Merseyside NPfIT Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for National Programme for IT (NPfIT) skills within the Merseyside region with a comparison to our Miscellaneous category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited NPfIT over the 3 months to 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

National Programme for IT (NPfIT)
Location Bedfordshire Birmingham Buckinghamshire Cheshire City of London Cumbria Devon East Anglia East Midlands East of England England Essex Exeter Gloucestershire Hampshire Kendal Kent Lancashire Lancaster Leeds Leicestershire London Luton Manchester Merseyside Midlands Milton Keynes Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Norfolk North East North West Portsmouth Preston South East South West Stafford Staffordshire Tyne and Wear UK Wales Warrington Warwickshire West Midlands West Wales West Yorkshire Yorkshire	3 months to 5 Sep 2008	Same period last year
Rank	-	48
Rank change on same period last year	-
Matching contract IT job ads	0	1
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.000 %	0.001 %
As % of the category below	0.000 %	1.087 %
Daily rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum daily rate	-	-
Average daily rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	-	-
UK excluding London average daily rate	£369	£364
% change on same period last year	+1.22 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	1
Average minimum hourly rate	-	£10.50
Average hourly rate	-	£10.50
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	£10.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£26.89	£22.67
% change on same period last year	+18.62 %
Miscellaneous Merseyside
Matching contract IT job ads	58	92
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.078 %	0.091 %
Daily rates quoted	17	18
Average minimum daily rate	£322	£235
Average daily rate	£329	£258
% change on same period last year	+27.62 %
Average maximum daily rate	£336	£280
UK excluding London average daily rate	£352	£350
% change on same period last year	+0.42 %
Hourly rates quoted	20	31
Average minimum hourly rate	£11.76	£12.77
Average hourly rate	£14.30	£14.93
% change on same period last year	-4.24 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£16.84	£17.10
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£25.26	£28.13
% change on same period last year	-10.19 %
NPfIT 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.

NPfIT
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing NPfIT across the Merseyside region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

NPfIT
Daily Rate Trend

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

NPfIT
Hourly Rate Trend

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