The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term SaaS in IT contracts advertised for the Warrington region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SaaS 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 Warrington 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
Software as a Service (SaaS)
Rank 17 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing SaaS 6 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Warrington 4.651% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 25.00% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Average daily rate £425 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £400 £485
% change year-on-year
+6.25% -17.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £36.50 £20.00 -
% change year-on-year
+82.50% -
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Warrington
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
24 15 10
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Warrington 18.60% 15.15% 12.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 7 4
Average daily rate £275 £355 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-22.53% +18.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £277 £274
10% offered a daily rate of more than £415 £379 £342
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £340
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +1.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £25.66
% change year-on-year
-2.22% -12.31%
SaaS
Cheshire

SaaS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Warrington SaaS Jobs Demand Trend

SaaS
Daily Rate Trend

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

Warrington SaaS Daily Rate Trend

SaaS
Top 13 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Warrington region citing SaaS 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 SaaS.

1 6 (100.00%) ERP
1 6 (100.00%) Manufacturing
1 6 (100.00%) Information Security
1 6 (100.00%) Telecoms
2 5 (83.33%) ArcSight
3 2 (33.33%) Linux
4 1 (16.67%) PRINCE2
4 1 (16.67%) PMI
4 1 (16.67%) PMI Certification
4 1 (16.67%) Project Management
4 1 (16.67%) SIEM
4 1 (16.67%) Finance
4 1 (16.67%) Security Architecture

SaaS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

General
1 6 (100.00%) Manufacturing
1 6 (100.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (16.67%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) Project Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Consultant
2 1 (16.67%) Technical Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 2 (33.33%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) ERP
1 6 (100.00%) Information Security
2 1 (16.67%) PRINCE2
2 1 (16.67%) Project Management
2 1 (16.67%) SIEM
2 1 (16.67%) Security Architecture
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) PMI Certification
Vendors
1 5 (83.33%) ArcSight