The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Smartcard in IT contracts advertised for the Manchester region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Smartcard 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 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Smart Card
Rank 74 - 69
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Smartcard 1 0 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester 0.104% - 0.192%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.457% - 1.058%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £425
% change year-on-year
- -11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £9.71
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £11.34 £11.00
% change year-on-year
+54.32% +3.09%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Manchester
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
219 249 189
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester 22.84% 20.18% 18.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 94 95 82
Average daily rate £324 £301 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.55% +0.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £165 £192
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £438 £463
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £328
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +5.34%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 20 24
Average hourly rate £13.75 £21.50 £11.38
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-36.04% +89.01%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.75 £17.80 £9.71
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £18.25 £35.34 £23.26
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.63 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-3.88% -10.00%
Smartcard
North West

Smartcard
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Manchester Smartcard Jobs Demand Trend

Smartcard
Daily Rate Trend

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

Manchester Smartcard Daily Rate Trend

Smartcard
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Manchester Smartcard Hourly Rate Trend

Smartcard
Top 18 Related IT Skills

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

1 3 (37.50%) EMV
1 3 (37.50%) Project Management
2 2 (25.00%) Finance
3 1 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (12.50%) CMS
3 1 (12.50%) Business Analysis
3 1 (12.50%) PKI
3 1 (12.50%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (12.50%) Test Management
3 1 (12.50%) Identity Management
3 1 (12.50%) PRINCE2
3 1 (12.50%) Windows
3 1 (12.50%) MS Excel
3 1 (12.50%) Microsoft
3 1 (12.50%) ISEB
3 1 (12.50%) CA
3 1 (12.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (12.50%) NHS

Smartcard
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Platforms
1 1 (12.50%) CMS
Applications
1 1 (12.50%) MS Excel
General
1 2 (25.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 4 (50.00%) Project Manager
2 2 (25.00%) EMV Project Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Consultant
3 1 (12.50%) Business Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Test Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 3 (37.50%) EMV
2 1 (12.50%) PKI
2 1 (12.50%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 1 (12.50%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (37.50%) Project Management
2 1 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (12.50%) Business Analysis
2 1 (12.50%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (12.50%) Test Management
2 1 (12.50%) Identity Management
2 1 (12.50%) PRINCE2
2 1 (12.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) ISEB
Vendors
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft
1 1 (12.50%) CA
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