The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of BT 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 BT over the 3 months to 20 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 BT Group plc.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
BT
Rank 58 68 -
Rank change year-on-year
+10 -
Contract jobs citing BT 3 1 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 0.416% 0.123% -
As % of the Vendors category 0.824% 0.216% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Average daily rate £530 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £275 £330 £368
% change year-on-year
-16.66% -10.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £78.75 £22.32
% change year-on-year
-75.87% +252.90%
All Vendors
Cheshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
364 464 480
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 50.42% 57.07% 49.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 141 229 256
Average daily rate £370 £353 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.89% +0.78%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £226 £286 £240
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £494 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 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 £11.30 £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 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
BT
North West

BT
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cheshire BT Jobs Demand Trend

BT
Daily Rate Trend

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

Cheshire BT Daily Rate Trend

BT
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Cheshire BT Hourly Rate Trend

BT
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing BT within the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 20 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 - 3 £530 -
BT
North West

BT
Top 12 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire region citing BT 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 BT.

1 4 (80.00%) Project Management
2 3 (60.00%) Supplier Management
2 3 (60.00%) LAN
2 3 (60.00%) WAN
2 3 (60.00%) Telecoms
3 2 (40.00%) Finance
3 2 (40.00%) Migration
3 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (40.00%) Banking
3 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
4 1 (20.00%) MS Excel
4 1 (20.00%) Extranet

BT
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Applications
1 1 (20.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 3 (60.00%) LAN
1 3 (60.00%) WAN
2 1 (20.00%) Extranet
General
1 3 (60.00%) Telecoms
2 2 (40.00%) Finance
2 2 (40.00%) Banking
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Project Manager
1 2 (40.00%) Infrastructure Project Manager
1 2 (40.00%) Infrastructure Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Project Management
2 3 (60.00%) Supplier Management
3 2 (40.00%) Migration
3 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft