Software Deployment Contracts in the North West
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for Software Deployment 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 Software Deployment over the 3 months to 23 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 Processes & Methodologies 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
23 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Deployment
Rank 106 122 120
Rank change year-on-year
+16 -2
Contract jobs citing Software Deployment 12 7 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 0.512% 0.224% 0.226%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.721% 0.364% 0.348%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 4
Average daily rate £315 - £285
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £295 £388
% change year-on-year
+10.16% -23.87%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 2 1
Average hourly rate £19.00 £17.50 £18.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+8.57% -5.40%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.00 £17.50 £14.50
% change year-on-year
+20.00% +20.68%
All Processes & Methodologies
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category		 1664 1925 2014
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 70.99% 61.66% 64.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 821 991 1044
Average daily rate £350 £350 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +7.69%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £226 £238 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £500 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 83 84 96
Average hourly rate £21.00 £18.25 £20.30
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+15.06% -10.07%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.25 £13.35 £12.90
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £52.47 £37.50 £38.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.45 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+21.78% -13.79%
Software Deployment
England

Software Deployment
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Software Deployment across the North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

North West Software Deployment Jobs Demand Trend

Software Deployment
Daily Rate Trend

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

North West Software Deployment Daily Rate Trend

Software Deployment
Hourly Rate Trend

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

North West Software Deployment Hourly Rate Trend

Software Deployment
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Software Deployment within the North West region over the 3 months to 23 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 +22 9 - -
Cheshire - 2 £315 -
Manchester +7 1 - -
Software Deployment
England

Software Deployment
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing Software Deployment 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 Software Deployment.

1 15 (100.00%) Windows
2 14 (93.33%) SCCM
2 14 (93.33%) Windows 7
3 13 (86.67%) Citrix
3 13 (86.67%) Microsoft App-V
4 12 (80.00%) Windows XP
5 9 (60.00%) Microsoft
5 9 (60.00%) Active Directory
5 9 (60.00%) Blackberry
5 9 (60.00%) Windows Vista
5 9 (60.00%) MS Office
5 9 (60.00%) SC Cleared
5 9 (60.00%) Security Cleared
6 8 (53.33%) CA
6 8 (53.33%) SLA
7 7 (46.67%) AppSense
7 7 (46.67%) Lumension
8 6 (40.00%) MSI
9 5 (33.33%) VBScript
9 5 (33.33%) VB
9 5 (33.33%) Migration
9 5 (33.33%) Banking
10 4 (26.67%) XenApp
10 4 (26.67%) VMware Infrastructure
10 4 (26.67%) PowerShell
10 4 (26.67%) Wise Package Studio
10 4 (26.67%) VMware
10 4 (26.67%) TQM
10 4 (26.67%) Finance
10 4 (26.67%) ZENworks

Software Deployment
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing Software Deployment 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 Software Deployment. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (6.667%) Software Packaging
Applications
1 9 (60.00%) MS Office
2 2 (13.33%) MS Excel
Development Applications
1 6 (40.00%) MSI
2 4 (26.67%) Wise Package Studio
2 4 (26.67%) InstallShield
General
1 5 (33.33%) Banking
2 4 (26.67%) Finance
3 1 (6.667%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 9 (60.00%) Support Engineer
2 8 (53.33%) 2nd Line Support
3 7 (46.67%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
4 5 (33.33%) Applications Packager
5 1 (6.667%) Desktop Support
5 1 (6.667%) Consultant
5 1 (6.667%) Desktop Support Engineer
5 1 (6.667%) Desktop Engineer
5 1 (6.667%) SCCM Engineer
5 1 (6.667%) Software Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 9 (60.00%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 15 (100.00%) Windows
2 14 (93.33%) Windows 7
3 12 (80.00%) Windows XP
4 9 (60.00%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (33.33%) Migration
2 4 (26.67%) TQM
3 1 (6.667%) Service Management
3 1 (6.667%) Software Distribution
Programming Languages
1 5 (33.33%) VBScript
1 5 (33.33%) VB
2 4 (26.67%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 9 (60.00%) SC Cleared
1 9 (60.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (53.33%) SLA
2 1 (6.667%) QA
System Software
1 13 (86.67%) Microsoft App-V
2 9 (60.00%) Active Directory
3 4 (26.67%) XenApp
3 4 (26.67%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 14 (93.33%) SCCM
2 4 (26.67%) ZENworks
3 1 (6.667%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 13 (86.67%) Citrix
2 9 (60.00%) Microsoft
3 8 (53.33%) CA
4 7 (46.67%) AppSense
4 7 (46.67%) Lumension
5 4 (26.67%) VMware
5 4 (26.67%) Novell
6 1 (6.667%) LANDesk
SCCM SUPPORT ENGINEER - SC CLEARED
Preston, Lancashire
Provides account administration support via Active Directory. * Provides request fulfilment support across varying services such as Software Deployment Main Responsibilities * Problem solve across MS Office Suite, operating systems (...
LA International
Posted: 20 May 2013
DESKTOP SUPPORT ENGINEER / 2ND LINE SUPPORT - SC CLEARED
Preston, Lancashire
Provides account administration support via Active Directory. * Provides request fulfilment support across varying services such as Software Deployment Main Responsibilities * Problem solve across MS Office Suite, operating systems (...
LA International
Posted: 20 May 2013
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