Handset Contracts in the North West
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Handset 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 Handset 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 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
24 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Handsets
Rank 116 127 125
Rank change year-on-year
+11 -2
Contract jobs citing Handset 2 5 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 0.086% 0.161% 0.033%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.375% 0.809% 0.160%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 0
Average daily rate £450 £275 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+63.63% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £289 £265 £375
% change year-on-year
+8.96% -29.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 0
Average hourly rate £12.77 £14.00 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-8.78% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £39.00 £31.25
% change year-on-year
-3.84% +24.80%
Search 4 Handset jobs in the North West
All of the Miscellaneous Category
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category		 534 618 625
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 22.91% 19.86% 20.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 234 301 312
Average daily rate £300 £325 £320
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.69% +1.56%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £205 £213
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £470 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £340
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +1.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 56 71
Average hourly rate £15.00 £19.75 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-24.05% -1.25%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.50 £13.35 £10.47
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £21.00 £25.00 £38.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £22.50 £26.00
% change year-on-year
- -13.46%
Handset
England

Handset
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West Handset Jobs Demand Trend

Handset
Daily Rate Trend

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

North West Handset Daily Rate Trend

Handset
Hourly Rate Trend

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

North West Handset Hourly Rate Trend

Handset
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Handset within the North West region over the 3 months to 24 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 +6 1 - -
Handset
England

Handset
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 5 (71.43%) Windows
1 5 (71.43%) Blackberry
2 4 (57.14%) VPN
2 4 (57.14%) Microsoft
2 4 (57.14%) Active Directory
2 4 (57.14%) Microsoft Certification
3 3 (42.86%) Citrix
3 3 (42.86%) SharePoint
3 3 (42.86%) Windows XP
3 3 (42.86%) MS Office
3 3 (42.86%) TCP/IP
3 3 (42.86%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
3 3 (42.86%) Management Information System
3 3 (42.86%) Wireless
3 3 (42.86%) Local Government
3 3 (42.86%) Service Management
3 3 (42.86%) Windows Vista
3 3 (42.86%) Windows 7
3 3 (42.86%) iPad
4 2 (28.57%) Android
4 2 (28.57%) Apple iOS
5 1 (14.29%) Cisco UCCX
5 1 (14.29%) Capacity Management
5 1 (14.29%) Cisco CUCM
5 1 (14.29%) Mobile App
5 1 (14.29%) Windows Phone
5 1 (14.29%) Security Architecture
5 1 (14.29%) Cisco PIX
5 1 (14.29%) Cisco ASA
5 1 (14.29%) Change Management

Handset
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Platforms
1 3 (42.86%) SharePoint
1 3 (42.86%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 3 (42.86%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 4 (57.14%) VPN
2 3 (42.86%) TCP/IP
2 3 (42.86%) Wireless
3 1 (14.29%) Cisco PIX
3 1 (14.29%) Cisco ASA
3 1 (14.29%) Firewall
3 1 (14.29%) Cisco IPT
3 1 (14.29%) EIGRP
3 1 (14.29%) OSPF
Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Xcode
1 1 (14.29%) Eclipse
General
1 3 (42.86%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) Desktop Support
1 3 (42.86%) Help Desk Support
2 1 (14.29%) ICT Support Technician
2 1 (14.29%) ICT Technician
2 1 (14.29%) Security Specialist
2 1 (14.29%) Senior Network Technician
2 1 (14.29%) Network Technician
2 1 (14.29%) Test Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Support Technician
Miscellaneous
1 5 (71.43%) Blackberry
2 3 (42.86%) Management Information System
2 3 (42.86%) iPad
3 1 (14.29%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 5 (71.43%) Windows
2 3 (42.86%) Windows XP
2 3 (42.86%) Windows Vista
2 3 (42.86%) Windows 7
3 2 (28.57%) Android
3 2 (28.57%) Apple iOS
4 1 (14.29%) Windows Phone
4 1 (14.29%) Windows Mobile
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) Service Management
2 1 (14.29%) Capacity Management
2 1 (14.29%) Security Architecture
2 1 (14.29%) Change Management
2 1 (14.29%) Network Management
2 1 (14.29%) Penetration Testing
2 1 (14.29%) Automated Testing
2 1 (14.29%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) C
1 1 (14.29%) C++
1 1 (14.29%) Assembly Language
Qualifications
1 4 (57.14%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (14.29%) MCDST
2 1 (14.29%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (14.29%) ECDL
System Software
1 4 (57.14%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (14.29%) Cisco UCCX
1 1 (14.29%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 4 (57.14%) Microsoft
2 3 (42.86%) Citrix
3 1 (14.29%) Cisco
3 1 (14.29%) Avaya
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