The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Military 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 Military over the 3 months to 20 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Military
Rank 116 - 128
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Military 3 0 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 0.129% - 0.133%
As % of the General category 0.361% - 0.311%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £343 £400 £500
% change year-on-year
-14.37% -20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 2
Average hourly rate £22.00 - £36.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -
All of the General Category
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
832 1088 1288
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 35.91% 34.27% 42.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 386 572 717
Average daily rate £354 £355 £328
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-0.35% +8.39%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £239 £275 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £515 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 51 40 51
Average hourly rate £22.00 £21.50 £17.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+2.32% +21.12%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.20 £12.50 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £50.83 £30.00 £41.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £26.00 £25.00 £26.50
% change year-on-year
+4.00% -5.66%
Military
England

Military
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West Military Jobs Demand Trend

Military
Daily Rate Trend

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

North West Military Daily Rate Trend

Military
Hourly Rate Trend

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

North West Military Hourly Rate Trend

Military
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Military within the North West region over the 3 months to 20 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
Lancashire - 2 - -
Cheshire - 1 - -
Military
England

Military
Top 22 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing Military 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 Military.

1 3 (50.00%) Oracle
2 2 (33.33%) Automotive
2 2 (33.33%) Integration Testing
2 2 (33.33%) Avionics
2 2 (33.33%) FrameMaker
2 2 (33.33%) Electronics
2 2 (33.33%) MS Office
2 2 (33.33%) MS Excel
3 1 (16.67%) ClearCase
3 1 (16.67%) IBM
3 1 (16.67%) ClearQuest
3 1 (16.67%) VSS/SourceSafe
3 1 (16.67%) HND
3 1 (16.67%) Linux
3 1 (16.67%) C
3 1 (16.67%) C++
3 1 (16.67%) Finance
3 1 (16.67%) Embedded Systems
3 1 (16.67%) Embedded Software Development
3 1 (16.67%) Subversion
3 1 (16.67%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
3 1 (16.67%) SCADA

Military
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Applications
1 2 (33.33%) MS Office
1 2 (33.33%) MS Excel
1 2 (33.33%) FrameMaker
Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) VSS/SourceSafe
1 1 (16.67%) ClearCase
1 1 (16.67%) ClearQuest
1 1 (16.67%) Subversion
General
1 2 (33.33%) Electronics
1 2 (33.33%) Automotive
1 2 (33.33%) Avionics
2 1 (16.67%) Finance
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Systems Engineer
1 3 (50.00%) Integration Engineer
1 3 (50.00%) Systems Integration Engineer
2 2 (33.33%) Author
2 2 (33.33%) Technical Author
2 2 (33.33%) Test Engineer
2 2 (33.33%) Systems Test Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Senior Software Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) C++ Software Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Software Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Embedded Software Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
1 1 (16.67%) SCADA
1 1 (16.67%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 1 (16.67%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (33.33%) Integration Testing
2 1 (16.67%) Embedded Software Development
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) C
1 1 (16.67%) C++
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) HND
Vendors
1 3 (50.00%) Oracle
2 1 (16.67%) IBM