The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Google 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 Google 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 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 Google.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Google
Rank 69 82 -
Rank change year-on-year
+13 -
Contract jobs citing Google 4 2 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester 0.438% 0.154% -
As % of the Vendors category 1.093% 0.307% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 0
Average daily rate - £275 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £305 £300 £375
% change year-on-year
+1.66% -20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
Average hourly rate £13.50 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £23.13 £16.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year
+40.15% -17.50%
All Vendors
Manchester
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
366 652 417
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester 40.04% 50.12% 40.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 150 294 168
Average daily rate £315 £325 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.07% -13.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £173 £200 £195
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £475 £525
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 37 45
Average hourly rate £16.50 £17.50 £13.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-5.71% +27.27%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.77 £12.50 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £33.50 £25.00 £18.95
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
Google
North West

Google
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Manchester Google Jobs Demand Trend

Google
Daily Rate Trend

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

Manchester Google Daily Rate Trend

Google
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Manchester Google Hourly Rate Trend

Google
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Google within the Manchester region over the 3 months to 17 May 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
Ashton-under-Lyne - 2 - -
Google
North West

Google
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester region citing Google 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 Google.

1 4 (66.67%) Marketing
1 4 (66.67%) Social Media
1 4 (66.67%) Twitter
2 3 (50.00%) Analytics
2 3 (50.00%) Google Analytics
2 3 (50.00%) HTML
2 3 (50.00%) JavaScript
2 3 (50.00%) PHP
2 3 (50.00%) PRINCE2
2 3 (50.00%) CSS
2 3 (50.00%) Management Information System
2 3 (50.00%) SEO
3 2 (33.33%) Content Management
3 2 (33.33%) CMS
3 2 (33.33%) E-Commerce
3 2 (33.33%) PRINCE2 Certification
3 2 (33.33%) Customer Engagement
3 2 (33.33%) Digital Marketing
3 2 (33.33%) Degree
3 2 (33.33%) Marketing Strategy
3 2 (33.33%) Facebook
3 2 (33.33%) Online Marketing
4 1 (16.67%) Information Architecture
4 1 (16.67%) Mingle
4 1 (16.67%) Change Control
4 1 (16.67%) C#
4 1 (16.67%) Zend
4 1 (16.67%) Zend Framework
4 1 (16.67%) Risk Analysis
4 1 (16.67%) Statistical Analysis

Google
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester region citing Google 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 Google. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (50.00%) HTML
1 3 (50.00%) CSS
2 1 (16.67%) Zend Framework
2 1 (16.67%) jQuery
2 1 (16.67%) Google Maps API
Application Platforms
1 2 (33.33%) CMS
2 1 (16.67%) Drupal
Applications
1 1 (16.67%) MS Project
1 1 (16.67%) MS Office
1 1 (16.67%) MS Excel
1 1 (16.67%) MS Visio
1 1 (16.67%) Acrobat
1 1 (16.67%) Mingle
Business Applications
1 3 (50.00%) Google Analytics
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) MySQL
General
1 4 (66.67%) Marketing
2 1 (16.67%) Finance
2 1 (16.67%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Analyst
2 2 (33.33%) Engagement Manager
2 2 (33.33%) SEO Analyst
2 2 (33.33%) Copywriter
3 1 (16.67%) Drupal Developer
3 1 (16.67%) Service Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Services Delivery Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Web Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Developer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (66.67%) Social Media
2 3 (50.00%) Management Information System
3 1 (16.67%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (16.67%) Visualisation
3 1 (16.67%) W3C
Operating Systems
1 1 (16.67%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) PRINCE2
1 3 (50.00%) SEO
1 3 (50.00%) Analytics
2 2 (33.33%) E-Commerce
2 2 (33.33%) Digital Marketing
2 2 (33.33%) Customer Engagement
2 2 (33.33%) Online Marketing
2 2 (33.33%) Content Management
2 2 (33.33%) Marketing Strategy
3 1 (16.67%) ITIL
3 1 (16.67%) Statistical Analysis
3 1 (16.67%) Risk Analysis
3 1 (16.67%) Information Architecture
3 1 (16.67%) Change Control
3 1 (16.67%) Service Management
3 1 (16.67%) Service Delivery
3 1 (16.67%) MVC
3 1 (16.67%) Risk Management
3 1 (16.67%) Programme Management
3 1 (16.67%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (50.00%) JavaScript
1 3 (50.00%) PHP
2 1 (16.67%) Python
2 1 (16.67%) Ruby
2 1 (16.67%) PHP5
2 1 (16.67%) C#
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) PRINCE2 Certification
1 2 (33.33%) Degree
2 1 (16.67%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) WAI
Vendors
1 4 (66.67%) Twitter
2 2 (33.33%) Facebook
3 1 (16.67%) Microsoft
3 1 (16.67%) Adobe
3 1 (16.67%) Zend