The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term SaaS in IT contracts advertised for the Cheshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SaaS over the 3 months to 18 June 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 Miscellaneous 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software as a Service (SaaS)
Rank 65 - 71
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing SaaS 4 0 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 0.546% - 0.107%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.273% - 0.541%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
Average daily rate £425 - £375
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £425 £485
% change year-on-year
- -12.37%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £36.50 £20.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year
+82.50% -11.11%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Cheshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
176 146 185
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 24.01% 17.96% 19.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 79 87 99
Average daily rate £325 £325 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £205 £270 £239
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £475 £438
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £340 £330
% change year-on-year
+2.94% +3.03%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 4 15
Average hourly rate £33.75 £14.00 £22.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+141.07% -37.77%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £19.90 £11.00 £10.80
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £35.00 £20.00 £38.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.00 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-6.66% -10.00%
SaaS
North West

SaaS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cheshire SaaS Jobs Demand Trend

SaaS
Daily Rate Trend

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

Cheshire SaaS Daily Rate Trend

SaaS
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SaaS within the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 18 June 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
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Job
Vacancies
Macclesfield - - - - 1
SaaS
North West

SaaS
Top 28 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire region citing SaaS 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 SaaS.

1 8 (88.89%) ERP
1 8 (88.89%) Manufacturing
1 8 (88.89%) Telecoms
2 7 (77.78%) Information Security
3 5 (55.56%) ArcSight
4 3 (33.33%) Linux
5 2 (22.22%) PRINCE2
6 1 (11.11%) Service Delivery
6 1 (11.11%) Change Management
6 1 (11.11%) Finance
6 1 (11.11%) SIEM
6 1 (11.11%) Blue Coat
6 1 (11.11%) Business Analysis
6 1 (11.11%) Marketing
6 1 (11.11%) Problem Management
6 1 (11.11%) Security Architecture
6 1 (11.11%) PMI
6 1 (11.11%) PMI Certification
6 1 (11.11%) Shell Script
6 1 (11.11%) Middleware
6 1 (11.11%) Project Management
6 1 (11.11%) Websense
6 1 (11.11%) UNIX
6 1 (11.11%) Windows
6 1 (11.11%) AIX
6 1 (11.11%) JBoss
6 1 (11.11%) Java
6 1 (11.11%) VBA

SaaS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire region citing SaaS 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 SaaS. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (11.11%) Middleware
General
1 8 (88.89%) Telecoms
1 8 (88.89%) Manufacturing
2 1 (11.11%) Marketing
2 1 (11.11%) Finance
Job Titles
1 3 (33.33%) Project Manager
2 2 (22.22%) Analyst
2 2 (22.22%) Consultant
3 1 (11.11%) Technical Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Project Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Network Consultant
3 1 (11.11%) Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 3 (33.33%) Linux
2 1 (11.11%) UNIX
2 1 (11.11%) Windows
2 1 (11.11%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (88.89%) ERP
2 7 (77.78%) Information Security
3 2 (22.22%) PRINCE2
4 1 (11.11%) Business Analysis
4 1 (11.11%) Problem Management
4 1 (11.11%) Security Architecture
4 1 (11.11%) SIEM
4 1 (11.11%) Project Management
4 1 (11.11%) Service Delivery
4 1 (11.11%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (11.11%) Java
1 1 (11.11%) VBA
1 1 (11.11%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 1 (11.11%) PMI Certification
Vendors
1 5 (55.56%) ArcSight
2 1 (11.11%) JBoss
2 1 (11.11%) Websense
2 1 (11.11%) Blue Coat