The first table below looks at the demand for Intranet 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 Intranet over the 3 months to 22 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Intranet
Rank 107 107 84
Rank change year-on-year
0 -23
Contract jobs citing Intranet 16 23 42
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 0.680% 0.724% 1.395%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 5.333% 4.014% 8.955%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 10 24
Average daily rate £275 £300 £305
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-8.33% -1.63%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £263 £110 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £298 £350 £375
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £300 £323
% change year-on-year
- -6.97%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 4 6
Average hourly rate £112.50 £15.00 £32.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+650.00% -53.12%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £24.50 £16.00 £17.00
% change year-on-year
+53.12% -5.88%
All Communications & Networking
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
300 573 469
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 12.74% 18.04% 15.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 122 226 239
Average daily rate £313 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.69% -0.15%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £173 £175 £232
10% offered a daily rate of more than £464 £460 £398
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £335 £325
% change year-on-year
-5.97% +3.07%
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 £20.75 £25.38 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-18.22% -7.72%
Intranet
England

Intranet
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West Intranet Jobs Demand Trend

Intranet
Daily Rate Trend

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

North West Intranet Daily Rate Trend

Intranet
Hourly Rate Trend

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

North West Intranet Hourly Rate Trend

Intranet
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Intranet across the North West region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

North West Intranet Hourly Rate Histogram

Intranet
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Intranet within the North West region over the 3 months to 22 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 +14 8 £275 +150.00%
Cheshire 0 4 - -
Lancashire +9 3 - -
Intranet
England

Intranet
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing Intranet 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 Intranet.

1 19 (45.24%) SharePoint
1 19 (45.24%) Microsoft
2 16 (38.10%) .NET
3 15 (35.71%) HTML
3 15 (35.71%) CSS
4 14 (33.33%) JavaScript
5 11 (26.19%) CMS
6 10 (23.81%) Internet
7 9 (21.43%) jQuery
8 8 (19.05%) SharePoint 2010
8 8 (19.05%) Project Management
8 8 (19.05%) MS Excel
9 7 (16.67%) Windows
9 7 (16.67%) Migration
10 6 (14.29%) Digital Media
10 6 (14.29%) ASP.NET
10 6 (14.29%) MS Office
11 5 (11.90%) Web Services
11 5 (11.90%) C#
11 5 (11.90%) Oracle
11 5 (11.90%) Extranet
11 5 (11.90%) Ajax
12 4 (9.524%) Enterprise Architecture
12 4 (9.524%) Marketing
12 4 (9.524%) Finite Element Analysis
12 4 (9.524%) Zachman Framework
12 4 (9.524%) TOGAF
12 4 (9.524%) Document Management
12 4 (9.524%) CSS3
12 4 (9.524%) HTML5

Intranet
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing Intranet 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 Intranet. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 16 (38.10%) .NET
2 15 (35.71%) HTML
2 15 (35.71%) CSS
3 9 (21.43%) jQuery
4 6 (14.29%) ASP.NET
5 5 (11.90%) Web Services
5 5 (11.90%) Ajax
6 4 (9.524%) CSS3
6 4 (9.524%) HTML5
6 4 (9.524%) WCF
6 4 (9.524%) Middleware
6 4 (9.524%) XHTML
7 3 (7.143%) XML
7 3 (7.143%) ASP.NET MVC
8 2 (4.762%) .NET Framework
8 2 (4.762%) Backbone.js
8 2 (4.762%) LINQ
8 2 (4.762%) MooTools
8 2 (4.762%) ASP.NET 2.0
8 2 (4.762%) RESTful
Application Platforms
1 19 (45.24%) SharePoint
2 11 (26.19%) CMS
3 8 (19.05%) SharePoint 2010
4 3 (7.143%) LiveLink
5 1 (2.381%) Sitecore CMS
5 1 (2.381%) Lync
5 1 (2.381%) SharePoint Server
5 1 (2.381%) Umbraco
Applications
1 8 (19.05%) MS Excel
2 6 (14.29%) MS Office
3 3 (7.143%) Photoshop
4 2 (4.762%) Fireworks
5 1 (2.381%) MS Visio
5 1 (2.381%) Adobe Illustrator
5 1 (2.381%) MS PowerPoint
5 1 (2.381%) InfoPath
Business Applications
1 4 (9.524%) Oracle EBS
Communications & Networking
1 10 (23.81%) Internet
2 5 (11.90%) Extranet
3 4 (9.524%) RFID
4 1 (2.381%) LAN
4 1 (2.381%) WAN
4 1 (2.381%) Firewall
4 1 (2.381%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (9.524%) Oracle 11g
1 4 (9.524%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.381%) PerformancePoint
Development Applications
1 3 (7.143%) Dreamweaver
2 2 (4.762%) Git (software)
3 1 (2.381%) Visual Studio
3 1 (2.381%) Rhino Mocks
General
1 4 (9.524%) Marketing
2 2 (4.762%) Banking
2 2 (4.762%) Finance
Job Titles
1 16 (38.10%) Developer
2 8 (19.05%) .NET Developer
3 5 (11.90%) SharePoint Developer
3 5 (11.90%) Content Editor
4 4 (9.524%) Technical Leader
4 4 (9.524%) SharePoint Specialist
4 4 (9.524%) Architect
4 4 (9.524%) Web Developer
5 3 (7.143%) Technical Architect
5 3 (7.143%) Consultant
5 3 (7.143%) Analyst
5 3 (7.143%) Designer
5 3 (7.143%) Web Editor
5 3 (7.143%) Web Content Editor
5 3 (7.143%) Lead Architect
6 2 (4.762%) VB.NET Developer
6 2 (4.762%) Web Designer
6 2 (4.762%) ASP.NET Developer
6 2 (4.762%) SharePoint Consultant
6 2 (4.762%) VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (14.29%) Digital Media
2 4 (9.524%) Mainframe
2 4 (9.524%) Management Information System
3 2 (4.762%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 7 (16.67%) Windows
2 2 (4.762%) Windows 7
3 1 (2.381%) UNIX
3 1 (2.381%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (19.05%) Project Management
2 7 (16.67%) Migration
3 4 (9.524%) Enterprise Architecture
3 4 (9.524%) Finite Element Analysis
3 4 (9.524%) Zachman Framework
3 4 (9.524%) TOGAF
3 4 (9.524%) Document Management
3 4 (9.524%) MVC
3 4 (9.524%) Service Management
3 4 (9.524%) ITIL
4 3 (7.143%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (7.143%) User Acceptance Testing
5 2 (4.762%) Test Scripting
5 2 (4.762%) Web Design
5 2 (4.762%) Responsive Web Design
5 2 (4.762%) PRINCE
5 2 (4.762%) Scrum
5 2 (4.762%) PRINCE2
5 2 (4.762%) OO
6 1 (2.381%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 14 (33.33%) JavaScript
2 5 (11.90%) C#
3 4 (9.524%) SQL
4 2 (4.762%) PHP
4 2 (4.762%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 3 (7.143%) SC Cleared
1 3 (7.143%) Security Cleared
2 2 (4.762%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (4.762%) ITIL Certification
System Software
1 2 (4.762%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 19 (45.24%) Microsoft
2 5 (11.90%) Oracle
3 2 (4.762%) Micro Focus
3 2 (4.762%) Compuware
3 2 (4.762%) HP
3 2 (4.762%) IBM
4 1 (2.381%) Adobe
4 1 (2.381%) Sitecore
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