The first table below looks at the demand for MS Visio 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 MS Visio over the 3 months to 21 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 Applications 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visio
Rank 52 58 72
Rank change year-on-year
+6 +14
Contract jobs citing MS Visio 11 8 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 1.497% 0.994% 0.411%
As % of the Applications category 16.42% 9.091% 3.077%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 2 3
Average daily rate £425 £113 £265
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+277.77% -57.54%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £232 £111 £243
10% offered a daily rate of more than £605 £115 £353
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £350 £335
% change year-on-year
-7.14% +4.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
Average hourly rate £33.75 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £31.50 £20.25
% change year-on-year
-44.44% +55.55%
All Applications
Cheshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category
67 88 130
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 9.116% 10.93% 13.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 42 76
Average daily rate £300 £311 £313
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.61% -0.40%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £221 £116 £160
10% offered a daily rate of more than £487 £420 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £305 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+1.66% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 1 8
Average hourly rate £20.00 £30.00 £9.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-33.33% +215.78%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £9.44 £30.00 £6.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £30.00 £37.30
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.50 £15.56 £16.00
% change year-on-year
-0.38% -2.75%
MS Visio
North West

MS Visio
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cheshire MS Visio Jobs Demand Trend

MS Visio
Daily Rate Trend

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

Cheshire MS Visio Daily Rate Trend

MS Visio
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing MS Visio across the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Cheshire MS Visio Daily Rate Histogram

MS Visio
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Cheshire MS Visio Hourly Rate Trend

MS Visio
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing MS Visio across the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Cheshire MS Visio Hourly Rate Histogram

MS Visio
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing MS Visio within the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 21 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 - 2 - -
Warrington -4 1 - -
Knutsford - 1 £220 -
MS Visio
North West

MS Visio
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire region citing MS Visio 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 MS Visio.

1 18 (66.67%) MS Excel
1 18 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 17 (62.96%) MS Project
3 15 (55.56%) MS Office
3 15 (55.56%) ITIL
4 13 (48.15%) MS PowerPoint
5 12 (44.44%) Windows
6 11 (40.74%) Active Directory
7 9 (33.33%) SAP
8 8 (29.63%) Microsoft Certification
8 8 (29.63%) Security Cleared
9 7 (25.93%) Windows 7
9 7 (25.93%) Lotus
9 7 (25.93%) OpenView
9 7 (25.93%) HP
9 7 (25.93%) MCP
9 7 (25.93%) Lotus Notes
9 7 (25.93%) MCSE
9 7 (25.93%) Windows XP
9 7 (25.93%) ISO 9000
9 7 (25.93%) MCDST
9 7 (25.93%) MCITP
9 7 (25.93%) Incident Management
9 7 (25.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 7 (25.93%) ServiceCenter
9 7 (25.93%) BS25999
9 7 (25.93%) SC Cleared
10 6 (22.22%) Banking
10 6 (22.22%) Project Management
11 5 (18.52%) PRINCE2

