North West APACS Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for Association for Payment Clearing Services (APACS) skills within the North West region with a comparison to our Miscellaneous category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited APACS over the 3 months to 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Association for Payment Clearing Services (APACS)
Location Berkshire England London North West Reading South East UK	3 months to 2 Dec 2008	Same period last year
Rank	-	140
Rank change on same period last year	-
Matching contract IT job ads	0	3
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.000 %	0.003 %
As % of the category below	0.000 %	0.353 %
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	-	£391
% change on same period last year	-
Hourly rates quoted	0	1
Average minimum hourly rate	-	£25.00
Average hourly rate	-	£26.50
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	£28.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate	-	£26.50
% change on same period last year	-
Miscellaneous North West
Matching contract IT job ads	702	850
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	1.128 %	0.913 %
Daily rates quoted	162	127
Average minimum daily rate	£283	£285
Average daily rate	£304	£300
% change on same period last year	+1.56 %
Average maximum daily rate	£326	£315
UK excluding London average daily rate	£345	£345
% change on same period last year	-
Hourly rates quoted	107	140
Average minimum hourly rate	£17.45	£15.06
Average hourly rate	£18.91	£16.66
% change on same period last year	+13.45 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£20.37	£18.27
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£25.41	£25.59
% change on same period last year	-0.69 %
APACS 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.

APACS
Demand Trend

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

APACS
Hourly Rate Trend

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