The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Google products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the North East region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Google over the 3 months to 24 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 Vendors for the North East 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.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are NOT representative of contractor rates within Google.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Google
Rank 33 - 44
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Google 1 0 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North East 0.357% - 0.229%
As % of the Vendors category 0.847% - 0.391%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
Average daily rate £450 - £325
UK excluding London average daily rate £313 £300 £375
% change year-on-year
+4.16% -20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.46 £16.50 £21.25
% change year-on-year
+84.62% -22.35%
All Vendors
North East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
118 246 256
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North East 42.14% 49.80% 58.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 59 123 103
Average daily rate £295 £330 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-10.60% +1.53%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £239 £232 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £505 £550 £530
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 22 13
Average hourly rate £10.50 £20.00 £17.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-47.50% +17.64%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.00 £10.92 £10.23
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £18.25 £50.00 £27.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
Google
England

Google
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Google across the North East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

North East Google Jobs Demand Trend

Google
Daily Rate Trend

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

North East Google Daily Rate Trend

Google
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Google within the North East region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Tyne and Wear - 1 £450 -
Google
England

Google
Top 20 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North East region citing Google 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 Google.

1 7 (100.00%) Social Network
2 6 (85.71%) Scrum
2 6 (85.71%) Agile Software Development
2 6 (85.71%) Document Management
2 6 (85.71%) PRINCE2
2 6 (85.71%) IBM
2 6 (85.71%) PMP
2 6 (85.71%) PMI Certification
2 6 (85.71%) Intranet
2 6 (85.71%) Office 365
3 5 (71.43%) Change Management
3 5 (71.43%) Waterfall
3 5 (71.43%) Project Management
3 5 (71.43%) PRINCE
3 5 (71.43%) Microsoft
3 5 (71.43%) MS Project
4 1 (14.29%) Social Media
4 1 (14.29%) Android
4 1 (14.29%) Git (software)
4 1 (14.29%) Java

Google
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North East region citing Google 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 Google. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications
1 6 (85.71%) Office 365
2 5 (71.43%) MS Project
Communications & Networking
1 6 (85.71%) Intranet
Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Git (software)
Job Titles
1 6 (85.71%) Project Manager
2 3 (42.86%) Agile Project Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Android Developer
3 1 (14.29%) Developer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (100.00%) Social Network
2 1 (14.29%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 1 (14.29%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (85.71%) Scrum
1 6 (85.71%) Agile Software Development
1 6 (85.71%) Document Management
1 6 (85.71%) PRINCE2
2 5 (71.43%) Change Management
2 5 (71.43%) Waterfall
2 5 (71.43%) Project Management
2 5 (71.43%) PRINCE
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) Java
Qualifications
1 6 (85.71%) PMP
1 6 (85.71%) PMI Certification
Vendors
1 6 (85.71%) IBM
2 5 (71.43%) Microsoft