The first table below looks at the demand for MS Visio 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 MS Visio over the 3 months to 24 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 Applications 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visio
Rank 61 71 58
Rank change year-on-year
+10 -13
Contract jobs citing MS Visio 14 12 14
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester 1.501% 0.929% 1.344%
As % of the Applications category 9.859% 8.511% 12.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 5 7
Average daily rate £178 £248 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-28.28% -17.50%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £105 £205 £294
10% offered a daily rate of more than £303 £391 £370
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £339 £325
% change year-on-year
-4.05% +4.23%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £16.00 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £31.50 £20.25
% change year-on-year
-44.44% +55.55%
All Applications
Manchester
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category
142 141 114
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester 15.22% 10.91% 10.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 41 49 39
Average daily rate £306 £248 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+23.73% -17.50%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £125 £135 £100
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £368 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £310 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+3.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 26 17
Average hourly rate £17.50 £17.50 £14.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +20.68%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £9.25 £11.98 £9.59
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £112.50 £22.05 £27.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.50 £15.50 £16.00
% change year-on-year
- -3.12%
MS Visio
North West

MS Visio
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Manchester MS Visio Jobs Demand Trend

MS Visio
Daily Rate Trend

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

Manchester MS Visio Daily Rate Trend

MS Visio
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing MS Visio across the Manchester region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Manchester MS Visio Daily Rate Histogram

MS Visio
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Manchester MS Visio Hourly Rate Trend

MS Visio
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester region citing MS Visio 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 MS Visio.

1 11 (52.38%) Microsoft
2 8 (38.10%) MS Excel
2 8 (38.10%) MS Office
3 7 (33.33%) PRINCE2
4 6 (28.57%) Telecoms
4 6 (28.57%) Ruby
4 6 (28.57%) UNIX
4 6 (28.57%) Linux
4 6 (28.57%) Apache
4 6 (28.57%) Red Hat
4 6 (28.57%) Puppet
5 5 (23.81%) Wiki
5 5 (23.81%) Active Directory
5 5 (23.81%) IBM
5 5 (23.81%) Netcool
5 5 (23.81%) Nagios
5 5 (23.81%) LDAP
5 5 (23.81%) JavaScript
5 5 (23.81%) Perl
5 5 (23.81%) C
6 4 (19.05%) MS Project
6 4 (19.05%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 4 (19.05%) Project Management
7 3 (14.29%) MS PowerPoint
7 3 (14.29%) SQL Server
8 2 (9.524%) SQL
8 2 (9.524%) T-SQL
8 2 (9.524%) VSS/SourceSafe
8 2 (9.524%) HNC
8 2 (9.524%) HND

MS Visio
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester region citing MS Visio 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 MS Visio. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 6 (28.57%) Apache
Applications
1 8 (38.10%) MS Excel
1 8 (38.10%) MS Office
2 4 (19.05%) MS Project
3 3 (14.29%) MS PowerPoint
4 1 (4.762%) Mingle
4 1 (4.762%) Acrobat
Business Applications
1 1 (4.762%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 5 (23.81%) LDAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (14.29%) SQL Server
2 2 (9.524%) SQL Server 2000
2 2 (9.524%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (9.524%) DTS
2 2 (9.524%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 2 (9.524%) SQL Server 2005
2 2 (9.524%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 2 (9.524%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (4.762%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 2 (9.524%) VSS/SourceSafe
2 1 (4.762%) Axure RP
General
1 6 (28.57%) Telecoms
2 2 (9.524%) Finance
3 1 (4.762%) Publishing
3 1 (4.762%) Retail
Job Titles
1 7 (33.33%) Support Engineer
2 6 (28.57%) Systems Support Engineer
2 6 (28.57%) Systems Engineer
2 6 (28.57%) Systems Support
3 4 (19.05%) Analyst
4 3 (14.29%) Business Analyst
5 2 (9.524%) Web Analyst
5 2 (9.524%) Database Specialist
5 2 (9.524%) Author
5 2 (9.524%) Technical Author
6 1 (4.762%) Project Support Administrator
6 1 (4.762%) Web Business Analyst
6 1 (4.762%) Business Change Analyst
6 1 (4.762%) PMO Manager
6 1 (4.762%) Certification Manager
6 1 (4.762%) Online Business Analyst
6 1 (4.762%) Coordinator
6 1 (4.762%) Project Manager
6 1 (4.762%) Service Analyst
6 1 (4.762%) Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 5 (23.81%) Wiki
2 2 (9.524%) Replication
3 1 (4.762%) Visualisation
3 1 (4.762%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 6 (28.57%) UNIX
1 6 (28.57%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (33.33%) PRINCE2
2 4 (19.05%) Project Management
3 2 (9.524%) Data Modelling
3 2 (9.524%) Business Analysis
3 2 (9.524%) Data Analysis
3 2 (9.524%) Service Delivery
3 2 (9.524%) Kimball Methodology
3 2 (9.524%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (9.524%) ERD
4 1 (4.762%) Product Management
4 1 (4.762%) Data Migration
4 1 (4.762%) Project Planning
4 1 (4.762%) Statistical Analysis
4 1 (4.762%) Risk Analysis
4 1 (4.762%) System Testing
4 1 (4.762%) Change Control
4 1 (4.762%) Root Cause Analysis
4 1 (4.762%) Trend Analysis
4 1 (4.762%) Analytics
4 1 (4.762%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 6 (28.57%) Ruby
2 5 (23.81%) JavaScript
2 5 (23.81%) Perl
2 5 (23.81%) C
3 2 (9.524%) SQL
3 2 (9.524%) T-SQL
4 1 (4.762%) Bash shell
4 1 (4.762%) Java
Qualifications
1 4 (19.05%) PRINCE2 Certification
2 2 (9.524%) HNC
2 2 (9.524%) HND
2 2 (9.524%) Degree
3 1 (4.762%) Security Cleared
3 1 (4.762%) Postgraduate
System Software
1 5 (23.81%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 6 (28.57%) Puppet
2 5 (23.81%) Netcool
2 5 (23.81%) Nagios
Vendors
1 11 (52.38%) Microsoft
2 6 (28.57%) Red Hat
3 5 (23.81%) IBM
4 1 (4.762%) Google
4 1 (4.762%) Adobe