The first table below looks at the demand for WebSpeed 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 WebSpeed 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 Development 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Progress WebSpeed Workshop
Rank - - -
Contract jobs citing WebSpeed 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire - - -
As % of the Development Applications category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Development Applications
Cheshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
80 70 56
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 11.05% 8.761% 5.779%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 33 32
Average daily rate £375 £301 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+24.79% -7.53%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £250 £262
10% offered a daily rate of more than £445 £355 £350
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-1.51% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 2
Average hourly rate £33.75 £30.00 £30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+12.50% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £30.75 £30.00 £29.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £36.75 £30.00 £31.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -
WebSpeed
North West

WebSpeed
Top 9 Related IT Skills

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

1 2 (100.00%) SQL
1 2 (100.00%) PVCS
1 2 (100.00%) VSS/SourceSafe
1 2 (100.00%) OpenEdge
1 2 (100.00%) Progress 4GL
1 2 (100.00%) Progress
1 2 (100.00%) Scrum
1 2 (100.00%) JIRA
1 2 (100.00%) Sculptor

WebSpeed
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Platforms
1 2 (100.00%) OpenEdge
Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) PVCS
1 2 (100.00%) VSS/SourceSafe
1 2 (100.00%) JIRA
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Developer
1 2 (100.00%) Progress Developer
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
1 2 (100.00%) Progress 4GL
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Progress
1 2 (100.00%) Sculptor