The first table below looks at the demand for iSCSI skills in IT contracts advertised for the Merseyside region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited iSCSI over the 3 months to 21 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 Communications & Networking category for the Merseyside 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
iSCSI
Rank - - -
Contract jobs citing iSCSI 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Merseyside - - -
As % of the Communications & Networking category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £245 £300 £400
% change year-on-year
-18.33% -25.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £25.00 £33.00
% change year-on-year
- -24.24%
All Communications & Networking
Merseyside
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
13 46 29
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Merseyside 5.991% 17.83% 11.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 14 17
Average daily rate £375 £215 £290
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+74.41% -25.86%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £298 £140 £133
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £288 £389
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £335 £325
% change year-on-year
-5.97% +3.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 11 3
Average hourly rate - £16.50 £13.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +22.22%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.50 £25.75 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-16.50% -6.36%
iSCSI
North West