North West NPfIT Contracts
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This section looks at the demand for National Programme for IT (NPfIT) 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 NPfIT over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkNational Programme for IT (NPfIT)
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank132124
Rank change on same period last yearDown-8
Matching contract IT job ads1114
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.015 %0.014 %
As % of the category below1.211 %2.569 %
Daily rates quoted31
Average minimum daily rate£272£80
Average daily rate£286£80
% change on same period last year+257.29 %
Average maximum daily rate£300£80
UK excluding London average daily rate£360£331
% change on same period last year+8.89 %
Hourly rates quoted43
Average minimum hourly rate£12.20£14.83
Average hourly rate£26.10£20.00
% change on same period last year+30.50 %
Average maximum hourly rate£40.00£25.17
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.72£18.13
% change on same period last year+41.88 %
North West IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
North West
Matching contract IT job ads908545
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.210 %0.551 %
Daily rates quoted17977
Average minimum daily rate£328£285
Average daily rate£347£307
% change on same period last year+13.06 %
Average maximum daily rate£367£329
UK excluding London average daily rate£352£354
% change on same period last year-0.56 %
Hourly rates quoted135119
Average minimum hourly rate£14.71£18.29
Average hourly rate£17.16£20.04
% change on same period last year-14.36 %
Average maximum hourly rate£19.61£21.79
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.44£29.20
% change on same period last year-16.30 %
NPfIT EnglandNPfIT
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.

NPfIT
Demand Trend

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

North West NPfIT Demand Trend

NPfIT
Daily Rate Trend

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

North West NPfIT Daily Rate Trend

NPfIT
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing NPfIT across the North West region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

North West NPfIT Daily Rate Histogram

NPfIT
Hourly Rate Trend

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

North West NPfIT Hourly Rate Trend

NPfIT
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing NPfIT across the North West region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

North West NPfIT Hourly Rate Histogram

NPfIT
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing NPfIT within the North West region over the 3 months to 25 July 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
ManchesterDown-177£286+257.29 %
LancashireUp+111--
CumbriaNew entry-1--
CheshireNew entry-1--
NPfIT EnglandNPfIT
England

NPfIT
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing NPfIT 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 NPfIT.

120 (95.24 %)NHS
24 (19.05 %)Smartcard
24 (19.05 %)SQL
24 (19.05 %)PRINCE2
24 (19.05 %)MS Excel
24 (19.05 %)MS Access
33 (14.29 %)ITIL
33 (14.29 %)ITIL Certification
33 (14.29 %)Health
33 (14.29 %)Business Continuity
33 (14.29 %)Informatics
42 (9.524 %)Data Mapping
42 (9.524 %)PRINCE
42 (9.524 %)Data Management
42 (9.524 %)Stakeholder Management
42 (9.524 %)MS Office
42 (9.524 %)Project Management
51 (4.762 %)iSOFT
51 (4.762 %)MS Visio
51 (4.762 %)TCP/IP
51 (4.762 %)Microsoft
51 (4.762 %)HP
51 (4.762 %)Dell
51 (4.762 %)Risk Assessment
51 (4.762 %)Service Management
51 (4.762 %)Quality Management
51 (4.762 %)Service Delivery
51 (4.762 %)Disaster Recovery
51 (4.762 %)Management Information System
51 (4.762 %)Finance

NPfIT
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing NPfIT 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 NPfIT. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

North West IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
14 (19.05 %)MS Excel
22 (9.524 %)MS Office
31 (4.762 %)MS Visio
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (4.762 %)TCP/IP
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
14 (19.05 %)MS Access
North West IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
13 (14.29 %)Health
21 (4.762 %)Insurance
21 (4.762 %)Finance
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
15 (23.81 %)Project Manager
23 (14.29 %)Developer
23 (14.29 %)SQL Developer
23 (14.29 %)NHS Project Manager
32 (9.524 %)Change Manager
41 (4.762 %)Data Analyst
41 (4.762 %)Analyst Developer
41 (4.762 %)Management Consultant
41 (4.762 %)Programme Manager
41 (4.762 %)Analyst
41 (4.762 %)IT Manager
41 (4.762 %)Consultant
41 (4.762 %)Quality Manager
41 (4.762 %)Service Manager
41 (4.762 %)Data Manager
41 (4.762 %)Information Manager
41 (4.762 %)Service Management Consultant
41 (4.762 %)Data Consultant
41 (4.762 %)Data Quality Manager
41 (4.762 %)Data Quality Consultant
North West IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
120 (95.24 %)NHS
24 (19.05 %)Smartcard
33 (14.29 %)Informatics
41 (4.762 %)Management Information System
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
14 (19.05 %)PRINCE2
23 (14.29 %)ITIL
23 (14.29 %)Business Continuity
32 (9.524 %)Stakeholder Management
32 (9.524 %)PRINCE
32 (9.524 %)Project Management
32 (9.524 %)Data Management
32 (9.524 %)Data Mapping
41 (4.762 %)Information Management
41 (4.762 %)Data Analysis
41 (4.762 %)Business Analysis
41 (4.762 %)Service Management
41 (4.762 %)Quality Management
41 (4.762 %)Service Delivery
41 (4.762 %)Disaster Recovery
41 (4.762 %)Risk Assessment
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
14 (19.05 %)SQL
North West IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
13 (14.29 %)ITIL Certification
North West IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (4.762 %)Microsoft
11 (4.762 %)HP
11 (4.762 %)Dell
11 (4.762 %)iSOFT
11 (4.762 %)Fujitsu
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