The first table below looks at the demand for MVVM 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 MVVM 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 of the Processes & Methodologies 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
Model-View-ViewModel (MVVM)
Rank 111 133 -
Rank change year-on-year
+22 -
Contract jobs citing MVVM 8 3 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 0.345% 0.094% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.489% 0.153% -
Number of daily rates quoted 5 1 0
Average daily rate £450 £400 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+12.50% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £351 £335 £325
% change year-on-year
+4.85% +3.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £47.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year
- +18.75%
All Processes & Methodologies
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1636 1959 1963
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 70.61% 61.70% 65.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 796 1011 1025
Average daily rate £350 £350 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +7.69%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £226 £238 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £465 £499 £463
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £363 £375
% change year-on-year
- -3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 81 84 97
Average hourly rate £22.00 £20.00 £20.15
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+10.00% -0.73%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.20 £13.35 £13.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £55.00 £37.50 £36.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.00 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+28.00% -16.66%
MVVM
England

MVVM
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West MVVM Jobs Demand Trend

MVVM
Daily Rate Trend

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

North West MVVM Daily Rate Trend

MVVM
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing MVVM across the North West region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

North West MVVM Daily Rate Histogram

MVVM
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing MVVM 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
Cheshire - 5 £450 -
Lancashire - 1 £213 -
MVVM
England

MVVM
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 12 (100.00%) C#
1 12 (100.00%) .NET
1 12 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 12 (100.00%) WCF
2 10 (83.33%) TDD
3 9 (75.00%) SQL Server 2008
3 9 (75.00%) MVC
3 9 (75.00%) ASP.NET
4 8 (66.67%) Visual Studio
4 8 (66.67%) Team Foundation Server
4 8 (66.67%) .NET Framework
4 8 (66.67%) SQL Server 2005
4 8 (66.67%) ASP.NET MVC
4 8 (66.67%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
4 8 (66.67%) ASP.NET MVC 4
5 7 (58.33%) Ajax
5 7 (58.33%) XML
5 7 (58.33%) HTML
6 6 (50.00%) SOA
6 6 (50.00%) JSON
6 6 (50.00%) jQuery
6 6 (50.00%) Razor View Engine
7 5 (41.67%) JavaScript
8 4 (33.33%) SQL
8 4 (33.33%) N-Tier
8 4 (33.33%) WPF
9 3 (25.00%) Banking
9 3 (25.00%) Retail
9 3 (25.00%) LINQ
9 3 (25.00%) Finance

MVVM
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 12 (100.00%) .NET
1 12 (100.00%) WCF
2 9 (75.00%) ASP.NET
3 8 (66.67%) .NET Framework
3 8 (66.67%) ASP.NET MVC
3 8 (66.67%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
3 8 (66.67%) ASP.NET MVC 4
4 7 (58.33%) HTML
4 7 (58.33%) Ajax
4 7 (58.33%) XML
5 6 (50.00%) JSON
5 6 (50.00%) Razor View Engine
5 6 (50.00%) jQuery
6 4 (33.33%) WPF
7 3 (25.00%) LINQ
8 2 (16.67%) Web Services
9 1 (8.333%) .NET Remoting
9 1 (8.333%) Silverlight
9 1 (8.333%) XSD
9 1 (8.333%) ActiveX
Application Platforms
1 1 (8.333%) IIS
1 1 (8.333%) MSMQ
Applications
1 1 (8.333%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 1 (8.333%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 9 (75.00%) SQL Server 2008
3 8 (66.67%) SQL Server 2005
4 1 (8.333%) SQL Server 2000
4 1 (8.333%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 8 (66.67%) Visual Studio
1 8 (66.67%) Team Foundation Server
2 1 (8.333%) TortoiseSVN
2 1 (8.333%) Subversion
General
1 3 (25.00%) Finance
1 3 (25.00%) Banking
1 3 (25.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 12 (100.00%) Developer
2 9 (75.00%) .NET Developer
3 3 (25.00%) WPF Developer
3 3 (25.00%) Lead Developer
4 2 (16.67%) Software Developer
4 2 (16.67%) .NET Software Developer
4 2 (16.67%) C# Developer
4 2 (16.67%) Lead .NET Developer
5 1 (8.333%) Senior .NET Developer
5 1 (8.333%) Senior Developer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (33.33%) N-Tier
Operating Systems
1 1 (8.333%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (83.33%) TDD
2 9 (75.00%) MVC
3 6 (50.00%) SOA
4 2 (16.67%) Agile Software Development
5 1 (8.333%) UML
5 1 (8.333%) Integration Testing
Programming Languages
1 12 (100.00%) C#
2 5 (41.67%) JavaScript
3 4 (33.33%) SQL
4 2 (16.67%) C++
5 1 (8.333%) VB
5 1 (8.333%) VBA
5 1 (8.333%) VB6
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (8.333%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (8.333%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (16.67%) Razor Risk
2 1 (8.333%) Microsoft
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