North West Commerce Server Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for Microsoft Commerce Server skills within the North West region with a comparison to our Application Platforms category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Commerce Server over the 3 months to 13 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Microsoft Commerce Server
Location Berkshire City of London Croydon East Grinstead East Midlands East of England England Gloucestershire Hampshire Harrogate Hertfordshire Home Counties Leeds London North West North Yorkshire Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Reading Somerset South East South West South Yorkshire Street UK Watford West Sussex West Yorkshire Yorkshire	3 months to 13 Oct 2008	Same period last year
Rank	-	145
Rank change on same period last year	-
Matching contract IT job ads	0	1
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.000 %	0.001 %
As % of the category below	0.000 %	0.181 %
Daily rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum daily rate	-	-
Average daily rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	-	-
UK excluding London average daily rate	£463	£361
% change on same period last year	+28.38 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum hourly rate	-	-
Average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£37.50	£36.60
% change on same period last year	+2.45 %
Application Platforms North West
Matching contract IT job ads	439	551
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.621 %	0.558 %
Daily rates quoted	66	99
Average minimum daily rate	£314	£299
Average daily rate	£331	£317
% change on same period last year	+4.27 %
Average maximum daily rate	£348	£336
UK excluding London average daily rate	£350	£338
% change on same period last year	+3.38 %
Hourly rates quoted	62	70
Average minimum hourly rate	£24.87	£20.67
Average hourly rate	£27.55	£22.28
% change on same period last year	+23.69 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£30.23	£23.89
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£24.77	£24.01
% change on same period last year	+3.15 %
Commerce Server 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.

Commerce Server
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Commerce Server across the North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Platforms category.

Commerce Server
Daily Rate Trend

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