North West Internet Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for Internet skills within the North West region with a comparison to our Communications & Networking category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Internet over the 3 months to 13 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Aberdeen Abingdon Amersham Andover Banbury Barking Basingstoke Beccles Bedford Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Birmingham Bournemouth Bracknell Brentford Brighton Bristol Buckinghamshire Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Channel Islands Cheltenham Cheshire Chester City of London Colchester County Antrim Coventry Crawley Croydon Darlington Dartford Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Dorking Dorset Dunstable Durham East Anglia East Midlands East of England East Sussex East Yorkshire Eastleigh Edinburgh England Essex Farnborough Feltham Gatwick Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Guildford Halifax Hammersmith Hampshire Harrogate Hertford Hertfordshire High Wycombe Horsham Hounslow Hove Hull Ipswich Isle of Man Kegworth Kenilworth Kent Kettering Knutsford Lanarkshire Lancashire Lancaster Leatherhead Leeds Leicestershire Lewisham Liverpool London Luton M4 Corridor Macclesfield Maidenhead Maidstone Manchester Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes New Malden Newbury Newcastle Norfolk North East North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Nottingham Nottinghamshire Nuneaton Otley Oxford Oxfordshire Paddington Peterborough Plymouth Poole Portsmouth Potters Bar Preston Pudsey Reading Reigate Rugby Ruislip Salford Scotland Sheffield Shropshire Slough Somerset South Coast South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Southend-on-Sea St Albans Staffordshire Staines Stirling Stockton-on-Tees Stoke-on-Trent Street Suffolk Sunbury-on-Thames Surrey Swansea Swindon Telford Thames Valley Trowbridge Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wales Walsall Warrington Warwick Warwickshire Welwyn Garden City Wembley West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Wilmslow Wiltshire Witham Woking Wolverhampton Worcester Worcestershire Yorkshire	3 months to 13 Oct 2008	Same period last year
Rank	55	61
Rank change on same period last year	+6
Matching contract IT job ads	81	91
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.115 %	0.092 %
As % of the category below	17.92 %	14.80 %
Daily rates quoted	18	8
Average minimum daily rate	£422	£306
Average daily rate	£427	£311
% change on same period last year	+37.39 %
Average maximum daily rate	£432	£316
UK excluding London average daily rate	£330	£338
% change on same period last year	-2.42 %
Hourly rates quoted	8	15
Average minimum hourly rate	£26.25	£12.61
Average hourly rate	£27.94	£13.68
% change on same period last year	+104.17 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£29.63	£14.76
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£20.87	£26.68
% change on same period last year	-21.78 %
Communications & Networking North West
Matching contract IT job ads	452	615
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.639 %	0.623 %
Daily rates quoted	96	115
Average minimum daily rate	£331	£322
Average daily rate	£345	£334
% change on same period last year	+3.27 %
Average maximum daily rate	£359	£345
UK excluding London average daily rate	£354	£336
% change on same period last year	+5.57 %
Hourly rates quoted	77	91
Average minimum hourly rate	£24.02	£23.32
Average hourly rate	£26.89	£24.38
% change on same period last year	+10.30 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£29.77	£25.45
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£27.44	£28.92
% change on same period last year	-5.09 %
Internet England

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

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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.

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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.

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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 13 October 2008.

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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.

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Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Internet across the North West region over the 3 months to 13 October 2008.

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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 13 October 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
Cheshire	+11	30	£388	+29.46 %
Manchester	-1	27	£562	+151.64 %
Merseyside	-3	10	£383	+13.58 %
Lancashire	+1	3	-	-

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, 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 35 (22.15 %) Windows 2 30 (18.99 %) .NET 3 29 (18.35 %) SQL 4 26 (16.46 %) Oracle 5 25 (15.82 %) C# 6 24 (15.19 %) Intranet 7 23 (14.56 %) Java 7 23 (14.56 %) UNIX 8 22 (13.92 %) ASP.NET 9 18 (11.39 %) HTML 9 18 (11.39 %) ArcIMS 10 17 (10.76 %) GIS 11 16 (10.13 %) Firewall 11 16 (10.13 %) Finance 12 14 (8.861 %) Banking

12 14 (8.861 %) IBM 12 14 (8.861 %) Microsoft 12 14 (8.861 %) Citrix 12 14 (8.861 %) Marketing 13 13 (8.228 %) HP 13 13 (8.228 %) Project Management 13 13 (8.228 %) Mainframe 14 12 (7.595 %) J2EE 14 12 (7.595 %) Solaris 14 12 (7.595 %) E-Commerce 14 12 (7.595 %) Network Security 15 11 (6.962 %) JavaScript 15 11 (6.962 %) PRINCE2 15 11 (6.962 %) Migration 16 10 (6.329 %) ASP

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, 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 30 (18.99 %) .NET 2 22 (13.92 %) ASP.NET 3 18 (11.39 %) HTML 4 12 (7.595 %) J2EE 5 10 (6.329 %) ASP 6 8 (5.063 %) JSP 6 8 (5.063 %) XML 7 7 (4.430 %) CSS 8 6 (3.797 %) JDBC 9 5 (3.165 %) Servlets 9 5 (3.165 %) XHTML 9 5 (3.165 %) Hibernate 10 2 (1.266 %) AJAX 10 2 (1.266 %) WebSphere 10 2 (1.266 %) Middleware 10 2 (1.266 %) WebServices 11 1 (0.633 %) XSL 11 1 (0.633 %) XML Schema 11 1 (0.633 %) ArcObjects 11 1 (0.633 %) WCF	Application Platforms 1 18 (11.39 %) ArcIMS 2 9 (5.696 %) SharePoint 3 8 (5.063 %) IIS 3 8 (5.063 %) Apache 4 6 (3.797 %) WebLogic 4 6 (3.797 %) ArcGIS 5 5 (3.165 %) SharePoint Server 2007 6 4 (2.532 %) Morello 6 4 (2.532 %) CMS 7 3 (1.899 %) Oracle 10gAS 8 2 (1.266 %) ColdFusion 8 2 (1.266 %) Tomcat 9 1 (0.633 %) WebSphere Application Server 9 1 (0.633 %) ArcSDE 9 1 (0.633 %) ESB 9 1 (0.633 %) Immediacy CMS 9 1 (0.633 %) WorkSite
Applications 1 9 (5.696 %) MS Excel 2 7 (4.430 %) MS Office 3 2 (1.266 %) MS PowerPoint 4 1 (0.633 %) Photoshop 4 1 (0.633 %) MS Project	Business Applications 1 4 (2.532 %) WebTrends 2 3 (1.899 %) Axapta 2 3 (1.899 %) Oracle Applications 3 2 (1.266 %) Dynamics AX 4 1 (0.633 %) Dynamics CRM 4 1 (0.633 %) PeopleSoft Financials 4 1 (0.633 %) Oracle EBS
Communications & Networking 1 24 (15.19 %) Intranet 2 16 (10.13 %) Firewall 3 12 (7.595 %) Network Security 4 9 (5.696 %) DNS 5 8 (5.063 %) BIG-IP 6 7 (4.430 %) Extranet 7 6 (3.797 %) TCP/IP 8 5 (3.165 %) FTP 8 5 (3.165 %) WAN 9 4 (2.532 %) Ethernet 9 4 (2.532 %) LAN 9 4 (2.532 %) HTTP 9 4 (2.532 %) VPN 10 2 (1.266 %) SNMP 10 2 (1.266 %) MPLS 10 2 (1.266 %) Broadband 10 2 (1.266 %) SMTP 10 2 (1.266 %) VLAN 10 2 (1.266 %) IMAP 10 2 (1.266 %) SSL	Database & Business Intelligence 1 17 (10.76 %) GIS 2 8 (5.063 %) Oracle 10g 3 7 (4.430 %) SQL Server 4 4 (2.532 %) MySQL 4 4 (2.532 %) Oracle Discoverer 4 4 (2.532 %) SQL Server 2000 5 3 (1.899 %) SQL Server 2005 5 3 (1.899 %) ETL 5 3 (1.899 %) Oracle Reports 6 2 (1.266 %) Oracle 8/8i 7 1 (0.633 %) Oracle 9i 7 1 (0.633 %) Datawarehouse 7 1 (0.633 %) Data Mining 7 1 (0.633 %) RDBMS
Development Applications 1 8 (5.063 %) PeopleTools 2 4 (2.532 %) Dreamweaver 2 4 (2.532 %) Flash 3 3 (1.899 %) Eclipse 3 3 (1.899 %) Ant 3 3 (1.899 %) Visual Studio 3 3 (1.899 %) MorphX 4 1 (0.633 %) QARun	General 1 16 (10.13 %) Finance 2 14 (8.861 %) Banking 2 14 (8.861 %) Marketing 3 8 (5.063 %) Law 4 6 (3.797 %) Government 5 4 (2.532 %) Retail 6 3 (1.899 %) Publishing 6 3 (1.899 %) Online Banking 6 3 (1.899 %) Pharmaceutical 6 3 (1.899 %) Telecoms 7 2 (1.266 %) Health 7 2 (1.266 %) Advertising 7 2 (1.266 %) Insurance 8 1 (0.633 %) Retail Banking 8 1 (0.633 %) International Banking 8 1 (0.633 %) General Ledger 8 1 (0.633 %) Auditing 8 1 (0.633 %) Education
