North West Back Office Contracts

This section looks at the prevalence of the term 'Back Office' in contract IT jobs within the North West region together with a comparison to our General terms category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited Back Office over the 3 months to 8 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Aberdeen Andover Basingstoke Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Birmingham Blackburn Bournemouth Bracknell Brighton Bristol Buckinghamshire Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Channel Islands Chelmsford Cheshire Chester City of London Colchester County Antrim Crawley Derby Derbyshire Docklands, London Dorset East Midlands East of England East Sussex Edinburgh England Epsom Essex Fareham Gloucester Gloucestershire Guildford Hammersmith Hampshire Havant Hertfordshire Isle of Man Jersey Kent Kingston Upon Thames Lancashire Leeds Leicester Leicestershire London Maidenhead Manchester Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes New Malden Norfolk North East North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Peacehaven Peterborough Pontypridd Preston Reading Reigate Rhondda Cynon Taff Rickmansworth Rotherham Scotland Sheffield South Coast South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Staffordshire Stoke-on-Trent Stroud Surrey Swindon Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wales Warrington Watford West Malling West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Wiltshire Winchester Windsor Yorkshire	3 months to 8 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	132	117
Rank change on same period last year	-15
Matching contract IT job ads	16	19
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.021 %	0.020 %
As % of the category below	0.962 %	1.262 %
Daily rates quoted	4	5
Average minimum daily rate	£450	£350
Average daily rate	£487	£365
% change on same period last year	+33.42 %
Average maximum daily rate	£524	£380
UK excluding London average daily rate	£409	£405
% change on same period last year	+0.95 %
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	£30.77	£18.09
% change on same period last year	+70.08 %
General North West
Matching contract IT job ads	1664	1505
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	2.194 %	1.574 %
Daily rates quoted	471	411
Average minimum daily rate	£358	£341
Average daily rate	£380	£356
% change on same period last year	+6.71 %
Average maximum daily rate	£402	£370
UK excluding London average daily rate	£386	£372
% change on same period last year	+3.87 %
Hourly rates quoted	137	102
Average minimum hourly rate	£22.92	£21.90
Average hourly rate	£24.88	£23.94
% change on same period last year	+3.91 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£26.83	£25.98
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£26.46	£26.98
% change on same period last year	-1.94 %
Back Office 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 Back Office across the North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.

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Daily Rate Trend

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

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Back Office across the North West region over the 3 months to 8 July 2008.

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

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Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT job ads citing Back Office within the North West region over the 3 months to 8 July 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.

Location	Rank 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
Manchester	-19	7	£550	+29.41 %
Cheshire	-30	4	£462	-
Lancashire	-	2	-	-

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 8 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing Back Office 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 Back Office.

1 7 (21.21 %) Oracle 1 7 (21.21 %) Finance 2 6 (18.18 %) Government 2 6 (18.18 %) Project Management 3 4 (12.12 %) Banking 3 4 (12.12 %) SAP 4 3 (9.091 %) Cisco 4 3 (9.091 %) Microsoft 4 3 (9.091 %) Business Analysis 4 3 (9.091 %) User Acceptance Testing 4 3 (9.091 %) Integration Testing 5 2 (6.061 %) Retail Banking 5 2 (6.061 %) Local Government 5 2 (6.061 %) Pensions 5 2 (6.061 %) Retail

5 2 (6.061 %) GAP Analysis 5 2 (6.061 %) Smartcard 5 2 (6.061 %) SAP R/3 5 2 (6.061 %) SAN 5 2 (6.061 %) Tivoli Storage Manager 5 2 (6.061 %) Active Directory 5 2 (6.061 %) Citrix 5 2 (6.061 %) NHS 5 2 (6.061 %) Firmware 5 2 (6.061 %) NetWeaver 5 2 (6.061 %) MS Exchange 5 2 (6.061 %) DHCP 5 2 (6.061 %) VPN 5 2 (6.061 %) WINS 5 2 (6.061 %) DNS

