The first table below looks at the demand for the IT Graduate role 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 IT Graduate in their job title 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 Job Titles advertised 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
IT Graduate
Rank - - -
Contract jobs requiring an IT Graduate 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West - - -
As % of the Job Titles category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate - £100 £438
% change year-on-year
- -77.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £8.50
All Job Titles
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
2173 2851 2817
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 93.22% 91.64% 92.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 1036 1402 1393
Average daily rate £338 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.84% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £210 £225 £185
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £475 £468
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 170 171 189
Average hourly rate £17.50 £19.50 £18.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-10.25% +8.33%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.50 £12.50 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £33.32 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
IT Graduate
England

IT Graduate
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West IT Graduate Jobs Demand Trend

IT Graduate
Daily Rate Trend

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

North West IT Graduate Daily Rate Trend

IT Graduate
Hourly Rate Trend

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

North West IT Graduate Hourly Rate Trend

IT Graduate
Top 8 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region that cited IT Graduate in their job title 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 with IT Graduate in their job title.

1 1 (50.00%) HND
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (50.00%) Project Management
1 1 (50.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
1 1 (50.00%) MS Project Server
1 1 (50.00%) MS Project

IT Graduate
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region that cited IT Graduate in their job title 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 with IT Graduate in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 1 (50.00%) MS Project Server
Applications
1 1 (50.00%) MS Project
General
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Project Management
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) HND
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft