The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Portuguese 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 Portuguese Language 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 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Portuguese Language
Rank 62 - 69
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Portuguese Language 1 0 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 0.136% - 0.719%
As % of the General category 0.319% - 1.394%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 4
Average daily rate £250 - £259
UK excluding London average daily rate £226 - £83
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All of the General Category
Cheshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
313 344 502
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 42.59% 42.73% 51.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 138 225 355
Average daily rate £370 £374 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.06% +15.07%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £237 £293 £229
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 8 13
Average hourly rate £40.29 £26.15 £30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+54.05% -12.83%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.11 £10.11 £9.10
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £51.39 £31.00 £70.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £25.00 £26.50
% change year-on-year
- -5.66%
Portuguese Language
North West

Portuguese Language
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cheshire Portuguese Language Jobs Demand Trend

Portuguese Language
Daily Rate Trend

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

Cheshire Portuguese Language Daily Rate Trend

Portuguese Language
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Cheshire Portuguese Language Hourly Rate Trend

Portuguese Language
Top 26 Related IT Skills

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

1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle
1 1 (100.00%) UNIX
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) UML
1 1 (100.00%) LDAP
1 1 (100.00%) MS Excel
1 1 (100.00%) MS Visio
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) Tivoli
1 1 (100.00%) Tivoli Identity Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Mainframe
1 1 (100.00%) CISA
1 1 (100.00%) Identity Management
1 1 (100.00%) GIAC
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) Banking
1 1 (100.00%) Business Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) MS PowerPoint
1 1 (100.00%) French Language
1 1 (100.00%) German Language
1 1 (100.00%) Italian Language
1 1 (100.00%) Spanish Language
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle Identity Manager

Portuguese Language
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

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