The first table below looks at the demand for Broadband 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 Broadband 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 Communications & Networking 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
Broadband
Rank 114 123 118
Rank change year-on-year
+9 -5
Contract jobs citing Broadband 4 9 8
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 0.172% 0.289% 0.262%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.342% 1.599% 1.691%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 4 3
Average daily rate £155 £270 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-42.59% -16.92%
UK excluding London average daily rate £393 £270 £380
% change year-on-year
+45.37% -28.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 4
Average hourly rate - - £12.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate £10.69 £27.50 £12.75
% change year-on-year
-61.12% +115.68%
All Communications & Networking
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
298 563 473
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 12.78% 18.10% 15.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 121 222 238
Average daily rate £313 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.84% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £175 £231
10% offered a daily rate of more than £465 £462 £398
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £338 £325
% change year-on-year
-6.66% +3.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 36 45
Average hourly rate £22.25 £22.00 £36.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+1.13% -38.88%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.65 £14.00 £12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £30.00 £40.40
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.75 £25.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-17.00% -9.09%
Broadband
England

Broadband
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Broadband across the North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

North West Broadband Jobs Demand Trend

Broadband
Daily Rate Trend

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

North West Broadband Daily Rate Trend

Broadband
Hourly Rate Trend

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

North West Broadband Hourly Rate Trend

Broadband
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Broadband within the North West region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Manchester +4 3 £155 -42.59%
Cumbria - 1 - -
Broadband
England

Broadband
Top 17 Related IT Skills

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

1 3 (18.75%) Windows
1 3 (18.75%) VPN
1 3 (18.75%) Microsoft
1 3 (18.75%) Active Directory
1 3 (18.75%) 3G
1 3 (18.75%) Blackberry
1 3 (18.75%) BT
1 3 (18.75%) Banking
2 2 (12.50%) MS Office
2 2 (12.50%) Telecoms
2 2 (12.50%) Dell
2 2 (12.50%) MS Visio
3 1 (6.250%) IKE
3 1 (6.250%) Windows XP
3 1 (6.250%) Migration
3 1 (6.250%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (6.250%) Windows 7

Broadband
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Applications
1 2 (12.50%) MS Office
1 2 (12.50%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 3 (18.75%) VPN
1 3 (18.75%) 3G
2 1 (6.250%) IKE
General
1 3 (18.75%) Banking
2 2 (12.50%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (18.75%) Business Analyst
1 3 (18.75%) Field Engineer
1 3 (18.75%) Analyst
2 2 (12.50%) Support Engineer
2 2 (12.50%) Field Support Engineer
3 1 (6.250%) Programme Manager
3 1 (6.250%) Deployment Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (18.75%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 3 (18.75%) Windows
2 1 (6.250%) Windows XP
2 1 (6.250%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (6.250%) Migration
1 1 (6.250%) Stakeholder Management
System Software
1 3 (18.75%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 3 (18.75%) Microsoft
1 3 (18.75%) BT
2 2 (12.50%) Dell