The first table below looks at the demand for Degree in IT contracts advertised for the Manchester region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Degree 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 Qualifications 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Degree
Rank 41 33 37
Rank change year-on-year
-8 +4
Contract jobs citing Degree 34 52 34
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester 3.545% 4.214% 3.260%
As % of the Qualifications category 23.94% 29.21% 29.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 12 13
Average daily rate £300 £306 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.04% +2.08%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £216 £144 £128
10% offered a daily rate of more than £441 £389 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £325 £325
% change year-on-year
+7.69% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 8 2
Average hourly rate £21.00 £19.50 £25.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+7.69% -24.27%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £30.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
-16.66% -14.28%
All Qualifications
Manchester
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
142 178 116
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester 14.81% 14.42% 11.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 71 66 54
Average daily rate £325 £313 £315
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.00% -0.79%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £190 £150
10% offered a daily rate of more than £440 £396 £423
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 15 9
Average hourly rate £21.00 £21.50 £24.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-2.32% -10.41%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.30 £12.50 £17.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £25.00 £22.00 £30.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £21.50 £24.00
% change year-on-year
+2.32% -10.41%
Degree
North West

Degree
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Manchester Degree Jobs Demand Trend

Degree
Daily Rate Trend

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

Manchester Degree Daily Rate Trend

Degree
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Degree across the Manchester region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Manchester Degree Daily Rate Histogram

Degree
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Manchester Degree Hourly Rate Trend

Degree
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Degree within the Manchester region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Salford 0 2 £338 +8.00% 4
Oldham - 1 - - 1
Wigan - 1 - -
Sale - - - -
Stockport - - - - 9
Altrincham - - - - 5
Bolton - - - - 2
Bury - - - - 1
Cheadle - - - -
Degree
North West

Degree
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 19 (28.79%) Project Management
2 18 (27.27%) JavaScript
3 17 (25.76%) CSS
4 15 (22.73%) XML
4 15 (22.73%) Finance
5 14 (21.21%) SQL
5 14 (21.21%) .NET
6 13 (19.70%) Microsoft
7 12 (18.18%) PRINCE2
8 11 (16.67%) ITIL
9 10 (15.15%) Web Services
9 10 (15.15%) Java
9 10 (15.15%) C#
9 10 (15.15%) Ajax
9 10 (15.15%) Computer Science
9 10 (15.15%) jQuery
9 10 (15.15%) HTML5
10 9 (13.64%) CSS3
10 9 (13.64%) .NET Framework
11 8 (12.12%) HTML
11 8 (12.12%) SQL Server
11 8 (12.12%) ASP.NET
11 8 (12.12%) Windows
11 8 (12.12%) MS Excel
12 7 (10.61%) SharePoint
12 7 (10.61%) MS Project
12 7 (10.61%) CMS
12 7 (10.61%) Agile Software Development
12 7 (10.61%) Content Management
13 6 (9.091%) Banking

