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This section looks at the prevalence of the term 'Pensions' in contract IT jobs within the North West region together with a comparison to our General terms category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Pensions over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkPension
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank83105
Rank change on same period last yearUp+22
Matching contract IT job ads6133
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.081 %0.033 %
As % of the category below4.127 %2.122 %
Daily rates quoted2122
Average minimum daily rate£398£389
Average daily rate£422£408
% change on same period last year+3.62 %
Average maximum daily rate£447£426
UK excluding London average daily rate£421£404
% change on same period last year+4.16 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.90£33.60
% change on same period last year-16.96 %
North West IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
North West
Matching contract IT job ads14781555
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.970 %1.573 %
Daily rates quoted396430
Average minimum daily rate£355£344
Average daily rate£376£360
% change on same period last year+4.50 %
Average maximum daily rate£397£376
UK excluding London average daily rate£383£374
% change on same period last year+2.49 %
Hourly rates quoted123106
Average minimum hourly rate£22.89£22.43
Average hourly rate£25.05£24.77
% change on same period last year+1.12 %
Average maximum hourly rate£27.21£27.11
UK excluding London average hourly rate£26.78£27.25
% change on same period last year-1.70 %
Pensions EnglandPensions
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.

Pensions
Demand Trend

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

North West Pensions Demand Trend

Pensions
Daily Rate Trend

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

North West Pensions Daily Rate Trend

Pensions
Daily Rate Histogram

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

North West Pensions Daily Rate Histogram

Pensions
Hourly Rate Trend

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

North West Pensions Hourly Rate Trend

Pensions
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Pensions 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
MerseysideUp+2223£308-5.17 %
ManchesterDown-1315£500+26.52 %
LancashireUp+105£534+40.46 %
CheshireDown-112--
Pensions EnglandPensions
England

Pensions
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

163 (43.15 %)Finance
240 (27.40 %)Insurance
325 (17.12 %)Migration
424 (16.44 %)SQL
523 (15.75 %)Business Analysis
620 (13.70 %)Oracle
718 (12.33 %)Health
814 (9.589 %)Stakeholder Management
814 (9.589 %)Degree
913 (8.904 %)Construction
1011 (7.534 %)Service Delivery
1011 (7.534 %)PRINCE2
1110 (6.849 %)Crystal Reports
1110 (6.849 %)Data Analysis
129 (6.164 %)Business Objects
129 (6.164 %)BusinessObjects
138 (5.479 %)Project Management
138 (5.479 %)Workflow
138 (5.479 %)Banking
147 (4.795 %)Retail
147 (4.795 %)Legal
147 (4.795 %)Change Management
147 (4.795 %)Oracle Reports
156 (4.110 %)Business Intelligence
156 (4.110 %)PL/SQL
156 (4.110 %)VBA
156 (4.110 %).NET
156 (4.110 %)Government
165 (3.425 %)Workflow Management
165 (3.425 %)Retail Banking

