The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of NEC products and/or services 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 NEC over the 3 months to 17 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 Vendors 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.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are NOT representative of contractor rates within the NEC Corporation.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
NEC
Rank - - -
Contract jobs citing NEC 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West - - -
As % of the Vendors category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £273 £284 £275
% change year-on-year
-3.96% +3.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £17.00
All Vendors
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
1039 1642 1431
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 45.23% 51.85% 46.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 458 757 700
Average daily rate £345 £350 £345
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.42% +1.44%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £215 £200 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £488 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 90 76 97
Average hourly rate £19.50 £17.50 £18.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+11.42% -2.77%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £12.50 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £26.82 £36.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
NEC
England

NEC
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West NEC Jobs Demand Trend

NEC
Daily Rate Trend

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

North West NEC Daily Rate Trend

NEC
Top 15 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing NEC 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 NEC.

1 1 (50.00%) Oracle
1 1 (50.00%) MS Office
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle Reports
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle 8/8i
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (50.00%) Project Management
1 1 (50.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (50.00%) BT
1 1 (50.00%) Telecoms
1 1 (50.00%) Workflow
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Law
1 1 (50.00%) Amdocs
1 1 (50.00%) Document Management
1 1 (50.00%) Huawei

NEC
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing NEC 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 NEC. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications
1 1 (50.00%) MS Office
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle Reports
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle 8/8i
General
1 1 (50.00%) Telecoms
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Law
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Programme Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Project Management
1 1 (50.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (50.00%) Workflow
1 1 (50.00%) Document Management
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (50.00%) BT
1 1 (50.00%) Amdocs
1 1 (50.00%) Huawei