The first table below looks at the demand for Migration 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 Migration over the 3 months to 17 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 Processes & Methodologies 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Migration
Rank 5 10 7
Rank change year-on-year
+5 -3
Contract jobs citing Migration 101 89 124
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 13.99% 11.01% 12.46%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 18.57% 18.13% 17.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 40 58 79
Average daily rate £343 £358 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-4.19% +2.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £226 £253 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £489 £450 £413
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-4.10% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 0
Average hourly rate £40.00 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £18.45 £22.75 £24.50
% change year-on-year
-18.90% -7.14%
All Processes & Methodologies
Cheshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
544 491 690
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 75.35% 60.77% 69.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 228 253 388
Average daily rate £375 £355 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.63% +9.23%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £226 £270 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £465 £500 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 12 25
Average hourly rate £40.00 £22.41 £19.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+78.49% +17.94%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £13.95 £11.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £50.83 £31.10 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.60 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.40% -16.66%
Migration
North West

Migration
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cheshire Migration Jobs Demand Trend

Migration
Daily Rate Trend

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

Cheshire Migration Daily Rate Trend

Migration
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Migration across the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Cheshire Migration Daily Rate Histogram

Migration
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Cheshire Migration Hourly Rate Trend

Migration
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Migration within the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 17 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 +8 29 £288 -14.81%
Chester -6 11 £463 +37.03%
Warrington -4 7 £343 +114.06%
Macclesfield -3 3 - -
Runcorn +3 1 - -
Migration
North West

Migration
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire region citing Migration 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 Migration.

1 57 (30.65%) Finance
2 52 (27.96%) Windows
3 43 (23.12%) Citrix
4 39 (20.97%) Banking
5 29 (15.59%) ITIL
6 28 (15.05%) Oracle
7 26 (13.98%) SAP
8 25 (13.44%) Data Migration
9 23 (12.37%) Microsoft
10 22 (11.83%) Project Management
11 21 (11.29%) Stakeholder Management
12 20 (10.75%) XenApp
12 20 (10.75%) Windows 7
13 18 (9.677%) MS Excel
13 18 (9.677%) PRINCE2
14 17 (9.140%) Windows Server 2008
15 16 (8.602%) UNIX
15 16 (8.602%) DB2
15 16 (8.602%) Windows Server 2003
16 15 (8.065%) VMware
16 15 (8.065%) SCCM
17 14 (7.527%) Microsoft App-V
17 14 (7.527%) MS Exchange
18 13 (6.989%) SQL
18 13 (6.989%) AIX
18 13 (6.989%) AppSense
19 12 (6.452%) Retail
19 12 (6.452%) Windows XP
19 12 (6.452%) Tivoli Storage Manager
19 12 (6.452%) PowerShell

