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The table below looks at the demand for the Applications Support 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 Support in their job title over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Application Support
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank110132
Rank change on same period last yearUp+22
Matching contract IT job ads1715
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.024 %0.015 %
As % of the category below0.508 %0.371 %
Daily rates quoted65
Average minimum daily rate£290£300
Average daily rate£305£310
% change on same period last year-1.61 %
Average maximum daily rate£320£320
UK excluding London average daily rate£287£304
% change on same period last year-5.56 %
Hourly rates quoted53
Average minimum hourly rate£21.20£15.00
Average hourly rate£22.40£17.50
% change on same period last year+28.00 %
Average maximum hourly rate£23.60£20.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£19.94£22.15
% change on same period last year-9.94 %
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
North West
Matching contract IT job ads33444045
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled4.708 %4.088 %
Daily rates quoted783827
Average minimum daily rate£324£320
Average daily rate£341£338
% change on same period last year+0.96 %
Average maximum daily rate£359£356
UK excluding London average daily rate£352£353
% change on same period last year-0.20 %
Hourly rates quoted467456
Average minimum hourly rate£21.62£20.30
Average hourly rate£23.40£21.94
% change on same period last year+6.66 %
Average maximum hourly rate£25.19£23.58
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.76£25.22
% change on same period last year-5.77 %
Applications Support EnglandApplications Support
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 Support
Demand Trend

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

North West Applications Support Demand Trend

Applications Support
Daily Rate Trend

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

North West Applications Support Daily Rate Trend

Applications Support
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Applications Support across the North West region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008.

North West Applications Support Daily Rate Histogram

Applications Support
Hourly Rate Trend

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

North West Applications Support Hourly Rate Trend

Applications Support
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Applications Support across the North West region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008.

North West Applications Support Hourly Rate Histogram

Applications Support
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Applications Support within the North West region over the 3 months to 10 October 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.

LocationRank 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
CheshireUp+137£280-25.33 %
LancashireUp+94£215-28.33 %
MerseysideNo change03£420-
ManchesterDown-72--
Applications Support EnglandApplications Support
England

Applications Support
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West region that cited Applications Support 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 Support in their job title.

129 (54.72 %)SQL
216 (30.19 %)Oracle
312 (22.64 %)UNIX
410 (18.87 %)Finance
58 (15.09 %)User Acceptance Testing
58 (15.09 %)SC Cleared
58 (15.09 %)Security Cleared
67 (13.21 %)Incident Management
67 (13.21 %)German Language
67 (13.21 %)Windows
67 (13.21 %)Sybase
76 (11.32 %)SQL Server
76 (11.32 %)Oracle Reports
76 (11.32 %)SLA
76 (11.32 %)Informatics
85 (9.434 %)Spotfire
85 (9.434 %)Problem Management
85 (9.434 %)Degree
85 (9.434 %)Dutch Language
85 (9.434 %)French Language
85 (9.434 %)Pharmaceutical
94 (7.547 %)Oracle EBS
94 (7.547 %)Microsoft
94 (7.547 %)Lotus
94 (7.547 %)JD Edwards
94 (7.547 %)Agresso
94 (7.547 %)MS Excel
94 (7.547 %)Cognos
94 (7.547 %)Crystal Reports
94 (7.547 %).NET

Applications Support
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West region that cited Applications Support 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 Support in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

North West IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
14 (7.547 %).NET
22 (3.774 %)ASP.NET
31 (1.887 %)ActiveX
31 (1.887 %)Middleware
31 (1.887 %)ArcObjects
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
14 (7.547 %)Lotus Notes
22 (3.774 %)MS Exchange
22 (3.774 %)ArcGIS
22 (3.774 %)ArcIMS
22 (3.774 %)Oracle Workflow
31 (1.887 %)LiveLink
North West IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
14 (7.547 %)MS Office
14 (7.547 %)MS Excel
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
14 (7.547 %)Oracle EBS
14 (7.547 %)Oracle Applications
22 (3.774 %)Oracle Payroll
22 (3.774 %)Oracle iRecruitment
22 (3.774 %)Oracle HRMS
22 (3.774 %)SAP SD
22 (3.774 %)SAP FI
31 (1.887 %)assyst
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
13 (5.660 %)Intranet
22 (3.774 %)Internet
22 (3.774 %)DNS
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
16 (11.32 %)Oracle Reports
16 (11.32 %)SQL Server
24 (7.547 %)Crystal Reports
32 (3.774 %)GIS
32 (3.774 %)Oracle 9i
32 (3.774 %)Oracle 10g
41 (1.887 %)BusinessObjects
41 (1.887 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
North West IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
110 (18.87 %)Finance
25 (9.434 %)Pharmaceutical
32 (3.774 %)Law
41 (1.887 %)Government
North West IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
17 (13.21 %)German Language
26 (11.32 %)Informatics
35 (9.434 %)Dutch Language
35 (9.434 %)French Language
43 (5.660 %)Management Information System
52 (3.774 %)Life Science
52 (3.774 %)Chemistry
52 (3.774 %)Biology
61 (1.887 %)Biotechnology
61 (1.887 %)NHS
61 (1.887 %)Mainframe
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
112 (22.64 %)UNIX
27 (13.21 %)Windows
34 (7.547 %)Windows 2000
43 (5.660 %)Windows XP
43 (5.660 %)Windows 2000 Server
52 (3.774 %)Windows Vista
52 (3.774 %)Windows NT
61 (1.887 %)Windows Server 2003
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
18 (15.09 %)User Acceptance Testing
18 (15.09 %)SC Cleared
18 (15.09 %)Security Cleared
27 (13.21 %)Incident Management
35 (9.434 %)Problem Management
44 (7.547 %)ITIL
53 (5.660 %)Migration
53 (5.660 %)Change Management
53 (5.660 %)Regression Testing
62 (3.774 %)Workflow
62 (3.774 %)Information Management
62 (3.774 %)Document Management
62 (3.774 %)CRM
62 (3.774 %)EAM
71 (1.887 %)Project Management
71 (1.887 %)PRINCE2
71 (1.887 %)Software Engineering
71 (1.887 %)Business Analysis
71 (1.887 %)Technical Architecture
71 (1.887 %)Network Load Balancing
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
129 (54.72 %)SQL
22 (3.774 %)Progress 4GL
22 (3.774 %)C#
22 (3.774 %)JavaScript
North West IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
15 (9.434 %)Degree
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
16 (11.32 %)SLA
23 (5.660 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
31 (1.887 %)HL7
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
11 (1.887 %)Tivoli
North West IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
116 (30.19 %)Oracle
27 (13.21 %)Sybase
35 (9.434 %)Spotfire
44 (7.547 %)SAP
44 (7.547 %)Cognos
44 (7.547 %)Microsoft
44 (7.547 %)Lotus
44 (7.547 %)JD Edwards
44 (7.547 %)Agresso
53 (5.660 %)Northgate
53 (5.660 %)Civica
62 (3.774 %)Progress
71 (1.887 %)Business Objects
71 (1.887 %)Comino
71 (1.887 %)Orchard
71 (1.887 %)SeeBeyond
71 (1.887 %)ESRI
71 (1.887 %)InterSystems
71 (1.887 %)Anite