The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of FatWire products and/or services 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 FatWire over the 3 months to 24 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 Vendors 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.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are NOT representative of contractor rates within the FatWire Corporation.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
FatWire
Rank - 129 125
Contract jobs citing FatWire 0 3 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West - 0.096% 0.033%
As % of the Vendors category - 0.185% 0.071%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 1
Average daily rate - £500 £240
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +108.33%
UK excluding London average daily rate £381 £338 £240
% change year-on-year
+12.96% +40.62%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £33.00 £35.22 -
% change year-on-year
-6.30% -
All Vendors
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
1058 1618 1418
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 45.39% 52.01% 46.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 473 736 683
Average daily rate £340 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.85% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £215 £200 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £489 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 84 79 97
Average hourly rate £19.04 £17.50 £18.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+8.80% -2.77%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.84 £12.50 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £29.50 £36.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
FatWire
England

FatWire
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West FatWire Jobs Demand Trend

FatWire
Daily Rate Trend

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

North West FatWire Daily Rate Trend

FatWire
Hourly Rate Trend

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

North West FatWire Hourly Rate Trend

FatWire
Top 21 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing FatWire 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 FatWire.

1 3 (100.00%) E-Commerce
2 2 (66.67%) Service Management
2 2 (66.67%) Finance
2 2 (66.67%) CMS
2 2 (66.67%) Banking
2 2 (66.67%) Retail
2 2 (66.67%) Online Banking
3 1 (33.33%) Fortinet
3 1 (33.33%) F5
3 1 (33.33%) Sourcefire
3 1 (33.33%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (33.33%) Firewall
3 1 (33.33%) UNIX
3 1 (33.33%) Windows
3 1 (33.33%) Linux
3 1 (33.33%) Cisco
3 1 (33.33%) IBM
3 1 (33.33%) Juniper
3 1 (33.33%) Internet
3 1 (33.33%) Middleware
3 1 (33.33%) McAfee

FatWire
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing FatWire 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 FatWire. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (33.33%) Middleware
Application Platforms
1 2 (66.67%) CMS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) Intrusion Detection
1 1 (33.33%) Firewall
1 1 (33.33%) Internet
General
1 2 (66.67%) Finance
1 2 (66.67%) Banking
1 2 (66.67%) Retail
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Service Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Designer
2 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Designer
2 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Architect
2 1 (33.33%) Architect
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Online Banking
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) UNIX
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
1 1 (33.33%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) E-Commerce
2 2 (66.67%) Service Management
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Fortinet
1 1 (33.33%) F5
1 1 (33.33%) Sourcefire
1 1 (33.33%) Cisco
1 1 (33.33%) IBM
1 1 (33.33%) Juniper
1 1 (33.33%) McAfee