LiveLink Contracts in the North West
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for LiveLink 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 LiveLink over the 3 months to 23 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 Application Platforms 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
23 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Open Text LiveLink
Rank 115 122 126
Rank change year-on-year
+7 +4
Contract jobs citing LiveLink 3 7 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 0.128% 0.224% 0.032%
As % of the Application Platforms category 0.726% 1.178% 0.202%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
Average daily rate £475 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £450 £367 £350
% change year-on-year
+22.62% +4.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 1
Average hourly rate - £17.00 £17.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -2.85%
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £18.50 £17.50
% change year-on-year
- +5.71%
All Application Platforms
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category		 413 594 494
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 17.62% 19.03% 15.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 184 305 263
Average daily rate £300 £319 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.80% -9.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £196 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £444 £450 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £345
% change year-on-year
- -5.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 40 34
Average hourly rate £19.00 £17.51 £17.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+8.50% +0.05%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.50 £13.70 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £33.00 £30.00 £37.20
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £20.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year
-5.00% -2.43%
LiveLink
England

LiveLink
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West LiveLink Jobs Demand Trend

LiveLink
Daily Rate Trend

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

North West LiveLink Daily Rate Trend

LiveLink
Hourly Rate Trend

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

North West LiveLink Hourly Rate Trend

LiveLink
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing LiveLink within the North West region over the 3 months to 23 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
Cheshire - 2 £475 -
Manchester +6 1 - -
LiveLink
England

LiveLink
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing LiveLink 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 LiveLink.

1 7 (53.85%) Microsoft
2 5 (38.46%) MS Office
2 5 (38.46%) SAP
2 5 (38.46%) MS Excel
2 5 (38.46%) Incident Management
3 4 (30.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (30.77%) ServiceCenter
3 4 (30.77%) Test Scripting
3 4 (30.77%) BS25999
3 4 (30.77%) SC Cleared
3 4 (30.77%) Security Cleared
3 4 (30.77%) Windows 7
3 4 (30.77%) Open Text
3 4 (30.77%) MS PowerPoint
3 4 (30.77%) MCDST
3 4 (30.77%) MCITP
3 4 (30.77%) Lotus
3 4 (30.77%) SAP HR
3 4 (30.77%) Windows XP
3 4 (30.77%) MS Visio
3 4 (30.77%) ISO 9000
3 4 (30.77%) MS Project
3 4 (30.77%) ITIL
3 4 (30.77%) MCP
3 4 (30.77%) Windows
3 4 (30.77%) Lotus Notes
3 4 (30.77%) MCSE
3 4 (30.77%) Active Directory
3 4 (30.77%) OpenView
3 4 (30.77%) HP

LiveLink
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing LiveLink 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 LiveLink. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (15.38%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 4 (30.77%) Lotus Notes
2 3 (23.08%) SharePoint
3 2 (15.38%) Documentum
3 2 (15.38%) CMS
Applications
1 5 (38.46%) MS Office
1 5 (38.46%) MS Excel
2 4 (30.77%) MS PowerPoint
2 4 (30.77%) MS Visio
2 4 (30.77%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 4 (30.77%) SAP HR
2 1 (7.692%) Maximo
2 1 (7.692%) SAP QM
2 1 (7.692%) TrackWise
Communications & Networking
1 2 (15.38%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.692%) EDMS
General
1 1 (7.692%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 5 (38.46%) Analyst
1 5 (38.46%) Support Analyst
2 4 (30.77%) Infrastructure Support Analyst
2 4 (30.77%) Consultant
2 4 (30.77%) Infrastructure Analyst
3 2 (15.38%) SharePoint Developer
3 2 (15.38%) .NET Developer
3 2 (15.38%) Developer
4 1 (7.692%) Applications Support
4 1 (7.692%) Applications Support Analyst
4 1 (7.692%) IT Project Manager
4 1 (7.692%) Functional Consultant
4 1 (7.692%) Document Controller
4 1 (7.692%) Project Manager
4 1 (7.692%) Quality Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.692%) SaaS
1 1 (7.692%) Management Information System
1 1 (7.692%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 4 (30.77%) Windows 7
1 4 (30.77%) Windows XP
1 4 (30.77%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (38.46%) Incident Management
2 4 (30.77%) Test Scripting
2 4 (30.77%) ITIL
3 2 (15.38%) Document Management
4 1 (7.692%) Information Management
4 1 (7.692%) Project Management
4 1 (7.692%) Quality Management
4 1 (7.692%) Validation
4 1 (7.692%) Migration
4 1 (7.692%) PRINCE
Qualifications
1 4 (30.77%) SC Cleared
1 4 (30.77%) Security Cleared
1 4 (30.77%) MCDST
1 4 (30.77%) MCITP
1 4 (30.77%) MCP
1 4 (30.77%) MCSE
1 4 (30.77%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (7.692%) PRINCE2 Certification
2 1 (7.692%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (30.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 4 (30.77%) BS25999
1 4 (30.77%) ISO 9000
2 1 (7.692%) GxP
2 1 (7.692%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (30.77%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (30.77%) ServiceCenter
1 4 (30.77%) OpenView
Vendors
1 7 (53.85%) Microsoft
2 5 (38.46%) SAP
3 4 (30.77%) Open Text
3 4 (30.77%) Lotus
3 4 (30.77%) HP
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