Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for Internet 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 Internet over the 3 months to 22 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Communications & Networking category for the North West region.

 Internet
Location
3 months to
22 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank665371
Rank change year-on-year
Down-13Up+18
Matching contract IT job ads394958
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West1.705 %2.136 %1.475 %
As % of the Communications & Networking category11.34 %14.41 %11.20 %
Daily rates quoted22914
Average daily rate£375£225£300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+66.66 %-25.00 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£175£205£250
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£450£368£450
UK excluding London average daily rate£315£340£307
% change year-on-year
-7.350 %+10.74 %
Hourly rates quoted5115
Average hourly rate£13.00£20.00£40.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-35.00 %-50.00 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£8.60£9.00£30.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£14.00£37.00£54.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate£14.25£17.50£20.00
% change year-on-year
-18.57 %-12.50 %
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryAll Communications & Networking
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
344340518
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West15.03 %14.82 %13.18 %
Daily rates quoted9848100
Average daily rate£270£275£300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.810 %-8.330 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£188£130£200
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£424£425£450
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£338£325
% change year-on-year
-3.700 %+3.840 %
Hourly rates quoted334466
Average hourly rate£20.50£22.50£22.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-8.880 %-
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£11.40£13.85£12.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£47.50£35.20£38.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.00£24.00£27.50
% change year-on-year
+4.160 %-12.72 %
Internet EnglandInternet
England

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.

Internet
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Internet across the North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

North West Internet Demand Trend

Internet
Daily Rate Trend

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

North West Internet Daily Rate Trend

Internet
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Internet across the North West region over the 3 months to 22 March 2010.

North West Internet Daily Rate Histogram

Internet
Hourly Rate Trend

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

North West Internet Hourly Rate Trend

Internet
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Internet within the North West region over the 3 months to 22 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank 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
ManchesterDown-417£175-14.63 %
CheshireDown-717£375+15.38 %
Internet EnglandInternet
England

Internet
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing Internet 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 Internet.

114 (21.88 %)Windows
114 (21.88 %)E-Commerce
213 (20.31 %)UNIX
311 (17.19 %)SQL Server
410 (15.63 %)Oracle
410 (15.63 %).NET
59 (14.06 %)Finance
68 (12.50 %)Java
68 (12.50 %)Microsoft
77 (10.94 %)MS Excel
77 (10.94 %)AIX
77 (10.94 %)MS Office
77 (10.94 %)Stakeholder Management
77 (10.94 %)Intranet
86 (9.375 %)SQL Server 2005
86 (9.375 %)Marketing
86 (9.375 %)WebSphere
86 (9.375 %)SQL Server 2000
86 (9.375 %)Middleware
86 (9.375 %)Mainframe
86 (9.375 %)CSS
86 (9.375 %)HTML
86 (9.375 %)VB.NET
95 (7.813 %)Web Services
95 (7.813 %)Linux
95 (7.813 %)ASP.NET
95 (7.813 %)Firewall
95 (7.813 %)Content Management
95 (7.813 %)Retail
104 (6.250 %)AJAX

Internet
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing Internet 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 Internet. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

