The first table below looks at the demand for NFC 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 NFC over the 3 months to 24 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Near Field Communication (NFC)
Rank 61 60 -
Rank change year-on-year
-1 -
Contract jobs citing NFC 2 3 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 0.276% 0.375% -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.600% 1.863% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
Average daily rate £425 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £478 £463 £475
% change year-on-year
+3.24% -2.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Communications & Networking
Cheshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
125 161 196
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 17.27% 20.15% 20.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 48 83 125
Average daily rate £325 £338 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.70% +3.84%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £188 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £528 £488 £398
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £338 £325
% change year-on-year
-6.66% +3.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 8 4
Average hourly rate £40.00 £25.00 £30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+60.00% -16.66%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.75 £25.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-17.00% -9.09%
NFC
North West

NFC
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cheshire NFC Jobs Demand Trend

NFC
Daily Rate Trend

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

Cheshire NFC Daily Rate Trend

NFC
Top 19 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire region citing NFC 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 NFC.

1 3 (100.00%) J2EE
1 3 (100.00%) Blackberry
1 3 (100.00%) Cryptography
1 3 (100.00%) Android
1 3 (100.00%) Apple iOS
1 3 (100.00%) Mobile App
2 2 (66.67%) EMV
2 2 (66.67%) Network Design
2 2 (66.67%) HTML
3 1 (33.33%) Java
3 1 (33.33%) Windows
3 1 (33.33%) Hyperion
3 1 (33.33%) Wireless
3 1 (33.33%) Risk Assessment
3 1 (33.33%) PKI
3 1 (33.33%) Security Testing
3 1 (33.33%) C
3 1 (33.33%) Mobile Device Management
3 1 (33.33%) Windows 8

NFC
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire region citing NFC 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 NFC. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (100.00%) J2EE
2 2 (66.67%) HTML
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) Wireless
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Developer
1 1 (33.33%) Consultant
1 1 (33.33%) Security Consultant
1 1 (33.33%) Security Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Mobile Developer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Blackberry
1 3 (100.00%) Cryptography
1 3 (100.00%) Mobile App
2 2 (66.67%) EMV
3 1 (33.33%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Android
1 3 (100.00%) Apple iOS
2 1 (33.33%) Windows
2 1 (33.33%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Network Design
2 1 (33.33%) Risk Assessment
2 1 (33.33%) Security Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Mobile Device Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) Java
1 1 (33.33%) C
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Hyperion