The first table below looks at the demand for Internet 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 Internet 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 Communications & Networking 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
Internet
Rank 30 25 23
Rank change year-on-year
-5 -2
Contract jobs citing Internet 2 18 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Lancashire 0.990% 4.215% 3.017%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 6.667% 30.51% 12.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 3
Average daily rate £356 £443 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-19.53% +61.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £241 £409 £245
10% offered a daily rate of more than £471 £477 £335
UK excluding London average daily rate £311 £325 £350
% change year-on-year
-4.23% -7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 4
Average hourly rate - - £34.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.75 £15.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-1.66% -25.00%
All Communications & Networking
Lancashire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
30 59 54
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Lancashire 14.85% 13.82% 23.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 18 17
Average daily rate £325 £380 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-14.47% +38.18%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £215 £155 £128
10% offered a daily rate of more than £336 £490 £363
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £335 £325
% change year-on-year
-5.97% +3.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 3 20
Average hourly rate £27.50 £30.00 £40.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-8.33% -25.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.50 £29.75 £32.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £32.50 £30.00 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.50 £25.75 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-16.50% -6.36%
Internet
North West

Internet
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Internet across the Lancashire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

Lancashire Internet Jobs Demand Trend

Internet
Daily Rate Trend

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

Lancashire Internet Daily Rate Trend

Internet
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Internet across the Lancashire region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Lancashire Internet Daily Rate Histogram

Internet
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Lancashire Internet Hourly Rate Trend

Internet
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 13 (86.67%) Oracle
2 12 (80.00%) Oracle RAC
2 12 (80.00%) Oracle 11g
3 7 (46.67%) Oracle Identity Management
4 2 (13.33%) BC Cleared
4 2 (13.33%) Security Cleared
4 2 (13.33%) Identity Management
4 2 (13.33%) XML
4 2 (13.33%) SQL
4 2 (13.33%) WebLogic
4 2 (13.33%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
5 1 (6.667%) SLA
5 1 (6.667%) Microsoft
5 1 (6.667%) Active Directory
5 1 (6.667%) SQL Server 2000
5 1 (6.667%) IIS
5 1 (6.667%) ASP.NET
5 1 (6.667%) COM
5 1 (6.667%) DCOM
5 1 (6.667%) SOAP
5 1 (6.667%) Web Services
5 1 (6.667%) VB
5 1 (6.667%) VBA
5 1 (6.667%) .NET
5 1 (6.667%) C#
5 1 (6.667%) HTML
5 1 (6.667%) Java
5 1 (6.667%) JavaScript
5 1 (6.667%) PL/SQL
5 1 (6.667%) XSD

Internet
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 2 (13.33%) XML
2 1 (6.667%) ASP.NET
2 1 (6.667%) COM
2 1 (6.667%) DCOM
2 1 (6.667%) SOAP
2 1 (6.667%) Web Services
2 1 (6.667%) .NET
2 1 (6.667%) HTML
2 1 (6.667%) XSD
2 1 (6.667%) ActiveX
2 1 (6.667%) Ajax
2 1 (6.667%) .NET Remoting
2 1 (6.667%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (6.667%) WCF
2 1 (6.667%) Silverlight
Application Platforms
1 2 (13.33%) WebLogic
2 1 (6.667%) IIS
2 1 (6.667%) MSMQ
2 1 (6.667%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 1 (6.667%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (6.667%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (6.667%) Oracle EBS R12
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (80.00%) Oracle 11g
2 1 (6.667%) SQL Server 2000
2 1 (6.667%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (6.667%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (6.667%) TOAD
2 1 (6.667%) OLTP
2 1 (6.667%) Oracle Discoverer
2 1 (6.667%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 1 (6.667%) SQL Server 2005
2 1 (6.667%) SQL Server 2008
2 1 (6.667%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (6.667%) Subversion
1 1 (6.667%) TortoiseSVN
General
1 1 (6.667%) Law
Job Titles
1 11 (73.33%) Developer
1 11 (73.33%) Consultant
1 11 (73.33%) Oracle Consultant
2 10 (66.67%) Oracle Developer
3 3 (20.00%) Management Consultant
3 3 (20.00%) Access Developer
4 1 (6.667%) Coordinator
4 1 (6.667%) Functional Consultant
4 1 (6.667%) Technical Consultant
4 1 (6.667%) Oracle Functional Consultant
4 1 (6.667%) Oracle Technical Consultant
4 1 (6.667%) E-Business Consultant
4 1 (6.667%) Identity Management Consultant
4 1 (6.667%) Technical Developer
4 1 (6.667%) .NET Developer
4 1 (6.667%) Project Coordinator
Miscellaneous
1 1 (6.667%) Social Media
1 1 (6.667%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 1 (6.667%) UNIX
1 1 (6.667%) Windows
1 1 (6.667%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (13.33%) Identity Management
2 1 (6.667%) UML
2 1 (6.667%) SOA
2 1 (6.667%) ETL
2 1 (6.667%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (6.667%) MVC
2 1 (6.667%) Workflow
2 1 (6.667%) GAP Analysis
2 1 (6.667%) BPEL
2 1 (6.667%) MVVM
2 1 (6.667%) Change Control
2 1 (6.667%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (6.667%) Integration Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (13.33%) SQL
2 1 (6.667%) VB
2 1 (6.667%) VBA
2 1 (6.667%) C#
2 1 (6.667%) Java
2 1 (6.667%) JavaScript
2 1 (6.667%) PL/SQL
2 1 (6.667%) VB6
Qualifications
1 2 (13.33%) BC Cleared
1 2 (13.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.667%) SLA
System Software
1 12 (80.00%) Oracle RAC
2 1 (6.667%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 7 (46.67%) Oracle Identity Management
2 2 (13.33%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
3 1 (6.667%) Data Guard
Vendors
1 13 (86.67%) Oracle
2 1 (6.667%) Microsoft
2 1 (6.667%) Facebook
2 1 (6.667%) Twitter