The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term N-Tier in IT contracts advertised for the Lancashire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited N-Tier over the 3 months to 24 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 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
N-Tier
Rank - 40 31
Contract jobs citing N-Tier 0 2 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Lancashire - 0.485% 0.431%
As % of the Miscellaneous category - 2.817% 2.381%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 1
Average daily rate - £318 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +5.83%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £300
% change year-on-year
- +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £27.50
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Lancashire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
46 71 42
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Lancashire 21.80% 17.23% 18.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 46 12
Average daily rate £256 £340 £250
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-24.63% +36.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £163 £169 £168
10% offered a daily rate of more than £391 £488 £320
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £340
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +1.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 5 15
Average hourly rate £19.00 £20.00 £37.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-5.00% -46.66%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.20 £15.80 £17.30
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £21.40 £20.00 £42.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £22.50 £26.00
% change year-on-year
- -13.46%
N-Tier
North West

N-Tier
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Lancashire 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 Lancashire region.

Lancashire N-Tier Daily Rate Trend