The first table below looks at the demand for Internet 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 Internet 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 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Internet
Rank 58 53 43
Rank change year-on-year
-5 -10
Contract jobs citing Internet 17 28 28
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester 1.773% 2.269% 2.685%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 16.50% 12.23% 22.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 13 10
Average daily rate £325 £325 £194
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +67.74%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £188 £248 £150
10% offered a daily rate of more than £349 £413 £480
UK excluding London average daily rate £305 £325 £350
% change year-on-year
-6.15% -7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 3
Average hourly rate £14.75 £17.50 £14.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-15.71% +25.00%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.00 £14.00 £16.50
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -15.15%
All Communications & Networking
Manchester
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
103 229 125
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester 10.74% 18.56% 11.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 53 68 38
Average daily rate £263 £300 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-12.50% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £163 £190 £150
10% offered a daily rate of more than £341 £425 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £319 £325 £325
% change year-on-year
-1.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 24 16
Average hourly rate £17.42 £22.00 £14.24
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-20.81% +54.49%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £9.25 £12.50 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £24.75 £35.00 £24.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £25.00 £25.00
Internet
North West

Internet
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Manchester Internet Jobs Demand Trend

Internet
Daily Rate Trend

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

Manchester Internet Daily Rate Trend

Internet
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Manchester Internet Daily Rate Histogram

Internet
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Manchester Internet Hourly Rate Trend

Internet
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Internet 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
Altrincham - - - - 1
Ashton-under-Lyne - - - -
Bolton - - - -
Bury - - - -
Oldham - - - -
Rochdale - - - - 4
Stockport - - - - 2
Wigan - - - - 2
Internet
North West

Internet
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 14 (29.79%) SQL
2 13 (27.66%) Scrum
2 13 (27.66%) Agile Software Development
3 11 (23.40%) Project Management
3 11 (23.40%) Java
4 10 (21.28%) OO
4 10 (21.28%) TDD
4 10 (21.28%) Banking
5 9 (19.15%) Retail
5 9 (19.15%) IBM
5 9 (19.15%) JavaScript
5 9 (19.15%) HTML
5 9 (19.15%) SQL Server
6 8 (17.02%) DB2
6 8 (17.02%) Oracle
6 8 (17.02%) E-Commerce
6 8 (17.02%) Windows
6 8 (17.02%) Mainframe
6 8 (17.02%) Finance
6 8 (17.02%) WebSphere
7 7 (14.89%) Subversion
7 7 (14.89%) Intranet
7 7 (14.89%) Middleware
7 7 (14.89%) Linux
7 7 (14.89%) Flash
7 7 (14.89%) XML
7 7 (14.89%) ActionScript
8 6 (12.77%) C++
8 6 (12.77%) ITIL
8 6 (12.77%) Web Services

