The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Twitter products and/or services 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 Twitter 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 Vendors 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.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are NOT representative of contractor rates within Twitter, Inc.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Twitter
Rank 96 134 -
Rank change year-on-year
+38 -
Contract jobs citing Twitter 23 1 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 0.974% 0.032% -
As % of the Vendors category 2.158% 0.061% -
Number of daily rates quoted 13 1 0
Average daily rate £275 £300 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-8.33% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £275 £300 £275
% change year-on-year
-8.33% +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
Average hourly rate £19.00 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.00 - -
All Vendors
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
1066 1640 1403
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 45.15% 52.00% 46.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 469 754 687
Average daily rate £340 £350 £345
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.85% +1.44%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £213 £200 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £490 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 92 78 96
Average hourly rate £19.50 £17.50 £18.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+11.42% -2.77%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £12.50 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £29.55 £36.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year
- -7.31%
Twitter
England

Twitter
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West Twitter Jobs Demand Trend

Twitter
Daily Rate Trend

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

North West Twitter Daily Rate Trend

Twitter
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Twitter across the North West region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

North West Twitter Daily Rate Histogram

Twitter
Hourly Rate Trend

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

North West Twitter Hourly Rate Trend

Twitter
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Twitter within the North West region over the 3 months to 21 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
Manchester - 11 £238 -
Merseyside +3 3 - -
Cheshire - 1 - -
Lancashire - 1 £285 -
Twitter
England

Twitter
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing Twitter 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 Twitter.

1 19 (47.50%) SQL Server
2 17 (42.50%) .NET
3 16 (40.00%) Facebook
4 15 (37.50%) C#
5 13 (32.50%) XML
6 12 (30.00%) ASP.NET
7 11 (27.50%) JavaScript
7 11 (27.50%) CMS
7 11 (27.50%) Mobile App
7 11 (27.50%) Social Media
8 10 (25.00%) Visual Studio
8 10 (25.00%) CSS
9 9 (22.50%) SEO
10 8 (20.00%) NHS
10 8 (20.00%) MVC
10 8 (20.00%) Google
10 8 (20.00%) Degree
10 8 (20.00%) Windows
10 8 (20.00%) HTML5
10 8 (20.00%) jQuery
10 8 (20.00%) Umbraco
10 8 (20.00%) CSS3
11 7 (17.50%) PHP
11 7 (17.50%) Microsoft
12 6 (15.00%) OOD
12 6 (15.00%) SQL
12 6 (15.00%) HTML
12 6 (15.00%) OO
12 6 (15.00%) NetBeans
12 6 (15.00%) Web Development

