North West SolidWorks Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of SolidWorks products and/or services in IT contracts within the North West region with a comparison to our Vendors category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited SolidWorks over the 3 months to 13 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Bristol Devon England North West South West Swindon UK Wiltshire	3 months to 13 Oct 2008	Same period last year
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Matching contract IT job ads	0	0
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.000 %	0.000 %
As % of the category below	0.000 %	0.000 %
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UK excluding London average daily rate	-	-
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UK excluding London average hourly rate	£21.75	£23.33
% change on same period last year	-6.78 %
Vendors North West
Matching contract IT job ads	1503	1923
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	2.125 %	1.947 %
Daily rates quoted	312	413
Average minimum daily rate	£337	£320
Average daily rate	£354	£339
% change on same period last year	+4.49 %
Average maximum daily rate	£371	£357
UK excluding London average daily rate	£360	£354
% change on same period last year	+1.64 %
Hourly rates quoted	215	197
Average minimum hourly rate	£21.52	£20.05
Average hourly rate	£22.88	£21.53
% change on same period last year	+6.29 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£24.25	£23.01
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£24.41	£24.34
% change on same period last year	+0.26 %
SolidWorks 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.

These figures represent the IT job market and are NOT representative of employment within the SolidWorks Corporation.

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Demand Trend

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

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

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Top 1 Related IT Skills

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

1 1 (100.00 %) CAD

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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 SolidWorks 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 SolidWorks. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Job Titles 1 1 (100.00 %) CAD Designer

Processes & Methodologies 1 1 (100.00 %) CAD