Job Titles 1 49 (31.01 %) Developer 2 13 (8.228 %) Architect 2 13 (8.228 %) Project Manager 3 10 (6.329 %) Infrastructure Designer 4 8 (5.063 %) PeopleSoft Developer 5 7 (4.430 %) Solutions Architect 6 6 (3.797 %) Administrator 6 6 (3.797 %) Java Developer 7 5 (3.165 %) Technical Specialist 7 5 (3.165 %) GIS Developer 7 5 (3.165 %) Applications Developer 7 5 (3.165 %) Tester 7 5 (3.165 %) Analyst 8 4 (2.532 %) Consultant 8 4 (2.532 %) .NET Developer 8 4 (2.532 %) Systems Engineer 8 4 (2.532 %) Support Analyst 8 4 (2.532 %) Technical Manager 8 4 (2.532 %) Team Leader 8 4 (2.532 %) Network Support	Miscellaneous 1 13 (8.228 %) Mainframe 2 4 (2.532 %) Taxonomies 3 3 (1.899 %) PKI 3 3 (1.899 %) NHS 4 2 (1.266 %) Computer Science 5 1 (0.633 %) Dutch Language 5 1 (0.633 %) French Language 5 1 (0.633 %) Italian Language 5 1 (0.633 %) Semantic Web 5 1 (0.633 %) Client/Server 5 1 (0.633 %) Handset 5 1 (0.633 %) E-Learning 5 1 (0.633 %) Mathematics
Operating Systems 1 35 (22.15 %) Windows 2 23 (14.56 %) UNIX 3 12 (7.595 %) Solaris 4 3 (1.899 %) Linux 5 2 (1.266 %) Windows 2000 5 2 (1.266 %) Windows XP 5 2 (1.266 %) Windows Server 2003 5 2 (1.266 %) Debian 5 2 (1.266 %) AIX 5 2 (1.266 %) HPUX 6 1 (0.633 %) Fedora 6 1 (0.633 %) Windows Vista 6 1 (0.633 %) Windows 2000 Server 6 1 (0.633 %) CentOS 6 1 (0.633 %) Red Hat Linux	Processes & Methodologies 1 13 (8.228 %) Project Management 2 12 (7.595 %) E-Commerce 3 11 (6.962 %) PRINCE2 3 11 (6.962 %) Migration 4 10 (6.329 %) UML 4 10 (6.329 %) OO 5 8 (5.063 %) Internet Marketing 6 6 (3.797 %) Web Development 6 6 (3.797 %) Security Cleared 7 5 (3.165 %) Time Management 7 5 (3.165 %) Content Management 8 4 (2.532 %) CRM 8 4 (2.532 %) Project Planning 9 3 (1.899 %) User Acceptance Testing 9 3 (1.899 %) Test Scripting 9 3 (1.899 %) CTC Cleared 9 3 (1.899 %) ITIL 9 3 (1.899 %) Validation 9 3 (1.899 %) TOGAF 9 3 (1.899 %) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages 1 29 (18.35 %) SQL 2 25 (15.82 %) C# 3 23 (14.56 %) Java 4 11 (6.962 %) JavaScript 5 8 (5.063 %) PeopleCode 5 8 (5.063 %) SQR 6 7 (4.430 %) PL/SQL 7 3 (1.899 %) X++ 7 3 (1.899 %) PHP 8 1 (0.633 %) C 8 1 (0.633 %) VBScript 8 1 (0.633 %) Perl 8 1 (0.633 %) C++ 8 1 (0.633 %) PHP5 8 1 (0.633 %) DataFlex	Qualifications 1 8 (5.063 %) Degree 2 2 (1.266 %) MCSE 2 2 (1.266 %) CCNA 2 2 (1.266 %) ISEB 2 2 (1.266 %) Cisco Certification 2 2 (1.266 %) Microsoft Certification 2 2 (1.266 %) PRINCE2 Certification 3 1 (0.633 %) CCVP 3 1 (0.633 %) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 8 (5.063 %) QA 2 7 (4.430 %) SLA 3 1 (0.633 %) ISO17799	System Software 1 5 (3.165 %) Active Directory 2 4 (2.532 %) ISA Server 2 4 (2.532 %) ClearTrust 3 2 (1.266 %) NDS 4 1 (0.633 %) VMware ESX 4 1 (0.633 %) MailMarshal 4 1 (0.633 %) Citrix Presentation Server 4 1 (0.633 %) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management 1 2 (1.266 %) Nagios	Vendors 1 26 (16.46 %) Oracle 2 14 (8.861 %) IBM 2 14 (8.861 %) Microsoft 2 14 (8.861 %) Citrix 3 13 (8.228 %) HP 4 9 (5.696 %) ESRI 5 8 (5.063 %) PeopleSoft 6 7 (4.430 %) Cisco 6 7 (4.430 %) Google 7 4 (2.532 %) CheckPoint 8 3 (1.899 %) Novell 9 2 (1.266 %) Siemens 9 2 (1.266 %) Red Hat 9 2 (1.266 %) NetApp 9 2 (1.266 %) VMware 10 1 (0.633 %) Blue Coat 10 1 (0.633 %) BT 10 1 (0.633 %) Anite 10 1 (0.633 %) Nokia 10 1 (0.633 %) Sun