The first table below looks at the demand for SpamAssassin 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 SpamAssassin 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 of the System Software 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
Apache SpamAssassin
Rank - - -
Contract jobs citing SpamAssassin 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West - - -
As % of the System Software 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 System Software
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
228 263 269
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 9.657% 8.339% 8.937%
Number of daily rates quoted 73 102 132
Average daily rate £270 £313 £255
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-13.60% +22.54%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £215 £155 £196
10% offered a daily rate of more than £422 £450 £350
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £305
% change year-on-year
- +6.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 47 38 40
Average hourly rate £19.00 £17.25 £14.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+10.14% +16.94%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.60 £11.48 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £41.50 £30.00 £32.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £16.50 £17.50
% change year-on-year
-3.03% -5.71%
SpamAssassin
England