The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term French Language in IT contracts advertised for the Cheshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited French Language over the 3 months to 22 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
French Language
Rank 59 64 69
Rank change year-on-year
+5 +5
Contract jobs citing French Language 4 1 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 0.544% 0.123% 0.208%
As % of the General category 1.266% 0.292% 0.404%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 2
Average daily rate £425 - £313
90% offered a daily rate of more than £285 - £303
10% offered a daily rate of more than £455 - £323
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £328 £275
% change year-on-year
-8.39% +19.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.50 £11.75 £14.00
% change year-on-year
+82.97% -16.07%
All of the General Category
Cheshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
316 343 495
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 42.99% 42.35% 51.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 141 228 348
Average daily rate £370 £373 £330
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-0.80% +13.03%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £239 £291 £230
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 £14.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+46.09% +93.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.11 £21.18 £9.25
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £51.39 £31.00 £70.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £25.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year
- -3.84%
French Language
North West

French Language
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cheshire French Language Jobs Demand Trend

French Language
Daily Rate Trend

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

Cheshire French Language Daily Rate Trend

French Language
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing French Language across the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Cheshire French Language Daily Rate Histogram

French Language
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Cheshire French Language Hourly Rate Trend

French Language
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire region citing French Language 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 French Language.

1 4 (100.00%) Project Management
2 3 (75.00%) Change Management
3 2 (50.00%) Ariba
3 2 (50.00%) SAP
3 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (25.00%) Oracle Identity Manager
4 1 (25.00%) UNIX
4 1 (25.00%) Windows
4 1 (25.00%) UML
4 1 (25.00%) LDAP
4 1 (25.00%) MS Excel
4 1 (25.00%) MS Visio
4 1 (25.00%) Active Directory
4 1 (25.00%) CISSP
4 1 (25.00%) Tivoli
4 1 (25.00%) Tivoli Identity Manager
4 1 (25.00%) SQL
4 1 (25.00%) Oracle
4 1 (25.00%) CISA
4 1 (25.00%) Mainframe
4 1 (25.00%) Identity Management
4 1 (25.00%) Finance
4 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (25.00%) GIAC
4 1 (25.00%) Information Security
4 1 (25.00%) Banking
4 1 (25.00%) Business Analysis
4 1 (25.00%) MS PowerPoint
4 1 (25.00%) Resource Management
4 1 (25.00%) German Language

French Language
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire region citing French Language 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 French Language. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications
1 1 (25.00%) MS Excel
1 1 (25.00%) MS Visio
1 1 (25.00%) MS PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) LDAP
General
1 1 (25.00%) Finance
1 1 (25.00%) Banking
1 1 (25.00%) German Language
1 1 (25.00%) Italian Language
1 1 (25.00%) Portuguese Language
1 1 (25.00%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Project Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Technical Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Business Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Business Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Engagement Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) UNIX
1 1 (25.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Project Management
2 3 (75.00%) Change Management
3 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (25.00%) UML
4 1 (25.00%) Identity Management
4 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (25.00%) Information Security
4 1 (25.00%) Business Analysis
4 1 (25.00%) Resource Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) CISSP
1 1 (25.00%) CISA
1 1 (25.00%) GIAC
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) Oracle Identity Manager
1 1 (25.00%) Tivoli
1 1 (25.00%) Tivoli Identity Manager
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Ariba
1 2 (50.00%) SAP
2 1 (25.00%) Oracle