The first table below looks at the demand for Intranet 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 Intranet over the 3 months to 17 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Intranet
Rank 28 38 21
Rank change year-on-year
+10 -17
Contract jobs citing Intranet 2 6 10
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Lancashire 1.020% 1.389% 4.464%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 6.667% 9.677% 18.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 2
Average daily rate - £300 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -20.00%
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £300 £320
% change year-on-year
- -6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 4
Average hourly rate - - £38.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate £24.50 £15.50 £15.00
% change year-on-year
+58.06% +3.33%
All Communications & Networking
Lancashire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
30 62 53
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Lancashire 15.31% 14.35% 23.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 21 16
Average daily rate £325 £370 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-12.24% +34.67%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £214 £155 £120
10% offered a daily rate of more than £359 £490 £350
UK excluding London average daily rate £313 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-5.30% +1.53%
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 £20.50 £26.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-21.15% -5.45%
Intranet
North West

Intranet
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Lancashire Intranet Jobs Demand Trend

Intranet
Daily Rate Trend

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

Lancashire Intranet Daily Rate Trend

Intranet
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Lancashire Intranet Hourly Rate Trend

Intranet
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Intranet within the Lancashire region over the 3 months to 17 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
Blackpool - 1 - -
Preston - 1 - -
Intranet
North West

Intranet
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Lancashire region citing Intranet 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 Intranet.

1 2 (50.00%) Project Management
1 2 (50.00%) C#
1 2 (50.00%) .NET
1 2 (50.00%) SharePoint
1 2 (50.00%) jQuery
1 2 (50.00%) ITIL
2 1 (25.00%) PRINCE2
2 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (25.00%) PerformancePoint
2 1 (25.00%) ASP.NET MVC
2 1 (25.00%) SharePoint 2010
2 1 (25.00%) Unified Communications
2 1 (25.00%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
2 1 (25.00%) MS Visio
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (25.00%) ITIL Certification
2 1 (25.00%) PRINCE
2 1 (25.00%) ASP.NET
2 1 (25.00%) CSS
2 1 (25.00%) HTML
2 1 (25.00%) JavaScript
2 1 (25.00%) Service Management
2 1 (25.00%) MVC
2 1 (25.00%) Finance
2 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (25.00%) Ajax
2 1 (25.00%) .NET Framework
2 1 (25.00%) WCF

Intranet
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Lancashire region citing Intranet 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 Intranet. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (50.00%) .NET
1 2 (50.00%) jQuery
2 1 (25.00%) ASP.NET MVC
2 1 (25.00%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
2 1 (25.00%) HTML
2 1 (25.00%) ASP.NET
2 1 (25.00%) CSS
2 1 (25.00%) Ajax
2 1 (25.00%) .NET Framework
2 1 (25.00%) WCF
2 1 (25.00%) LINQ
Application Platforms
1 2 (50.00%) SharePoint
2 1 (25.00%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 1 (25.00%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) PerformancePoint
General
1 1 (25.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Consultant
2 1 (25.00%) C# Developer
2 1 (25.00%) SharePoint Consultant
2 1 (25.00%) SharePoint Developer
2 1 (25.00%) PMO Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Project Management
1 2 (50.00%) ITIL
2 1 (25.00%) PRINCE2
2 1 (25.00%) PRINCE
2 1 (25.00%) Service Management
2 1 (25.00%) MVC
2 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) C#
2 1 (25.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (25.00%) ITIL Certification
1 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft