The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Marketing 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 Marketing over the 3 months to 21 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 terms in our General 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Marketing
Rank 89 103 95
Rank change year-on-year
+14 -8
Contract jobs citing Marketing 30 32 35
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 1.271% 1.015% 1.163%
As % of the General category 3.546% 2.938% 2.722%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 22 16
Average daily rate £275 £350 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-21.42% +16.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £248 £275 £243
10% offered a daily rate of more than £327 £550 £413
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £338 £338
% change year-on-year
+3.70% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 2 1
Average hourly rate £19.00 £20.00 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-5.00% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £16.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year
+15.15% -17.50%
All of the General Category
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
846 1089 1286
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 35.83% 34.53% 42.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 394 578 719
Average daily rate £353 £350 £328
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+0.85% +6.87%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £239 £275 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £513 £473
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 52 39 50
Average hourly rate £19.04 £20.00 £18.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-4.80% +11.11%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.30 £12.50 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £50.56 £30.00 £42.70
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £25.00 £26.50
% change year-on-year
- -5.66%
Marketing
England

Marketing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West Marketing Jobs Demand Trend

Marketing
Daily Rate Trend

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

North West Marketing Daily Rate Trend

Marketing
Hourly Rate Trend

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

North West Marketing Hourly Rate Trend

Marketing
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Marketing across the North West region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

North West Marketing Hourly Rate Histogram

Marketing
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Marketing within the North West region over the 3 months to 21 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 +22 16 £275 -50.00%
Cheshire +1 6 - -
Merseyside - 4 £250 -
Lancashire +8 3 £288 -31.54%
Marketing
England

Marketing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing Marketing 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 Marketing.

1 16 (25.00%) HTML
2 15 (23.44%) CSS
3 14 (21.88%) Finance
4 13 (20.31%) Retail
4 13 (20.31%) JavaScript
4 13 (20.31%) SQL
4 13 (20.31%) Microsoft
5 11 (17.19%) PHP
6 10 (15.63%) CRM
6 10 (15.63%) Digital Marketing
7 9 (14.06%) Business Intelligence
8 8 (12.50%) Photoshop
8 8 (12.50%) Business Analysis
8 8 (12.50%) Social Media
9 7 (10.94%) MS Office
9 7 (10.94%) E-Commerce
9 7 (10.94%) SAS
10 6 (9.375%) Project Management
10 6 (9.375%) Windows
10 6 (9.375%) SAP
10 6 (9.375%) C#
10 6 (9.375%) Business Objects
10 6 (9.375%) .NET
10 6 (9.375%) Telecoms
10 6 (9.375%) Windows 7
10 6 (9.375%) Dynamics CRM
10 6 (9.375%) Unica
10 6 (9.375%) Unica Affinium
11 5 (7.813%) Direct Marketing
11 5 (7.813%) Content Management

Marketing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing Marketing 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 Marketing. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 16 (25.00%) HTML
2 15 (23.44%) CSS
3 6 (9.375%) .NET
4 5 (7.813%) ASP.NET
5 4 (6.250%) jQuery
6 3 (4.688%) CSS3
6 3 (4.688%) HTML5
6 3 (4.688%) CodeIgniter
6 3 (4.688%) Ajax
7 2 (3.125%) XML
7 2 (3.125%) XSL
7 2 (3.125%) ASP.NET 2.0
7 2 (3.125%) Node.js
8 1 (1.563%) Backbone.js
8 1 (1.563%) Sass
8 1 (1.563%) WCF
8 1 (1.563%) Symfony
8 1 (1.563%) V-Ray
8 1 (1.563%) LAMP
8 1 (1.563%) SAP XI
Application Platforms
1 7 (10.94%) SAS
2 5 (7.813%) CMS
3 4 (6.250%) WordPress
4 3 (4.688%) Joomla!
4 3 (4.688%) Drupal
4 3 (4.688%) Apache
5 2 (3.125%) Amazon EC2
6 1 (1.563%) Lync
6 1 (1.563%) IIS
Applications
1 8 (12.50%) Photoshop
2 7 (10.94%) MS Office
3 3 (4.688%) Adobe Illustrator
3 3 (4.688%) InDesign
3 3 (4.688%) MS Excel
4 2 (3.125%) Fireworks
5 1 (1.563%) CINEMA 4D
5 1 (1.563%) Maya
5 1 (1.563%) Adobe After Effects
5 1 (1.563%) MS Project
5 1 (1.563%) Acrobat
5 1 (1.563%) QuarkXPress
Business Applications
1 6 (9.375%) Dynamics CRM
1 6 (9.375%) Unica Affinium
2 3 (4.688%) SAP Oil and Gas
3 2 (3.125%) Google Analytics
4 1 (1.563%) SAP R/3
Communications & Networking
1 4 (6.250%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (6.250%) Data Warehouse
1 4 (6.250%) MySQL
2 3 (4.688%) SAP BW
3 2 (3.125%) SQL Server
3 2 (3.125%) SQL Server 2008
3 2 (3.125%) SAP Data Services
4 1 (1.563%) MongoDB
4 1 (1.563%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (1.563%) SQL Server 2005
4 1 (1.563%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (1.563%) SAS Enterprise Guide
4 1 (1.563%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 1 (1.563%) OLAP
4 1 (1.563%) BusinessObjects
Development Applications
1 5 (7.813%) Dreamweaver
2 2 (3.125%) Visual Studio
3 1 (1.563%) Git (software)
General
1 14 (21.88%) Finance
2 13 (20.31%) Retail
3 6 (9.375%) Telecoms
4 5 (7.813%) Banking
5 3 (4.688%) Electronics
5 3 (4.688%) Manufacturing
6 2 (3.125%) Advertising
6 2 (3.125%) Publishing
6 2 (3.125%) Retail Banking
7 1 (1.563%) Games
7 1 (1.563%) Automotive
7 1 (1.563%) Legal
Job Titles
1 20 (31.25%) Analyst
2 16 (25.00%) Developer
3 7 (10.94%) Business Analyst
4 6 (9.375%) Project Manager
5 5 (7.813%) Consultant
6 4 (6.250%) SAS Analyst
6 4 (6.250%) Web Developer
6 4 (6.250%) Designer
7 3 (4.688%) Copywriter
7 3 (4.688%) Campaign Analyst
7 3 (4.688%) Joomla! Developer
7 3 (4.688%) SAP Consultant
7 3 (4.688%) Graphic Designer
8 2 (3.125%) Trainer
8 2 (3.125%) Desktop Support
8 2 (3.125%) Graduate
8 2 (3.125%) SAS Consultant
8 2 (3.125%) .NET Developer
8 2 (3.125%) Database Analyst
8 2 (3.125%) Drupal Developer
Miscellaneous
1 8 (12.50%) Social Media
2 3 (4.688%) Graphic Design
2 3 (4.688%) Photography
2 3 (4.688%) DTV
2 3 (4.688%) Management Information System
2 3 (4.688%) NHS
3 2 (3.125%) FMCG
3 2 (3.125%) IPTV
3 2 (3.125%) Digital Media
4 1 (1.563%) New Media
4 1 (1.563%) Mobile App
4 1 (1.563%) Animation
4 1 (1.563%) Copywriting
4 1 (1.563%) Data Extraction
4 1 (1.563%) SaaS
4 1 (1.563%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 6 (9.375%) Windows
1 6 (9.375%) Windows 7
2 3 (4.688%) Linux
2 3 (4.688%) Windows XP
3 1 (1.563%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (15.63%) CRM
1 10 (15.63%) Digital Marketing
2 9 (14.06%) Business Intelligence
3 8 (12.50%) Business Analysis
4 7 (10.94%) E-Commerce
5 6 (9.375%) Project Management
6 5 (7.813%) Direct Marketing
6 5 (7.813%) Content Management
6 5 (7.813%) Customer Engagement
7 4 (6.250%) Data Cleansing
8 3 (4.688%) Customer Insight
8 3 (4.688%) Analytics
8 3 (4.688%) Online Marketing
8 3 (4.688%) Change Management
8 3 (4.688%) SEO
8 3 (4.688%) Workflow
8 3 (4.688%) Web Design
8 3 (4.688%) Programme Management
8 3 (4.688%) Stakeholder Management
8 3 (4.688%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 13 (20.31%) JavaScript
1 13 (20.31%) SQL
2 11 (17.19%) PHP
3 6 (9.375%) C#
4 1 (1.563%) T-SQL
4 1 (1.563%) VB
4 1 (1.563%) ABAP
4 1 (1.563%) VBA
Qualifications
1 2 (3.125%) PRINCE2 Certification
1 2 (3.125%) SC Cleared
1 2 (3.125%) Security Cleared
1 2 (3.125%) Degree
2 1 (1.563%) BC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.563%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (1.563%) Microsoft App-V
1 1 (1.563%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (1.563%) SCCM
Vendors
1 13 (20.31%) Microsoft
2 6 (9.375%) SAP
2 6 (9.375%) Business Objects
2 6 (9.375%) Unica
3 4 (6.250%) Adobe
3 4 (6.250%) Google
3 4 (6.250%) Twitter
4 3 (4.688%) Facebook
4 3 (4.688%) Orchard
5 2 (3.125%) Sitecore
6 1 (1.563%) TSYS
6 1 (1.563%) Lumension
6 1 (1.563%) Zend
6 1 (1.563%) AppSense
6 1 (1.563%) CA
6 1 (1.563%) Apple
6 1 (1.563%) iSOFT
6 1 (1.563%) Quark
6 1 (1.563%) Citrix
North West England
Our client based in North West England is currently seeking a Digital Project Manager to start an initial 6 month contract as soon as possible.
Progressive Recruitment
Rate: Negotiable
Posted: 20 May 2013
Merseyside
You will be assisting the team in on-going and new web projects using your C# , ASP.NET , Web Services and WCF skills... Skill summary: * C# ASP.NET...
People Source Consulting
Rate: £275 - £325 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
Manchester, North West
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Rate: Negotiable
Posted: 20 May 2013
Merseyside
You will be assisting the team in on-going SQL Server Business Intelligence projects across the full Microsoft Business Intelligence suite, including data migration / ETL using SSIS, cube...
People Source Consulting
Rate: £325 - £400 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
Merseyside
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Rate: £325 - £400 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
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Rate: £30 - £40 per hour
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Rate: £400 - £500 per day + 35 hour working week
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