The first table below looks at the demand for WAN Optimisation 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 WAN Optimisation over the 3 months to 22 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 Processes & Methodologies 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
WAN Optimization
Rank - 121 125
Contract jobs citing WAN Optimisation 0 9 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West - 0.283% 0.033%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category - 0.458% 0.051%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
Average daily rate - - £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £220 £450 £425
% change year-on-year
-51.11% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £25.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £25.00 -
All Processes & Methodologies
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1664 1963 1966
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 70.69% 61.81% 65.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 818 1011 1024
Average daily rate £350 £350 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +7.69%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £226 £238 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £465 £500 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 82 87 97
Average hourly rate £21.00 £18.25 £20.30
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+15.06% -10.07%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.25 £13.28 £12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £53.92 £37.50 £37.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%
WAN Optimisation
England

WAN Optimisation
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing WAN Optimisation across the North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

North West WAN Optimisation Jobs Demand Trend

WAN Optimisation
Daily Rate Trend

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

North West WAN Optimisation Daily Rate Trend