The first table below looks at the demand for EDIFACT 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 EDIFACT 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 of the Application Development 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
EDIFACT
Rank - - -
Contract jobs citing EDIFACT 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester - - -
As % of the Application Development category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate - - £300
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Application Development
Manchester
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
296 380 288
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester 31.73% 29.41% 27.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 159 219 155
Average daily rate £295 £300 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.66% +9.09%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £233 £235 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £350 £375 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 14 12
Average hourly rate £33.00 £17.50 £27.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+88.57% -36.36%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.61 £15.00 £18.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £160.50 £33.32 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
EDIFACT
North West

EDIFACT
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Manchester EDIFACT Jobs Demand Trend

EDIFACT
Daily Rate Trend

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

Manchester EDIFACT Daily Rate Trend

EDIFACT
Top 11 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester region citing EDIFACT 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 EDIFACT.

1 3 (100.00%) UNIX
1 3 (100.00%) EDI
1 3 (100.00%) GIS
1 3 (100.00%) SAP
2 2 (66.67%) Gentran
3 1 (33.33%) XML
3 1 (33.33%) Change Management
3 1 (33.33%) Integration Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Test Scripting
3 1 (33.33%) FMCG
3 1 (33.33%) SAP SD

EDIFACT
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester region citing EDIFACT 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 EDIFACT. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (100.00%) EDI
2 1 (33.33%) XML
Application Platforms
1 2 (66.67%) Gentran
Business Applications
1 1 (33.33%) SAP SD
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) GIS
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) EDI Developer
1 1 (33.33%) EDI Consultant
1 1 (33.33%) Development Consultant
1 1 (33.33%) Developer
1 1 (33.33%) Consultant
1 1 (33.33%) Support Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Change Management
1 1 (33.33%) Integration Testing
1 1 (33.33%) Test Scripting
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) SAP