North West Education Contracts

This section looks at the prevalence of the term 'Education' in contract IT jobs within the North West region together with a comparison to our General terms category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited Education over the 3 months to 4 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Aberdeen Abingdon Alderley Edge Barnet Barnsley Basingstoke Bath Bedford Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Birmingham Bolton Bournemouth Bracknell Bradford Brentford Bridgend Brighton Bristol Bromley Buckinghamshire Burton-upon-Trent Bury St Edmunds Camberley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Canterbury Cardiff Chatham Cheadle Chelmsford Cheltenham Chertsey Cheshire Chippenham City of London Colchester County Antrim Coventry Crawley Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Dorset Durham East Anglia East Midlands East of England East Sussex Edinburgh England Essex Gateshead Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Godalming Guildford Hampshire Hayes Hertfordshire Home Counties Kent Knutsford Lancashire Lancaster Leatherhead Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Lincolnshire Liverpool London Loughborough Luton M4 Corridor Macclesfield Maidenhead Manchester Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Norfolk North East North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Orpington Oxford Oxfordshire Plymouth Reading Redcar Salford Scotland Sheffield Somerset South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Staffordshire Staines Suffolk Sunbury-on-Thames Sunderland Surrey Sussex Tadworth Tamworth Thames Valley Tyne and Wear UK Wales Warwickshire Watford Wells Welwyn Garden City West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Weybridge Wiltshire Witham Wokingham York Yorkshire	3 months to 4 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	89	105
Rank change on same period last year	+16
Matching contract IT job ads	56	28
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.074 %	0.030 %
As % of the category below	3.361 %	1.878 %
Daily rates quoted	16	5
Average minimum daily rate	£319	£440
Average daily rate	£329	£470
% change on same period last year	-30.01 %
Average maximum daily rate	£339	£500
UK excluding London average daily rate	£313	£362
% change on same period last year	-13.60 %
Hourly rates quoted	12	9
Average minimum hourly rate	£17.21	£19.89
Average hourly rate	£17.95	£24.67
% change on same period last year	-27.21 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£18.70	£29.44
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£21.74	£22.98
% change on same period last year	-5.40 %
General North West
Matching contract IT job ads	1666	1491
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	2.197 %	1.582 %
Daily rates quoted	478	398
Average minimum daily rate	£358	£340
Average daily rate	£381	£354
% change on same period last year	+7.51 %
Average maximum daily rate	£403	£368
UK excluding London average daily rate	£386	£372
% change on same period last year	+3.96 %
Hourly rates quoted	141	101
Average minimum hourly rate	£23.07	£22.04
Average hourly rate	£25.00	£24.05
% change on same period last year	+3.96 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£26.92	£26.05
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£26.47	£27.20
% change on same period last year	-2.68 %
Education 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.

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Demand Trend

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

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Daily Rate Trend

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

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Education across the North West region over the 3 months to 4 July 2008.

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

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Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Education across the North West region over the 3 months to 4 July 2008.

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Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT job ads citing Education within the North West region over the 3 months to 4 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
Manchester	+1	31	£325	-
Merseyside	-2	8	-	-
Cheshire	-23	5	£325	-18.75 %
Lancashire	+8	3	-	-

Education England

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing Education 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 Education.

1 16 (18.39 %) Project Management 1 16 (18.39 %) PRINCE2 2 13 (14.94 %) Degree 3 11 (12.64 %) Windows 4 10 (11.49 %) Government 5 9 (10.34 %) Microsoft 6 8 (9.195 %) Electric 7 7 (8.046 %) Finance 7 7 (8.046 %) Manufacturing 7 7 (8.046 %) HNC 7 7 (8.046 %) MS Office 7 7 (8.046 %) Java 7 7 (8.046 %) SQL 7 7 (8.046 %) NVQ Level 3 8 6 (6.897 %) Local Government

8 6 (6.897 %) .NET 8 6 (6.897 %) Flash 8 6 (6.897 %) Health 8 6 (6.897 %) E-Learning 8 6 (6.897 %) GAP Analysis 9 5 (5.747 %) Aerospace 9 5 (5.747 %) MS Visio 9 5 (5.747 %) ActionScript 9 5 (5.747 %) ASP 9 5 (5.747 %) ASP.NET 9 5 (5.747 %) CSS 9 5 (5.747 %) XML 10 4 (4.598 %) HTML 10 4 (4.598 %) XHTML 10 4 (4.598 %) Workflow

