North West BASE24 Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for ACI BASE24 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 BASE24 over the 3 months to 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

ACI BASE24
Location Belfast Berkshire City of London County Antrim East Midlands England Harrogate London North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Sheffield South East South West South Yorkshire Swindon UK West Yorkshire Wiltshire Yorkshire	3 months to 2 Dec 2008	Same period last year
Rank	-	135
Rank change on same period last year	-
Matching contract IT job ads	0	8
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.000 %	0.009 %
As % of the category below	0.000 %	2.254 %
Daily rates quoted	0	4
Average minimum daily rate	-	£450
Average daily rate	-	£475
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	-	£500
UK excluding London average daily rate	£527	£399
% change on same period last year	+32.01 %
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	-	£65.00
% 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 %
BASE24 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.

BASE24
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing BASE24 across the North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Business Applications category.

BASE24
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing BASE24 across the North West region.