The first table below looks at the demand for Git (software) skills 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 Git (software) 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 of the Development Applications 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
Git (software)
Rank 97 121 124
Rank change year-on-year
+24 +3
Contract jobs citing Git (software) 21 8 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 0.896% 0.256% 0.097%
As % of the Development Applications category 8.333% 3.089% 1.327%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 3 2
Average daily rate £350 £300 £280
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+16.66% +7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £263 £276 £264
10% offered a daily rate of more than £408 £320 £296
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £330 £365
% change year-on-year
+6.06% -9.58%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Average hourly rate - £33.31 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £45.00 £40.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+12.50% +33.33%
All Development Applications
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
252 259 226
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 10.75% 8.296% 7.288%
Number of daily rates quoted 118 138 118
Average daily rate £313 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.84% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £270 £220
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £400 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-1.51% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 17 2
Average hourly rate £37.50 £30.00 £30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+25.00% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £26.80 £16.30 £29.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £128.00 £33.32 £31.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -
Git (software)
England

Git (software)
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Git (software) across the North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Development Applications category.

North West Git (software) Jobs Demand Trend

Git (software)
Daily Rate Trend

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

North West Git (software) Daily Rate Trend

Git (software)
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Git (software) across the North West region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

North West Git (software) Daily Rate Histogram

Git (software)
Hourly Rate Trend

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

North West Git (software) Hourly Rate Trend

Git (software)
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Git (software) 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 +19 11 £350 +29.62%
Merseyside +5 6 - -
Cheshire +6 4 - -
Lancashire - 1 - -
Git (software)
England

Git (software)
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing Git (software) 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 Git (software).

1 28 (73.68%) JavaScript
2 22 (57.89%) .NET
2 22 (57.89%) CSS
3 21 (55.26%) C#
3 21 (55.26%) jQuery
4 19 (50.00%) HTML5
5 18 (47.37%) XML
6 17 (44.74%) SQL Server
7 14 (36.84%) ASP.NET
7 14 (36.84%) Web Services
7 14 (36.84%) MVC
7 14 (36.84%) CSS3
8 13 (34.21%) Java
9 12 (31.58%) HTML
9 12 (31.58%) Scrum
9 12 (31.58%) Agile Software Development
10 11 (28.95%) MySQL
10 11 (28.95%) OO
11 10 (26.32%) Oracle
11 10 (26.32%) PHP
11 10 (26.32%) Subversion
12 9 (23.68%) Ajax
12 9 (23.68%) SQL
13 8 (21.05%) XSD
13 8 (21.05%) Linux
13 8 (21.05%) TDD
13 8 (21.05%) WCF
13 8 (21.05%) Zend
13 8 (21.05%) Mobile App
14 7 (18.42%) Continuous Integration

