The first table below looks at the demand for CITP 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 CITP over the 3 months to 21 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 Qualifications 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Chartered IT Professional (CITP)
Rank - - -
Contract jobs citing CITP 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West - - -
As % of the Qualifications category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Qualifications
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
460 671 473
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 19.48% 21.27% 15.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 200 331 209
Average daily rate £350 £375 £265
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.66% +41.50%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £195 £225 £180
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £517 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 26 44
Average hourly rate £23.75 £20.00 £22.96
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+18.75% -12.89%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.33 £14.00 £12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £41.50 £30.25 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
- -10.00%
CITP
England

CITP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West CITP Jobs Demand Trend

CITP
Top 7 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing CITP 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 CITP.

1 1 (100.00%) Data Mining
1 1 (100.00%) CCNA
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Wireless
1 1 (100.00%) Network Design
1 1 (100.00%) Chartered Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared

CITP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing CITP 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 CITP. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Data Mining
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Communications Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Network Design
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CCNA
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Chartered Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared