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This section looks at the demand for the Technical Specialist role in IT contracts within the Manchester region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Technical Specialist in their job title over the 3 months to 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Technical Specialist
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank6268
Rank change on same period last yearUp+6
Matching contract IT job ads191
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.025 %0.001 %
As % of the category below1.703 %0.095 %
Daily rates quoted61
Average minimum daily rate£425£220
Average daily rate£433£220
% change on same period last year+96.96 %
Average maximum daily rate£442£220
UK excluding London average daily rate£424£367
% change on same period last year+15.53 %
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£29.50£25.50
% change on same period last year+15.68 %
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Manchester
Matching contract IT job ads11161052
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.473 %1.048 %
Daily rates quoted204209
Average minimum daily rate£314£325
Average daily rate£331£346
% change on same period last year-4.39 %
Average maximum daily rate£349£368
UK excluding London average daily rate£355£354
% change on same period last year+0.35 %
Hourly rates quoted149129
Average minimum hourly rate£19.26£17.79
Average hourly rate£20.99£19.54
% change on same period last year+7.43 %
Average maximum hourly rate£22.73£21.29
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.68£25.69
% change on same period last year-7.85 %
Technical Specialist North WestTechnical Specialist
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.

Technical Specialist
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Technical Specialist across the Manchester region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Manchester Technical Specialist Demand Trend

Technical Specialist
Daily Rate Trend

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

Manchester Technical Specialist Daily Rate Trend

Technical Specialist
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Technical Specialist across the Manchester region over the 3 months to 20 August 2008.

Manchester Technical Specialist Daily Rate Histogram

Technical Specialist
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Manchester Technical Specialist Hourly Rate Trend

Technical Specialist
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester region that cited Technical Specialist in their job title 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 with Technical Specialist in their job title.

124 (92.31 %)AIX
124 (92.31 %)UNIX
219 (73.08 %)HACMP
314 (53.85 %)Perl
314 (53.85 %)SAN
314 (53.85 %)Tivoli
314 (53.85 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
413 (50.00 %)Finance
512 (46.15 %)Shell Script
69 (34.62 %)Middleware
69 (34.62 %)TCP/IP
69 (34.62 %)Migration
69 (34.62 %)Tivoli Workload Scheduler
77 (26.92 %)Banking
85 (19.23 %)Oracle
85 (19.23 %)Oracle 10g
94 (15.38 %)Kerberos
94 (15.38 %)LDAP
94 (15.38 %)SSH
94 (15.38 %)Tivoli Monitoring
102 (7.692 %)Korn
102 (7.692 %)Retail
102 (7.692 %)IBM
102 (7.692 %)SNA
102 (7.692 %)HPUX
102 (7.692 %)Solaris
102 (7.692 %)VERITAS
111 (3.846 %)PeopleTools
111 (3.846 %)PeopleCode
111 (3.846 %)SQR

Technical Specialist
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester region that cited Technical Specialist in their job title 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 with Technical Specialist in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
19 (34.62 %)Middleware
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (3.846 %)MS Exchange
11 (3.846 %)Exchange Server 5.5
11 (3.846 %)Exchange Server 2000
11 (3.846 %)Exchange Server 2003
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
114 (53.85 %)SAN
29 (34.62 %)TCP/IP
34 (15.38 %)Kerberos
34 (15.38 %)LDAP
34 (15.38 %)SSH
42 (7.692 %)SNA
51 (3.846 %)Internet
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
15 (19.23 %)Oracle 10g
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (3.846 %)PeopleTools
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
113 (50.00 %)Finance
27 (26.92 %)Banking
32 (7.692 %)Retail
41 (3.846 %)Retail Banking
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
119 (73.08 %)HACMP
21 (3.846 %)Clustering
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
124 (92.31 %)AIX
124 (92.31 %)UNIX
22 (7.692 %)HPUX
22 (7.692 %)Solaris
31 (3.846 %)Windows Server 2003
31 (3.846 %)Windows
31 (3.846 %)Windows 2000 Server
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
19 (34.62 %)Migration
21 (3.846 %)Service Management
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
114 (53.85 %)Perl
212 (46.15 %)Shell Script
32 (7.692 %)Korn
41 (3.846 %)PeopleCode
41 (3.846 %)SQR
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (3.846 %)Microsoft Certification
11 (3.846 %)MCSE
11 (3.846 %)MCP
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (3.846 %)SLA
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
19 (34.62 %)Tivoli Workload Scheduler
21 (3.846 %)Active Directory
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
114 (53.85 %)Tivoli
114 (53.85 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
24 (15.38 %)Tivoli Monitoring
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
15 (19.23 %)Oracle
22 (7.692 %)IBM
22 (7.692 %)VERITAS
31 (3.846 %)HP
31 (3.846 %)Compaq
31 (3.846 %)Citrix
31 (3.846 %)PeopleSoft
31 (3.846 %)Fujitsu Siemens
31 (3.846 %)Siemens