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

The first 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 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 Communications & Networking 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
Internet
Rank 81 46 51
Rank change year-on-year
-35 +5
Contract jobs citing Internet 37 106 83
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 1.578% 3.395% 2.677%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 12.21% 18.83% 17.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 45 49
Average daily rate £303 £375 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-19.20% +7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £275 £234
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £488 £355
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £325 £350
% change year-on-year
-3.07% -7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 6 8
Average hourly rate £14.75 £17.50 £13.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-15.71% +27.27%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.55 £14.00 £11.20
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.95 £22.50 £33.55
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.50 £15.00 £18.50
% change year-on-year
-3.33% -18.91%
All Communications & Networking
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category		 303 563 481
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 12.93% 18.03% 15.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 123 223 245
Average daily rate £313 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.84% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £174 £175 £238
10% offered a daily rate of more than £462 £461 £398
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £338 £325
% change year-on-year
-6.66% +3.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 36 45
Average hourly rate £22.00 £20.93 £36.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+5.11% -41.86%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.50 £14.00 £12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £30.00 £40.40
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.50 £25.38 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-15.27% -7.72%
Internet
England

Internet
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total 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 Jobs Demand Trend

Internet
Daily Rate Trend

This 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

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

North West Internet Daily Rate Histogram

Internet
Hourly Rate Trend

This 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 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 -5 22 £302 -13.85%
Cheshire -13 11 £275 -38.88%
Lancashire -2 2 £356 -10.93%
Internet
England

Internet
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, 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.

1 26 (23.42%) Finance
1 26 (23.42%) SQL
2 23 (20.72%) Oracle
3 19 (17.12%) Java
3 19 (17.12%) E-Commerce
4 18 (16.22%) Banking
5 17 (15.32%) OO
5 17 (15.32%) JavaScript
5 17 (15.32%) SQL Server
5 17 (15.32%) IBM
6 16 (14.41%) HTML
6 16 (14.41%) UNIX
6 16 (14.41%) Windows
6 16 (14.41%) Oracle 11g
7 15 (13.51%) WebSphere
7 15 (13.51%) Microsoft
7 15 (13.51%) Agile Software Development
8 14 (12.61%) Retail
8 14 (12.61%) Subversion
8 14 (12.61%) Project Management
8 14 (12.61%) XML
9 13 (11.71%) Linux
9 13 (11.71%) UML
9 13 (11.71%) DB2
9 13 (11.71%) Active Directory
9 13 (11.71%) Middleware
9 13 (11.71%) TDD
9 13 (11.71%) Ajax
10 12 (10.81%) Web 2.0
10 12 (10.81%) Oracle RAC

Internet
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, 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.