Pensions
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

North West IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
16 (4.110 %).NET
24 (2.740 %)XML
31 (0.685 %)XSLT
31 (0.685 %)ActiveX
31 (0.685 %)Middleware
31 (0.685 %)WebSphere
31 (0.685 %)MFC
31 (0.685 %)STL
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (1.370 %)Oracle Workflow
12 (1.370 %)SharePoint Server 2007
21 (0.685 %)MQSeries
21 (0.685 %)SharePoint
North West IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
14 (2.740 %)Photoshop
14 (2.740 %)MS Project
14 (2.740 %)ImageReady
14 (2.740 %)Fireworks
14 (2.740 %)Adobe Illustrator
23 (2.055 %)MS Excel
32 (1.370 %)MS Visio
41 (0.685 %)MS Office
41 (0.685 %)DOC1
41 (0.685 %)Spreadsheet
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
14 (2.740 %)Oracle HRMS
23 (2.055 %)GraphTalk
31 (0.685 %)Dynamics AX
31 (0.685 %)Unica Affinium
31 (0.685 %)Oracle Applications
31 (0.685 %)Oracle 11i
31 (0.685 %)Oracle EBS
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (0.685 %)LDAP
11 (0.685 %)TCP/IP
11 (0.685 %)VPN
11 (0.685 %)Firewall
11 (0.685 %)Intrusion Detection
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
110 (6.849 %)Crystal Reports
29 (6.164 %)BusinessObjects
37 (4.795 %)Oracle Reports
44 (2.740 %)SQL Server
52 (1.370 %)Oracle 8/8i
52 (1.370 %)MS Access
61 (0.685 %)Datawarehouse
61 (0.685 %)ETL
61 (0.685 %)TOAD
61 (0.685 %)Oracle Discoverer
61 (0.685 %)SQL Server 7
61 (0.685 %)SQLPlus
61 (0.685 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (0.685 %)Visual Studio
11 (0.685 %)Oracle Forms
11 (0.685 %)Flash
North West IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
163 (43.15 %)Finance
240 (27.40 %)Insurance
318 (12.33 %)Health
413 (8.904 %)Construction
58 (5.479 %)Banking
67 (4.795 %)Retail
67 (4.795 %)Legal
76 (4.110 %)Government
85 (3.425 %)Retail Banking
93 (2.055 %)Education
102 (1.370 %)Back Office
102 (1.370 %)Auditing
111 (0.685 %)Marketing
111 (0.685 %)Local Government
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
167 (45.89 %)Analyst
253 (36.30 %)Business Analyst
319 (13.01 %)Project Manager
49 (6.164 %)Information Analyst
49 (6.164 %)MI Analyst
58 (5.479 %)Developer
67 (4.795 %)Consultant
76 (4.110 %)Systems Analyst
85 (3.425 %)Administrator
85 (3.425 %)Programme Manager
85 (3.425 %)Business Intelligence Analyst
94 (2.740 %)Project Coordinator
94 (2.740 %)Project Administrator
94 (2.740 %)Coordinator
94 (2.740 %)Architect
94 (2.740 %)Analyst Programmer
94 (2.740 %)Programmer
103 (2.055 %)Functional Consultant
103 (2.055 %)Service Manager
103 (2.055 %)Business Systems Analyst
North West IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
14 (2.740 %)E-Learning
22 (1.370 %)Statistics
22 (1.370 %)Mainframe
22 (1.370 %)Management Information System
31 (0.685 %)Client/Server
31 (0.685 %)Data Extraction
31 (0.685 %)Data Integration
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12 (1.370 %)UNIX
21 (0.685 %)Windows
21 (0.685 %)AIX
21 (0.685 %)Solaris
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
125 (17.12 %)Migration
223 (15.75 %)Business Analysis
314 (9.589 %)Stakeholder Management
411 (7.534 %)PRINCE2
411 (7.534 %)Service Delivery
510 (6.849 %)Data Analysis
68 (5.479 %)Project Management
68 (5.479 %)Workflow
77 (4.795 %)Change Management
86 (4.110 %)Business Intelligence
95 (3.425 %)Workflow Management
104 (2.740 %)Risk Analysis
104 (2.740 %)UML
113 (2.055 %)GAP Analysis
113 (2.055 %)CRM
113 (2.055 %)ERP
113 (2.055 %)Data Modelling
113 (2.055 %)Data Management
113 (2.055 %)User Acceptance Testing
113 (2.055 %)QMS
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
124 (16.44 %)SQL
26 (4.110 %)PL/SQL
26 (4.110 %)VBA
35 (3.425 %)VB.NET
43 (2.055 %)VB
51 (0.685 %)Transact-SQL
51 (0.685 %)C
51 (0.685 %)C#
51 (0.685 %)C++
51 (0.685 %)Java
51 (0.685 %)VC++
51 (0.685 %)Shell Script
North West IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
114 (9.589 %)Degree
22 (1.370 %)Citrix Certification
31 (0.685 %)ISTQB
31 (0.685 %)ISEB
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
13 (2.055 %)QA
21 (0.685 %)SLA
21 (0.685 %)MiFID
North West IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (0.685 %)Active Directory
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
11 (0.685 %)Tivoli
11 (0.685 %)OMEGAMON
North West IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
120 (13.70 %)Oracle
29 (6.164 %)Business Objects
34 (2.740 %)Adobe
43 (2.055 %)Microsoft
52 (1.370 %)Siebel
61 (0.685 %)IBM
61 (0.685 %)HP
61 (0.685 %)CA
61 (0.685 %)JD Edwards
61 (0.685 %)BT
61 (0.685 %)Northgate
61 (0.685 %)Fujitsu
61 (0.685 %)PeopleSoft
61 (0.685 %)SAP
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