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The table below looks at the demand for the Applications Specialist role in IT contracts within the North West region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Applications Specialist in their job title over the 3 months to 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Application Specialist
Location
3 months to
2 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank-141
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads02
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.000 %0.002 %
As % of the category below0.000 %0.049 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£401£391
% change on same period last year+2.72 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
North West
Matching contract IT job ads30334058
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled4.873 %4.358 %
Daily rates quoted676805
Average minimum daily rate£320£326
Average daily rate£339£342
% change on same period last year-0.63 %
Average maximum daily rate£359£357
UK excluding London average daily rate£352£352
% change on same period last year+0.07 %
Hourly rates quoted437479
Average minimum hourly rate£20.06£19.41
Average hourly rate£21.74£21.18
% change on same period last year+2.65 %
Average maximum hourly rate£23.43£22.95
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.10£24.04
% change on same period last year-3.88 %
Applications Specialist EnglandApplications Specialist
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.

Applications Specialist
Demand Trend

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

North West Applications Specialist Demand Trend

Applications Specialist
Daily Rate Trend

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

North West Applications Specialist Daily Rate Trend

Applications Specialist
Hourly Rate Trend

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

North West Applications Specialist Hourly Rate Trend

Applications Specialist
Top 26 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West region that cited Applications Specialist in their job title 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 with Applications Specialist in their job title.

14 (57.14 %)Pharmaceutical
14 (57.14 %)Informatics
23 (42.86 %)Spotfire
32 (28.57 %)Degree
32 (28.57 %)Finance
32 (28.57 %)Oracle
41 (14.29 %)ITIL
41 (14.29 %)Windows
41 (14.29 %)AIX
41 (14.29 %)Cognos
41 (14.29 %)Oracle 10g
41 (14.29 %)JD Edwards
41 (14.29 %)Agresso
41 (14.29 %)MSI
41 (14.29 %)Migration
41 (14.29 %)VMware
41 (14.29 %)SoftGrid
41 (14.29 %)SQL
41 (14.29 %)Oracle Application Server
41 (14.29 %)Windows Vista
41 (14.29 %)Application Packaging
41 (14.29 %)User Acceptance Testing
41 (14.29 %)VMware Infrastructure
41 (14.29 %)Chemistry
41 (14.29 %)Biology
41 (14.29 %)Life Science

Applications Specialist
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West region that cited Applications Specialist in their job title 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 with Applications Specialist in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

North West IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (14.29 %)Application Packaging
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (14.29 %)Oracle Application Server
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (14.29 %)SoftGrid
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (14.29 %)Oracle 10g
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (14.29 %)MSI
North West IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
14 (57.14 %)Pharmaceutical
22 (28.57 %)Finance
North West IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
14 (57.14 %)Informatics
21 (14.29 %)Chemistry
21 (14.29 %)Biology
21 (14.29 %)Life Science
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (14.29 %)Windows
11 (14.29 %)AIX
11 (14.29 %)Windows Vista
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (14.29 %)ITIL
11 (14.29 %)Migration
11 (14.29 %)User Acceptance Testing
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (14.29 %)SQL
North West IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
12 (28.57 %)Degree
North West IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (14.29 %)VMware Infrastructure
North West IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
13 (42.86 %)Spotfire
22 (28.57 %)Oracle
31 (14.29 %)Cognos
31 (14.29 %)JD Edwards
31 (14.29 %)Agresso
31 (14.29 %)VMware