The first table below looks at the demand for DAB skills in IT contracts advertised for the Manchester region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited DAB 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 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.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Digital Audio Broadcasting (DAB)
Rank - - -
Contract jobs citing DAB 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester - - -
As % of the Communications & Networking category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £26.00
All Communications & Networking
Manchester
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
105 230 116
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester 11.49% 17.68% 11.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 47 86 34
Average daily rate £299 £300 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-0.41% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £131 £190 £150
10% offered a daily rate of more than £403 £443 £440
UK excluding London average daily rate £313 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-5.30% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 17 15
Average hourly rate £15.00 £20.00 £12.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-25.00% +60.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £9.25 £14.00 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £27.00 £32.50 £17.68
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.50 £26.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-21.15% -5.45%
DAB
North West