North West Benchmarking Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Benchmarking skills within the North West region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Benchmarking over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Benchmarking
Location Avon Birkenhead Bristol Cheshire Chester City of London East Midlands Ellesmere Port England Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Liverpool London M4 Corridor Merseyside Middlesex Midlands North West South East South West Sunbury-on-Thames Surrey UK West Sussex West Yorkshire Yorkshire	3 months to 25 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	138	135
Rank change on same period last year	-3
Matching contract IT job ads	5	3
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.007 %	0.003 %
As % of the category below	0.250 %	0.156 %
Daily rates quoted	1	0
Average minimum daily rate	£350	-
Average daily rate	£375	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	£400	-
UK excluding London average daily rate	£358	£468
% change on same period last year	-23.46 %
Hourly rates quoted	1	0
Average minimum hourly rate	£25.00	-
Average hourly rate	£25.00	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	£25.00	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£25.00	£17.50
% change on same period last year	+42.85 %
Processes & Methodologies North West
Matching contract IT job ads	2000	1922
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	2.666 %	1.945 %
Daily rates quoted	506	498
Average minimum daily rate	£345	£347
Average daily rate	£362	£364
% change on same period last year	-0.61 %
Average maximum daily rate	£379	£382
UK excluding London average daily rate	£380	£376
% change on same period last year	+1.21 %
Hourly rates quoted	182	116
Average minimum hourly rate	£23.67	£23.72
Average hourly rate	£25.41	£25.91
% change on same period last year	-1.93 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£27.15	£28.11
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£29.33	£30.16
% change on same period last year	-2.72 %
Benchmarking 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.

Benchmarking
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Benchmarking across the North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies 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 Benchmarking across the North West region.

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Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Benchmarking 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 jobs citing Benchmarking within the North West region over the 3 months to 25 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
Cheshire	-8	3	-	-
Merseyside	-	2	-	-

Benchmarking England

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Top 10 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing Benchmarking 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 Benchmarking.

1 2 (33.33 %) Service Management 1 2 (33.33 %) Risk Management 1 2 (33.33 %) Risk Assessment 1 2 (33.33 %) Penetration Testing 1 2 (33.33 %) CISSP 1 2 (33.33 %) Time Management 2 1 (16.67 %) Supplier Management 2 1 (16.67 %) Information Security 2 1 (16.67 %) Banking 2 1 (16.67 %) Service Delivery

Benchmarking
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing Benchmarking 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 Benchmarking. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

General 1 1 (16.67 %) Banking	Job Titles 1 3 (50.00 %) Analyst 2 2 (33.33 %) Service Manager 3 1 (16.67 %) Information Analyst 3 1 (16.67 %) Information Security Consultant 3 1 (16.67 %) Consultant 3 1 (16.67 %) Support Analyst 3 1 (16.67 %) Security Consultant 3 1 (16.67 %) Security Analyst
Processes & Methodologies 1 2 (33.33 %) Service Management 1 2 (33.33 %) Risk Management 1 2 (33.33 %) Risk Assessment 1 2 (33.33 %) Penetration Testing 1 2 (33.33 %) Time Management 2 1 (16.67 %) Supplier Management 2 1 (16.67 %) Information Security 2 1 (16.67 %) Service Delivery	Qualifications 1 2 (33.33 %) CISSP