The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term French Language 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 French Language over the 3 months to 20 June 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 General 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 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
French Language
Rank 118 128 117
Rank change year-on-year
+10 -11
Contract jobs citing French Language 8 4 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 0.330% 0.134% 0.134%
As % of the General category 0.862% 0.393% 0.322%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 4
Average daily rate £318 - £320
90% offered a daily rate of more than £264 - £305
10% offered a daily rate of more than £372 - £395
UK excluding London average daily rate £275 £350 £288
% change year-on-year
-21.42% +21.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 0
Average hourly rate £11.50 £12.50 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-8.00% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.75 £11.75 £14.00
% change year-on-year
+68.08% -16.07%
All of the General Category
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
928 1019 1242
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 38.33% 34.13% 41.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 447 577 710
Average daily rate £350 £360 £345
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.77% +4.34%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £239 £272 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £488 £461
UK excluding London average daily rate £380 £375 £375
% change year-on-year
+1.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 50 35 52
Average hourly rate £17.50 £21.50 £15.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-18.60% +40.98%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.30 £10.84 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £50.56 £31.00 £38.10
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £25.00 £26.50
% change year-on-year
- -5.66%
French Language
England

French Language
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West French Language Jobs Demand Trend

French Language
Daily Rate Trend

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

North West French Language Daily Rate Trend

French Language
Hourly Rate Trend

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

North West French Language Hourly Rate Trend

French Language
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing French Language within the North West region over the 3 months to 20 June 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
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Job
Vacancies
Cheshire +1 1 £250 -
Lancashire - - - -
Manchester - - - -
French Language
England

French Language
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing French Language 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 French Language.

1 9 (56.25%) Dutch Language
2 6 (37.50%) Greek Language
3 5 (31.25%) Italian Language
4 4 (25.00%) German Language
4 4 (25.00%) Project Management
4 4 (25.00%) Active Directory
5 3 (18.75%) Change Management
6 2 (12.50%) FMCG
6 2 (12.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 2 (12.50%) Windows
6 2 (12.50%) Ariba
6 2 (12.50%) Lotus
6 2 (12.50%) SAP
6 2 (12.50%) IBM Notes
7 1 (6.250%) LDAP
7 1 (6.250%) MS Excel
7 1 (6.250%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (6.250%) ERP
7 1 (6.250%) MS Visio
7 1 (6.250%) UNIX
7 1 (6.250%) SQL
7 1 (6.250%) Oracle
7 1 (6.250%) Tivoli
7 1 (6.250%) Tivoli Identity Manager
7 1 (6.250%) UML
7 1 (6.250%) CISSP
7 1 (6.250%) Mainframe
7 1 (6.250%) Identity Management
7 1 (6.250%) Finance
7 1 (6.250%) Manufacturing

French Language
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Platforms
1 2 (12.50%) IBM Notes
Applications
1 1 (6.250%) MS Excel
1 1 (6.250%) MS Visio
1 1 (6.250%) MS PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.250%) LDAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.250%) Data Warehouse
General
1 9 (56.25%) Dutch Language
2 6 (37.50%) Greek Language
3 5 (31.25%) Italian Language
4 4 (25.00%) German Language
5 1 (6.250%) Finance
5 1 (6.250%) Manufacturing
5 1 (6.250%) Banking
5 1 (6.250%) Portuguese Language
5 1 (6.250%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 10 (62.50%) Analyst
2 9 (56.25%) Help Desk Analyst
3 3 (18.75%) Project Manager
4 2 (12.50%) Service Analyst
4 2 (12.50%) Service Desk Analyst
4 2 (12.50%) 1st Line Support
5 1 (6.250%) Technical Consultant
5 1 (6.250%) Architect
5 1 (6.250%) IT Manager
5 1 (6.250%) Technical Architect
5 1 (6.250%) Consultant
5 1 (6.250%) Support Analyst
5 1 (6.250%) Business Architect
5 1 (6.250%) Business Manager
5 1 (6.250%) Engagement Manager
5 1 (6.250%) 1st Line Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (12.50%) FMCG
2 1 (6.250%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 2 (12.50%) Windows
2 1 (6.250%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (25.00%) Project Management
2 3 (18.75%) Change Management
3 2 (12.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (6.250%) ERP
4 1 (6.250%) UML
4 1 (6.250%) Identity Management
4 1 (6.250%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (6.250%) Information Security
4 1 (6.250%) Business Analysis
4 1 (6.250%) Resource Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (6.250%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (6.250%) CISSP
1 1 (6.250%) GIAC
1 1 (6.250%) CISA
System Software
1 4 (25.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (6.250%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (6.250%) Tivoli
1 1 (6.250%) Tivoli Identity Manager
1 1 (6.250%) Oracle Identity Manager
Vendors
1 2 (12.50%) Ariba
1 2 (12.50%) Lotus
1 2 (12.50%) SAP
2 1 (6.250%) Oracle
2 1 (6.250%) VMware
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