Migration
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire region citing Migration 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 Migration. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 12 (6.452%) Application Packaging
2 7 (3.763%) SAP Basis
3 4 (2.151%) Middleware
3 4 (2.151%) .NET
4 3 (1.613%) HTML
5 2 (1.075%) ASP.NET
5 2 (1.075%) XML
5 2 (1.075%) ODBC
6 1 (0.538%) CSS
6 1 (0.538%) SAP XI
6 1 (0.538%) WebSphere
6 1 (0.538%) Software Packaging
Application Platforms
1 14 (7.527%) MS Exchange
2 9 (4.839%) Exchange Server 2010
3 8 (4.301%) SharePoint
4 7 (3.763%) Exchange Server 2007
5 5 (2.688%) Exchange Server 2003
6 4 (2.151%) Lotus Notes
6 4 (2.151%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
7 3 (1.613%) Exchange Server 5.5
8 2 (1.075%) Oracle Application Server
8 2 (1.075%) SharePoint 2010
8 2 (1.075%) IIS
9 1 (0.538%) WebLogic
9 1 (0.538%) CMS
9 1 (0.538%) NetWeaver
9 1 (0.538%) iPlanet
9 1 (0.538%) EPiServer CMS
9 1 (0.538%) Umbraco
9 1 (0.538%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 18 (9.677%) MS Excel
2 6 (3.226%) MS Office
3 3 (1.613%) MS Project
3 3 (1.613%) MS PowerPoint
4 1 (0.538%) InfoPath
4 1 (0.538%) Office 365
4 1 (0.538%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (1.075%) Oracle 11i
1 2 (1.075%) CSG Singleview
1 2 (1.075%) Oracle EBS
1 2 (1.075%) Oracle Applications
1 2 (1.075%) Oracle EBS R12
1 2 (1.075%) SAP BPC
2 1 (0.538%) BASE24
Communications & Networking
1 9 (4.839%) WAN
1 9 (4.839%) DSL
2 8 (4.301%) SAN
3 5 (2.688%) DNS
3 5 (2.688%) SMTP
4 4 (2.151%) DHCP
4 4 (2.151%) LAN
4 4 (2.151%) Internet
4 4 (2.151%) Extranet
5 3 (1.613%) TCP/IP
6 2 (1.075%) Intranet
6 2 (1.075%) OSPF
6 2 (1.075%) BGP
6 2 (1.075%) PBX
6 2 (1.075%) VoIP
6 2 (1.075%) EIGRP
6 2 (1.075%) IGRP
6 2 (1.075%) Firewall
7 1 (0.538%) IMAP
7 1 (0.538%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (8.602%) DB2
2 9 (4.839%) SQL Server
3 8 (4.301%) Oracle 11g
4 7 (3.763%) Data Warehouse
5 5 (2.688%) Oracle BI EE
5 5 (2.688%) PostgreSQL
6 4 (2.151%) SQL Server 2008
7 3 (1.613%) SAP BW
7 3 (1.613%) Oracle 8/8i
8 2 (1.075%) Oracle 10g
8 2 (1.075%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 2 (1.075%) SQL Server 2005
8 2 (1.075%) SQL Server 2000
9 1 (0.538%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 1 (0.538%) SAP Data Services
9 1 (0.538%) BusinessObjects
9 1 (0.538%) DataStage
9 1 (0.538%) Crystal Reports
9 1 (0.538%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 6 (3.226%) MSI
2 4 (2.151%) InstallShield
2 4 (2.151%) Wise Package Studio
3 1 (0.538%) Ant
3 1 (0.538%) PVCS
3 1 (0.538%) TestDirector
3 1 (0.538%) AdminStudio
3 1 (0.538%) LSMW
3 1 (0.538%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 57 (30.65%) Finance
2 39 (20.97%) Banking
3 12 (6.452%) Retail
4 10 (5.376%) Local Government
5 5 (2.688%) Retail Banking
6 2 (1.075%) Telecoms
6 2 (1.075%) Billing
6 2 (1.075%) Investment Banking
7 1 (0.538%) Law
7 1 (0.538%) Legal
7 1 (0.538%) Manufacturing
7 1 (0.538%) Pharmaceutical
7 1 (0.538%) Financial Institution
7 1 (0.538%) Corporate Banking
7 1 (0.538%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 35 (18.82%) Analyst
2 27 (14.52%) Consultant
3 25 (13.44%) Project Manager
4 16 (8.602%) Architect
5 13 (6.989%) Developer
6 11 (5.914%) Data Analyst
7 10 (5.376%) SAP Consultant
8 9 (4.839%) Designer
9 8 (4.301%) Business Analyst
9 8 (4.301%) Applications Packager
10 7 (3.763%) Applications Consultant
11 6 (3.226%) Oracle Developer
12 5 (2.688%) Infrastructure Manager
12 5 (2.688%) Technical Manager
12 5 (2.688%) Solutions Designer
12 5 (2.688%) Migration Engineer
12 5 (2.688%) Migration Consultant
12 5 (2.688%) Test Manager
12 5 (2.688%) Infrastructure Project Manager
12 5 (2.688%) Technical Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 10 (5.376%) Clustering
2 8 (4.301%) Mainframe
3 5 (2.688%) Blackberry
4 3 (1.613%) Management Information System
4 3 (1.613%) Replication
4 3 (1.613%) Tandem
5 2 (1.075%) IVR
5 2 (1.075%) Online Banking