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing Education 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 Education. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 6 (6.897 %) .NET 2 5 (5.747 %) ASP 2 5 (5.747 %) ASP.NET 2 5 (5.747 %) CSS 2 5 (5.747 %) XML 3 4 (4.598 %) XHTML 3 4 (4.598 %) HTML 4 2 (2.299 %) WebServices 4 2 (2.299 %) J2EE 5 1 (1.149 %) ADO 5 1 (1.149 %) JSP 5 1 (1.149 %) Middleware 5 1 (1.149 %) Spring 5 1 (1.149 %) AJAX 5 1 (1.149 %) JSTL 5 1 (1.149 %) Spring MVC	Application Platforms 1 3 (3.448 %) SharePoint 1 3 (3.448 %) MS Exchange 2 1 (1.149 %) SharePoint Server 2007 2 1 (1.149 %) WebLogic 2 1 (1.149 %) IIS 2 1 (1.149 %) Apache 2 1 (1.149 %) Tomcat
Applications 1 7 (8.046 %) MS Office 2 5 (5.747 %) MS Visio 3 3 (3.448 %) Adobe Illustrator 3 3 (3.448 %) MS PowerPoint 3 3 (3.448 %) Photoshop 4 2 (2.299 %) MS Excel 5 1 (1.149 %) MS Project	Communications & Networking 1 3 (3.448 %) LAN 2 2 (2.299 %) WAN 2 2 (2.299 %) DNS 3 1 (1.149 %) SAN 3 1 (1.149 %) Intranet 3 1 (1.149 %) Internet 3 1 (1.149 %) Extranet 3 1 (1.149 %) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence 1 2 (2.299 %) SQL Server 1 2 (2.299 %) Crystal Reports 1 2 (2.299 %) Oracle 8/8i 1 2 (2.299 %) MS Access 2 1 (1.149 %) SQL Server 7 2 1 (1.149 %) SQL Server Reporting Services 2 1 (1.149 %) SQL Server 2005 2 1 (1.149 %) MySQL	Development Applications 1 6 (6.897 %) Flash 2 1 (1.149 %) Subversion 2 1 (1.149 %) Visual Studio
General 1 10 (11.49 %) Government 2 8 (9.195 %) Electric 3 7 (8.046 %) Finance 3 7 (8.046 %) Manufacturing 4 6 (6.897 %) Health 4 6 (6.897 %) Local Government 5 5 (5.747 %) Aerospace 6 4 (4.598 %) Banking 7 3 (3.448 %) Pensions 7 3 (3.448 %) Graphic Design 7 3 (3.448 %) Animation 8 2 (2.299 %) International Banking 8 2 (2.299 %) Insurance 9 1 (1.149 %) Retail 9 1 (1.149 %) Construction 9 1 (1.149 %) Pharmaceutical	Job Titles 1 24 (27.59 %) Analyst 2 15 (17.24 %) Project Manager 2 15 (17.24 %) Developer 3 13 (14.94 %) Business Analyst 4 6 (6.897 %) Technical Manager 5 5 (5.747 %) .NET Developer 5 5 (5.747 %) ASP.NET Developer 6 4 (4.598 %) ASP Developer 6 4 (4.598 %) Delivery Manager 7 3 (3.448 %) E-Learning Developer 7 3 (3.448 %) Data Analyst 7 3 (3.448 %) Programme Manager 7 3 (3.448 %) Junior 8 2 (2.299 %) Programmer 8 2 (2.299 %) Technical Project Manager 8 2 (2.299 %) Senior Analyst 8 2 (2.299 %) Support Specialist 8 2 (2.299 %) Junior Project Manager 8 2 (2.299 %) SharePoint Developer 8 2 (2.299 %) Project Analyst
Miscellaneous 1 6 (6.897 %) E-Learning 2 3 (3.448 %) NHS 2 3 (3.448 %) SCORM 3 2 (2.299 %) Spanish Language 4 1 (1.149 %) Field-Programmable Gate Array 4 1 (1.149 %) PDA 4 1 (1.149 %) Statistics 4 1 (1.149 %) Physics 4 1 (1.149 %) Replication 4 1 (1.149 %) Clustering 4 1 (1.149 %) VHDL	Operating Systems 1 11 (12.64 %) Windows 2 2 (2.299 %) Linux 2 2 (2.299 %) Windows NT 3 1 (1.149 %) Windows Server 2003 3 1 (1.149 %) Windows 2000 3 1 (1.149 %) Unix
Processes & Methodologies 1 16 (18.39 %) PRINCE2 1 16 (18.39 %) Project Management 2 6 (6.897 %) GAP Analysis 3 4 (4.598 %) Workflow 4 3 (3.448 %) Business Analysis 4 3 (3.448 %) User Acceptance Testing 4 3 (3.448 %) Change Management 5 2 (2.299 %) Data Analysis 5 2 (2.299 %) Migration 5 2 (2.299 %) Stakeholder Management 5 2 (2.299 %) OO 5 2 (2.299 %) ITIL 5 2 (2.299 %) BPR 5 2 (2.299 %) OOD 5 2 (2.299 %) SOA 6 1 (1.149 %) e-GIF 6 1 (1.149 %) Six Sigma 6 1 (1.149 %) ERP 6 1 (1.149 %) Agile Software Development 6 1 (1.149 %) TDD	Programming Languages 1 7 (8.046 %) Java 1 7 (8.046 %) SQL 2 5 (5.747 %) ActionScript 3 3 (3.448 %) JavaScript 4 2 (2.299 %) C# 4 2 (2.299 %) VB 5 1 (1.149 %) PHP 5 1 (1.149 %) Transact-SQL
Qualifications 1 13 (14.94 %) Degree 2 7 (8.046 %) NVQ Level 3 2 7 (8.046 %) HNC 3 2 (2.299 %) ISEB 3 2 (2.299 %) PRINCE2 Certification	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 2 (2.299 %) SLA 2 1 (1.149 %) WCAG 2 1 (1.149 %) WAI
System Software 1 1 (1.149 %) Active Directory	Vendors 1 9 (10.34 %) Microsoft 2 3 (3.448 %) Oracle 3 2 (2.299 %) Apple 4 1 (1.149 %) Northgate 4 1 (1.149 %) Capita 4 1 (1.149 %) SAP 4 1 (1.149 %) Macromedia 4 1 (1.149 %) Hyperion