insight Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Business Intelligence Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) IT Services Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Cognos Developer
3 1 (11.11%) Report Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) Mainframe
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (22.22%) User Acceptance Testing
2 2 (22.22%) Test Scripting
2 2 (22.22%) Data Migration
2 2 (22.22%) Change Management
2 2 (22.22%) Disaster Recovery
2 2 (22.22%) Non-Functional Testing
2 2 (22.22%) Project Management
2 2 (22.22%) Validation
2 2 (22.22%) Migration
3 1 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (11.11%) Service Management
3 1 (11.11%) Service Delivery
3 1 (11.11%) ITIL
3 1 (11.11%) PRINCE2
3 1 (11.11%) Data Modelling
3 1 (11.11%) PRINCE
3 1 (11.11%) Analytics
3 1 (11.11%) ITIL V3
3 1 (11.11%) Portfolio Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (22.22%) PL/SQL
1 2 (22.22%) SQL
1 2 (22.22%) VB
2 1 (11.11%) T-SQL
2 1 (11.11%) Java
Qualifications
1 2 (22.22%) ISEB
2 1 (11.11%) PRINCE2 Certification
2 1 (11.11%) Security Cleared
2 1 (11.11%) Degree
Vendors
1 2 (22.22%) Cognos
2 1 (11.11%) Oracle
2 1 (11.11%) SAP
Warrington, North West
Job Title: Cognos Developer, Warrington, £325 - £375 per day, contract 3 months +My client are looking for an experienced Cognos Developer to join their organisation on a 3 -...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Rate: £325.00 - £375.00 per day
Posted: 9 May 2013