North West AWD Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for DST Systems Automated Work Distributor (AWD) 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 AWD over the 3 months to 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

DST Systems Automated Work Distributor (AWD)
Location East of England Edinburgh England Norfolk North West Norwich Scotland South East Surrey UK	3 months to 2 Dec 2008	Same period last year
Rank	-	142
Rank change on same period last year	-
Matching contract IT job ads	0	1
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.000 %	0.001 %
As % of the category below	0.000 %	0.282 %
Daily rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum daily rate	-	-
Average daily rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	-	-
UK excluding London average daily rate	-	£485
% change on same period last year	-
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
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	-
Business Applications North West
Matching contract IT job ads	223	355
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.358 %	0.381 %
Daily rates quoted	46	60
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 quoted	17	14
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 %
AWD 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.

AWD
Demand Trend

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

AWD
Daily Rate Trend

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