The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term N-Tier in IT contracts advertised for the Suffolk region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited N-Tier over the 3 months to 24 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 Suffolk 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
N-Tier
Rank 22 38 31
Rank change year-on-year
+16 -7
Contract jobs citing N-Tier 6 3 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Suffolk 4.138% 1.210% 1.053%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 31.58% 5.172% 4.878%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 2 2
Average daily rate £351 £345 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.59% -1.42%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £300
% change year-on-year
- +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £27.50
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Suffolk
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
19 58 41
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Suffolk 13.10% 23.39% 21.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 25 13
Average daily rate £325 £325 £305
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +6.55%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £255 £171 £267
10% offered a daily rate of more than £351 £368 £375
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £340
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +1.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 6 4
Average hourly rate £37.50 £18.00 £28.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+108.33% -37.39%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £22.50 £26.00
% change year-on-year
- -13.46%
N-Tier
East of England

N-Tier
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Suffolk 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 Suffolk region.

Suffolk 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 Suffolk region.

Suffolk 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 Suffolk region over the 3 months to 24 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
Ipswich +9 6 £351 -
N-Tier
East of England

N-Tier
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Suffolk 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 9 (100.00%) C#
1 9 (100.00%) .NET
1 9 (100.00%) ASP.NET
1 9 (100.00%) .NET Framework
2 8 (88.89%) WCF
3 7 (77.78%) Web Services
3 7 (77.78%) CSS
3 7 (77.78%) HTML
4 6 (66.67%) Windows
5 5 (55.56%) Team Foundation Server
6 4 (44.44%) Microsoft
7 3 (33.33%) SQL Server
7 3 (33.33%) MVC
7 3 (33.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 3 (33.33%) SQL Server 2005
7 3 (33.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 3 (33.33%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
7 3 (33.33%) Silverlight
7 3 (33.33%) LINQ
7 3 (33.33%) WPF
7 3 (33.33%) SQL Server 2008
8 2 (22.22%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 2 (22.22%) Windows Server 2008
8 2 (22.22%) Windows 7
8 2 (22.22%) ASP.NET MVC
8 2 (22.22%) SharePoint 2010
8 2 (22.22%) NHibernate
8 2 (22.22%) Technical Architecture
8 2 (22.22%) Dynamics CRM
8 2 (22.22%) Software Engineering

N-Tier
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Suffolk 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 9 (100.00%) .NET
1 9 (100.00%) ASP.NET
1 9 (100.00%) .NET Framework
2 8 (88.89%) WCF
3 7 (77.78%) Web Services
3 7 (77.78%) CSS
3 7 (77.78%) HTML
4 3 (33.33%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
4 3 (33.33%) Silverlight
4 3 (33.33%) LINQ
4 3 (33.33%) WPF
5 2 (22.22%) ASP.NET MVC
5 2 (22.22%) NHibernate
6 1 (11.11%) SOAP
6 1 (11.11%) XML
6 1 (11.11%) XSLT
6 1 (11.11%) Ajax
6 1 (11.11%) WF
6 1 (11.11%) jQuery
Application Platforms
1 2 (22.22%) SharePoint 2010
1 2 (22.22%) BizTalk Server
1 2 (22.22%) MSMQ
1 2 (22.22%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 2 (22.22%) Dynamics CRM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (33.33%) SQL Server
1 3 (33.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
1 3 (33.33%) SQL Server 2005
1 3 (33.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 3 (33.33%) SQL Server 2008
2 2 (22.22%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 5 (55.56%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 2 (22.22%) Finance
Job Titles
1 9 (100.00%) Developer
2 6 (66.67%) .NET Developer
2 6 (66.67%) C# Developer
2 6 (66.67%) ASP.NET Developer
2 6 (66.67%) C# ASP.NET Developer
2 6 (66.67%) C# .NET Developer
3 2 (22.22%) CSS Developer
3 2 (22.22%) SQL Developer
3 2 (22.22%) HTML Developer
3 2 (22.22%) Solutions Architect
3 2 (22.22%) Lead Developer
3 2 (22.22%) Architect
Operating Systems
1 6 (66.67%) Windows
2 2 (22.22%) Windows Server 2008
2 2 (22.22%) Windows 7
2 2 (22.22%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (33.33%) MVC
2 2 (22.22%) Technical Architecture
2 2 (22.22%) Software Engineering
2 2 (22.22%) CRM
2 2 (22.22%) SOA
Programming Languages
1 9 (100.00%) C#
2 2 (22.22%) SQL
2 2 (22.22%) VB.NET
3 1 (11.11%) JavaScript
Vendors
1 4 (44.44%) Microsoft