Twitter
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing Twitter 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 Twitter. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 17 (42.50%) .NET
2 13 (32.50%) XML
3 12 (30.00%) ASP.NET
4 10 (25.00%) CSS
5 8 (20.00%) HTML5
5 8 (20.00%) jQuery
5 8 (20.00%) CSS3
6 6 (15.00%) HTML
6 6 (15.00%) ASP.NET MVC
7 5 (12.50%) Google Maps API
7 5 (12.50%) Razor View Engine
7 5 (12.50%) CodeIgniter
7 5 (12.50%) CakePHP
7 5 (12.50%) XSD
7 5 (12.50%) XSLT
8 2 (5.000%) SOAP
8 2 (5.000%) Web Services
8 2 (5.000%) .NET Framework
8 2 (5.000%) Twitter Bootstrap
9 1 (2.500%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
Application Platforms
1 11 (27.50%) CMS
2 8 (20.00%) Umbraco
3 5 (12.50%) WordPress
4 1 (2.500%) Exchange Server 2010
4 1 (2.500%) SharePoint 2010
4 1 (2.500%) EPiServer CMS
4 1 (2.500%) Exchange Server 2007
4 1 (2.500%) SharePoint
4 1 (2.500%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 5 (12.50%) MS Excel
2 4 (10.00%) Photoshop
3 2 (5.000%) InfoPath
4 1 (2.500%) Adobe After Effects
4 1 (2.500%) Adobe Illustrator
4 1 (2.500%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 1 (2.500%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 2 (5.000%) Internet
2 1 (2.500%) NetScaler
2 1 (2.500%) ADSL
2 1 (2.500%) LAN
2 1 (2.500%) WAN
2 1 (2.500%) HTTP
2 1 (2.500%) TCP/IP
2 1 (2.500%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (47.50%) SQL Server
2 5 (12.50%) PostgreSQL
2 5 (12.50%) MySQL
3 2 (5.000%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (5.000%) QlikView
4 1 (2.500%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (2.500%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (2.500%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 10 (25.00%) Visual Studio
2 6 (15.00%) NetBeans
3 5 (12.50%) Git (software)
4 2 (5.000%) Dreamweaver
4 2 (5.000%) Eclipse
4 2 (5.000%) NUnit
5 1 (2.500%) Subversion
5 1 (2.500%) JIRA
General
1 4 (10.00%) Marketing
2 3 (7.500%) Law
3 2 (5.000%) Finance
4 1 (2.500%) Local Government
4 1 (2.500%) German Language
4 1 (2.500%) Spanish Language
4 1 (2.500%) Games
Job Titles
1 21 (52.50%) Developer
2 11 (27.50%) .NET Developer
3 10 (25.00%) ASP.NET Developer
4 5 (12.50%) Analyst
4 5 (12.50%) C# Developer
5 4 (10.00%) Coordinator
5 4 (10.00%) C# .NET Developer
5 4 (10.00%) C# ASP.NET Developer
6 3 (7.500%) Market Data Analyst
6 3 (7.500%) Market Analyst
6 3 (7.500%) Web Developer
6 3 (7.500%) Data Analyst
7 2 (5.000%) Software Developer
7 2 (5.000%) Engagement Manager
7 2 (5.000%) Project Coordinator
7 2 (5.000%) Front-End Developer
7 2 (5.000%) Front-End Web Developer
8 1 (2.500%) Umbraco Developer
8 1 (2.500%) C# Software Developer
8 1 (2.500%) Print Designer
Miscellaneous
1 11 (27.50%) Mobile App
1 11 (27.50%) Social Media
2 8 (20.00%) NHS
3 2 (5.000%) EMV
3 2 (5.000%) Smartcard
3 2 (5.000%) Management Information System
4 1 (2.500%) Copywriting
4 1 (2.500%) Animation
Operating Systems
1 8 (20.00%) Windows
2 5 (12.50%) Linux
3 3 (7.500%) Windows Server 2008
4 2 (5.000%) Windows Server 2003
5 1 (2.500%) Apple iOS
5 1 (2.500%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (22.50%) SEO
2 8 (20.00%) MVC
3 6 (15.00%) OOD
3 6 (15.00%) OO
3 6 (15.00%) Web Development
4 5 (12.50%) Business Development
5 4 (10.00%) Continuous Integration
6 3 (7.500%) Web Design
6 3 (7.500%) E-Commerce
7 2 (5.000%) ITIL
7 2 (5.000%) PRINCE2
7 2 (5.000%) Content Management
7 2 (5.000%) Data Analysis
7 2 (5.000%) Customer Engagement
7 2 (5.000%) Online Marketing
7 2 (5.000%) Marketing Strategy
7 2 (5.000%) Responsive Web Design
8 1 (2.500%) Analytics
8 1 (2.500%) Social Media Marketing
8 1 (2.500%) Release Management
Programming Languages
1 15 (37.50%) C#
2 11 (27.50%) JavaScript
3 7 (17.50%) PHP
4 6 (15.00%) SQL
5 5 (12.50%) XPath
6 2 (5.000%) Java
6 2 (5.000%) C++
6 2 (5.000%) VB
7 1 (2.500%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 8 (20.00%) Degree
2 3 (7.500%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (5.000%) PRINCE2 Certification
3 2 (5.000%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (2.500%) CCEE
4 1 (2.500%) CCIA
4 1 (2.500%) MCITP
4 1 (2.500%) MCSE
4 1 (2.500%) CCSP
4 1 (2.500%) CCNP
4 1 (2.500%) CCDP
4 1 (2.500%) CCA
4 1 (2.500%) Citrix Certification
4 1 (2.500%) CCEA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (10.00%) HL7
2 1 (2.500%) TickIT
2 1 (2.500%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 1 (2.500%) XenServer
1 1 (2.500%) XenDesktop
1 1 (2.500%) Hyper-V
1 1 (2.500%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 16 (40.00%) Facebook
2 8 (20.00%) Google
3 7 (17.50%) Microsoft
4 5 (12.50%) Zend
4 5 (12.50%) Oracle
5 4 (10.00%) Adobe
6 1 (2.500%) EPiServer
6 1 (2.500%) Quark
6 1 (2.500%) VMware
6 1 (2.500%) Citrix
6 1 (2.500%) Cisco
6 1 (2.500%) Juniper
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