The first table below looks at the demand for BASE24 skills 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 BASE24 over the 3 months to 24 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 of the Business Applications category 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.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
ACI BASE24
Rank - 130 121
Contract jobs citing BASE24 0 2 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West - 0.064% 0.164%
As % of the Business Applications category - 0.615% 1.678%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 4
Average daily rate - £315 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -10.00%
UK excluding London average daily rate - £315 £450
% change year-on-year
- -30.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Business Applications
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Business Applications category
244 325 298
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 10.47% 10.45% 9.770%
Number of daily rates quoted 117 133 136
Average daily rate £425 £425 £430
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -1.16%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £290 £293 £268
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £650 £591
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £430 £420
% change year-on-year
-1.16% +2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 2 17
Average hourly rate £50.00 £43.50 £18.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+14.94% +141.66%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.25 £38.30 £17.90
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £51.39 £48.70 £36.20
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.80 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
+68.00% -10.00%
BASE24
England

BASE24
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West BASE24 Jobs Demand Trend

BASE24
Daily Rate Trend

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

North West BASE24 Daily Rate Trend

BASE24
Top 9 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing BASE24 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 BASE24.

1 1 (100.00%) DB2
1 1 (100.00%) UNIX
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Mainframe
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Replication
1 1 (100.00%) Tandem
1 1 (100.00%) Retail
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy

BASE24
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing BASE24 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 BASE24. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) DB2
General
1 1 (100.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Designer
1 1 (100.00%) Designer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Mainframe
1 1 (100.00%) Replication
1 1 (100.00%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) UNIX
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy