The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Smartphone 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 Smartphone 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 terms in our Miscellaneous 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
Smartphone
Rank 117 134 128
Rank change year-on-year
+17 -6
Contract jobs citing Smartphone 2 1 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 0.085% 0.032% 0.066%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.366% 0.155% 0.321%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
Average daily rate £400 £275 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+45.45% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £373 £288 £363
% change year-on-year
+29.56% -20.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 2
Average hourly rate £14.50 - £27.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £39.00 £31.25
% change year-on-year
-10.25% +24.80%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
547 647 623
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 23.17% 20.51% 20.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 244 315 314
Average daily rate £300 £325 £310
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.69% +4.83%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £201 £203
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £463 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £340
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +1.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 57 68
Average hourly rate £16.70 £20.00 £21.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-16.52% -4.76%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.50 £12.67 £10.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £24.05 £25.00 £38.20
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £23.00 £26.50
% change year-on-year
-4.34% -13.20%
Smartphone
England

Smartphone
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West Smartphone Jobs Demand Trend

Smartphone
Daily Rate Trend

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

North West Smartphone Daily Rate Trend

Smartphone
Hourly Rate Trend

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

North West Smartphone Hourly Rate Trend

Smartphone
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Smartphone 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
Lancashire - 2 £400 -
Smartphone
England

Smartphone
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 3 (60.00%) JavaScript
1 3 (60.00%) CSS
1 3 (60.00%) JSON
1 3 (60.00%) jQuery
1 3 (60.00%) Android
1 3 (60.00%) HTML5
1 3 (60.00%) Apple iOS
2 2 (40.00%) BDD
2 2 (40.00%) Progressive Enhancement
2 2 (40.00%) QUnit
2 2 (40.00%) Linked Data
2 2 (40.00%) Mobile App
2 2 (40.00%) Unit Testing
2 2 (40.00%) Continuous Integration
2 2 (40.00%) Kanban
2 2 (40.00%) Semantic Web
2 2 (40.00%) Git (software)
2 2 (40.00%) RESTful
2 2 (40.00%) CouchDB
2 2 (40.00%) PHPUnit
2 2 (40.00%) Zend
2 2 (40.00%) Java
2 2 (40.00%) Web Development
2 2 (40.00%) Agile Software Development
2 2 (40.00%) TDD
2 2 (40.00%) Test-First Development
2 2 (40.00%) Subversion
2 2 (40.00%) Content Management
2 2 (40.00%) MVC
2 2 (40.00%) BBC

Smartphone
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 3 (60.00%) CSS
1 3 (60.00%) JSON
1 3 (60.00%) jQuery
1 3 (60.00%) HTML5
2 2 (40.00%) RESTful
2 2 (40.00%) Web Services
2 2 (40.00%) XML
3 1 (20.00%) CSS3
Application Platforms
1 2 (40.00%) Apache
2 1 (20.00%) MS Exchange
2 1 (20.00%) Exchange Server 2003
Applications
1 1 (20.00%) MS Office
1 1 (20.00%) Spreadsheet
Communications & Networking
1 2 (40.00%) HTTP
2 1 (20.00%) TCP/IP
2 1 (20.00%) LAN
2 1 (20.00%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (40.00%) CouchDB
2 1 (20.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (40.00%) QUnit
1 2 (40.00%) Git (software)
1 2 (40.00%) PHPUnit
1 2 (40.00%) Subversion
1 2 (40.00%) Ant
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Developer
2 2 (40.00%) Android Developer
2 2 (40.00%) Web Developer
3 1 (20.00%) Support Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) 2nd Line Support
3 1 (20.00%) Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) JavaScript Developer
3 1 (20.00%) UI Developer
3 1 (20.00%) Telephony Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) UI Programmer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Linked Data
1 2 (40.00%) Mobile App
1 2 (40.00%) Semantic Web
1 2 (40.00%) BBC
Operating Systems
1 3 (60.00%) Android
1 3 (60.00%) Apple iOS
2 2 (40.00%) Windows
3 1 (20.00%) Windows XP
3 1 (20.00%) Windows 2000 Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) BDD
1 2 (40.00%) Progressive Enhancement
1 2 (40.00%) Unit Testing
1 2 (40.00%) Continuous Integration
1 2 (40.00%) Kanban
1 2 (40.00%) Web Development
1 2 (40.00%) Agile Software Development
1 2 (40.00%) TDD
1 2 (40.00%) Test-First Development
1 2 (40.00%) Content Management
1 2 (40.00%) MVC
1 2 (40.00%) Scrum
1 2 (40.00%) RDF
1 2 (40.00%) OOP
Programming Languages
1 3 (60.00%) JavaScript
2 2 (40.00%) Java
2 2 (40.00%) Objective-C
2 2 (40.00%) PHP
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) Sun Certification
2 1 (20.00%) MCP
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (20.00%) A+ Certification
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) Terminal Services
1 1 (20.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) Norton AntiVirus
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Zend
1 2 (40.00%) Apple
1 2 (40.00%) Cisco
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (20.00%) Symantec
2 1 (20.00%) Citrix
2 1 (20.00%) VMware