Cheshire Agresso Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Agresso products and/or services in IT contracts within the Cheshire region with a comparison to our Vendors category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Agresso over the 3 months to 7 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Berkshire Birmingham Cheshire City of London East Midlands East of England England Essex Glasgow Hammersmith Hertfordshire London Manchester Middlesex Midlands Norfolk North East North West Northern Ireland Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Scotland South East Stevenage Surrey Teddington Thames Valley UK Warrington West Midlands	3 months to 7 Oct 2008	Same period last year
Rank	55	64
Rank change on same period last year	+9
Matching contract IT job ads	2	2
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.003 %	0.002 %
As % of the category below	0.559 %	0.478 %
Daily rates quoted	1	1
Average minimum daily rate	£400	£125
Average daily rate	£430	£125
% change on same period last year	+244.00 %
Average maximum daily rate	£460	£125
UK excluding London average daily rate	£451	£352
% change on same period last year	+28.04 %
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	£28.75	-
% change on same period last year	-
Vendors Cheshire
Matching contract IT job ads	358	418
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.509 %	0.422 %
Daily rates quoted	95	114
Average minimum daily rate	£299	£315
Average daily rate	£311	£327
% change on same period last year	-5.03 %
Average maximum daily rate	£322	£339
UK excluding London average daily rate	£359	£355
% change on same period last year	+1.00 %
Hourly rates quoted	66	25
Average minimum hourly rate	£21.83	£22.08
Average hourly rate	£22.87	£22.64
% change on same period last year	+1.02 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£23.91	£23.20
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£24.38	£24.36
% change on same period last year	+0.06 %
Agresso North 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 Agresso.

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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Agresso across the Cheshire 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 Agresso across the Cheshire region.

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Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Agresso within the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 7 October 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
Warrington	-	2	£430	-

Agresso North West

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Top 12 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire region citing Agresso 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 Agresso.

1 1 (33.33 %) SQL 1 1 (33.33 %) VB 1 1 (33.33 %) SQL Server 1 1 (33.33 %) ERP 1 1 (33.33 %) Microsoft 1 1 (33.33 %) Navision 1 1 (33.33 %) Finance 1 1 (33.33 %) Advertising 1 1 (33.33 %) Migration 1 1 (33.33 %) Asset Management 1 1 (33.33 %) General Ledger 1 1 (33.33 %) Risk Analysis

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire region citing Agresso 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 Agresso. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Business Applications 1 1 (33.33 %) Navision	Database & Business Intelligence 1 1 (33.33 %) SQL Server
General 1 1 (33.33 %) Finance 1 1 (33.33 %) Advertising 1 1 (33.33 %) General Ledger	Job Titles 1 1 (33.33 %) Project Manager 1 1 (33.33 %) Developer
Processes & Methodologies 1 1 (33.33 %) ERP 1 1 (33.33 %) Migration 1 1 (33.33 %) Asset Management 1 1 (33.33 %) Risk Analysis	Programming Languages 1 1 (33.33 %) SQL 1 1 (33.33 %) VB
Vendors 1 1 (33.33 %) Microsoft