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This section looks at the demand for Intranet skills within the Manchester region with a comparison to our Communications & Networking category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Intranet over the 3 months to 21 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkIntranet
Location
3 months to
21 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank7040
Rank change on same period last yearDown-30
Matching contract IT job ads1229
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.016 %0.029 %
As % of the category below6.977 %16.57 %
Daily rates quoted012
Average minimum daily rate-£155
Average daily rate-£177
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£200
UK excluding London average daily rate£301£306
% change on same period last year-1.90 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.05£22.15
% change on same period last year+13.06 %
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Manchester
Matching contract IT job ads172175
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.227 %0.174 %
Daily rates quoted2628
Average minimum daily rate£433£269
Average daily rate£453£287
% change on same period last year+57.64 %
Average maximum daily rate£473£305
UK excluding London average daily rate£340£343
% change on same period last year-0.93 %
Hourly rates quoted1932
Average minimum hourly rate£25.75£19.17
Average hourly rate£28.17£21.37
% change on same period last year+31.79 %
Average maximum hourly rate£30.59£23.58
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.72£28.70
% change on same period last year-10.38 %
Intranet North WestIntranet
North West

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

Intranet
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Intranet across the Manchester region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

Manchester Intranet Demand Trend

Intranet
Daily Rate Trend

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

Manchester Intranet Daily Rate Trend

Intranet
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Manchester Intranet Hourly Rate Trend

Intranet
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester region citing Intranet 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 Intranet.

19 (34.62 %)SharePoint
19 (34.62 %)Internet
28 (30.77 %)Microsoft
37 (26.92 %)MS Office
46 (23.08 %)Extranet
46 (23.08 %)MS Excel
46 (23.08 %)SharePoint Server 2007
55 (19.23 %)Finance
64 (15.38 %)Mainframe
64 (15.38 %)SLA
64 (15.38 %)Migration
64 (15.38 %)SAS
64 (15.38 %).NET
64 (15.38 %)SQL Server
64 (15.38 %)SQL
73 (11.54 %)C#
73 (11.54 %)HTML
73 (11.54 %)JavaScript
73 (11.54 %)XHTML
73 (11.54 %)ASP.NET
73 (11.54 %)CSS
73 (11.54 %)Data Security
73 (11.54 %)SQL Server 2005
73 (11.54 %)Web Development
73 (11.54 %)Validation
73 (11.54 %)Time Management
82 (7.692 %)Joomla!
82 (7.692 %)AJAX
82 (7.692 %)Education
82 (7.692 %)Law

Intranet
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester region citing Intranet 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 Intranet. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
14 (15.38 %).NET
23 (11.54 %)HTML
23 (11.54 %)XHTML
23 (11.54 %)ASP.NET
23 (11.54 %)CSS
32 (7.692 %)AJAX
41 (3.846 %)ASP
41 (3.846 %)XML
41 (3.846 %)XSL
41 (3.846 %).NET Framework
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
19 (34.62 %)SharePoint
26 (23.08 %)SharePoint Server 2007
34 (15.38 %)SAS
42 (7.692 %)Joomla!
42 (7.692 %)CMS
51 (3.846 %)ColdFusion MX
51 (3.846 %)IIS
51 (3.846 %)ColdFusion
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
17 (26.92 %)MS Office
26 (23.08 %)MS Excel
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
19 (34.62 %)Internet
26 (23.08 %)Extranet
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
14 (15.38 %)SQL Server
23 (11.54 %)SQL Server 2005
32 (7.692 %)OLAP
32 (7.692 %)MySQL
41 (3.846 %)SQL Server 2000
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (3.846 %)Visual Studio
11 (3.846 %)Dreamweaver
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
15 (19.23 %)Finance
22 (7.692 %)Education
22 (7.692 %)Law
31 (3.846 %)Retail
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
17 (26.92 %)Developer
24 (15.38 %)Capacity Manager
24 (15.38 %)Project Manager
32 (7.692 %)SharePoint Developer
32 (7.692 %)Information Analyst
32 (7.692 %)PHP Developer
32 (7.692 %)Senior Analyst
32 (7.692 %)Analyst
41 (3.846 %)Programmer
41 (3.846 %)Support Engineer
41 (3.846 %)Coordinator
41 (3.846 %).NET Developer
41 (3.846 %)C# Developer
41 (3.846 %).NET Programmer
41 (3.846 %)Web Programmer
41 (3.846 %)Microsoft Developer
41 (3.846 %)ColdFusion Developer
41 (3.846 %)IT Support Engineer
41 (3.846 %)Sharepoint Specialist
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
14 (15.38 %)Mainframe
22 (7.692 %)Client/Server
31 (3.846 %)Data Extraction
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (3.846 %)MVS
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
14 (15.38 %)Migration
23 (11.54 %)Data Security
23 (11.54 %)Web Development
23 (11.54 %)Validation
23 (11.54 %)Time Management
32 (7.692 %)Process Management
41 (3.846 %)ITIL
41 (3.846 %)Project Management
41 (3.846 %)Web Design
41 (3.846 %)Knowledge Management
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
14 (15.38 %)SQL
23 (11.54 %)C#
23 (11.54 %)JavaScript
32 (7.692 %)PHP
41 (3.846 %)DHTML
41 (3.846 %)Transact-SQL
41 (3.846 %)VB
41 (3.846 %)VBA
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
14 (15.38 %)SLA
21 (3.846 %)QA
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
12 (7.692 %)Unicenter
21 (3.846 %)OMEGAMON
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
18 (30.77 %)Microsoft