The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Equities 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 Equities over the 3 months to 17 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Equities
Rank - - -
Contract jobs citing Equities 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West - - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £425 £375
% change year-on-year
- +13.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.00 - £11.00
All of the Miscellaneous Category
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
530 654 638
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 23.07% 20.65% 20.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 234 324 327
Average daily rate £300 £325 £305
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.69% +6.55%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £200 £210
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £470 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £342 £340
% change year-on-year
+2.41% +0.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 56 66
Average hourly rate £16.72 £20.00 £21.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-16.40% -4.76%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.55 £13.35 £10.95
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £24.37 £25.00 £38.20
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £24.50 £26.50
% change year-on-year
-10.20% -7.54%
Equities
England

Equities
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West Equities Jobs Demand Trend

Equities
Daily Rate Trend

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

North West Equities Daily Rate Trend

Equities
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing Equities 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 Equities.

1 4 (100.00%) Java
1 4 (100.00%) SQL
1 4 (100.00%) Web Services
1 4 (100.00%) XML
1 4 (100.00%) XSD
1 4 (100.00%) XSLT
1 4 (100.00%) UNIX
1 4 (100.00%) Windows
1 4 (100.00%) Linux
1 4 (100.00%) LDAP
1 4 (100.00%) EAI
1 4 (100.00%) SOA
1 4 (100.00%) IBM
1 4 (100.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
1 4 (100.00%) WebSphere MQ
1 4 (100.00%) Shell Script
1 4 (100.00%) TIBCO
1 4 (100.00%) TIBCO Hawk
1 4 (100.00%) BusinessWorks
1 4 (100.00%) Middleware
1 4 (100.00%) Configuration Management
1 4 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 4 (100.00%) Finance
1 4 (100.00%) WebSphere
1 4 (100.00%) TIBCO EMS
1 4 (100.00%) Degree
1 4 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 4 (100.00%) Problem Management
1 4 (100.00%) TIBCO BusinessEvents
1 4 (100.00%) Drools

Equities
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing Equities 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 Equities. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 4 (100.00%) Web Services
1 4 (100.00%) XML
1 4 (100.00%) XSD
1 4 (100.00%) XSLT
1 4 (100.00%) Middleware
1 4 (100.00%) WebSphere
1 4 (100.00%) Drools
1 4 (100.00%) Esper
Application Platforms
1 4 (100.00%) WebSphere MQ
1 4 (100.00%) TIBCO EMS
Business Applications
1 4 (100.00%) BusinessWorks
1 4 (100.00%) TIBCO BusinessEvents
Communications & Networking
1 4 (100.00%) LDAP
General
1 4 (100.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Support Engineer
1 4 (100.00%) TIBCO Support
Miscellaneous
1 4 (100.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
1 4 (100.00%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) UNIX
1 4 (100.00%) Windows
1 4 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) EAI
1 4 (100.00%) SOA
1 4 (100.00%) Configuration Management
1 4 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 4 (100.00%) Problem Management
1 4 (100.00%) Capacity Planning
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) Java
1 4 (100.00%) SQL
1 4 (100.00%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) Degree
Systems Management
1 4 (100.00%) TIBCO Hawk
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) IBM
1 4 (100.00%) TIBCO