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The table below looks at the prevalence of the term 'Publishing' 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 Publishing over the 3 months to 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkPublishing
Location
3 months to
5 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank118129
Rank change on same period last yearUp+11
Matching contract IT job ads1115
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.015 %0.015 %
As % of the category below0.779 %0.963 %
Daily rates quoted22
Average minimum daily rate£300£389
Average daily rate£375£402
% change on same period last year-6.60 %
Average maximum daily rate£450£414
UK excluding London average daily rate£305£317
% change on same period last year-3.94 %
Hourly rates quoted02
Average minimum hourly rate-£11.09
Average hourly rate-£11.09
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£11.09
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.81£24.15
% change on same period last year+15.17 %
North West IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
North West
Matching contract IT job ads14121558
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.909 %1.536 %
Daily rates quoted406451
Average minimum daily rate£352£349
Average daily rate£372£366
% change on same period last year+1.69 %
Average maximum daily rate£392£383
UK excluding London average daily rate£382£381
% change on same period last year+0.34 %
Hourly rates quoted135130
Average minimum hourly rate£24.02£22.54
Average hourly rate£25.65£24.27
% change on same period last year+5.66 %
Average maximum hourly rate£27.28£26.01
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.14£27.27
% change on same period last year+3.16 %
Publishing EnglandPublishing
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.

Publishing
Demand Trend

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

North West Publishing Demand Trend

Publishing
Daily Rate Trend

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

North West Publishing Daily Rate Trend

Publishing
Hourly Rate Trend

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

North West Publishing Hourly Rate Trend

Publishing
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Publishing within the North West region over the 3 months to 5 September 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
CheshireNew entry-3£350-
LancashireUp+21--
MerseysideUp+71--
Publishing EnglandPublishing
England

Publishing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing Publishing 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 Publishing.

16 (35.29 %)MS Excel
25 (29.41 %)MS Office
34 (23.53 %)Business Objects
34 (23.53 %)BusinessObjects
34 (23.53 %)Business Intelligence
43 (17.65 %)OO
43 (17.65 %)XML
43 (17.65 %)Java
43 (17.65 %)SQL
43 (17.65 %)Oracle
52 (11.76 %)SQL Server
52 (11.76 %).NET
52 (11.76 %)J2EE
52 (11.76 %)UNIX
52 (11.76 %)Intranet
52 (11.76 %)Workflow
52 (11.76 %)Finance
52 (11.76 %)Statistics
52 (11.76 %)Content Management
52 (11.76 %)Spring
52 (11.76 %)Oracle 10g
52 (11.76 %)Hibernate
61 (5.882 %)Agile Software Development
61 (5.882 %)Microsoft Certification
61 (5.882 %)Axapta
61 (5.882 %)Interwoven
61 (5.882 %)X++
61 (5.882 %)MorphX
61 (5.882 %)Data Architecture
61 (5.882 %)Government

Publishing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing Publishing 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 Publishing. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

North West IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
13 (17.65 %)XML
22 (11.76 %)Hibernate
22 (11.76 %)Spring
22 (11.76 %).NET
22 (11.76 %)J2EE
31 (5.882 %)ASP.NET
31 (5.882 %)CSS
31 (5.882 %)JDBC
31 (5.882 %)JSP
31 (5.882 %)Servlets
31 (5.882 %)HTML
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (5.882 %)Apache
11 (5.882 %)Tomcat
11 (5.882 %)SharePoint
North West IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
16 (35.29 %)MS Excel
25 (29.41 %)MS Office
31 (5.882 %)MS Project
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (5.882 %)Axapta
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (11.76 %)Intranet
21 (5.882 %)Internet
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
14 (23.53 %)BusinessObjects
22 (11.76 %)SQL Server
22 (11.76 %)Oracle 10g
31 (5.882 %)MySQL
31 (5.882 %)Oracle 9i
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (5.882 %)Oracle Forms
11 (5.882 %)MorphX
North West IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (11.76 %)Finance
21 (5.882 %)Government
21 (5.882 %)Local Government
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
14 (23.53 %)Analyst
14 (23.53 %)Developer
23 (17.65 %)MI Analyst
31 (5.882 %)Java/J2EE Developer
31 (5.882 %)Project Planner
31 (5.882 %)Architect
31 (5.882 %)Project Manager
31 (5.882 %)Business Analyst
31 (5.882 %)Author
31 (5.882 %)Technical Author
31 (5.882 %)Technical Project Manager
31 (5.882 %)Solutions Architect
31 (5.882 %)1st Line Support
31 (5.882 %)Administrator
31 (5.882 %)Java Developer
31 (5.882 %)Oracle Developer
31 (5.882 %)J2EE Developer
31 (5.882 %)Helpdesk Support
31 (5.882 %)Project Administrator
31 (5.882 %)SQL Developer
North West IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (11.76 %)Statistics
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12 (11.76 %)UNIX
21 (5.882 %)Windows
21 (5.882 %)Linux
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
14 (23.53 %)Business Intelligence
23 (17.65 %)OO
32 (11.76 %)Workflow
32 (11.76 %)Content Management
41 (5.882 %)Data Architecture
41 (5.882 %)Agile Software Development
41 (5.882 %)DSDM
41 (5.882 %)E-Commerce
41 (5.882 %)Project Management
41 (5.882 %)UML
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
13 (17.65 %)Java
13 (17.65 %)SQL
21 (5.882 %)Transact-SQL
21 (5.882 %)X++
21 (5.882 %)PL/SQL
North West IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (5.882 %)MCDBA
11 (5.882 %)Microsoft Certification
North West IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
14 (23.53 %)Business Objects
23 (17.65 %)Oracle
31 (5.882 %)Interwoven