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The table below looks at the demand for N-Tier skills within the North West region with a comparison to our Miscellaneous category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited N-Tier over the 3 months to 13 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkN-Tier
Location
3 months to
13 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank113129
Rank change on same period last yearUp+16
Matching contract IT job ads1817
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.025 %0.017 %
As % of the category below2.609 %2.196 %
Daily rates quoted40
Average minimum daily rate£313-
Average daily rate£330-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£347-
UK excluding London average daily rate£310£396
% change on same period last year-21.60 %
Hourly rates quoted15
Average minimum hourly rate£35.00£26.00
Average hourly rate£37.50£27.00
% change on same period last year+38.88 %
Average maximum hourly rate£40.00£28.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£37.00£34.47
% change on same period last year+7.33 %
North West IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
North West
Matching contract IT job ads690774
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.976 %0.784 %
Daily rates quoted171116
Average minimum daily rate£290£299
Average daily rate£310£320
% change on same period last year-3.13 %
Average maximum daily rate£329£340
UK excluding London average daily rate£349£344
% change on same period last year+1.42 %
Hourly rates quoted105146
Average minimum hourly rate£21.18£15.49
Average hourly rate£23.19£16.73
% change on same period last year+38.59 %
Average maximum hourly rate£25.19£17.97
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.09£26.20
% change on same period last year-4.24 %
N-Tier EnglandN-Tier
England

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

N-Tier
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing N-Tier across the North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

North West N-Tier Demand Trend

N-Tier
Daily Rate Trend

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

North West N-Tier Daily Rate Trend

N-Tier
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing N-Tier across the North West region over the 3 months to 13 October 2008.

North West N-Tier Daily Rate Histogram

N-Tier
Hourly Rate Trend

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

North West N-Tier Hourly Rate Trend

N-Tier
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing N-Tier within the North West region over the 3 months to 13 October 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
ManchesterUp+511--
CheshireUp+116£330-
N-Tier EnglandN-Tier
England

N-Tier
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing N-Tier 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 N-Tier.

137 (92.50 %).NET
226 (65.00 %)SQL Server
226 (65.00 %)WebServices
323 (57.50 %)C#
422 (55.00 %)SQL
422 (55.00 %)Visual Studio
521 (52.50 %)VB.NET
521 (52.50 %)XML
521 (52.50 %)ASP.NET
616 (40.00 %)Oracle
616 (40.00 %)HTML
616 (40.00 %)SQL Server 2005
714 (35.00 %)XSL
813 (32.50 %)Windows
813 (32.50 %)VSS/SourceSafe
813 (32.50 %)RDBMS
912 (30.00 %)XSLT
1011 (27.50 %)PL/SQL
1110 (25.00 %)OO
128 (20.00 %)Oracle Reports
128 (20.00 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
137 (17.50 %).NET Framework
137 (17.50 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
137 (17.50 %)SQL Server 2000
137 (17.50 %)Transact-SQL
146 (15.00 %)Microsoft
146 (15.00 %)WinForms
146 (15.00 %)SQL Server Integration Services
155 (12.50 %)AJAX
155 (12.50 %)Active Directory

N-Tier
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing N-Tier 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 N-Tier. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

North West IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
137 (92.50 %).NET
226 (65.00 %)WebServices
321 (52.50 %)XML
321 (52.50 %)ASP.NET
416 (40.00 %)HTML
514 (35.00 %)XSL
612 (30.00 %)XSLT
77 (17.50 %).NET Framework
86 (15.00 %)WinForms
95 (12.50 %)AJAX
104 (10.00 %)ASP
104 (10.00 %)CSS
113 (7.500 %)SOAP
113 (7.500 %)ASP.NET 2.0
121 (2.500 %)XSD
121 (2.500 %)ADO.NET
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
13 (7.500 %)MS Exchange
21 (2.500 %)Oracle 9iAS
21 (2.500 %)SharePoint Server 2007
21 (2.500 %)SharePoint
North West IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (2.500 %)MS Office
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
15 (12.50 %)LDAP
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
126 (65.00 %)SQL Server
216 (40.00 %)SQL Server 2005
313 (32.50 %)RDBMS
48 (20.00 %)Oracle Reports
48 (20.00 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
57 (17.50 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
57 (17.50 %)SQL Server 2000
66 (15.00 %)SQL Server Integration Services
73 (7.500 %)Oracle 8/8i
73 (7.500 %)Oracle 9i
82 (5.000 %)EDRMS
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
122 (55.00 %)Visual Studio
213 (32.50 %)VSS/SourceSafe
31 (2.500 %)QuickTest Pro
North West IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (5.000 %)Finance
12 (5.000 %)Marketing
21 (2.500 %)Education
21 (2.500 %)Government
21 (2.500 %)Manufacturing
21 (2.500 %)Home Office
21 (2.500 %)Banking
21 (2.500 %)Investment Banking
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
129 (72.50 %)Developer
223 (57.50 %).NET Developer
316 (40.00 %)VB.NET Developer
48 (20.00 %)C# Developer
48 (20.00 %)Web Developer
48 (20.00 %)Analyst
57 (17.50 %)Programmer
66 (15.00 %)Analyst Programmer
66 (15.00 %).NET Web Developer
74 (10.00 %).NET Programmer
83 (7.500 %)Server Analyst
83 (7.500 %)C# Analyst Programmer
83 (7.500 %).NET Designer
83 (7.500 %).NET Analyst Programmer
83 (7.500 %)SQL Server Analyst
92 (5.000 %).NET Architect
92 (5.000 %)ASP.NET Developer
92 (5.000 %)SQL Developer
92 (5.000 %)Software Designer
92 (5.000 %).NET Applications Developer
North West IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (2.500 %)W3C
11 (2.500 %)Informatics
11 (2.500 %)Chemistry
11 (2.500 %)CMDB
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
113 (32.50 %)Windows
22 (5.000 %)Windows CE
22 (5.000 %)Windows Mobile
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
110 (25.00 %)OO
23 (7.500 %)CRM
23 (7.500 %)OOP
23 (7.500 %)SEO
32 (5.000 %)UML
41 (2.500 %)ERP
41 (2.500 %)Configuration Management
41 (2.500 %)Change Management
41 (2.500 %)Migration
41 (2.500 %)Scrum
41 (2.500 %)Agile Software Development
41 (2.500 %)TDD
41 (2.500 %)Asset Management
41 (2.500 %)Project Planning
41 (2.500 %)User Acceptance Testing
41 (2.500 %)Test Scripting
41 (2.500 %)Security Cleared
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
123 (57.50 %)C#
222 (55.00 %)SQL
321 (52.50 %)VB.NET
411 (27.50 %)PL/SQL
57 (17.50 %)Transact-SQL
63 (7.500 %)JavaScript
72 (5.000 %)C++
81 (2.500 %)C
81 (2.500 %)XPath
North West IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
12 (5.000 %)Degree
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
13 (7.500 %)QA
21 (2.500 %)ISO9001
North West IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
15 (12.50 %)Active Directory
North West IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
116 (40.00 %)Oracle
26 (15.00 %)Microsoft
32 (5.000 %)Anite
41 (2.500 %)Unisys