The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Grid Computing in IT contracts advertised for the Manchester region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Grid Computing over the 3 months to 22 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 terms in our Miscellaneous 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Grid Computing
Rank 74 - 65
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Grid Computing 1 0 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester 0.106% - 0.391%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.442% - 1.932%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £388 £275 £533
% change year-on-year
+40.90% -48.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Manchester
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
226 275 207
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester 23.99% 20.94% 20.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 94 107 87
Average daily rate £300 £325 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.69% +8.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £174 £199 £212
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £426 £463
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £340
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +1.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 23 21
Average hourly rate £13.50 £20.50 £13.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-34.14% +57.69%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.08 £17.00 £9.74
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £19.75 £32.47 £27.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £25.66
% change year-on-year
-2.22% -12.31%
Grid Computing
North West

Grid Computing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Manchester Grid Computing Jobs Demand Trend

Grid Computing
Daily Rate Trend

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

Manchester Grid Computing Daily Rate Trend

Grid Computing
Top 17 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester region citing Grid Computing 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 Grid Computing.

1 6 (100.00%) UNIX
1 6 (100.00%) AIX
1 6 (100.00%) SAS
1 6 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 6 (100.00%) OLAP
1 6 (100.00%) MS Office
1 6 (100.00%) Project Planning
1 6 (100.00%) Data Integration
2 4 (66.67%) Banking
2 4 (66.67%) Base SAS
3 2 (33.33%) Finance
3 2 (33.33%) XBRL
3 2 (33.33%) Basel II
4 1 (16.67%) COM
4 1 (16.67%) Retail
4 1 (16.67%) Investment Banking
4 1 (16.67%) General Ledger

Grid Computing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester region citing Grid Computing 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 Grid Computing. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (33.33%) XBRL
2 1 (16.67%) COM
Application Platforms
1 6 (100.00%) SAS
Applications
1 6 (100.00%) MS Office
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (100.00%) OLAP
2 4 (66.67%) Base SAS
General
1 4 (66.67%) Banking
2 2 (33.33%) Finance
3 1 (16.67%) Retail
3 1 (16.67%) Investment Banking
3 1 (16.67%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 5 (83.33%) SAS Developer
1 5 (83.33%) Developer
2 2 (33.33%) Lead Developer
3 1 (16.67%) Consultant
3 1 (16.67%) SAS Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 6 (100.00%) Data Integration
Operating Systems
1 6 (100.00%) UNIX
1 6 (100.00%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Project Planning
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (33.33%) Basel II
Vendors
1 6 (100.00%) Microsoft