North West Software Engineering Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for Software Engineering skills within the North West region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Software Engineering over the 3 months to 13 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Barrow-in-Furness Bedfordshire Berkshire Birmingham Bracknell Bristol Buckinghamshire Cambridge Cambridgeshire Cardiff Cheltenham Cheshire Chester Chesterfield City of London Crawley Cumbria Derby Derbyshire East Anglia East Midlands East of England East Yorkshire Edinburgh England Glasgow Gloucestershire Hampshire Havant Hertfordshire Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Lichfield Livingston London M4 Corridor Marlow Midlands Milton Keynes Newcastle Newport Norfolk North East North West North Yorkshire Norwich Oxford Oxfordshire Portsmouth Reading Redditch Rugby Scotland Solihull South Coast South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Staffordshire Staines Stevenage Surrey Swindon Thames Valley Tyne and Wear UK Wales Warwick Warwickshire Waterlooville West Lothian West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Wiltshire Worcestershire York Yorkshire	3 months to 13 Oct 2008	Same period last year
Rank	125	136
Rank change on same period last year	+11
Matching contract IT job ads	6	10
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.008 %	0.010 %
As % of the category below	0.320 %	0.508 %
Daily rates quoted	3	0
Average minimum daily rate	£275	-
Average daily rate	£275	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	£275	-
UK excluding London average daily rate	£311	£367
% change on same period last year	-15.39 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	3
Average minimum hourly rate	-	£40.00
Average hourly rate	-	£41.00
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	£42.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£33.67	£35.73
% change on same period last year	-5.75 %
Processes & Methodologies North West
Matching contract IT job ads	1876	1968
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	2.653 %	1.992 %
Daily rates quoted	485	475
Average minimum daily rate	£357	£334
Average daily rate	£379	£351
% change on same period last year	+7.93 %
Average maximum daily rate	£401	£369
UK excluding London average daily rate	£377	£371
% change on same period last year	+1.83 %
Hourly rates quoted	183	161
Average minimum hourly rate	£25.20	£26.25
Average hourly rate	£26.70	£28.29
% change on same period last year	-5.60 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£28.21	£30.33
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£29.42	£29.97
% change on same period last year	-1.81 %
Software Engineering 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.

Software Engineering
Demand Trend

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

Software Engineering
Daily Rate Trend

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

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Software Engineering across the North West region over the 3 months to 13 October 2008.

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

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Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Software Engineering within the North West region over the 3 months to 13 October 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.

Location	Rank 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
Cheshire	-	3	-	-
Cumbria	-	3	£275	-

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing Software Engineering 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 Engineering.

1 6 (54.55 %) Oracle 2 5 (45.45 %) SQL Server 2 5 (45.45 %) Java 2 5 (45.45 %) SQL 2 5 (45.45 %) SAN 3 4 (36.36 %) XML 3 4 (36.36 %) Linux 3 4 (36.36 %) Security Cleared 4 3 (27.27 %) SC Cleared 4 3 (27.27 %) Red Hat Linux 4 3 (27.27 %) Agile Software Development 4 3 (27.27 %) Disaster Recovery 4 3 (27.27 %) Government 4 3 (27.27 %) ASP.NET 4 3 (27.27 %) VB.NET

4 3 (27.27 %) .NET 4 3 (27.27 %) PHP 4 3 (27.27 %) UNIX 4 3 (27.27 %) Windows 4 3 (27.27 %) MS Access 4 3 (27.27 %) Sun 4 3 (27.27 %) HP 4 3 (27.27 %) EMC 4 3 (27.27 %) VERITAS 4 3 (27.27 %) Red Hat 5 2 (18.18 %) SQL Server 2000 5 2 (18.18 %) Project Management 5 2 (18.18 %) Pharmaceutical 5 2 (18.18 %) Datawarehouse 5 2 (18.18 %) Transact-SQL

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing Software Engineering 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 Engineering. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 4 (36.36 %) XML 2 3 (27.27 %) .NET 2 3 (27.27 %) ASP.NET 3 1 (9.091 %) WebServices 3 1 (9.091 %) CORBA 3 1 (9.091 %) J2ME 3 1 (9.091 %) Middleware	Communications & Networking 1 5 (45.45 %) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence 1 5 (45.45 %) SQL Server 2 3 (27.27 %) MS Access 3 2 (18.18 %) Datawarehouse 3 2 (18.18 %) SQL Server 2000 3 2 (18.18 %) Microsoft Analysis Services 3 2 (18.18 %) SQL Server Reporting Services 3 2 (18.18 %) SQL Server 2005 3 2 (18.18 %) SQL Server Integration Services 3 2 (18.18 %) SQL Server Analysis Services 4 1 (9.091 %) OLAP	Development Applications 1 1 (9.091 %) ClearCase 1 1 (9.091 %) ClearQuest
General 1 3 (27.27 %) Government 2 2 (18.18 %) Pharmaceutical 3 1 (9.091 %) Games	Job Titles 1 4 (36.36 %) Developer 2 3 (27.27 %) Systems Engineer 2 3 (27.27 %) Systems Developer 2 3 (27.27 %) UNIX Administrator 2 3 (27.27 %) Administrator 2 3 (27.27 %) Principal Systems Engineer 2 3 (27.27 %) Principal Engineer 3 2 (18.18 %) SQL Server Consultant 3 2 (18.18 %) Consultant 3 2 (18.18 %) Systems Administrator 3 2 (18.18 %) UNIX Systems Administrator 4 1 (9.091 %) Support Analyst 4 1 (9.091 %) Applications Support 4 1 (9.091 %) Analyst 4 1 (9.091 %) Tester 4 1 (9.091 %) Junior 4 1 (9.091 %) Software Engineer 4 1 (9.091 %) Applications Support Analyst 4 1 (9.091 %) Junior Developer 4 1 (9.091 %) Junior Tester
Miscellaneous 1 1 (9.091 %) Dutch Language 1 1 (9.091 %) French Language 1 1 (9.091 %) German Language	Operating Systems 1 4 (36.36 %) Linux 2 3 (27.27 %) Red Hat Linux 2 3 (27.27 %) UNIX 2 3 (27.27 %) Windows
Processes & Methodologies 1 4 (36.36 %) Security Cleared 2 3 (27.27 %) Agile Software Development 2 3 (27.27 %) SC Cleared 2 3 (27.27 %) Disaster Recovery 3 2 (18.18 %) Project Management 4 1 (9.091 %) Validation 4 1 (9.091 %) UML 4 1 (9.091 %) Configuration Management	Programming Languages 1 5 (45.45 %) Java 1 5 (45.45 %) SQL 2 3 (27.27 %) VB.NET 2 3 (27.27 %) PHP 3 2 (18.18 %) Transact-SQL 4 1 (9.091 %) C 4 1 (9.091 %) C++
Qualifications 1 1 (9.091 %) Degree	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 1 (9.091 %) SLA
System Software 1 2 (18.18 %) NetBackup	Vendors 1 6 (54.55 %) Oracle 2 3 (27.27 %) Sun 2 3 (27.27 %) HP 2 3 (27.27 %) EMC 2 3 (27.27 %) VERITAS 2 3 (27.27 %) Red Hat