MS Visio
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire region citing MS Visio 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 MS Visio. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (11.11%) SAP Basis
2 1 (3.704%) .NET Framework
2 1 (3.704%) .NET
2 1 (3.704%) XML
Application Platforms
1 7 (25.93%) Lotus Notes
2 4 (14.81%) LiveLink
3 3 (11.11%) NetWeaver
4 2 (7.407%) SharePoint
Applications
1 18 (66.67%) MS Excel
2 17 (62.96%) MS Project
3 15 (55.56%) MS Office
4 13 (48.15%) MS PowerPoint
5 1 (3.704%) Acrobat
Business Applications
1 3 (11.11%) SAP GRC
2 1 (3.704%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 3 (11.11%) LAN
1 3 (11.11%) WAN
1 3 (11.11%) SAN
2 2 (7.407%) Broadband
2 2 (7.407%) 3G
2 2 (7.407%) VPN
2 2 (7.407%) LDAP
3 1 (3.704%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.704%) MS Access
1 1 (3.704%) MySQL
1 1 (3.704%) SQL Server
1 1 (3.704%) BusinessObjects
1 1 (3.704%) SAP HANA
General
1 6 (22.22%) Banking
2 4 (14.81%) Telecoms
3 3 (11.11%) Finance
3 3 (11.11%) Local Government
4 2 (7.407%) German Language
5 1 (3.704%) Corporate Banking
5 1 (3.704%) Italian Language
5 1 (3.704%) Portuguese Language
5 1 (3.704%) Spanish Language
5 1 (3.704%) French Language
5 1 (3.704%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 9 (33.33%) Analyst
2 7 (25.93%) Support Analyst
3 6 (22.22%) SAP Manager
3 6 (22.22%) Infrastructure Analyst
3 6 (22.22%) Infrastructure Support Analyst
4 3 (11.11%) SAP Consultant
4 3 (11.11%) Consultant
4 3 (11.11%) Project Manager
5 2 (7.407%) SAP Release Manager
5 2 (7.407%) Technical Architect
5 2 (7.407%) Process Consultant
5 2 (7.407%) Support Engineer
5 2 (7.407%) Coordinator
5 2 (7.407%) Architect
5 2 (7.407%) Project Coordinator
5 2 (7.407%) Field Support Engineer
5 2 (7.407%) Business Architect
5 2 (7.407%) Release Manager
5 2 (7.407%) Service Manager
5 2 (7.407%) Field Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (11.11%) Client/Server
2 2 (7.407%) Mainframe
2 2 (7.407%) Blackberry
3 1 (3.704%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 12 (44.44%) Windows
2 7 (25.93%) Windows 7
2 7 (25.93%) Windows XP
3 5 (18.52%) UNIX
4 3 (11.11%) Solaris
5 1 (3.704%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (55.56%) ITIL
2 7 (25.93%) Incident Management
3 6 (22.22%) Project Management
4 5 (18.52%) PRINCE2
5 4 (14.81%) CRM
6 3 (11.11%) Identity Management
6 3 (11.11%) Business Intelligence
6 3 (11.11%) ITIL V3
7 2 (7.407%) UML
7 2 (7.407%) TOGAF
7 2 (7.407%) Information Security
7 2 (7.407%) Workflow
7 2 (7.407%) Risk Analysis
7 2 (7.407%) Matrix Management
7 2 (7.407%) Business Analysis
8 1 (3.704%) Data Analysis
8 1 (3.704%) Critical Path Analysis
8 1 (3.704%) Project Planning
8 1 (3.704%) Enterprise Architecture
8 1 (3.704%) Release Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (11.11%) ABAP
1 3 (11.11%) Java
1 3 (11.11%) SQL
2 1 (3.704%) C
2 1 (3.704%) T-SQL
2 1 (3.704%) VBScript
2 1 (3.704%) VB
Qualifications
1 8 (29.63%) Microsoft Certification
1 8 (29.63%) Security Cleared
2 7 (25.93%) MCP
2 7 (25.93%) MCSE
2 7 (25.93%) MCDST
2 7 (25.93%) MCITP
2 7 (25.93%) SC Cleared
3 2 (7.407%) CISSP
3 2 (7.407%) GIAC
3 2 (7.407%) CISA
4 1 (3.704%) CTC Cleared
4 1 (3.704%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
4 1 (3.704%) Degree
4 1 (3.704%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (25.93%) ISO 9000
1 7 (25.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 7 (25.93%) BS25999
2 1 (3.704%) QA
System Software
1 11 (40.74%) Active Directory
2 2 (7.407%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (3.704%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 7 (25.93%) OpenView
1 7 (25.93%) ServiceCenter
2 2 (7.407%) Oracle Identity Manager
2 2 (7.407%) Tivoli
2 2 (7.407%) Tivoli Identity Manager
3 1 (3.704%) SCCM
3 1 (3.704%) AppDNA
Vendors
1 18 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 9 (33.33%) SAP
3 7 (25.93%) Lotus
3 7 (25.93%) HP
4 5 (18.52%) Oracle
5 2 (7.407%) Dell
5 2 (7.407%) VMware
6 1 (3.704%) Business Objects
6 1 (3.704%) Citrix
6 1 (3.704%) Adobe