The first table below looks at the demand for LINC 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 LINC 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 of the Programming Languages 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
LINC 4GL
Rank - - -
Contract jobs citing LINC 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West - - -
As % of the Programming Languages category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £213 - £400
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Programming Languages
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
763 1036 898
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 32.73% 33.30% 29.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 389 568 497
Average daily rate £315 £315 £320
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -1.56%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £238 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £425 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 54 44
Average hourly rate £34.50 £21.86 £27.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+57.82% -20.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.50 £14.90 £15.10
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £112.50 £37.00 £41.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+1.44% -1.42%
LINC
England

LINC
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West LINC Jobs Demand Trend

LINC
Daily Rate Trend

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

North West LINC Daily Rate Trend