Git (software)
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 22 (57.89%) .NET
1 22 (57.89%) CSS
2 21 (55.26%) jQuery
3 19 (50.00%) HTML5
4 18 (47.37%) XML
5 14 (36.84%) ASP.NET
5 14 (36.84%) Web Services
5 14 (36.84%) CSS3
6 12 (31.58%) HTML
7 9 (23.68%) Ajax
8 8 (21.05%) XSD
8 8 (21.05%) WCF
9 7 (18.42%) RESTful
9 7 (18.42%) ASP.NET MVC
9 7 (18.42%) Backbone.js
10 6 (15.79%) JSON
10 6 (15.79%) CodeIgniter
11 5 (13.16%) CakePHP
11 5 (13.16%) LINQ
11 5 (13.16%) Google Maps API
Application Platforms
1 6 (15.79%) CMS
2 5 (13.16%) Umbraco
2 5 (13.16%) WordPress
3 4 (10.53%) Apache
4 3 (7.895%) WebLogic
5 2 (5.263%) Apache Solr
6 1 (2.632%) Drupal
6 1 (2.632%) Orchard CMS
6 1 (2.632%) IIS
Applications
1 2 (5.263%) Maya
1 2 (5.263%) 3ds Max
2 1 (2.632%) Adobe Illustrator
2 1 (2.632%) Photoshop
2 1 (2.632%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 2 (5.263%) Intranet
1 2 (5.263%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (44.74%) SQL Server
2 11 (28.95%) MySQL
3 6 (15.79%) PostgreSQL
3 6 (15.79%) MongoDB
4 4 (10.53%) SQL Server 2008
5 3 (7.895%) RavenDB
5 3 (7.895%) DB2
6 2 (5.263%) SQL Server 2005
6 2 (5.263%) SQLite
6 2 (5.263%) CouchDB
7 1 (2.632%) Oracle 8/8i
Development Applications
1 10 (26.32%) Subversion
2 7 (18.42%) Visual Studio
3 5 (13.16%) NetBeans
4 3 (7.895%) Gradle
4 3 (7.895%) NUnit
4 3 (7.895%) ClearCase
5 2 (5.263%) Eclipse
5 2 (5.263%) Ant
5 2 (5.263%) VSS/SourceSafe
5 2 (5.263%) Maven
5 2 (5.263%) QUnit
5 2 (5.263%) Redmine
5 2 (5.263%) Team Foundation Server
5 2 (5.263%) PHPUnit
6 1 (2.632%) TeamCity
6 1 (2.632%) Hudson
6 1 (2.632%) Gerrit
6 1 (2.632%) Cucumber
6 1 (2.632%) MSBuild
6 1 (2.632%) Jenkins
General
1 5 (13.16%) Games
2 3 (7.895%) Finance
2 3 (7.895%) Banking
3 1 (2.632%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 36 (94.74%) Developer
2 11 (28.95%) .NET Developer
3 7 (18.42%) ASP.NET Developer
4 5 (13.16%) Web Developer
4 5 (13.16%) Senior Developer
5 4 (10.53%) Java Developer
5 4 (10.53%) Software Developer
5 4 (10.53%) Android Developer
6 3 (7.895%) C++/C# Developer
6 3 (7.895%) Gameplay Developer
6 3 (7.895%) C++ Games Developer
6 3 (7.895%) C++ Developer
6 3 (7.895%) C# Developer
6 3 (7.895%) Games Developer
6 3 (7.895%) Senior Java Developer
7 2 (5.263%) PHP Developer
7 2 (5.263%) Scala Developer
7 2 (5.263%) Agile .NET Developer
8 1 (2.632%) Drupal Developer
8 1 (2.632%) Front-End Developer
Miscellaneous
1 8 (21.05%) Mobile App
2 5 (13.16%) 3D Graphics
3 4 (10.53%) NHS
4 3 (7.895%) Mathematics
4 3 (7.895%) Computer Science
4 3 (7.895%) PMI
5 2 (5.263%) Smartphone
5 2 (5.263%) BBC
5 2 (5.263%) Linked Data
5 2 (5.263%) Open Source
5 2 (5.263%) Semantic Web
6 1 (2.632%) Social Media
6 1 (2.632%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (2.632%) Streaming Video
6 1 (2.632%) Social Network
6 1 (2.632%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 8 (21.05%) Linux
2 5 (13.16%) Android
2 5 (13.16%) Windows
3 2 (5.263%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (36.84%) MVC
2 12 (31.58%) Scrum
2 12 (31.58%) Agile Software Development
3 11 (28.95%) OO
4 8 (21.05%) TDD
5 7 (18.42%) Continuous Integration
5 7 (18.42%) Web Development
6 6 (15.79%) SEO
7 5 (13.16%) Kanban
7 5 (13.16%) 3D Modelling
7 5 (13.16%) BDD
7 5 (13.16%) Business Development
7 5 (13.16%) PRINCE2
7 5 (13.16%) OOD
8 4 (10.53%) Web Application Development
9 3 (7.895%) Waterfall
9 3 (7.895%) Game Development
9 3 (7.895%) Project Management
9 3 (7.895%) CMMI
9 3 (7.895%) RUP
Programming Languages
1 28 (73.68%) JavaScript
2 21 (55.26%) C#
3 13 (34.21%) Java
4 10 (26.32%) PHP
5 9 (23.68%) SQL
6 6 (15.79%) XPath
7 5 (13.16%) C++
8 3 (7.895%) Groovy
8 3 (7.895%) C
9 2 (5.263%) T-SQL
9 2 (5.263%) Ruby
9 2 (5.263%) Objective-C
9 2 (5.263%) Haskell
9 2 (5.263%) Scala
Qualifications
1 7 (18.42%) Degree
2 3 (7.895%) MCTS
2 3 (7.895%) MCP
2 3 (7.895%) MCAD
2 3 (7.895%) MCSD
2 3 (7.895%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (7.895%) PMI Certification
3 2 (5.263%) Sun Certification
3 2 (5.263%) PhD
4 1 (2.632%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.632%) QA
System Software
1 1 (2.632%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (2.632%) Plesk
Vendors
1 10 (26.32%) Oracle
2 8 (21.05%) Zend
3 6 (15.79%) Facebook
4 5 (13.16%) Twitter
4 5 (13.16%) Google
5 4 (10.53%) Microsoft
6 3 (7.895%) JBoss
6 3 (7.895%) Chordiant
6 3 (7.895%) Apple
7 2 (5.263%) Telerik
8 1 (2.632%) VMware
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