The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term CESG 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 CESG over the 3 months to 22 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 terms in our Miscellaneous 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Communications-Electronics Security Group (CESG)
Rank 122 121 -
Rank change year-on-year
-1 -
Contract jobs citing CESG 1 9 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 0.042% 0.283% -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.183% 1.398% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 4 0
Average daily rate - £549 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £475 £575 £375
% change year-on-year
-17.39% +53.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All of the Miscellaneous Category
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
545 644 618
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 23.15% 20.28% 20.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 245 312 311
Average daily rate £300 £325 £320
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.69% +1.56%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £205 £212
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £466 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £340
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +1.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 59 70
Average hourly rate £15.00 £20.00 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-25.00% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.50 £13.35 £10.47
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £21.83 £25.00 £38.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £25.66
% change year-on-year
-2.22% -12.31%
CESG
England

CESG
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West CESG Jobs Demand Trend

CESG
Daily Rate Trend

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

North West CESG Daily Rate Trend

CESG
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CESG within the North West region over the 3 months to 22 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
Lancashire +4 1 - -
CESG
England

CESG
Top 24 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing CESG 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 CESG.

1 1 (100.00%) UNIX
1 1 (100.00%) UML
1 1 (100.00%) RAD
1 1 (100.00%) SSADM
1 1 (100.00%) DSDM
1 1 (100.00%) CRM
1 1 (100.00%) ATM
1 1 (100.00%) ISDN
1 1 (100.00%) VoIP
1 1 (100.00%) Ethernet
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) MVS
1 1 (100.00%) Middleware
1 1 (100.00%) Workflow
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) CESG CLAS
1 1 (100.00%) TOGAF
1 1 (100.00%) Enterprise Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) VME
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) BC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared

CESG
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing CESG 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 CESG. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (100.00%) Middleware
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) ATM
1 1 (100.00%) ISDN
1 1 (100.00%) VoIP
1 1 (100.00%) Ethernet
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Security Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) CESG CLAS
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) UNIX
1 1 (100.00%) MVS
1 1 (100.00%) VME
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) UML
1 1 (100.00%) RAD
1 1 (100.00%) SSADM
1 1 (100.00%) DSDM
1 1 (100.00%) CRM
1 1 (100.00%) Workflow
1 1 (100.00%) TOGAF
1 1 (100.00%) Enterprise Architecture
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) BC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft