The first table below looks at the demand for LiveCycle 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 LiveCycle 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 of the Application Platforms 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
Adobe LiveCycle
Rank - - -
Contract jobs citing LiveCycle 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester - - -
As % of the Application Platforms category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate - £425 £425
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Application Platforms
Manchester
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
187 264 179
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester 19.85% 20.11% 17.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 89 142 89
Average daily rate £295 £325 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-9.23% +8.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £161 £197 £145
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £443 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £345
% change year-on-year
- -5.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 20 18
Average hourly rate £21.00 £17.25 £12.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+21.73% +38.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.70 £12.00 £9.98
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £38.60 £24.75 £18.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £20.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year
-5.00% -2.43%
LiveCycle
North West