The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term DataPower 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 DataPower over the 3 months to 20 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IBM WebSphere DataPower
Rank 118 117 130
Rank change year-on-year
-1 +13
Contract jobs citing DataPower 1 19 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 0.043% 0.598% 0.066%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.187% 2.905% 0.322%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 17 0
Average daily rate - £423 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £420 £414 £400
% change year-on-year
+1.51% +3.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £21.00
All of the Miscellaneous Category
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
536 654 622
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 23.13% 20.60% 20.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 236 322 317
Average daily rate £300 £325 £310
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.69% +4.83%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £171 £200 £206
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £465 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £343 £340
% change year-on-year
+2.18% +0.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 55 65
Average hourly rate £16.72 £20.00 £22.43
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-16.40% -10.83%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.55 £13.25 £10.75
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £24.37 £25.00 £39.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £24.50 £27.00
% change year-on-year
-8.16% -9.25%
DataPower
England

DataPower
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West DataPower Jobs Demand Trend

DataPower
Daily Rate Trend

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

North West DataPower Daily Rate Trend

DataPower
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing DataPower within the North West region over the 3 months to 20 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 -6 1 - -
DataPower
England

DataPower
Top 3 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing DataPower 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 DataPower.

1 1 (100.00%) WebSphere Application Server
1 1 (100.00%) HPUX
1 1 (100.00%) WebSphere

DataPower
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 1 (100.00%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) WebSphere Application Server
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) WebSphere Specialist
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) HPUX