Merseyside Smartcard Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for Smart Card 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 Smartcard over the 3 months to 13 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Berkshire Bolton Bournemouth Cheltenham City of London Dorset England Gloucestershire Harrogate Lancashire Leeds London Manchester Merseyside Midlands Newport North West North Yorkshire Oldham Reading Sheffield South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Stockport Thames Valley UK Uxbridge Wales West Yorkshire Wigan Wiltshire York Yorkshire	3 months to 13 Oct 2008	Same period last year
Rank	-	-
Rank change on same period last year	-
Matching contract IT job ads	0	0
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.000 %	0.000 %
As % of the category below	0.000 %	0.000 %
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	£331	£334
% change on same period last year	-0.97 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum hourly rate	-	-
Average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£11.00	£15.08
% change on same period last year	-27.05 %
Miscellaneous Merseyside
Matching contract IT job ads	64	97
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.091 %	0.098 %
Daily rates quoted	22	11
Average minimum daily rate	£304	£291
Average daily rate	£324	£331
% change on same period last year	-2.08 %
Average maximum daily rate	£345	£372
UK excluding London average daily rate	£349	£344
% change on same period last year	+1.42 %
Hourly rates quoted	20	36
Average minimum hourly rate	£13.35	£10.64
Average hourly rate	£16.52	£12.03
% change on same period last year	+37.32 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£19.68	£13.42
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£25.09	£26.20
% change on same period last year	-4.24 %
Smartcard 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.

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Demand Trend

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

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Daily Rate Trend

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

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

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Top 2 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Merseyside 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 1 (100.00 %) NHS 1 1 (100.00 %) Health

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Merseyside 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.

General 1 1 (100.00 %) Health

Miscellaneous 1 1 (100.00 %) NHS