Application Development
1 16 (14.41%) HTML
2 15 (13.51%) WebSphere
3 14 (12.61%) XML
4 13 (11.71%) Middleware
4 13 (11.71%) Ajax
5 12 (10.81%) XHTML
6 11 (9.910%) .NET
7 10 (9.009%) J2EE
7 10 (9.009%) ASP.NET
7 10 (9.009%) Web Services
7 10 (9.009%) XSLT
8 9 (8.108%) JDBC
8 9 (8.108%) JSP
8 9 (8.108%) Servlets
9 8 (7.207%) XMLBeans
9 8 (7.207%) JSTL
9 8 (7.207%) WCF
9 8 (7.207%) EJB
9 8 (7.207%) Struts
9 8 (7.207%) JMS
Application Platforms
1 10 (9.009%) WebSphere Application Server
1 10 (9.009%) MS Exchange
2 8 (7.207%) MQSeries
3 5 (4.505%) CICS
3 5 (4.505%) SharePoint
3 5 (4.505%) WebLogic
4 1 (0.901%) WebSphere MQ
4 1 (0.901%) IIS
4 1 (0.901%) MSMQ
4 1 (0.901%) Apache
4 1 (0.901%) Oracle Workflow
4 1 (0.901%) Exchange Server 2010
4 1 (0.901%) ESB
4 1 (0.901%) Exchange Server 2003
4 1 (0.901%) SharePoint Server
4 1 (0.901%) Mule
4 1 (0.901%) WebSphere Portal
4 1 (0.901%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 7 (6.306%) MS Excel
2 5 (4.505%) MS Office
3 3 (2.703%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.901%) Acrobat
4 1 (0.901%) MS Project
4 1 (0.901%) Photoshop
4 1 (0.901%) Adobe Illustrator
4 1 (0.901%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.901%) Office 365
4 1 (0.901%) MS PowerPoint
4 1 (0.901%) InfoPath
Business Applications
1 8 (7.207%) Tridion
2 5 (4.505%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.901%) ResourceLink
3 1 (0.901%) Oracle EBS R12
Communications & Networking
1 11 (9.910%) Firewall
2 10 (9.009%) Intranet
3 8 (7.207%) Extranet
3 8 (7.207%) LAN
3 8 (7.207%) TCP/IP
4 6 (5.405%) Intrusion Detection
4 6 (5.405%) WAN
5 5 (4.505%) VPN
6 4 (3.604%) NetScreen
6 4 (3.604%) RFID
6 4 (3.604%) SAN
6 4 (3.604%) SNA
7 1 (0.901%) SMTP
7 1 (0.901%) DHCP
7 1 (0.901%) Ethernet
7 1 (0.901%) SSL
7 1 (0.901%) ADSL
7 1 (0.901%) DNS
7 1 (0.901%) IP Telephony
7 1 (0.901%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (15.32%) SQL Server
2 16 (14.41%) Oracle 11g
3 13 (11.71%) DB2
4 9 (8.108%) RDBMS
5 5 (4.505%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.901%) TOAD
6 1 (0.901%) OLTP
6 1 (0.901%) Oracle Discoverer
6 1 (0.901%) SQL Server 2000
6 1 (0.901%) Informix
6 1 (0.901%) Oracle Reports
6 1 (0.901%) MS Access
6 1 (0.901%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (0.901%) GIS
6 1 (0.901%) SQL Server 2005
6 1 (0.901%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 14 (12.61%) Subversion
2 9 (8.108%) Eclipse
2 9 (8.108%) JUnit
3 8 (7.207%) Log4j
3 8 (7.207%) Ant
3 8 (7.207%) WebSphere Studio Application Developer
4 4 (3.604%) MTASC
5 3 (2.703%) JIRA
6 2 (1.802%) Rational DOORS
7 1 (0.901%) TortoiseSVN
General
1 26 (23.42%) Finance
2 18 (16.22%) Banking
3 14 (12.61%) Retail
4 8 (7.207%) Games
5 7 (6.306%) Telecoms
6 5 (4.505%) Investment Banking
7 2 (1.802%) Automotive
7 2 (1.802%) Law
7 2 (1.802%) Legal
7 2 (1.802%) Publishing
7 2 (1.802%) Multimedia
7 2 (1.802%) Electronics
8 1 (0.901%) Financial Institution
8 1 (0.901%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 35 (31.53%) Developer
2 13 (11.71%) Consultant
3 11 (9.910%) Oracle Consultant
3 11 (9.910%) Project Manager
4 10 (9.009%) Analyst
4 10 (9.009%) Architect
4 10 (9.009%) Oracle Developer
5 9 (8.108%) .NET Developer
5 9 (8.108%) Java Developer
6 8 (7.207%) Java/J2EE Developer
6 8 (7.207%) J2EE Developer
7 5 (4.505%) Copywriter
7 5 (4.505%) Designer
8 4 (3.604%) Technical Leader
8 4 (3.604%) Business Analyst
8 4 (3.604%) Technical Architect
8 4 (3.604%) Infrastructure Project Manager
8 4 (3.604%) Flash Developer
8 4 (3.604%) Infrastructure Architect
8 4 (3.604%) Infrastructure Manager
Miscellaneous
