Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term 'Construction' in contract IT jobs within the Lancashire region together with a comparison to our General terms category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Construction over the 3 months to 8 January 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkConstruction
Location
3 months to
8 Jan 2009
Same period last year
Rank-43
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads01
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.000 %0.001 %
As % of the category below0.000 %0.556 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£387£377
% change on same period last year+2.82 %
Hourly rates quoted01
Average minimum hourly rate-£18.00
Average hourly rate-£19.00
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£20.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.85£26.09
% change on same period last year+18.25 %
Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
Lancashire
Matching contract IT job ads118180
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.237 %0.225 %
Daily rates quoted2252
Average minimum daily rate£321£325
Average daily rate£344£335
% change on same period last year+2.61 %
Average maximum daily rate£366£345
UK excluding London average daily rate£375£382
% change on same period last year-1.82 %
Hourly rates quoted3326
Average minimum hourly rate£23.74£23.98
Average hourly rate£24.25£26.27
% change on same period last year-7.68 %
Average maximum hourly rate£24.76£28.55
UK excluding London average hourly rate£26.80£26.54
% change on same period last year+1.00 %
Construction North WestConstruction
North West

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

Construction
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Construction across the Lancashire region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.

Lancashire Construction Demand Trend

Construction
Daily Rate Trend

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

Lancashire Construction Daily Rate Trend

Construction
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Construction across the Lancashire region.

Lancashire Construction Hourly Rate Trend

Construction
Top 7 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 8 January 2009, IT contractor jobs across the Lancashire region citing Construction 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 Construction.

18 (100.00 %)CSS
18 (100.00 %)XHTML
18 (100.00 %)FTP
18 (100.00 %)Dreamweaver
18 (100.00 %)HTML
27 (87.50 %)JavaScript
31 (12.50 %)User Acceptance Testing

Construction
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 8 January 2009, IT contractor jobs across the Lancashire region citing Construction 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 Construction. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
18 (100.00 %)HTML
18 (100.00 %)CSS
18 (100.00 %)XHTML
Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
18 (100.00 %)FTP
Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
18 (100.00 %)Dreamweaver
Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
18 (100.00 %)Developer
18 (100.00 %)Web Developer
Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (12.50 %)User Acceptance Testing
Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
17 (87.50 %)JavaScript