The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Derivative 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 Derivative 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 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Derivatives
Rank 116 122 -
Rank change year-on-year
+6 -
Contract jobs citing Derivative 2 7 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 0.085% 0.224% -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.370% 1.118% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Average daily rate £170 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £413 £400 £400
% change year-on-year
+3.12% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 6 0
Average hourly rate - £22.50 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.00 £22.50 -
% change year-on-year
-24.44% -
All of the Miscellaneous Category
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
541 626 633
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 23.08% 20.05% 20.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 241 302 316
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 £207 £213
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £470 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £340
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +1.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 57 72
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 £10.48
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £21.66 £25.00 £38.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £23.00 £26.50
% change year-on-year
-2.17% -13.20%
Derivative
England

Derivative
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West Derivative Jobs Demand Trend

Derivative
Daily Rate Trend

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

North West Derivative Daily Rate Trend

Derivative
Hourly Rate Trend

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

North West Derivative Hourly Rate Trend

Derivative
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Derivative 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 +9 2 £170 -
Derivative
England

Derivative
Top 15 Related IT Skills

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

1 2 (66.67%) PHP
1 2 (66.67%) Linux
1 2 (66.67%) OO
1 2 (66.67%) Red Hat
1 2 (66.67%) CentOS
2 1 (33.33%) Subversion
2 1 (33.33%) Telecoms
2 1 (33.33%) E-Commerce
2 1 (33.33%) SQL
2 1 (33.33%) MySQL
2 1 (33.33%) Web Services
2 1 (33.33%) XML
2 1 (33.33%) XSD
2 1 (33.33%) XSLT
2 1 (33.33%) PRINCE2

Derivative
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 1 (33.33%) Web Services
1 1 (33.33%) XML
1 1 (33.33%) XSD
1 1 (33.33%) XSLT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Subversion
General
1 1 (33.33%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Junior
1 2 (66.67%) Developer
1 2 (66.67%) Junior Developer
1 2 (66.67%) PHP Developer
1 2 (66.67%) Junior PHP Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Telecoms Project Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Project Manager
Operating Systems
1 2 (66.67%) Linux
1 2 (66.67%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) OO
2 1 (33.33%) E-Commerce
2 1 (33.33%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) PHP
2 1 (33.33%) SQL
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Red Hat