Degree
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 17 (25.76%) CSS
2 15 (22.73%) XML
3 14 (21.21%) .NET
4 10 (15.15%) Web Services
4 10 (15.15%) Ajax
4 10 (15.15%) jQuery
4 10 (15.15%) HTML5
5 9 (13.64%) CSS3
5 9 (13.64%) .NET Framework
6 8 (12.12%) HTML
6 8 (12.12%) ASP.NET
7 5 (7.576%) ASP
8 4 (6.061%) XHTML
9 3 (4.545%) SOAP
9 3 (4.545%) JSON
9 3 (4.545%) REST
9 3 (4.545%) RESTful
10 2 (3.030%) Regular Expression
10 2 (3.030%) Sinatra
10 2 (3.030%) Ruby on Rails
Application Platforms
1 7 (10.61%) SharePoint
1 7 (10.61%) CMS
2 5 (7.576%) TeamSite
3 4 (6.061%) Apache
4 3 (4.545%) MS Project Server
5 2 (3.030%) Apache Solr
5 2 (3.030%) IIS
6 1 (1.515%) Tomcat
Applications
1 8 (12.12%) MS Excel
2 7 (10.61%) MS Project
3 6 (9.091%) MS Office
4 3 (4.545%) MS PowerPoint
5 2 (3.030%) MS Visio
6 1 (1.515%) Photoshop
6 1 (1.515%) Adobe Illustrator
6 1 (1.515%) InDesign
6 1 (1.515%) AutoCAD
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.030%) Internet
2 1 (1.515%) TCP/IP
2 1 (1.515%) LDAP
2 1 (1.515%) Firewall
2 1 (1.515%) Intrusion Detection
2 1 (1.515%) IMAP
2 1 (1.515%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (12.12%) SQL Server
2 6 (9.091%) MySQL
3 5 (7.576%) SQL Server 2005
3 5 (7.576%) SQL Server 2008
4 2 (3.030%) Oracle ODI
4 2 (3.030%) RavenDB
4 2 (3.030%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (3.030%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (1.515%) BusinessObjects
5 1 (1.515%) GIS
5 1 (1.515%) EDMS
5 1 (1.515%) BusinessObjects XI
Development Applications
1 6 (9.091%) Subversion
2 3 (4.545%) Visual Studio
2 3 (4.545%) JIRA
3 2 (3.030%) Git (software)
4 1 (1.515%) Eclipse
4 1 (1.515%) TestDirector
General
1 15 (22.73%) Finance
2 6 (9.091%) Banking
2 6 (9.091%) Marketing
3 4 (6.061%) Legal
4 3 (4.545%) Retail
5 2 (3.030%) Publishing
5 2 (3.030%) Games
5 2 (3.030%) Telecoms
6 1 (1.515%) Electronics
6 1 (1.515%) Manufacturing
6 1 (1.515%) Law
Job Titles
1 22 (33.33%) Developer
2 10 (15.15%) Analyst
3 7 (10.61%) .NET Developer
4 6 (9.091%) Web Developer
4 6 (9.091%) Project Manager
5 4 (6.061%) Designer
5 4 (6.061%) Software Developer
6 3 (4.545%) Coordinator
6 3 (4.545%) Junior
6 3 (4.545%) Operations Analyst
6 3 (4.545%) UI Designer
7 2 (3.030%) Agile .NET Developer
7 2 (3.030%) Engagement Manager
7 2 (3.030%) Project Officer
7 2 (3.030%) Security Project Manager
7 2 (3.030%) Training Manager
7 2 (3.030%) Security Manager
7 2 (3.030%) Business Intelligence Developer
7 2 (3.030%) Junior Developer
7 2 (3.030%) Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 10 (15.15%) Computer Science
2 6 (9.091%) Client/Server
3 4 (6.061%) Management Information System
3 4 (6.061%) W3C
4 2 (3.030%) Open Source
4 2 (3.030%) Digital Media
4 2 (3.030%) Social Media
4 2 (3.030%) Photography
4 2 (3.030%) NHS
4 2 (3.030%) PMI
5 1 (1.515%) BBC
5 1 (1.515%) Cryptography
5 1 (1.515%) Mathematics
5 1 (1.515%) PKI
5 1 (1.515%) CCTV
Operating Systems
1 8 (12.12%) Windows
2 2 (3.030%) Linux
3 1 (1.515%) UNIX
3 1 (1.515%) VxWorks
3 1 (1.515%) Windows Server 2003
3 1 (1.515%) Apple iOS
3 1 (1.515%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (28.79%) Project Management
2 12 (18.18%) PRINCE2
3 11 (16.67%) ITIL
4 7 (10.61%) Agile Software Development
4 7 (10.61%) Content Management
5 5 (7.576%) Business Intelligence
5 5 (7.576%) SEO
5 5 (7.576%) Web Analytics
5 5 (7.576%) Analytics
5 5 (7.576%) Requirements Analysis
6 4 (6.061%) Time Management
6 4 (6.061%) Continuous Improvement
6 4 (6.061%) Data Management
6 4 (6.061%) Information Security
6 4 (6.061%) Risk Management
6 4 (6.061%) Service Management
6 4 (6.061%) E-Commerce
7 3 (4.545%) Programme Management
7 3 (4.545%) Stakeholder Management
7 3 (4.545%) Web Design
Programming Languages
1 18 (27.27%) JavaScript
2 14 (21.21%) SQL
3 10 (15.15%) Java
3 10 (15.15%) C#
4 5 (7.576%) Ruby
5 3 (4.545%) VBA
6 2 (3.030%) XPath
6 2 (3.030%) C
6 2 (3.030%) C++
6 2 (3.030%) T-SQL
7 1 (1.515%) ABAP
7 1 (1.515%) PHP
Qualifications
1 4 (6.061%) PRINCE2 Certification
2 3 (4.545%) ITIL Certification
3 2 (3.030%) CISSP
3 2 (3.030%) PMI Certification
3 2 (3.030%) HNC
3 2 (3.030%) HND
4 1 (1.515%) CCDA
4 1 (1.515%) CCDP
4 1 (1.515%) ISEB
4 1 (1.515%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (1.515%) Oracle Certification
4 1 (1.515%) CEH
4 1 (1.515%) ISTQB
4 1 (1.515%) EnCE
4 1 (1.515%) APMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (6.061%) QA
2 2 (3.030%) PCI DSS
2 2 (3.030%) COBIT
2 2 (3.030%) SLA
3 1 (1.515%) Solvency II
System Software
1 1 (1.515%) Active Directory
1 1 (1.515%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (1.515%) XenApp
1 1 (1.515%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 2 (3.030%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 13 (19.70%) Microsoft
2 5 (7.576%) Interwoven
3 3 (4.545%) SAP
3 3 (4.545%) Twitter
4 2 (3.030%) Facebook
4 2 (3.030%) Google
4 2 (3.030%) Oracle
5 1 (1.515%) Cisco
5 1 (1.515%) Adobe
5 1 (1.515%) HP
5 1 (1.515%) Citrix
5 1 (1.515%) Business Objects
5 1 (1.515%) QNX
5 1 (1.515%) AppSense
5 1 (1.515%) VMware
5 1 (1.515%) Remedy
5 1 (1.515%) Quark
5 1 (1.515%) Motorola
5 1 (1.515%) Renesas
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