The first table below looks at the demand for NUnit 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 NUnit over the 3 months to 21 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 Development Applications 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
NUnit
Rank 115 122 111
Rank change year-on-year
+7 -11
Contract jobs citing NUnit 4 13 19
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 0.169% 0.412% 0.631%
As % of the Development Applications category 1.569% 4.981% 8.676%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 6 7
Average daily rate - £400 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +23.07%
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £350 £303
% change year-on-year
-14.28% +15.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £47.50 - -
All Development Applications
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
255 261 219
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 10.80% 8.275% 7.276%
Number of daily rates quoted 117 138 116
Average daily rate £313 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.84% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £270 £219
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £400 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-1.51% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 16 2
Average hourly rate £37.50 £31.25 £30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+20.00% +4.16%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £29.96 £16.15 £29.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £112.50 £33.32 £31.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -
NUnit
England

NUnit
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West NUnit Jobs Demand Trend

NUnit
Daily Rate Trend

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

North West NUnit Daily Rate Trend

NUnit
Hourly Rate Trend

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

North West NUnit Hourly Rate Trend

NUnit
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing NUnit within the North West region over the 3 months to 21 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
Merseyside -1 4 - -
NUnit
England

NUnit
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing NUnit 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 NUnit.

1 5 (83.33%) MVC
1 5 (83.33%) Microsoft Certification
1 5 (83.33%) C#
1 5 (83.33%) .NET
2 4 (66.67%) C++
2 4 (66.67%) WCF
3 3 (50.00%) MCTS
3 3 (50.00%) Kanban
3 3 (50.00%) Git (software)
3 3 (50.00%) 3D Modelling
3 3 (50.00%) HTML5
3 3 (50.00%) Game Development
3 3 (50.00%) Mathematics
3 3 (50.00%) Web Application Development
3 3 (50.00%) Unity DI Container
3 3 (50.00%) Java
3 3 (50.00%) SQL Server
3 3 (50.00%) MCP
3 3 (50.00%) MCAD
3 3 (50.00%) MCSD
3 3 (50.00%) OpenGL
3 3 (50.00%) C
3 3 (50.00%) 3D Graphics
3 3 (50.00%) Games
3 3 (50.00%) Scrum
4 2 (33.33%) Microsoft
4 2 (33.33%) ASP.NET
4 2 (33.33%) Twitter
4 2 (33.33%) .NET Framework
5 1 (16.67%) Degree

NUnit
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing NUnit 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 NUnit. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 5 (83.33%) .NET
2 4 (66.67%) WCF
3 3 (50.00%) HTML5
3 3 (50.00%) Unity DI Container
3 3 (50.00%) OpenGL
4 2 (33.33%) ASP.NET
4 2 (33.33%) .NET Framework
5 1 (16.67%) Silverlight
5 1 (16.67%) LINQ
5 1 (16.67%) ASP.NET 2.0
5 1 (16.67%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
5 1 (16.67%) ASP.NET MVC
Applications
1 1 (16.67%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (50.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (16.67%) SQL Server 2005
2 1 (16.67%) SQL Server 2008
2 1 (16.67%) SQL Server 2000
2 1 (16.67%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 3 (50.00%) Git (software)
2 1 (16.67%) InstallShield
2 1 (16.67%) Visual Studio
General
1 3 (50.00%) Games
Job Titles
1 6 (100.00%) Developer
2 4 (66.67%) C# Developer
3 3 (50.00%) C++/C# Developer
3 3 (50.00%) C++ Developer
3 3 (50.00%) Gameplay Developer
3 3 (50.00%) C++ Games Developer
3 3 (50.00%) Games Developer
4 2 (33.33%) Software Developer
5 1 (16.67%) C# Software Developer
5 1 (16.67%) ASP.NET Developer
5 1 (16.67%) .NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (50.00%) Mathematics
1 3 (50.00%) 3D Graphics
2 1 (16.67%) Social Media
2 1 (16.67%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) MVC
2 3 (50.00%) Kanban
2 3 (50.00%) 3D Modelling
2 3 (50.00%) Game Development
2 3 (50.00%) Web Application Development
2 3 (50.00%) Scrum
3 1 (16.67%) Unit Testing
3 1 (16.67%) Continuous Integration
3 1 (16.67%) Multithreading
3 1 (16.67%) Agile Software Development
3 1 (16.67%) TDD
3 1 (16.67%) ITIL
3 1 (16.67%) Project Management
3 1 (16.67%) Extreme Programming
3 1 (16.67%) SEO
3 1 (16.67%) UML
3 1 (16.67%) E-Commerce
3 1 (16.67%) OOD
Programming Languages
1 5 (83.33%) C#
2 4 (66.67%) C++
3 3 (50.00%) Java
3 3 (50.00%) C
4 1 (16.67%) VB
Qualifications
1 5 (83.33%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (50.00%) MCTS
2 3 (50.00%) MCP
2 3 (50.00%) MCAD
2 3 (50.00%) MCSD
3 1 (16.67%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) TickIT
1 1 (16.67%) ISO 9001
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft
1 2 (33.33%) Twitter
2 1 (16.67%) Facebook