Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for Axios Systems assyst skills within the North West region with a comparison to our Business Applications category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited assyst over the 3 months to 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkAxios Systems assyst
Location
3 months to
2 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank124-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads30
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.005 %0.000 %
As % of the category below1.345 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted10
Average minimum daily rate£120-
Average daily rate£150-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£180-
UK excluding London average daily rate£201£186
% change on same period last year+7.89 %
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£14.48£13.59
% change on same period last year+6.57 %
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
North West
Matching contract IT job ads223355
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.358 %0.381 %
Daily rates quoted4660
Average minimum daily rate£422£390
Average daily rate£453£411
% change on same period last year+10.17 %
Average maximum daily rate£485£433
UK excluding London average daily rate£446£434
% change on same period last year+2.75 %
Hourly rates quoted1714
Average minimum hourly rate£26.96£23.27
Average hourly rate£28.05£24.82
% change on same period last year+12.99 %
Average maximum hourly rate£29.13£26.37
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.01£26.58
% change on same period last year+12.88 %
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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.

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Demand Trend

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

North West assyst Demand Trend

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Daily Rate Trend

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

North West assyst Daily Rate Trend

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

North West assyst Hourly Rate Trend

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Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing assyst within the North West region over the 3 months to 2 December 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
CheshireNew entry-2£150-
MerseysideNew entry-1--
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England

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Top 20 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing assyst 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 assyst.

14 (80.00 %)ITIL
22 (40.00 %)SLA
22 (40.00 %)Change Management
31 (20.00 %)Firewall
31 (20.00 %)Finance
31 (20.00 %)Incident Management
31 (20.00 %)Statistics
31 (20.00 %)SQL
31 (20.00 %)Oracle
31 (20.00 %)CCNP
31 (20.00 %)CCNA
31 (20.00 %)Cisco Certification
31 (20.00 %)CheckPoint
31 (20.00 %)Websense
31 (20.00 %)Mainframe
31 (20.00 %)Service Management
31 (20.00 %)Windows
31 (20.00 %)ADSL
31 (20.00 %)LAN
31 (20.00 %)WAN

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing assyst 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 assyst. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

North West IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (20.00 %)ADSL
11 (20.00 %)LAN
11 (20.00 %)WAN
11 (20.00 %)Firewall
North West IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (20.00 %)Finance
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
12 (40.00 %)Analyst
21 (20.00 %)Systems Engineer
21 (20.00 %)Support Analyst
21 (20.00 %)Senior Systems Engineer
21 (20.00 %)Support Specialist
21 (20.00 %)Applications Support
21 (20.00 %)Applications Support Analyst
21 (20.00 %)Network Support
21 (20.00 %)Network Specialist
21 (20.00 %)Oracle Analyst
21 (20.00 %)Oracle Support Analyst
21 (20.00 %)Network Support Specialist
21 (20.00 %)Coordinator
North West IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (20.00 %)Mainframe
11 (20.00 %)Statistics
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (20.00 %)Windows
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
14 (80.00 %)ITIL
22 (40.00 %)Change Management
31 (20.00 %)Incident Management
31 (20.00 %)Service Management
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (20.00 %)SQL
North West IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (20.00 %)CCNP
11 (20.00 %)CCNA
11 (20.00 %)Cisco Certification
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
12 (40.00 %)SLA
North West IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (20.00 %)Oracle
11 (20.00 %)CheckPoint
11 (20.00 %)Websense