1 12 (10.81%) Web 2.0
2 8 (7.207%) Mainframe
3 7 (6.306%) Mobile Banking
4 6 (5.405%) Management Information System
5 5 (4.505%) Online Banking
6 4 (3.604%) IBM Mainframe
6 4 (3.604%) Embedded Systems
6 4 (3.604%) VSAM
7 3 (2.703%) Computer Science
7 3 (2.703%) PKI
8 2 (1.802%) Social Media
8 2 (1.802%) Interactive TV
8 2 (1.802%) Mathematics
8 2 (1.802%) Social Network
8 2 (1.802%) Mobile App
8 2 (1.802%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (1.802%) New Media
8 2 (1.802%) Streaming Video
8 2 (1.802%) W3C
8 2 (1.802%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 16 (14.41%) UNIX
1 16 (14.41%) Windows
2 13 (11.71%) Linux
3 10 (9.009%) Solaris
4 9 (8.108%) HPUX
5 8 (7.207%) Windows Server 2008
6 4 (3.604%) Windows Server 2003
6 4 (3.604%) VMS
7 3 (2.703%) AIX
8 2 (1.802%) Android
8 2 (1.802%) Apple iOS
8 2 (1.802%) Windows XP
9 1 (0.901%) Mac OS X
9 1 (0.901%) zOS
9 1 (0.901%) Embedded Linux
9 1 (0.901%) Windows 7
9 1 (0.901%) Windows 2000 Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (17.12%) E-Commerce
2 17 (15.32%) OO
3 15 (13.51%) Agile Software Development
4 14 (12.61%) Project Management
5 13 (11.71%) UML
5 13 (11.71%) TDD
6 12 (10.81%) Content Management
7 11 (9.910%) Migration
7 11 (9.910%) Scrum
8 8 (7.207%) User Acceptance Testing
8 8 (7.207%) MVC
8 8 (7.207%) ITIL
8 8 (7.207%) RAD
9 6 (5.405%) Test Scripting
9 6 (5.405%) PRINCE2
10 5 (4.505%) OOP
10 5 (4.505%) Change Management
10 5 (4.505%) Disaster Recovery
10 5 (4.505%) Information Architecture
11 4 (3.604%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 26 (23.42%) SQL
2 19 (17.12%) Java
3 17 (15.32%) JavaScript
4 9 (8.108%) Perl
4 9 (8.108%) XPath
4 9 (8.108%) Bash shell
5 8 (7.207%) C#
6 7 (6.306%) C++
6 7 (6.306%) ActionScript
7 6 (5.405%) ActionScript 2.0
8 4 (3.604%) JCL
9 2 (1.802%) VB.NET
9 2 (1.802%) PHP
9 2 (1.802%) PL/SQL
10 1 (0.901%) Embedded C
10 1 (0.901%) Assembly Language
10 1 (0.901%) C
10 1 (0.901%) VBA
10 1 (0.901%) VB
10 1 (0.901%) VB6
Qualifications
1 6 (5.405%) Degree
2 5 (4.505%) Microsoft Certification
3 4 (3.604%) Security Cleared
4 3 (2.703%) A+ Certification
5 2 (1.802%) SC Cleared
5 2 (1.802%) BC Cleared
5 2 (1.802%) MCITP
5 2 (1.802%) MCTS
5 2 (1.802%) EnCE
5 2 (1.802%) CEH
5 2 (1.802%) MCP
5 2 (1.802%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 2 (1.802%) CISSP
6 1 (0.901%) ISEB
6 1 (0.901%) CIPD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (1.802%) SLA
System Software
1 13 (11.71%) Active Directory
2 12 (10.81%) Oracle RAC
3 5 (4.505%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (3.604%) Hyper-V
4 4 (3.604%) XenServer
5 3 (2.703%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
6 1 (0.901%) Terminal Services
6 1 (0.901%) XenDesktop
6 1 (0.901%) XenApp
6 1 (0.901%) UAG
Systems Management
1 7 (6.306%) Oracle Identity Management
2 4 (3.604%) SCCM
2 4 (3.604%) Norton AntiVirus
2 4 (3.604%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
3 3 (2.703%) Tivoli
4 2 (1.802%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
5 1 (0.901%) CiscoWorks
5 1 (0.901%) HP Quality Center
5 1 (0.901%) Data Guard
Vendors
1 23 (20.72%) Oracle
2 17 (15.32%) IBM
3 15 (13.51%) Microsoft
4 9 (8.108%) Citrix
4 9 (8.108%) ATG
4 9 (8.108%) Blue Martini
5 8 (7.207%) Elastic Path
5 8 (7.207%) Interwoven
6 7 (6.306%) Cisco
6 7 (6.306%) HP
7 6 (5.405%) VMware
8 5 (4.505%) Symantec
9 4 (3.604%) Veritas
10 3 (2.703%) CA
10 3 (2.703%) CheckPoint
10 3 (2.703%) Brocade
10 3 (2.703%) Kaspersky
11 2 (1.802%) F5
11 2 (1.802%) Facebook
11 2 (1.802%) Twitter
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