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 8 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing Back Office 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 Back Office. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 2 (6.061 %) HTML 2 1 (3.030 %) .NET 2 1 (3.030 %) J2EE 2 1 (3.030 %) ASP 2 1 (3.030 %) ASP.NET 2 1 (3.030 %) CSS 2 1 (3.030 %) XML 2 1 (3.030 %) XSLT 2 1 (3.030 %) ISPF 2 1 (3.030 %) Java EE	Application Platforms 1 2 (6.061 %) NetWeaver 1 2 (6.061 %) MS Exchange
Applications 1 2 (6.061 %) MS Excel	Business Applications 1 2 (6.061 %) SAP R/3 2 1 (3.030 %) Oracle 11i 2 1 (3.030 %) Navision
Communications & Networking 1 2 (6.061 %) SAN 1 2 (6.061 %) DHCP 1 2 (6.061 %) VPN 1 2 (6.061 %) WINS 1 2 (6.061 %) DNS 2 1 (3.030 %) LAN 2 1 (3.030 %) WAN 2 1 (3.030 %) Intranet 2 1 (3.030 %) Network Security	Database & Business Intelligence 1 2 (6.061 %) Oracle Reports 1 2 (6.061 %) SQL Server 2 1 (3.030 %) Crystal Reports 2 1 (3.030 %) Datawarehouse 2 1 (3.030 %) MS Access 2 1 (3.030 %) BusinessObjects
Development Applications 1 1 (3.030 %) Flash	General 1 7 (21.21 %) Finance 2 6 (18.18 %) Government 3 4 (12.12 %) Banking 4 2 (6.061 %) Retail Banking 4 2 (6.061 %) Local Government 4 2 (6.061 %) Pensions 4 2 (6.061 %) Retail
Job Titles 1 11 (33.33 %) Analyst 2 10 (30.30 %) Business Analyst 3 5 (15.15 %) Developer 4 3 (9.091 %) Test Manager 5 2 (6.061 %) Implementation Specialist 5 2 (6.061 %) Process Analyst 5 2 (6.061 %) Business Systems Analyst 5 2 (6.061 %) Systems Analyst 5 2 (6.061 %) Project Manager 5 2 (6.061 %) Consultant 5 2 (6.061 %) Applications Developer 5 2 (6.061 %) Business Process Analyst 6 1 (3.030 %) Architect 6 1 (3.030 %) Support Analyst 6 1 (3.030 %) Network Support Analyst 6 1 (3.030 %) Support Engineer 6 1 (3.030 %) 3rd Line Support 6 1 (3.030 %) 2nd Line Support 6 1 (3.030 %) Programme Manager 6 1 (3.030 %) Web Developer	Miscellaneous 1 2 (6.061 %) Smartcard 1 2 (6.061 %) NHS 1 2 (6.061 %) Firmware 2 1 (3.030 %) Management Information System 2 1 (3.030 %) Data Extraction
Operating Systems 1 2 (6.061 %) Solaris 2 1 (3.030 %) Linux	Processes & Methodologies 1 6 (18.18 %) Project Management 2 3 (9.091 %) Business Analysis 2 3 (9.091 %) User Acceptance Testing 2 3 (9.091 %) Integration Testing 3 2 (6.061 %) GAP Analysis 3 2 (6.061 %) CRM 4 1 (3.030 %) PRINCE2 4 1 (3.030 %) ERP 4 1 (3.030 %) Six Sigma 4 1 (3.030 %) Service Delivery 4 1 (3.030 %) Systems Analysis 4 1 (3.030 %) Supplier Management
Programming Languages 1 2 (6.061 %) Java 2 1 (3.030 %) PHP 2 1 (3.030 %) SQL 2 1 (3.030 %) VBA 2 1 (3.030 %) JCL	Qualifications 1 1 (3.030 %) MCP 1 1 (3.030 %) Microsoft Certification
System Software 1 2 (6.061 %) Active Directory	Systems Management 1 2 (6.061 %) Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors 1 7 (21.21 %) Oracle 2 4 (12.12 %) SAP 3 3 (9.091 %) Cisco 3 3 (9.091 %) Microsoft 4 2 (6.061 %) Citrix 5 1 (3.030 %) Business Objects 5 1 (3.030 %) Sun 5 1 (3.030 %) CA 5 1 (3.030 %) Red Hat 5 1 (3.030 %) Brocade