5 2 (1.075%) IBM Mainframe
5 2 (1.075%) Mobile Banking
6 1 (0.538%) FMCG
6 1 (0.538%) Freedom of Information Act
6 1 (0.538%) Freedom of Information
6 1 (0.538%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 52 (27.96%) Windows
2 20 (10.75%) Windows 7
3 17 (9.140%) Windows Server 2008
4 16 (8.602%) UNIX
4 16 (8.602%) Windows Server 2003
5 13 (6.989%) AIX
6 12 (6.452%) Windows XP
7 8 (4.301%) Windows 2000
8 6 (3.226%) Linux
9 4 (2.151%) Windows NT
10 2 (1.075%) Windows Vista
10 2 (1.075%) Windows 8
11 1 (0.538%) Windows 2000 Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (15.59%) ITIL
2 25 (13.44%) Data Migration
3 22 (11.83%) Project Management
4 21 (11.29%) Stakeholder Management
5 18 (9.677%) PRINCE2
6 10 (5.376%) Data Analysis
7 9 (4.839%) Validation
8 7 (3.763%) ETL
8 7 (3.763%) Business Intelligence
8 7 (3.763%) Technical Architecture
8 7 (3.763%) Test Scripting
9 6 (3.226%) Change Control
9 6 (3.226%) Regression Testing
9 6 (3.226%) Programme Management
10 5 (2.688%) Change Management
10 5 (2.688%) Risk Management
10 5 (2.688%) Software Deployment
10 5 (2.688%) User Acceptance Testing
11 4 (2.151%) Capacity Management
11 4 (2.151%) Information Management
Programming Languages
1 13 (6.989%) SQL
2 12 (6.452%) PowerShell
3 5 (2.688%) VB
4 4 (2.151%) VBScript
5 3 (1.613%) Perl
6 2 (1.075%) PL/SQL
6 2 (1.075%) C#
6 2 (1.075%) Java
6 2 (1.075%) T-SQL
6 2 (1.075%) ABAP
6 2 (1.075%) Shell Script
7 1 (0.538%) JCL
7 1 (0.538%) FoxPro (VFP)
7 1 (0.538%) VB.NET
7 1 (0.538%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 9 (4.839%) Security Cleared
2 6 (3.226%) SAP Certification
3 5 (2.688%) Microsoft Certification
3 5 (2.688%) MCITP
3 5 (2.688%) SC Cleared
4 4 (2.151%) Cisco Certification
4 4 (2.151%) CCNA
5 3 (1.613%) ISEB
5 3 (1.613%) MCSE
5 3 (1.613%) CCNP
5 3 (1.613%) MCTS
5 3 (1.613%) ITIL Certification
6 2 (1.075%) PMI Certification
6 2 (1.075%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 2 (1.075%) MCSA
6 2 (1.075%) Degree
7 1 (0.538%) BC Cleared
7 1 (0.538%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 1 (0.538%) JNCIA
7 1 (0.538%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (3.226%) QA
System Software
1 20 (10.75%) XenApp
2 14 (7.527%) Microsoft App-V
3 7 (3.763%) Hyper-V
4 6 (3.226%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (3.226%) Active Directory
4 6 (3.226%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
5 5 (2.688%) Citrix Presentation Server
6 1 (0.538%) XenDesktop
6 1 (0.538%) vSphere
6 1 (0.538%) PowerHA
6 1 (0.538%) Postfix
Systems Management
1 15 (8.065%) SCCM
2 12 (6.452%) Tivoli Storage Manager
3 11 (5.914%) Tivoli
4 5 (2.688%) SCOM
5 4 (2.151%) NetBackup
5 4 (2.151%) ZENworks
6 2 (1.075%) SCVMM
7 1 (0.538%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
7 1 (0.538%) Norton AntiVirus
Vendors
1 43 (23.12%) Citrix
2 28 (15.05%) Oracle
3 26 (13.98%) SAP
4 23 (12.37%) Microsoft
5 15 (8.065%) VMware
6 13 (6.989%) AppSense
7 10 (5.376%) IBM
8 8 (4.301%) HP
9 6 (3.226%) Dell
9 6 (3.226%) Symantec
10 5 (2.688%) Cisco
11 4 (2.151%) Cognos
11 4 (2.151%) EMC
11 4 (2.151%) Novell
11 4 (2.151%) Lotus
12 3 (1.613%) Brocade
12 3 (1.613%) NetApp
12 3 (1.613%) Ariba
13 2 (1.075%) BMC
13 2 (1.075%) Hitachi
Cheshire, North West
In this role you hold a leading position delivering upgrade across the whole estate for a Windows XP to Windows 2007 migration... Whilst this is without doubt a...
Posted: 22 April 2013
Cheshire
Exchange migration / Windows 2003 & 2008 / SMTP Mail Routing. My client requires a senior messaging consultamt with the following: Windows 2003 & 2008 (32 and 64 bit builds). SMTP Mail...
Spring Technology
Rate: £252.00 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
Knutsford, Cheshire
Will need a good appreciation of citrix environments and apps packaging, testing and release management. Needs a good appreciation of business migration. Will need to manage the Navigator...
Experis IT
Rate: Market Rates
Posted: 14 May 2013