Internet
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 9 (19.15%) HTML
2 8 (17.02%) WebSphere
3 7 (14.89%) Middleware
3 7 (14.89%) Flash
3 7 (14.89%) XML
4 6 (12.77%) Web Services
4 6 (12.77%) XHTML
4 6 (12.77%) Ajax
5 5 (10.64%) ASP.NET MVC
5 5 (10.64%) WCF
5 5 (10.64%) ASP.NET
5 5 (10.64%) CSS
5 5 (10.64%) .NET
6 4 (8.511%) J2EE
6 4 (8.511%) JDBC
6 4 (8.511%) XSLT
7 3 (6.383%) JSTL
7 3 (6.383%) XMLBeans
7 3 (6.383%) JMS
7 3 (6.383%) Struts
Application Platforms
1 5 (10.64%) CICS
1 5 (10.64%) MS Exchange
1 5 (10.64%) WebSphere Application Server
2 3 (6.383%) MQSeries
2 3 (6.383%) WebLogic
3 2 (4.255%) SharePoint
4 1 (2.128%) OpenStack
4 1 (2.128%) WebSphere Portal
Applications
1 2 (4.255%) MS Office
1 2 (4.255%) MS Excel
2 1 (2.128%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (8.511%) Oracle EBS
2 3 (6.383%) Tridion
Communications & Networking
1 7 (14.89%) Intranet
2 6 (12.77%) Firewall
3 4 (8.511%) LAN
3 4 (8.511%) SNA
3 4 (8.511%) TCP/IP
3 4 (8.511%) RFID
3 4 (8.511%) Extranet
4 3 (6.383%) SAN
4 3 (6.383%) WAN
5 2 (4.255%) VPN
5 2 (4.255%) NetScreen
6 1 (2.128%) Intrusion Detection
6 1 (2.128%) Wireless
6 1 (2.128%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (19.15%) SQL Server
2 8 (17.02%) DB2
3 4 (8.511%) Data Warehouse
3 4 (8.511%) RDBMS
3 4 (8.511%) Oracle 11g
4 1 (2.128%) Informix
Development Applications
1 7 (14.89%) Subversion
2 4 (8.511%) MTASC
3 3 (6.383%) JIRA
3 3 (6.383%) Log4j
3 3 (6.383%) WebSphere Studio Application Developer
3 3 (6.383%) Eclipse
3 3 (6.383%) Ant
3 3 (6.383%) JUnit
4 2 (4.255%) Rational DOORS
5 1 (2.128%) Jenkins
5 1 (2.128%) Hudson
5 1 (2.128%) CruiseControl
General
1 10 (21.28%) Banking
2 9 (19.15%) Retail
3 8 (17.02%) Finance
4 4 (8.511%) Games
4 4 (8.511%) Investment Banking
5 2 (4.255%) Publishing
5 2 (4.255%) Multimedia
6 1 (2.128%) Marketing
6 1 (2.128%) Legal
6 1 (2.128%) Electronics
6 1 (2.128%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 13 (27.66%) Developer
2 7 (14.89%) Project Manager
3 5 (10.64%) .NET Developer
3 5 (10.64%) Analyst
3 5 (10.64%) Architect
4 4 (8.511%) Technical Architect
4 4 (8.511%) Technical Leader
4 4 (8.511%) Flash Developer
4 4 (8.511%) Java Developer
4 4 (8.511%) J2EE Developer
4 4 (8.511%) Java/J2EE Developer
5 3 (6.383%) Flash ActionScript Developer
5 3 (6.383%) Designer
5 3 (6.383%) Lead Architect
5 3 (6.383%) ActionScript Developer
5 3 (6.383%) Desktop Support
6 2 (4.255%) Senior Manager
6 2 (4.255%) Support Analyst
6 2 (4.255%) Business Analyst
6 2 (4.255%) Technical Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 8 (17.02%) Mainframe
2 6 (12.77%) Web 2.0
3 5 (10.64%) Online Banking
4 4 (8.511%) Management Information System
4 4 (8.511%) VSAM
4 4 (8.511%) IBM Mainframe
4 4 (8.511%) Embedded Systems
4 4 (8.511%) Mobile Banking
5 3 (6.383%) PKI
6 2 (4.255%) Streaming Video
6 2 (4.255%) BBC
6 2 (4.255%) Interactive TV
6 2 (4.255%) Social Network
6 2 (4.255%) Mobile App
6 2 (4.255%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (4.255%) New Media
7 1 (2.128%) Digital Media
7 1 (2.128%) Photography
7 1 (2.128%) Computer Science
7 1 (2.128%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 8 (17.02%) Windows
2 7 (14.89%) Linux
3 5 (10.64%) Windows Server 2008
4 4 (8.511%) UNIX
4 4 (8.511%) HPUX
4 4 (8.511%) Solaris
5 3 (6.383%) Windows Server 2003
5 3 (6.383%) AIX
6 2 (4.255%) VMS
7 1 (2.128%) Windows 7
7 1 (2.128%) Mac OS X
7 1 (2.128%) zOS
7 1 (2.128%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (27.66%) Scrum
1 13 (27.66%) Agile Software Development
2 11 (23.40%) Project Management
3 10 (21.28%) OO
3 10 (21.28%) TDD
4 8 (17.02%) E-Commerce
5 6 (12.77%) ITIL
5 6 (12.77%) Content Management
6 5 (10.64%) Test Scripting
6 5 (10.64%) MVC
6 5 (10.64%) Migration
6 5 (10.64%) UML
6 5 (10.64%) OOP
6 5 (10.64%) PRINCE2
7 4 (8.511%) Zachman Framework
7 4 (8.511%) TOGAF
7 4 (8.511%) User Acceptance Testing
7 4 (8.511%) Performance Testing
7 4 (8.511%) Finite Element Analysis
7 4 (8.511%) Enterprise Architecture
Programming Languages
1 14 (29.79%) SQL
2 11 (23.40%) Java
3 9 (19.15%) JavaScript
4 7 (14.89%) ActionScript
5 6 (12.77%) C++
5 6 (12.77%) ActionScript 2.0
6 4 (8.511%) Perl
6 4 (8.511%) JCL
6 4 (8.511%) Bash shell
7 3 (6.383%) XPath
7 3 (6.383%) C#
8 2 (4.255%) VB.NET
9 1 (2.128%) Assembly Language
9 1 (2.128%) PHP
Qualifications
1 2 (4.255%) Microsoft Certification
1 2 (4.255%) Degree
2 1 (2.128%) SC Cleared
2 1 (2.128%) Security Cleared
2 1 (2.128%) ISTQB
2 1 (2.128%) EnCE
2 1 (2.128%) CEH
2 1 (2.128%) PRINCE2 Certification
2 1 (2.128%) ISEB
2 1 (2.128%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.128%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (12.77%) Active Directory
2 4 (8.511%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (6.383%) Hyper-V
3 3 (6.383%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
4 2 (4.255%) XenServer
Systems Management
1 3 (6.383%) Tivoli
2 2 (4.255%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
2 2 (4.255%) Norton AntiVirus
2 2 (4.255%) SCCM
Vendors
1 9 (19.15%) IBM
2 8 (17.02%) Oracle
3 6 (12.77%) Microsoft
4 5 (10.64%) Citrix
5 4 (8.511%) Cisco
5 4 (8.511%) HP
5 4 (8.511%) ATG
5 4 (8.511%) VMware
5 4 (8.511%) Blue Martini
6 3 (6.383%) Elastic Path
6 3 (6.383%) Brocade
6 3 (6.383%) Interwoven
6 3 (6.383%) CA
6 3 (6.383%) CheckPoint
7 2 (4.255%) Symantec
7 2 (4.255%) Veritas
7 2 (4.255%) Kaspersky
8 1 (2.128%) Teradata
8 1 (2.128%) Juniper
8 1 (2.128%) Apple