North East MFC Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Microsoft Foundation Class Library (MFC) skills within the North East region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited MFC over the 3 months to 8 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Microsoft Foundation Class Library (MFC)
Location Basingstoke Berkshire Bristol Buckinghamshire Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf City of London Coventry Docklands, London Dorset East Anglia East Midlands East of England England Hampshire Hertfordshire Horsham Leeds London Manchester Middlesex Milton Keynes Newcastle Upon Tyne Norfolk North East North West North Yorkshire Norwich Oxford Oxfordshire Reading Redhill Scotland Somerset South East South West Stevenage Surrey Swindon Thames Valley Tyne and Wear UK Wells West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Wiltshire Yeovil York Yorkshire	3 months to 8 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	58	58
Rank change on same period last year	0
Matching contract IT job ads	1	10
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.001 %	0.010 %
As % of the category below	0.500 %	3.922 %
Daily rates quoted	1	5
Average minimum daily rate	£180	£264
Average daily rate	£180	£273
% change on same period last year	-34.06 %
Average maximum daily rate	£180	£282
UK excluding London average daily rate	£271	£299
% change on same period last year	-9.48 %
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	£34.09	£34.94
% change on same period last year	-2.44 %
Application Development North East
Matching contract IT job ads	200	255
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.264 %	0.267 %
Daily rates quoted	18	35
Average minimum daily rate	£297	£307
Average daily rate	£313	£330
% change on same period last year	-5.19 %
Average maximum daily rate	£328	£353
UK excluding London average daily rate	£350	£336
% change on same period last year	+4.10 %
Hourly rates quoted	37	38
Average minimum hourly rate	£31.01	£31.45
Average hourly rate	£34.19	£33.90
% change on same period last year	+0.85 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£37.37	£36.35
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£32.55	£33.14
% change on same period last year	-1.77 %
MFC England

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.

MFC
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing MFC across the North East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

MFC
Daily Rate Trend

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

MFC
Hourly Rate Trend

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

MFC
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT job ads citing MFC within the North East region over the 3 months to 8 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
Tyne and Wear	-	1	£180	-

MFC England

MFC
Top 6 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 8 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North East region citing MFC 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 MFC.

1 1 (100.00 %) C# 1 1 (100.00 %) C++ 1 1 (100.00 %) Windows 1 1 (100.00 %) GIS 1 1 (100.00 %) WinForms 1 1 (100.00 %) Software Engineering

MFC
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 8 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North East region citing MFC 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 MFC. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 1 (100.00 %) WinForms	Database & Business Intelligence 1 1 (100.00 %) GIS
Operating Systems 1 1 (100.00 %) Windows	Processes & Methodologies 1 1 (100.00 %) Software Engineering
Programming Languages 1 1 (100.00 %) C# 1 1 (100.00 %) C++