The first table below looks at the demand for SWT 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 SWT over the 3 months to 17 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 Application Development 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Standard Widget Toolkit (SWT)
Rank 115 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing SWT 2 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 0.087% - -
As % of the Application Development category 0.319% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 - £413
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
Average hourly rate £37.50 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 - -
All Application Development
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
627 940 748
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 27.30% 29.68% 24.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 330 521 431
Average daily rate £302 £325 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.23% -7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £226 £238 £233
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £450 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 28 24
Average hourly rate £30.00 £19.50 £27.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+53.84% -29.09%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.50 £13.50 £13.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £145.42 £33.32 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
SWT
England

SWT
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing SWT across the North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

North West SWT Jobs Demand Trend

SWT
Daily Rate Trend

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

North West SWT Daily Rate Trend

SWT
Hourly Rate Trend

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

North West SWT Hourly Rate Trend

SWT
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SWT within the North West region over the 3 months to 17 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 - 2 - -
SWT
England

SWT
Top 6 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing SWT 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 SWT.

1 2 (100.00%) C
1 2 (100.00%) C++
1 2 (100.00%) Java
1 2 (100.00%) Eclipse
1 2 (100.00%) Migration
1 2 (100.00%) JNI

SWT
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing SWT 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 SWT. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (100.00%) JNI
Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Eclipse
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) C
1 2 (100.00%) C++
1 2 (100.00%) Java