The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term N-Tier in IT contracts advertised for the South West region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited N-Tier 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 terms in our Miscellaneous category for the South 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
N-Tier
Rank 107 129 114
Rank change year-on-year
+22 -15
Contract jobs citing N-Tier 4 10 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 0.194% 0.303% 0.217%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.980% 1.529% 1.207%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 3
Average daily rate £250 £405 £270
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-38.27% +50.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £210 £369 £254
10% offered a daily rate of more than £290 £441 £284
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £305
% change year-on-year
- +6.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £27.50
All of the Miscellaneous Category
South West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
408 654 497
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 19.80% 19.80% 17.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 212 351 208
Average daily rate £350 £390 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-10.25% +11.42%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £262 £213
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £525 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £340
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +1.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 45 57
Average hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £29.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+20.00% -15.25%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.00 £10.70 £14.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £44.00 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £25.66
% change year-on-year
-2.22% -12.31%
N-Tier
England

N-Tier
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing N-Tier across the South West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

South West N-Tier Jobs Demand Trend

N-Tier
Daily Rate Trend

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

South West N-Tier Daily Rate Trend

N-Tier
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South West N-Tier Hourly Rate Trend

N-Tier
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing N-Tier within the South West region over the 3 months to 22 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
Devon - 3 £300 -
Bristol +8 1 £200 -44.44%
N-Tier
England

N-Tier
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West region citing N-Tier 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 N-Tier.

1 6 (100.00%) .NET
2 5 (83.33%) C#
3 4 (66.67%) SQL Server
4 3 (50.00%) JavaScript
4 3 (50.00%) TDD
4 3 (50.00%) LINQ
5 2 (33.33%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
5 2 (33.33%) WCF
5 2 (33.33%) WPF
5 2 (33.33%) Silverlight
5 2 (33.33%) Dependency Injection
5 2 (33.33%) jQuery
5 2 (33.33%) .NET Framework
5 2 (33.33%) Logistics
5 2 (33.33%) Ajax
5 2 (33.33%) MVC
5 2 (33.33%) Windows
5 2 (33.33%) ASP.NET
5 2 (33.33%) CSS
6 1 (16.67%) Web Services
6 1 (16.67%) XML
6 1 (16.67%) Photoshop
6 1 (16.67%) IIS
6 1 (16.67%) Visual Studio
6 1 (16.67%) ASP
6 1 (16.67%) PHP
6 1 (16.67%) T-SQL
6 1 (16.67%) VB
6 1 (16.67%) VB.NET
6 1 (16.67%) HTML

N-Tier
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West region citing N-Tier 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 N-Tier. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 6 (100.00%) .NET
2 3 (50.00%) LINQ
3 2 (33.33%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
3 2 (33.33%) WCF
3 2 (33.33%) WPF
3 2 (33.33%) Silverlight
3 2 (33.33%) jQuery
3 2 (33.33%) .NET Framework
3 2 (33.33%) Ajax
3 2 (33.33%) ASP.NET
3 2 (33.33%) CSS
4 1 (16.67%) Web Services
4 1 (16.67%) XML
4 1 (16.67%) ASP
4 1 (16.67%) HTML
4 1 (16.67%) WinForms
4 1 (16.67%) Razor View Engine
Application Platforms
1 1 (16.67%) IIS
1 1 (16.67%) WordPress
Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Google Analytics
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (66.67%) SQL Server
2 1 (16.67%) MySQL
2 1 (16.67%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Visual Studio
1 1 (16.67%) Subversion
General
1 1 (16.67%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 6 (100.00%) Developer
2 5 (83.33%) .NET Developer
3 3 (50.00%) C# Developer
3 3 (50.00%) C# .NET Developer
4 2 (33.33%) Web Developer
5 1 (16.67%) Software Developer
5 1 (16.67%) Senior Developer
5 1 (16.67%) Senior Web Developer
5 1 (16.67%) ASP.NET Developer
5 1 (16.67%) Senior Software Developer
5 1 (16.67%) Senior C# Developer
5 1 (16.67%) Senior .NET Developer
5 1 (16.67%) Senior ASP.NET Developer
5 1 (16.67%) C# Software Developer
5 1 (16.67%) C# ASP.NET Developer
5 1 (16.67%) .NET Software Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Client/Server
1 1 (16.67%) Social Network
Operating Systems
1 2 (33.33%) Windows
2 1 (16.67%) Linux
2 1 (16.67%) Windows Server 2003
2 1 (16.67%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) TDD
2 2 (33.33%) Dependency Injection
2 2 (33.33%) Logistics
2 2 (33.33%) MVC
3 1 (16.67%) OO
3 1 (16.67%) OOD
3 1 (16.67%) Data Security
3 1 (16.67%) SEO
3 1 (16.67%) Scrum
3 1 (16.67%) Digital Marketing
3 1 (16.67%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 5 (83.33%) C#
2 3 (50.00%) JavaScript
3 1 (16.67%) PHP
3 1 (16.67%) T-SQL
3 1 (16.67%) VB
3 1 (16.67%) VB.NET
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Google
Exeter, South West
A C# WPF Developer is immediately required for a client in Exeter. Thie ideal candidate will have experience in WPF development and be immediately available.
Computer Futures
Rate: £250 - £300 per day
Posted: 21 May 2013
Exeter, Devon
Essential skills: C# TDD WPF Ideally with Prism Silverlight WCF SQLServer LINQ to Entities N-Tier Entity Framework Dependency Injection Knowledge of connecting WPF to existing WCF services...
Evolution Recruitment Solutions
Rate: Marker Rates
Posted: 20 May 2013