The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Northgate products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the West Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Northgate 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 Vendors for the West Midlands 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.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are NOT representative of contractor rates within Northgate Information Solutions plc.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Northgate
Rank 92 - 98
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Northgate 3 0 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.184% - 0.211%
As % of the Vendors category 0.355% - 0.479%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 2
Average daily rate £350 - £338
90% offered a daily rate of more than £342 - £328
10% offered a daily rate of more than £354 - £348
UK excluding London average daily rate £354 £275 £313
% change year-on-year
+28.63% -12.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.25 £27.50 -
% change year-on-year
+10.00% -
All Vendors
West Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
845 1106 835
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 51.75% 49.33% 44.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 358 457 326
Average daily rate £330 £325 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.53% -7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £220 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £526 £475 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 94 98 100
Average hourly rate £20.00 £16.85 £16.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+18.67% +2.13%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.76 £11.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.80 £34.70 £35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
Northgate
England

Northgate
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Northgate across the West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

West Midlands Northgate Jobs Demand Trend

Northgate
Daily Rate Trend

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

West Midlands Northgate Daily Rate Trend

Northgate
Hourly Rate Trend

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

West Midlands Northgate Hourly Rate Trend

Northgate
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Northgate within the West Midlands 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
Worcestershire - 2 £348 -
Northgate
England

Northgate
Top 23 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region citing Northgate 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 Northgate.

1 3 (37.50%) UNIX
1 3 (37.50%) Windows
1 3 (37.50%) JBoss
1 3 (37.50%) Apache
1 3 (37.50%) Tomcat
1 3 (37.50%) PL/SQL
1 3 (37.50%) SQL
1 3 (37.50%) T-SQL
1 3 (37.50%) Oracle
1 3 (37.50%) Shell Script
2 2 (25.00%) ResourceLink
3 1 (12.50%) Finance
3 1 (12.50%) SQL Server
3 1 (12.50%) PRINCE2
3 1 (12.50%) MS Excel
3 1 (12.50%) CRM
3 1 (12.50%) ERP
3 1 (12.50%) Microsoft
3 1 (12.50%) Epicor
3 1 (12.50%) Project Management
3 1 (12.50%) Business Analysis
3 1 (12.50%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (12.50%) Dynamics AX

Northgate
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region citing Northgate 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 Northgate. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 3 (37.50%) Apache
1 3 (37.50%) Tomcat
Applications
1 1 (12.50%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (25.00%) ResourceLink
2 1 (12.50%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (12.50%) Dynamics AX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (12.50%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (12.50%) Finance
Job Titles
1 3 (37.50%) Developer
1 3 (37.50%) SQL Developer
2 2 (25.00%) Business Analyst
2 2 (25.00%) Analyst
2 2 (25.00%) Consultant
3 1 (12.50%) Oracle Developer
3 1 (12.50%) Project Manager
3 1 (12.50%) PL/SQL Developer
Operating Systems
1 3 (37.50%) UNIX
1 3 (37.50%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (12.50%) PRINCE2
1 1 (12.50%) CRM
1 1 (12.50%) ERP
1 1 (12.50%) Project Management
1 1 (12.50%) Business Analysis
Programming Languages
1 3 (37.50%) PL/SQL
1 3 (37.50%) SQL
1 3 (37.50%) T-SQL
1 3 (37.50%) Shell Script
Vendors
1 3 (37.50%) JBoss
1 3 (37.50%) Oracle
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft
2 1 (12.50%) Epicor
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