The first table below looks at the demand for the Junior 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 Junior 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
Junior
Rank 102 109 112
Rank change year-on-year
+7 +3
Contract jobs requiring a Junior 16 23 14
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 0.686% 0.739% 0.459%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.736% 0.807% 0.497%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 9 6
Average daily rate £170 £275 £125
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-38.18% +120.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £141 £173 £98
10% offered a daily rate of more than £284 £361 £263
UK excluding London average daily rate £229 £260 £200
% change year-on-year
-12.01% +30.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 4 5
Average hourly rate £12.90 £19.50 £16.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-33.84% +21.87%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.96 £16.50 £19.00
% change year-on-year
-9.33% -13.15%
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%
Junior
England

Junior
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West Junior Jobs Demand Trend

Junior
Daily Rate Trend

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

North West Junior Daily Rate Trend

Junior
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Junior across the North West region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

North West Junior Daily Rate Histogram

Junior
Hourly Rate Trend

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

North West Junior Hourly Rate Trend

Junior
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Junior within the North West region over the 3 months to 24 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 +6 10 £168 -36.19%
Cheshire +3 5 £185 -
Lancashire +6 1 - -
Junior
England

Junior
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 6 (23.08%) HTML
1 6 (23.08%) SQL
1 6 (23.08%) .NET
1 6 (23.08%) XML
2 5 (19.23%) C#
2 5 (19.23%) JavaScript
2 5 (19.23%) PHP
2 5 (19.23%) CSS
2 5 (19.23%) Computer Science
3 4 (15.38%) ASP.NET
3 4 (15.38%) OO
3 4 (15.38%) Finance
4 3 (11.54%) Linux
4 3 (11.54%) Web Services
4 3 (11.54%) SQL Server
4 3 (11.54%) Degree
4 3 (11.54%) jQuery
5 2 (7.692%) Web Development
5 2 (7.692%) Ajax
5 2 (7.692%) Derivative
5 2 (7.692%) Subversion
5 2 (7.692%) Apple iOS
5 2 (7.692%) CentOS
5 2 (7.692%) CSS3
5 2 (7.692%) Photoshop
5 2 (7.692%) XSD
5 2 (7.692%) XSL
5 2 (7.692%) XSLT
5 2 (7.692%) MySQL
5 2 (7.692%) Data Warehouse

Junior
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 6 (23.08%) HTML
1 6 (23.08%) .NET
1 6 (23.08%) XML
2 5 (19.23%) CSS
3 4 (15.38%) ASP.NET
4 3 (11.54%) Web Services
4 3 (11.54%) jQuery
5 2 (7.692%) Ajax
5 2 (7.692%) CSS3
5 2 (7.692%) XSD
5 2 (7.692%) XSL
5 2 (7.692%) XSLT
6 1 (3.846%) J2EE
6 1 (3.846%) ASP
6 1 (3.846%) .NET Framework
Application Platforms
1 2 (7.692%) CMS
2 1 (3.846%) SharePoint
2 1 (3.846%) SharePoint 2013
2 1 (3.846%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 2 (7.692%) Photoshop
1 2 (7.692%) Adobe Illustrator
2 1 (3.846%) InDesign
2 1 (3.846%) MS Office
2 1 (3.846%) Mingle
2 1 (3.846%) MS PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.846%) Firewall
1 1 (3.846%) Intranet
1 1 (3.846%) Internet
1 1 (3.846%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (11.54%) SQL Server
2 2 (7.692%) MySQL
2 2 (7.692%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (3.846%) GIS
Development Applications
1 2 (7.692%) Subversion
2 1 (3.846%) Dreamweaver
General
1 4 (15.38%) Finance
2 1 (3.846%) Legal
2 1 (3.846%) Marketing
2 1 (3.846%) Banking
Miscellaneous
1 5 (19.23%) Computer Science
2 2 (7.692%) Derivative
3 1 (3.846%) Management Information System
3 1 (3.846%) NHS
3 1 (3.846%) W3C
3 1 (3.846%) Blackberry
3 1 (3.846%) Digital Media
3 1 (3.846%) Mobile App
3 1 (3.846%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 3 (11.54%) Linux
2 2 (7.692%) Apple iOS
2 2 (7.692%) CentOS
3 1 (3.846%) Windows
3 1 (3.846%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (15.38%) OO
2 2 (7.692%) Web Development
2 2 (7.692%) Web Design
2 2 (7.692%) Migration
3 1 (3.846%) Information Security
3 1 (3.846%) Service Delivery
3 1 (3.846%) Project Management
3 1 (3.846%) E-Commerce
3 1 (3.846%) PRINCE2
3 1 (3.846%) Matrix Management
3 1 (3.846%) Security Architecture
3 1 (3.846%) Information Architecture
3 1 (3.846%) Content Management
3 1 (3.846%) Ethical Hacking
3 1 (3.846%) Requirements Analysis
3 1 (3.846%) Incident Management
3 1 (3.846%) Computer Security
3 1 (3.846%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 6 (23.08%) SQL
2 5 (19.23%) C#
2 5 (19.23%) JavaScript
2 5 (19.23%) PHP
3 1 (3.846%) Objective-C
3 1 (3.846%) Java
Qualifications
1 3 (11.54%) Degree
2 1 (3.846%) CISSP
2 1 (3.846%) EnCE
2 1 (3.846%) CEH
2 1 (3.846%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
2 1 (3.846%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (7.692%) Red Hat
1 2 (7.692%) Microsoft
1 2 (7.692%) Adobe
2 1 (3.846%) Hyperion
2 1 (3.846%) Quark
2 1 (3.846%) Twitter
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