The first table below looks at the demand for MIDP 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 MIDP 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 Development 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
Mobile Information Device Profile (MIDP)
Rank - - 125
Contract jobs citing MIDP 0 0 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West - - 0.064%
As % of the Application Development category - - 0.263%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 2
Average daily rate - - £325
UK excluding London average daily rate - - £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Application Development
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
640 908 760
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 27.30% 29.08% 24.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 344 491 434
Average daily rate £300 £325 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.69% -7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £226 £238 £230
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £450 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 33 21
Average hourly rate £33.00 £17.51 £27.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+88.46% -36.32%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.61 £13.50 £17.20
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £160.50 £33.31 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
MIDP
England

MIDP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West MIDP Jobs Demand Trend

MIDP
Daily Rate Trend

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

North West MIDP Daily Rate Trend