The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Atlassian products and/or services 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 Atlassian over the 3 months to 21 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 Vendors 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.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are NOT representative of contractor rates within Atlassian Software Systems.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Atlassian
Rank - - -
Contract jobs citing Atlassian 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West - - -
As % of the Vendors category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate - £273 -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £53.00 - -
All Vendors
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
1066 1640 1403
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 45.15% 52.00% 46.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 469 754 687
Average daily rate £340 £350 £345
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.85% +1.44%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £213 £200 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £490 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 92 78 96
Average hourly rate £19.50 £17.50 £18.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+11.42% -2.77%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £12.50 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £29.55 £36.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year
- -7.31%
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England

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Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West Atlassian Jobs Demand Trend

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Daily Rate Trend

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

North West Atlassian Daily Rate Trend

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Top 24 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing Atlassian 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 Atlassian.

1 3 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 3 (100.00%) JIRA
1 3 (100.00%) Confluence
2 2 (66.67%) Automated Testing
2 2 (66.67%) ISTQB
2 2 (66.67%) Load Testing
2 2 (66.67%) ISEB
2 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (33.33%) Subversion
3 1 (33.33%) MVC
3 1 (33.33%) Visual Studio
3 1 (33.33%) Web Services
3 1 (33.33%) N-Tier
3 1 (33.33%) C
3 1 (33.33%) C#
3 1 (33.33%) PL/SQL
3 1 (33.33%) SQL
3 1 (33.33%) .NET
3 1 (33.33%) Oracle
3 1 (33.33%) Test Scripting
3 1 (33.33%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (33.33%) TeamCity
3 1 (33.33%) WCF
3 1 (33.33%) Oracle 11g

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing Atlassian 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 Atlassian. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (33.33%) Web Services
1 1 (33.33%) .NET
1 1 (33.33%) WCF
Application Platforms
1 3 (100.00%) Confluence
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (33.33%) SQL Server 2008
2 1 (33.33%) Oracle 11g
Development Applications
1 3 (100.00%) JIRA
2 1 (33.33%) Subversion
2 1 (33.33%) Visual Studio
2 1 (33.33%) TeamCity
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Analyst
1 2 (66.67%) Test Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Performance Tester
2 1 (33.33%) .NET Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Test Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Tester
2 1 (33.33%) Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) N-Tier
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Automated Testing
1 2 (66.67%) Load Testing
1 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (33.33%) MVC
2 1 (33.33%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) C
1 1 (33.33%) C#
1 1 (33.33%) PL/SQL
1 1 (33.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) ISTQB
1 2 (66.67%) ISEB
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Oracle