The first table below looks at the demand for Internet 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 Internet 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 of the Communications & Networking 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Internet
Rank 9 5 -
Rank change year-on-year
-4 -
Contract jobs citing Internet 2 7 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Salford 8.000% 17.07% -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 50.00% 46.67% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 5 0
Average daily rate £325 £350 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.14% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £311 £325 £350
% change year-on-year
-4.23% -7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.75 £15.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-1.66% -25.00%
All Communications & Networking
Salford
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
4 15 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Salford 16.00% 36.59% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 9 0
Average daily rate £325 £290 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+12.06% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £335 £325
% change year-on-year
-5.97% +3.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 0
Average hourly rate £15.00 £17.50 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-14.28% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.50 £25.75 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-16.50% -6.36%
Internet
Manchester

Internet
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Internet across the Salford region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

Salford Internet Jobs Demand Trend

Internet
Daily Rate Trend

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

Salford Internet Daily Rate Trend

Internet
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Salford Internet Hourly Rate Trend

Internet
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Salford region citing Internet 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 Internet.

1 7 (70.00%) Scrum
1 7 (70.00%) Agile Software Development
2 6 (60.00%) TDD
3 5 (50.00%) Java
3 5 (50.00%) ActionScript
3 5 (50.00%) Flash
4 4 (40.00%) OOP
4 4 (40.00%) OO
4 4 (40.00%) Web Services
4 4 (40.00%) C++
4 4 (40.00%) Subversion
4 4 (40.00%) MTASC
4 4 (40.00%) Performance Testing
4 4 (40.00%) ActionScript 2.0
4 4 (40.00%) Embedded Systems
4 4 (40.00%) Memory Management
5 3 (30.00%) Content Management
5 3 (30.00%) Project Management
6 2 (20.00%) PRINCE2
6 2 (20.00%) UML
6 2 (20.00%) Publishing
6 2 (20.00%) Streaming Video
6 2 (20.00%) Interactive TV
6 2 (20.00%) Business Analysis
6 2 (20.00%) Competitor Analysis
6 2 (20.00%) Strategic Planning
6 2 (20.00%) Software Testing
6 2 (20.00%) Web 2.0
6 2 (20.00%) Social Network
6 2 (20.00%) Matrix Management

Internet
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 5 (50.00%) Flash
2 4 (40.00%) Web Services
3 1 (10.00%) HTML
3 1 (10.00%) XML
3 1 (10.00%) XSLT
3 1 (10.00%) CSS
Development Applications
1 4 (40.00%) Subversion
1 4 (40.00%) MTASC
General
1 2 (20.00%) Publishing
2 1 (10.00%) Multimedia
2 1 (10.00%) Law
Job Titles
1 3 (30.00%) Flash Developer
1 3 (30.00%) Flash ActionScript Developer
1 3 (30.00%) ActionScript Developer
1 3 (30.00%) Project Manager
1 3 (30.00%) Developer
2 2 (20.00%) Analyst
2 2 (20.00%) Business Analyst
2 2 (20.00%) Senior Manager
2 2 (20.00%) Senior Project Manager
3 1 (10.00%) Project Coordinator
3 1 (10.00%) Technical Manager
3 1 (10.00%) Technical Project Manager
3 1 (10.00%) Coordinator
Miscellaneous
1 4 (40.00%) Embedded Systems
2 2 (20.00%) Streaming Video
2 2 (20.00%) Interactive TV
2 2 (20.00%) Web 2.0
2 2 (20.00%) Social Network
2 2 (20.00%) New Media
3 1 (10.00%) Mobile App
3 1 (10.00%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (70.00%) Scrum
1 7 (70.00%) Agile Software Development
2 6 (60.00%) TDD
3 4 (40.00%) OOP
3 4 (40.00%) OO
3 4 (40.00%) Performance Testing
3 4 (40.00%) Memory Management
4 3 (30.00%) Content Management
4 3 (30.00%) Project Management
5 2 (20.00%) PRINCE2
5 2 (20.00%) UML
5 2 (20.00%) Business Analysis
5 2 (20.00%) Competitor Analysis
5 2 (20.00%) Strategic Planning
5 2 (20.00%) Software Testing
5 2 (20.00%) Matrix Management
5 2 (20.00%) Use Case
5 2 (20.00%) Information Architecture
5 2 (20.00%) Test Scripting
5 2 (20.00%) BDD
Programming Languages
1 5 (50.00%) Java
1 5 (50.00%) ActionScript
2 4 (40.00%) C++
2 4 (40.00%) ActionScript 2.0
3 1 (10.00%) JavaScript
3 1 (10.00%) PHP
Vendors
1 1 (10.00%) Facebook
1 1 (10.00%) Twitter