North West IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
110 (15.63 %).NET
26 (9.375 %)WebSphere
26 (9.375 %)Middleware
26 (9.375 %)CSS
26 (9.375 %)HTML
35 (7.813 %)Web Services
35 (7.813 %)ASP.NET
44 (6.250 %)AJAX
44 (6.250 %)J2EE
44 (6.250 %)XHTML
53 (4.688 %)Flash
62 (3.125 %)Spring
62 (3.125 %)ASP
71 (1.563 %)CGI
71 (1.563 %)XML
71 (1.563 %)XSLT
71 (1.563 %)JSP
71 (1.563 %)Adobe Flex
71 (1.563 %)Grails
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
14 (6.250 %)IIS
14 (6.250 %)SharePoint
23 (4.688 %)SharePoint Server 2007
32 (3.125 %)CMS
32 (3.125 %)Lotus Domino
32 (3.125 %)Apache
41 (1.563 %)ColdFusion
41 (1.563 %)Tomcat
41 (1.563 %)MS Exchange
41 (1.563 %)Lotus Notes
41 (1.563 %)LiveLink
41 (1.563 %)WordPress
41 (1.563 %)Drupal
41 (1.563 %)Exchange Server 2000
41 (1.563 %)Exchange Server 2003
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
17 (10.94 %)MS Excel
17 (10.94 %)MS Office
23 (4.688 %)MS Visio
32 (3.125 %)MS PowerPoint
32 (3.125 %)Photoshop
41 (1.563 %)MS Project
41 (1.563 %)Acrobat
41 (1.563 %)Fireworks
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
11 (1.563 %)SAP CRM
11 (1.563 %)SAP APO
11 (1.563 %)SAP WM
11 (1.563 %)WebTrends
11 (1.563 %)Line 50
11 (1.563 %)SAP PLM
11 (1.563 %)SAP PM
11 (1.563 %)SAP EBP
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
17 (10.94 %)Intranet
25 (7.813 %)Firewall
34 (6.250 %)Network Security
42 (3.125 %)DHCP
42 (3.125 %)WAN
42 (3.125 %)DNS
51 (1.563 %)SSL
51 (1.563 %)SMTP
51 (1.563 %)SAN
51 (1.563 %)SNMP
51 (1.563 %)TCP/IP
51 (1.563 %)VPN
51 (1.563 %)ADSL
51 (1.563 %)Broadband
51 (1.563 %)Wireless
51 (1.563 %)DSLAM
51 (1.563 %)DMZ
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
111 (17.19 %)SQL Server
26 (9.375 %)SQL Server 2005
26 (9.375 %)SQL Server 2000
31 (1.563 %)OLTP
31 (1.563 %)Datawarehouse
31 (1.563 %)Ingres
31 (1.563 %)DB2
31 (1.563 %)MySQL
31 (1.563 %)SAP BW
31 (1.563 %)DB2 UDB
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
12 (3.125 %)Dreamweaver
21 (1.563 %)PowerBuilder
21 (1.563 %)ClearQuest
21 (1.563 %)FrontPage
North West IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
19 (14.06 %)Finance
26 (9.375 %)Marketing
35 (7.813 %)Retail
44 (6.250 %)Financial Institution
53 (4.688 %)Banking
62 (3.125 %)Online Banking
62 (3.125 %)Health
62 (3.125 %)Legal
71 (1.563 %)Manufacturing
71 (1.563 %)Advertising
71 (1.563 %)Telecoms
71 (1.563 %)Education
71 (1.563 %)Government
71 (1.563 %)Retail Banking
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
116 (25.00 %)Architect
215 (23.44 %)Developer
313 (20.31 %)Solutions Architect
47 (10.94 %)Infrastructure Architect
56 (9.375 %)Analyst
65 (7.813 %)Consultant
74 (6.250 %)Support Analyst
74 (6.250 %)Technical Support
74 (6.250 %)Web Developer
83 (4.688 %)SEO Consultant
83 (4.688 %)SharePoint Developer
83 (4.688 %)E-Commerce Manager
83 (4.688 %)Designer
92 (3.125 %)Security Architect
92 (3.125 %)Web Analyst
92 (3.125 %)Infrastructure Designer
92 (3.125 %)Lead Architect
92 (3.125 %)Support Engineer
92 (3.125 %).NET Developer
101 (1.563 %)Helpdesk Support
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
16 (9.375 %)Mainframe
23 (4.688 %)NHS
23 (4.688 %)IBM Mainframe
23 (4.688 %)Web 2.0
23 (4.688 %)Tandem
31 (1.563 %)FMCG
31 (1.563 %)Computer Science
31 (1.563 %)Copywriting
31 (1.563 %)Blog
31 (1.563 %)RIA
31 (1.563 %)PKI
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
114 (21.88 %)Windows
213 (20.31 %)UNIX
37 (10.94 %)AIX
45 (7.813 %)Linux
54 (6.250 %)Windows Server 2003
63 (4.688 %)Windows XP
71 (1.563 %)Windows 2000
71 (1.563 %)Windows Vista
71 (1.563 %)Red Hat Linux
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
114 (21.88 %)E-Commerce
27 (10.94 %)Stakeholder Management
35 (7.813 %)Content Management
44 (6.250 %)Pay per click
44 (6.250 %)SEO
53 (4.688 %)TOGAF
62 (3.125 %)Project Management
71 (1.563 %)RUP
71 (1.563 %)CRM
71 (1.563 %)UML
71 (1.563 %)Service Delivery
71 (1.563 %)Change Management
71 (1.563 %)Load Balancing
71 (1.563 %)Data Protection
71 (1.563 %)Search Engine Marketing
71 (1.563 %)Email Marketing
71 (1.563 %)Web Development
71 (1.563 %)Network Design
71 (1.563 %)Penetration Testing
71 (1.563 %)Information Security
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
18 (12.50 %)Java
26 (9.375 %)VB.NET
34 (6.250 %)SQL
34 (6.250 %)JavaScript
42 (3.125 %)C
42 (3.125 %)VB
51 (1.563 %)Python
51 (1.563 %)VBA
51 (1.563 %)VBScript
51 (1.563 %)C#
51 (1.563 %)Perl
51 (1.563 %)Groovy
51 (1.563 %)VB6
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
12 (3.125 %)Degree
21 (1.563 %)Cisco Certification
21 (1.563 %)Microsoft Certification
21 (1.563 %)SAP Certification
21 (1.563 %)CCNA
21 (1.563 %)MCSE
21 (1.563 %)MCSA
21 (1.563 %)Security Cleared
21 (1.563 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (1.563 %)SLA
11 (1.563 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
11 (1.563 %)ISO27001
North West IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
13 (4.688 %)Active Directory
21 (1.563 %)ISA Server
21 (1.563 %)VMware Infrastructure
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
11 (1.563 %)MIMEsweeper
11 (1.563 %)Norton AntiVirus
11 (1.563 %)McAfee ePO
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
110 (15.63 %)Oracle
28 (12.50 %)Microsoft
34 (6.250 %)IBM
43 (4.688 %)SAP
52 (3.125 %)RedDot
52 (3.125 %)Lotus
52 (3.125 %)McAfee
52 (3.125 %)BT
52 (3.125 %)Cisco
61 (1.563 %)Dell
61 (1.563 %)Veritas
61 (1.563 %)Adobe
61 (1.563 %)Sun
61 (1.563 %)Sybase
61 (1.563 %)Websense
61 (1.563 %)Clearswift
61 (1.563 %)Red Hat
61 (1.563 %)Sage
61 (1.563 %)Symantec
61 (1.563 %)Google