The first table below looks at the demand for AppDNA skills in IT contracts advertised for the North West region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited AppDNA over the 3 months to 23 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 of the Systems Management category for the North West 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.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Citrix AppDNA
Rank 116 126 -
Rank change year-on-year
+10 -
Contract jobs citing AppDNA 2 3 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 0.085% 0.096% -
As % of the Systems Management category 1.036% 1.064% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 0
Average daily rate - £425 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £345 £425 £305
% change year-on-year
-18.82% +39.34%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
Average hourly rate £43.70 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £43.70 - -
All Systems Management
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Systems Management category
193 282 219
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 8.234% 9.033% 7.062%
Number of daily rates quoted 72 109 129
Average daily rate £300 £350 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-14.16% +7.53%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £218 £244 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £488 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £325 £300
% change year-on-year
+1.53% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 18 6
Average hourly rate £21.50 £16.82 £32.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+27.82% -48.24%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.95 £14.45 £14.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £44.91 £22.00 £42.80
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.00 £17.50 £24.00
% change year-on-year
+14.28% -27.08%
AppDNA
England

AppDNA
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing AppDNA across the North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Systems Management category.

North West AppDNA Jobs Demand Trend

AppDNA
Daily Rate Trend

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

North West AppDNA Daily Rate Trend

AppDNA
Hourly Rate Trend

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

North West AppDNA Hourly Rate Trend

AppDNA
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing AppDNA within the North West region over the 3 months to 23 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
Cheshire +3 2 - -
AppDNA
England

AppDNA
Top 21 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing AppDNA 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 AppDNA.

1 2 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) CRM
1 2 (100.00%) Citrix
1 2 (100.00%) VMware
1 2 (100.00%) Local Government
1 2 (100.00%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (100.00%) SCCM
1 2 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 2 (100.00%) Windows Server 2008
1 2 (100.00%) XenApp
2 1 (50.00%) Project Planning
2 1 (50.00%) Critical Path Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) PRINCE2 Certification
2 1 (50.00%) PRINCE
2 1 (50.00%) MS Visio
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) MS Excel
2 1 (50.00%) MS Project
2 1 (50.00%) MS Office
2 1 (50.00%) ITIL

AppDNA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing AppDNA 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 AppDNA. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications
1 1 (50.00%) MS Visio
1 1 (50.00%) MS Excel
1 1 (50.00%) MS Project
1 1 (50.00%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Dynamics CRM
General
1 2 (100.00%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Project Manager
2 1 (50.00%) Senior IT Project Manager
2 1 (50.00%) Senior Manager
2 1 (50.00%) Senior Project Manager
2 1 (50.00%) IT Project Manager
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 2 (100.00%) CRM
2 1 (50.00%) Project Planning
2 1 (50.00%) Critical Path Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) PRINCE
2 1 (50.00%) ITIL
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) PRINCE2 Certification
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 2 (100.00%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 2 (100.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Citrix
1 2 (100.00%) VMware
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft