Bristol Mercator Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Mercator products and/or services in IT contracts within the Bristol region with a comparison to our Vendors category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Mercator over the 3 months to 6 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Birmingham Bristol Buckinghamshire Cambridgeshire Coventry East of England Edinburgh England Leeds London Midlands Newcastle North East Northern Ireland Peterborough Scotland Shropshire South East Swansea Telford Tyne and Wear UK Wales West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Worthing Yorkshire	3 months to 6 Oct 2008	Same period last year
Rank	-	55
Rank change on same period last year	-
Matching contract IT job ads	0	12
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.000 %	0.012 %
As % of the category below	0.000 %	2.824 %
Daily rates quoted	0	2
Average minimum daily rate	-	£600
Average daily rate	-	£600
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	-	£600
UK excluding London average daily rate	£374	£504
% change on same period last year	-25.86 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum hourly rate	-	-
Average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	-	£40.00
% change on same period last year	-
Vendors Bristol
Matching contract IT job ads	336	425
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.469 %	0.427 %
Daily rates quoted	91	132
Average minimum daily rate	£305	£303
Average daily rate	£333	£320
% change on same period last year	+4.00 %
Average maximum daily rate	£361	£337
UK excluding London average daily rate	£360	£354
% change on same period last year	+1.60 %
Hourly rates quoted	60	65
Average minimum hourly rate	£27.15	£23.54
Average hourly rate	£29.30	£25.58
% change on same period last year	+14.52 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£31.45	£27.63
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£24.36	£24.43
% change on same period last year	-0.31 %
Mercator South West

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

These figures represent the IT job market and are NOT representative of employment within Mercator Software, Inc.

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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Mercator across the Bristol region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

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Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Mercator across the Bristol region.