North West SPSS Contracts

This section looks at the demand for SPSS skills within the North West region with a comparison to our Applications category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited SPSS over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Berkshire Birmingham City of London East of England England Glasgow Hertfordshire Kent Lancashire London M4 Corridor Midlands North West North Yorkshire Oxford Oxfordshire Scotland Somerset South East South Wales South West Staines Surrey UK Wales Walsall West Midlands Weybridge Windsor Yorkshire	3 months to 25 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	141	133
Rank change on same period last year	-8
Matching contract IT job ads	2	5
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.003 %	0.005 %
As % of the category below	0.432 %	0.982 %
Daily rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum daily rate	-	-
Average daily rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	-	-
UK excluding London average daily rate	£366	£370
% change on same period last year	-1.14 %
Hourly rates quoted	2	0
Average minimum hourly rate	£11.50	-
Average hourly rate	£12.50	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	£13.50	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£14.13	-
% change on same period last year	-
Applications North West
Matching contract IT job ads	463	509
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.617 %	0.515 %
Daily rates quoted	67	113
Average minimum daily rate	£276	£215
Average daily rate	£292	£225
% change on same period last year	+30.05 %
Average maximum daily rate	£308	£234
UK excluding London average daily rate	£299	£285
% change on same period last year	+4.94 %
Hourly rates quoted	105	106
Average minimum hourly rate	£14.00	£15.61
Average hourly rate	£15.64	£16.80
% change on same period last year	-6.85 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£17.29	£17.99
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£18.01	£18.99
% change on same period last year	-5.13 %
SPSS 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.

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Demand Trend

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

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Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SPSS across the North West region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

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Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SPSS within the North West region over the 3 months to 25 July 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
Lancashire	-	2	-	-

SPSS England

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Top 7 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing SPSS 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 SPSS.

1 2 (66.67 %) NHS 2 1 (33.33 %) Data Analysis 2 1 (33.33 %) Mapinfo 2 1 (33.33 %) MS Excel 2 1 (33.33 %) MS Access 2 1 (33.33 %) GIS 2 1 (33.33 %) Health

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing SPSS 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 SPSS. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications 1 1 (33.33 %) MS Excel	Database & Business Intelligence 1 1 (33.33 %) MS Access 1 1 (33.33 %) GIS
General 1 1 (33.33 %) Health	Job Titles 1 3 (100.00 %) Analyst 2 2 (66.67 %) Information Analyst 3 1 (33.33 %) Data Analyst
Miscellaneous 1 2 (66.67 %) NHS	Processes & Methodologies 1 1 (33.33 %) Data Analysis
Vendors 1 1 (33.33 %) Mapinfo