The first table below looks at the demand for UAG skills 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 UAG over the 3 months to 21 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 of the System Software 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Forefront Unified Access Gateway (UAG)
Rank - 94 68
Contract jobs citing UAG 0 1 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Yorkshire - 0.062% 0.365%
As % of the System Software category - 0.926% 5.263%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 2
Average daily rate - - £388
UK excluding London average daily rate £260 £350 £388
% change year-on-year
-25.71% -9.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £17.00 -
% change year-on-year
+47.05% -
All System Software
West Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
118 108 76
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 9.190% 6.733% 6.941%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 36 24
Average daily rate £280 £325 £388
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-13.84% -16.12%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £305
% change year-on-year
- +6.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 25 18
Average hourly rate £15.50 £13.50 £21.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+14.81% -35.71%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.58 £10.30 £11.05
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £22.50 £30.00 £28.95
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £16.50 £17.50
% change year-on-year
-3.03% -5.71%
UAG
Yorkshire

UAG
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Yorkshire UAG Jobs Demand Trend

UAG
Daily Rate Trend

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

West Yorkshire UAG Daily Rate Trend