The first table below looks at the demand for Splunk 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 Splunk over the 3 months to 23 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 Systems Management 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Splunk
Rank - - -
Contract jobs citing Splunk 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire - - -
As % of the Systems Management category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £425 £433
% change year-on-year
-5.88% -1.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Systems Management
Cheshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Systems Management category
79 116 116
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 10.81% 14.54% 11.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 55 69
Average daily rate £325 £363 £363
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-10.34% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £220 £298 £255
10% offered a daily rate of more than £465 £488 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £325 £300
% change year-on-year
+1.53% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 1
Average hourly rate £44.90 - £30.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.00 £17.50 £24.00
% change year-on-year
+14.28% -27.08%
Splunk
North West