The first table below looks at the demand for Build Automation skills in IT contracts advertised for the Lancashire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Build Automation 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 of the Processes & Methodologies category for the Lancashire 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
Build Automation
Rank - - -
Contract jobs citing Build Automation 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Lancashire - - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £390 £425
% change year-on-year
-3.84% -8.23%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.50 - -
All Processes & Methodologies
Lancashire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
125 251 123
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Lancashire 61.88% 58.78% 53.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 61 141 56
Average daily rate £315 £375 £328
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-16.00% +14.50%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £220 £225 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £420 £500 £427
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 12 16
Average hourly rate £21.00 £20.00 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+5.00% -42.85%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.90 £16.80 £21.94
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £65.07 £26.60 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.50 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.00% -16.66%
Build Automation
North West

Build Automation
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Build Automation across the Lancashire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Lancashire Build Automation Jobs Demand Trend

Build Automation
Daily Rate Trend

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

Lancashire Build Automation Daily Rate Trend

Build Automation
Top 4 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Lancashire region citing Build Automation 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 Build Automation.

1 1 (100.00%) Oracle
1 1 (100.00%) UNIX
1 1 (100.00%) WebSphere
1 1 (100.00%) Release Management

Build Automation
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Lancashire region citing Build Automation 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 Build Automation. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (100.00%) WebSphere
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Build Engineer
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Release Management
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle