The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of AppSense products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Manchester region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited AppSense over the 3 months to 19 June 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Vendors for the Manchester 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.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are NOT representative of contractor rates within AppSense Limited.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
AppSense
Rank 73 80 70
Rank change year-on-year
+7 -10
Contract jobs citing AppSense 2 1 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester 0.209% 0.081% 0.096%
As % of the Vendors category 0.475% 0.168% 0.239%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £256 £313
% change year-on-year
+36.98% -18.24%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.50 - £27.50
All Vendors
Manchester
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
421 597 419
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester 43.90% 48.38% 40.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 187 253 185
Average daily rate £320 £325 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.53% -7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £190 £150
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £450 £495
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 38 38
Average hourly rate £16.50 £20.50 £14.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-19.51% +46.42%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £12.50 £9.98
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £27.50 £33.30 £24.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.26 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
+1.36% -5.00%
AppSense
North West

AppSense
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing AppSense across the Manchester region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

Manchester AppSense Jobs Demand Trend

AppSense
Daily Rate Trend

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

Manchester AppSense Daily Rate Trend

AppSense
Top 19 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester region citing AppSense 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 AppSense.

1 2 (66.67%) Citrix
1 2 (66.67%) Migration
1 2 (66.67%) XenApp
2 1 (33.33%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft App-V
2 1 (33.33%) ISTQB
2 1 (33.33%) Degree
2 1 (33.33%) Application Packaging
2 1 (33.33%) Citrix Presentation Server
2 1 (33.33%) Time Management
2 1 (33.33%) TestDirector
2 1 (33.33%) Service Delivery
2 1 (33.33%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) MS Office
2 1 (33.33%) ITIL
2 1 (33.33%) MS Excel
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (33.33%) Active Directory
2 1 (33.33%) ISEB

AppSense
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester region citing AppSense 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 AppSense. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (33.33%) Application Packaging
Applications
1 1 (33.33%) MS Office
1 1 (33.33%) MS Excel
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) TestDirector
General
1 1 (33.33%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Desktop Technician
1 1 (33.33%) Citrix Support Specialist
1 1 (33.33%) Defect Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Citrix Specialist
1 1 (33.33%) Citrix Support
1 1 (33.33%) Desktop Support
1 1 (33.33%) Support Specialist
1 1 (33.33%) 3rd Line Support
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Migration
2 1 (33.33%) Time Management
2 1 (33.33%) Service Delivery
2 1 (33.33%) ITIL
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) ISTQB
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
1 1 (33.33%) ISEB
System Software
1 2 (66.67%) XenApp
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft App-V
2 1 (33.33%) Citrix Presentation Server
2 1 (33.33%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Citrix
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft