The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term N-Tier in IT contracts advertised for the East Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited N-Tier over the 3 months to 20 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 Miscellaneous category for the East Midlands 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
N-Tier
Rank 69 78 71
Rank change year-on-year
+9 -7
Contract jobs citing N-Tier 14 3 8
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East Midlands 1.113% 0.220% 0.593%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 5.983% 1.370% 3.704%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 0 5
Average daily rate £300 - £350
90% offered a daily rate of more than £288 - £329
10% offered a daily rate of more than £318 - £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £313
% change year-on-year
- +4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £33.25
All of the Miscellaneous Category
East Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
234 219 216
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East Midlands 18.60% 16.04% 16.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 114 95 76
Average daily rate £320 £375 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-14.66% +7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £213 £225 £218
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £506 £535
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £343 £340
% change year-on-year
+2.18% +0.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 21 24
Average hourly rate £16.11 £27.50 £17.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-41.41% +57.14%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.50 £9.38 £10.41
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £21.00 £57.50 £36.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £24.50 £27.00
% change year-on-year
-8.16% -9.25%
N-Tier
England

N-Tier
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East Midlands N-Tier Jobs Demand Trend

N-Tier
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing N-Tier across the East Midlands region.

East Midlands N-Tier Daily Rate Trend

N-Tier
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing N-Tier across the East Midlands region.

East Midlands N-Tier Hourly Rate Trend

N-Tier
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing N-Tier within the East Midlands region over the 3 months to 20 May 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
Leicestershire - 8 £288 -
Nottinghamshire -5 1 £275 -
N-Tier
England

N-Tier
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands region citing N-Tier 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 N-Tier.

1 25 (96.15%) C#
1 25 (96.15%) .NET
2 23 (88.46%) ASP.NET
3 22 (84.62%) Visual Studio
4 19 (73.08%) OO
4 19 (73.08%) Ajax
5 18 (69.23%) jQuery
6 17 (65.38%) JavaScript
7 15 (57.69%) OOP
7 15 (57.69%) DevExpress
8 14 (53.85%) Telerik
9 9 (34.62%) SQL Server
10 8 (30.77%) WCF
11 3 (11.54%) Google Maps API
11 3 (11.54%) TAPI
11 3 (11.54%) WinForms
11 3 (11.54%) IIS
11 3 (11.54%) GIS
12 2 (7.692%) Finance
12 2 (7.692%) SQL
12 2 (7.692%) XML
12 2 (7.692%) Team Foundation Server
13 1 (3.846%) SQL Server 2008
13 1 (3.846%) Unit Testing
13 1 (3.846%) Fat Client
13 1 (3.846%) WPF
13 1 (3.846%) Silverlight
13 1 (3.846%) LINQ
13 1 (3.846%) SQL Server 2005
13 1 (3.846%) Dynamics CRM

N-Tier
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands region citing N-Tier 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 N-Tier. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 25 (96.15%) .NET
2 23 (88.46%) ASP.NET
3 19 (73.08%) Ajax
4 18 (69.23%) jQuery
5 8 (30.77%) WCF
6 3 (11.54%) Google Maps API
6 3 (11.54%) TAPI
6 3 (11.54%) WinForms
7 2 (7.692%) XML
8 1 (3.846%) XHTML
8 1 (3.846%) .NET Framework
8 1 (3.846%) CSS
8 1 (3.846%) Web Services
8 1 (3.846%) ADO.NET
8 1 (3.846%) ASP.NET MVC
8 1 (3.846%) WPF
8 1 (3.846%) Silverlight
8 1 (3.846%) LINQ
Application Platforms
1 3 (11.54%) IIS
Business Applications
1 1 (3.846%) Dynamics CRM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (34.62%) SQL Server
2 3 (11.54%) GIS
3 1 (3.846%) SQL Server 2005
3 1 (3.846%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 22 (84.62%) Visual Studio
2 2 (7.692%) Team Foundation Server
3 1 (3.846%) VSS/SourceSafe
General
1 2 (7.692%) Finance
Job Titles
1 23 (88.46%) Developer
2 18 (69.23%) .NET Developer
3 15 (57.69%) ASP.NET Developer
4 9 (34.62%) C# Developer
5 8 (30.77%) C# .NET Developer
6 7 (26.92%) C# ASP.NET Developer
7 2 (7.692%) Software Developer
8 1 (3.846%) Silverlight Developer
8 1 (3.846%) SQL Developer
8 1 (3.846%) SQL Server Developer
8 1 (3.846%) Consultant
8 1 (3.846%) Senior Developer
8 1 (3.846%) Technical Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.846%) Client/Server
1 1 (3.846%) Thin Client
1 1 (3.846%) Fat Client
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.846%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (73.08%) OO
2 15 (57.69%) OOP
3 1 (3.846%) OOA/OOD
3 1 (3.846%) CRM
3 1 (3.846%) Project Management
3 1 (3.846%) MVC
3 1 (3.846%) Unit Testing
3 1 (3.846%) MVVM
Programming Languages
1 25 (96.15%) C#
2 17 (65.38%) JavaScript
3 2 (7.692%) SQL
4 1 (3.846%) T-SQL
4 1 (3.846%) VB
4 1 (3.846%) VB6
Vendors
1 15 (57.69%) DevExpress
2 14 (53.85%) Telerik
3 1 (3.846%) Microsoft