The first table below looks at the demand for Competitor Analysis skills in IT contracts advertised for the Salford region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Competitor Analysis 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 Salford 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
Competitor Analysis
Rank 10 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Competitor Analysis 1 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Salford 4.000% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.263% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Average daily rate £300 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £400 £363
% change year-on-year
-25.00% +10.34%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Processes & Methodologies
Salford
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
19 29 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Salford 76.00% 74.36% 71.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 24 2
Average daily rate £323 £325 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-0.76% -23.52%
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 0
Average hourly rate £17.00 £17.50 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-2.85% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%
Competitor Analysis
Manchester

Competitor Analysis
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Competitor Analysis across the Salford region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Salford Competitor Analysis Jobs Demand Trend

Competitor Analysis
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Competitor Analysis across the Salford region.

Salford Competitor Analysis Daily Rate Trend

Competitor Analysis
Top 16 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Salford region citing Competitor Analysis 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 Competitor Analysis.

1 2 (100.00%) UML
1 2 (100.00%) Internet
1 2 (100.00%) Publishing
1 2 (100.00%) Streaming Video
1 2 (100.00%) Scrum
1 2 (100.00%) TDD
1 2 (100.00%) Content Management
1 2 (100.00%) Interactive TV
1 2 (100.00%) Business Analysis
1 2 (100.00%) Web 2.0
1 2 (100.00%) Social Network
1 2 (100.00%) Use Case
1 2 (100.00%) Test Scripting
1 2 (100.00%) BDD
1 2 (100.00%) New Media
1 2 (100.00%) User Stories

Competitor Analysis
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Salford region citing Competitor Analysis 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 Competitor Analysis. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) Internet
General
1 2 (100.00%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Business Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Streaming Video
1 2 (100.00%) Interactive TV
1 2 (100.00%) Web 2.0
1 2 (100.00%) Social Network
1 2 (100.00%) New Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) UML
1 2 (100.00%) Scrum
1 2 (100.00%) TDD
1 2 (100.00%) Content Management
1 2 (100.00%) Business Analysis
1 2 (100.00%) Use Case
1 2 (100.00%) Test Scripting
1 2 (100.00%) BDD
1 2 (100.00%) User Stories