The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term N-Tier in IT contracts advertised for the West Yorkshire 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 West Yorkshire 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 90 81 64
Rank change year-on-year
-9 -17
Contract jobs citing N-Tier 1 9 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 0.079% 0.556% 0.632%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.389% 4.018% 3.167%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 4 2
Average daily rate - £375 £238
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +57.89%
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
West Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
257 224 221
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 20.19% 13.84% 19.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 146 112 94
Average daily rate £300 £338 £313
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-11.11% +8.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £212 £211 £213
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £450 £453
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £340
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +1.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 7 18
Average hourly rate £13.75 £18.00 £11.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-23.61% +63.63%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.97 £11.00 £8.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £24.35 £26.50 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £25.66
% change year-on-year
-2.22% -12.31%
N-Tier
Yorkshire

N-Tier
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Yorkshire 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 West Yorkshire region.

West Yorkshire 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 West Yorkshire region.

West Yorkshire 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 West Yorkshire 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
Leeds -2 1 - -
N-Tier
Yorkshire

N-Tier
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Yorkshire 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 (85.71%) .NET
1 6 (85.71%) SQL Server
2 5 (71.43%) Visual Studio
2 5 (71.43%) ASP.NET
2 5 (71.43%) SQL Server 2005
3 4 (57.14%) VB.NET
3 4 (57.14%) C#
3 4 (57.14%) SQL
4 3 (42.86%) T-SQL
4 3 (42.86%) HTML
4 3 (42.86%) XML
5 2 (28.57%) Agile Software Development
5 2 (28.57%) Ajax
5 2 (28.57%) Software Testing
5 2 (28.57%) Web Development
5 2 (28.57%) .NET Framework
5 2 (28.57%) Degree
5 2 (28.57%) Visual Studio Team System
5 2 (28.57%) Web Services
5 2 (28.57%) Web Application Development
5 2 (28.57%) XSL
5 2 (28.57%) MS Project
5 2 (28.57%) OO
5 2 (28.57%) SharePoint
5 2 (28.57%) Client/Server
5 2 (28.57%) RDBMS
5 2 (28.57%) Microsoft
5 2 (28.57%) SQL Server 2000
5 2 (28.57%) Project Management
5 2 (28.57%) Oracle

N-Tier
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Yorkshire 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 (85.71%) .NET
2 5 (71.43%) ASP.NET
3 3 (42.86%) HTML
3 3 (42.86%) XML
4 2 (28.57%) Ajax
4 2 (28.57%) .NET Framework
4 2 (28.57%) Web Services
4 2 (28.57%) XSL
5 1 (14.29%) J2EE
5 1 (14.29%) EJB
5 1 (14.29%) JDBC
5 1 (14.29%) JSP
5 1 (14.29%) Servlets
5 1 (14.29%) SOAP
5 1 (14.29%) Struts
5 1 (14.29%) JavaBeans
5 1 (14.29%) XSLT
5 1 (14.29%) ASP.NET MVC
5 1 (14.29%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
5 1 (14.29%) Apache FOP
Application Platforms
1 2 (28.57%) SharePoint
2 1 (14.29%) Apache
2 1 (14.29%) Tomcat
Applications
1 2 (28.57%) MS Project
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (85.71%) SQL Server
2 5 (71.43%) SQL Server 2005
3 2 (28.57%) RDBMS
3 2 (28.57%) SQL Server 2000
4 1 (14.29%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 5 (71.43%) Visual Studio
2 2 (28.57%) Visual Studio Team System
3 1 (14.29%) Team Foundation Server
3 1 (14.29%) LLBLGen Pro
Job Titles
1 7 (100.00%) Developer
2 3 (42.86%) .NET Developer
3 2 (28.57%) VB.NET Developer
3 2 (28.57%) SharePoint Developer
4 1 (14.29%) ASP.NET Developer
4 1 (14.29%) Java Developer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Client/Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (28.57%) Agile Software Development
1 2 (28.57%) Software Testing
1 2 (28.57%) Web Development
1 2 (28.57%) Web Application Development
1 2 (28.57%) OO
1 2 (28.57%) Project Management
2 1 (14.29%) E-Commerce
2 1 (14.29%) TDD
2 1 (14.29%) MVC
2 1 (14.29%) Web Design
Programming Languages
1 4 (57.14%) VB.NET
1 4 (57.14%) C#
1 4 (57.14%) SQL
2 3 (42.86%) T-SQL
3 1 (14.29%) Java
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (14.29%) OpenSSO
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft
1 2 (28.57%) Oracle
2 1 (14.29%) JBoss
2 1 (14.29%) Infragistics