The first table below looks at the demand for Intranet skills in IT contracts advertised for the Cheshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Intranet 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 of the Communications & Networking 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Intranet
Rank 59 63 67
Rank change year-on-year
+4 +4
Contract jobs citing Intranet 2 6 10
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 0.277% 0.738% 1.029%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.587% 3.636% 5.076%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 4 5
Average daily rate - £300 £255
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +17.64%
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £304 £320
% change year-on-year
-1.23% -5.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
Average hourly rate £9.00 - £10.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £24.50 £16.00 £15.00
% change year-on-year
+53.12% +6.66%
All Communications & Networking
Cheshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
126 165 197
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 17.45% 20.30% 20.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 48 85 130
Average daily rate £319 £330 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.40% +1.53%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £150 £255
10% offered a daily rate of more than £528 £488 £398
UK excluding London average daily rate £313 £338 £325
% change year-on-year
-7.40% +3.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 7 3
Average hourly rate £39.00 £25.00 £30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+56.00% -16.66%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.50 £25.75 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-16.50% -6.36%
Intranet
North West

Intranet
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cheshire Intranet Jobs Demand Trend

Intranet
Daily Rate Trend

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

Cheshire Intranet Daily Rate Trend

Intranet
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Cheshire Intranet Hourly Rate Trend

Intranet
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Intranet 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
Chester - 1 - -
Runcorn - 1 - -
Intranet
North West

Intranet
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 14 (87.50%) SharePoint
2 13 (81.25%) Microsoft
3 8 (50.00%) CMS
4 6 (37.50%) SharePoint 2010
5 5 (31.25%) Digital Media
5 5 (31.25%) MS Excel
5 5 (31.25%) Windows
5 5 (31.25%) HTML
5 5 (31.25%) JavaScript
5 5 (31.25%) .NET
5 5 (31.25%) MS Office
5 5 (31.25%) CSS
6 4 (25.00%) Document Management
7 3 (18.75%) LiveLink
7 3 (18.75%) Internet
8 2 (12.50%) XML
8 2 (12.50%) C#
8 2 (12.50%) SQL Server
8 2 (12.50%) Migration
9 1 (6.250%) Stakeholder Management
9 1 (6.250%) InfoPath
9 1 (6.250%) SC Cleared
9 1 (6.250%) Security Cleared
9 1 (6.250%) Information Architecture
9 1 (6.250%) SharePoint Server
9 1 (6.250%) User Acceptance Testing
9 1 (6.250%) Test Scripting
9 1 (6.250%) Solaris
9 1 (6.250%) LAN
9 1 (6.250%) WAN

Intranet
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 5 (31.25%) HTML
1 5 (31.25%) .NET
1 5 (31.25%) CSS
2 2 (12.50%) XML
Application Platforms
1 14 (87.50%) SharePoint
2 8 (50.00%) CMS
3 6 (37.50%) SharePoint 2010
4 3 (18.75%) LiveLink
5 1 (6.250%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 5 (31.25%) MS Office
1 5 (31.25%) MS Excel
2 1 (6.250%) InfoPath
Communications & Networking
1 3 (18.75%) Internet
2 1 (6.250%) Extranet
2 1 (6.250%) Firewall
2 1 (6.250%) LAN
2 1 (6.250%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (12.50%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (6.250%) Banking
Job Titles
1 5 (31.25%) Content Editor
2 4 (25.00%) SharePoint Specialist
3 3 (18.75%) Web Editor
3 3 (18.75%) SharePoint Developer
3 3 (18.75%) Web Content Editor
3 3 (18.75%) Developer
3 3 (18.75%) .NET Developer
4 1 (6.250%) SharePoint Consultant
4 1 (6.250%) Architect
4 1 (6.250%) Project Manager
4 1 (6.250%) Analyst
4 1 (6.250%) Test Analyst
4 1 (6.250%) Consultant
4 1 (6.250%) Solutions Architect
Miscellaneous
1 5 (31.25%) Digital Media
Operating Systems
1 5 (31.25%) Windows
2 1 (6.250%) Solaris
2 1 (6.250%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (25.00%) Document Management
2 2 (12.50%) Migration
3 1 (6.250%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (6.250%) Content Management
3 1 (6.250%) BPR
3 1 (6.250%) Service Management
3 1 (6.250%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (6.250%) Test Scripting
3 1 (6.250%) Information Architecture
Programming Languages
1 5 (31.25%) JavaScript
2 2 (12.50%) C#
3 1 (6.250%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (6.250%) SC Cleared
1 1 (6.250%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (6.250%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 13 (81.25%) Microsoft
2 1 (6.250%) Compuware
2 1 (6.250%) HP
2 1 (6.250%) Micro Focus
2 1 (6.250%) Oracle
2 1 (6.250%) IBM