The first table below looks at the demand for Series 60 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 Series 60 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 of the Application Development 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Series 60 (S60)
Rank - - -
Contract jobs citing Series 60 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West - - -
As % of the Application Development category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate - - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Application Development
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
627 940 748
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 27.30% 29.68% 24.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 330 521 431
Average daily rate £302 £325 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.23% -7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £226 £238 £233
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £450 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 28 24
Average hourly rate £30.00 £19.50 £27.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+53.84% -29.09%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.50 £13.50 £13.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £145.42 £33.32 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
Series 60
England

Series 60
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Series 60 across the North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

North West Series 60 Jobs Demand Trend

Series 60
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Series 60 across the North West region.

North West Series 60 Hourly Rate Trend

Series 60
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing Series 60 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 Series 60.

1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Linux
1 2 (100.00%) Symbian
1 2 (100.00%) ISEB
1 2 (100.00%) Mac OS X
1 2 (100.00%) Blackberry
1 2 (100.00%) Windows Mobile
1 2 (100.00%) ISTQB
1 2 (100.00%) Android
1 2 (100.00%) iPhone
1 2 (100.00%) iPhone SDK
1 2 (100.00%) bada
1 2 (100.00%) Maemo
1 2 (100.00%) Apple iOS
1 2 (100.00%) iOS SDK
2 1 (50.00%) Robotium
2 1 (50.00%) SQL
2 1 (50.00%) XML
2 1 (50.00%) Cucumber
2 1 (50.00%) Semantic Web
2 1 (50.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (50.00%) JSON
2 1 (50.00%) JIRA
2 1 (50.00%) Selenium
2 1 (50.00%) Firebug
2 1 (50.00%) Test Scripting
2 1 (50.00%) Agile Software Development
2 1 (50.00%) TDD
2 1 (50.00%) Interactive TV
2 1 (50.00%) Software Testing

Series 60
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing Series 60 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 Series 60. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (100.00%) iPhone SDK
1 2 (100.00%) iOS SDK
2 1 (50.00%) XML
2 1 (50.00%) JSON
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Xcode
1 1 (50.00%) JIRA
1 1 (50.00%) Selenium
1 1 (50.00%) Firebug
1 1 (50.00%) Cucumber
1 1 (50.00%) Robotium
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Test Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Blackberry
1 2 (100.00%) iPhone
2 1 (50.00%) Semantic Web
2 1 (50.00%) Interactive TV
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Linux
1 2 (100.00%) Mac OS X
1 2 (100.00%) Windows Mobile
1 2 (100.00%) Android
1 2 (100.00%) bada
1 2 (100.00%) Maemo
1 2 (100.00%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Scrum
1 1 (50.00%) Agile Software Development
1 1 (50.00%) TDD
1 1 (50.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Test Scripting
1 1 (50.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) ISEB
1 2 (100.00%) ISTQB
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Symbian