The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of BT products and/or services 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 BT over the 3 months to 23 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 Vendors 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.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are NOT representative of contractor rates within BT Group plc.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
BT
Rank 112 125 -
Rank change year-on-year
+13 -
Contract jobs citing BT 6 4 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 0.256% 0.128% -
As % of the Vendors category 0.562% 0.247% -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 3 0
Average daily rate £173 £525 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-67.14% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £275 £295 £368
% change year-on-year
-6.77% -19.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £78.75 £22.32
% change year-on-year
-75.87% +252.90%
All Vendors
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
1068 1617 1438
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 45.56% 51.79% 46.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 477 739 697
Average daily rate £340 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.85% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £215 £200 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £488 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 88 80 98
Average hourly rate £19.27 £17.50 £18.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+10.11% -2.77%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.74 £12.50 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £44.90 £29.50 £36.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.25
% change year-on-year
- -6.17%
BT
England

BT
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West BT Jobs Demand Trend

BT
Daily Rate Trend

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

North West BT Daily Rate Trend

BT
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing BT across the North West region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

North West BT Daily Rate Histogram

BT
Hourly Rate Trend

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

North West BT Hourly Rate Trend

BT
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing BT within the North West region over the 3 months to 23 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 +14 3 £155 -47.45%
Cheshire +6 3 £530 -
BT
England

BT
Top 24 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing BT 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 BT.

1 5 (55.56%) Project Management
2 4 (44.44%) Telecoms
3 3 (33.33%) Broadband
3 3 (33.33%) LAN
3 3 (33.33%) WAN
3 3 (33.33%) Microsoft
3 3 (33.33%) Finance
3 3 (33.33%) Supplier Management
4 2 (22.22%) Banking
4 2 (22.22%) Migration
4 2 (22.22%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (11.11%) Workflow
5 1 (11.11%) Disaster Recovery
5 1 (11.11%) NEC
5 1 (11.11%) Extranet
5 1 (11.11%) Oracle
5 1 (11.11%) MS Office
5 1 (11.11%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (11.11%) Oracle 8/8i
5 1 (11.11%) MS Excel
5 1 (11.11%) Amdocs
5 1 (11.11%) Law
5 1 (11.11%) Document Management
5 1 (11.11%) Huawei

BT
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing BT 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 BT. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications
1 1 (11.11%) MS Office
1 1 (11.11%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 3 (33.33%) Broadband
1 3 (33.33%) LAN
1 3 (33.33%) WAN
2 1 (11.11%) Extranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (11.11%) Oracle Reports
1 1 (11.11%) Oracle 8/8i
General
1 4 (44.44%) Telecoms
2 3 (33.33%) Finance
3 2 (22.22%) Banking
4 1 (11.11%) Law
Job Titles
1 3 (33.33%) Business Analyst
1 3 (33.33%) Analyst
2 2 (22.22%) Infrastructure Manager
2 2 (22.22%) Infrastructure Project Manager
2 2 (22.22%) Project Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (55.56%) Project Management
2 3 (33.33%) Supplier Management
3 2 (22.22%) Migration
3 2 (22.22%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (11.11%) Workflow
4 1 (11.11%) Disaster Recovery
4 1 (11.11%) Document Management
Vendors
1 3 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (11.11%) NEC
2 1 (11.11%) Oracle
2 1 (11.11%) Amdocs
2 1 (11.11%) Huawei