The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Music Industry 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 Music Industry over the 3 months to 22 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Music Industry
Rank - - -
Contract jobs citing Music Industry 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West - - -
As % of the General category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate - - £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £175.00 - -
All of the General Category
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
852 1087 1276
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 36.19% 34.23% 42.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 400 586 712
Average daily rate £355 £355 £338
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-0.14% +5.18%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £239 £275 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £513 £463
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 52 38 50
Average hourly rate £19.04 £20.00 £17.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-4.80% +12.67%
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 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £25.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year
- -3.84%
Music Industry
England

Music Industry
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West Music Industry Jobs Demand Trend

Music Industry
Top 5 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing Music Industry 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 Music Industry.

1 1 (100.00%) Objective-C
1 1 (100.00%) Music
1 1 (100.00%) iPhone
1 1 (100.00%) iPad
1 1 (100.00%) Apple iOS

Music Industry
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing Music Industry 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 Music Industry. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

General
1 1 (100.00%) Music
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
1 1 (100.00%) iOS Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) iPhone
1 1 (100.00%) iPad
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Apple iOS
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Objective-C