North West X-Windows Contracts

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

X-Windows
Location City of London East of England Edinburgh England Leeds London Norfolk North West Norwich Scotland South East Surrey UK West Yorkshire Yorkshire	3 months to 25 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	-	135
Rank change on same period last year	-
Matching contract IT job ads	0	3
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.000 %	0.003 %
As % of the category below	0.000 %	0.343 %
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	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum hourly rate	-	-
Average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£28.50	-
% change on same period last year	-
Application Development North West
Matching contract IT job ads	1039	874
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	1.385 %	0.884 %
Daily rates quoted	202	125
Average minimum daily rate	£328	£281
Average daily rate	£348	£308
% change on same period last year	+12.82 %
Average maximum daily rate	£368	£335
UK excluding London average daily rate	£340	£336
% change on same period last year	+1.20 %
Hourly rates quoted	92	71
Average minimum hourly rate	£28.57	£24.82
Average hourly rate	£31.45	£27.83
% change on same period last year	+13.01 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£34.32	£30.84
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£32.78	£33.23
% change on same period last year	-1.32 %
X-Windows 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.

X-Windows
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing X-Windows across the North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

X-Windows
Top 6 Related IT Skills

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

1 2 (100.00 %) C 1 2 (100.00 %) UNIX 1 2 (100.00 %) Windows 1 2 (100.00 %) Configuration Management 1 2 (100.00 %) Integration Testing 1 2 (100.00 %) System Testing

X-Windows
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Job Titles 1 2 (100.00 %) Software Engineer 1 2 (100.00 %) UNIX Engineer 1 2 (100.00 %) C Software Engineer	Operating Systems 1 2 (100.00 %) UNIX 1 2 (100.00 %) Windows
Processes & Methodologies 1 2 (100.00 %) Configuration Management 1 2 (100.00 %) Integration Testing 1 2 (100.00 %) System Testing	Programming Languages 1 2 (100.00 %) C