Devon Compuware Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Compuware products and/or services in IT contracts within the Devon region with a comparison to our Vendors category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Compuware over the 3 months to 20 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Berkshire Bournemouth Bracknell Brighton Bristol City of London Devon Dorset East Sussex Edinburgh England Hampshire Hove Leeds London Midlands Plymouth Reading Scotland South East South West Surrey Thames Valley UK Warwick Warwickshire West Midlands West Yorkshire Yorkshire	3 months to 20 Nov 2008	Same period last year
Rank	19	-
Rank change on same period last year	-
Matching contract IT job ads	7	0
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.011 %	0.000 %
As % of the category below	8.333 %	0.000 %
Daily rates quoted	5	0
Average minimum daily rate	£340	-
Average daily rate	£369	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	£397	-
UK excluding London average daily rate	£370	£326
% change on same period last year	+13.30 %
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	£36.81	£27.00
% change on same period last year	+36.34 %
Vendors Devon
Matching contract IT job ads	84	153
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.132 %	0.166 %
Daily rates quoted	19	30
Average minimum daily rate	£319	£272
Average daily rate	£342	£282
% change on same period last year	+21.23 %
Average maximum daily rate	£365	£292
UK excluding London average daily rate	£358	£348
% change on same period last year	+3.05 %
Hourly rates quoted	22	31
Average minimum hourly rate	£16.04	£22.22
Average hourly rate	£18.27	£23.13
% change on same period last year	-20.97 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£20.51	£24.03
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£24.26	£24.41
% change on same period last year	-0.60 %
Compuware 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 the Compuware Corporation.

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Demand Trend

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

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Compuware across the Devon region over the 3 months to 20 November 2008.

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Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Compuware across the Devon 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 Compuware within the Devon region over the 3 months to 20 November 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
Plymouth	-	6	£361	-

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Top 14 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Devon region citing Compuware 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 Compuware .

1 7 (100.00 %) QALoad 2 6 (85.71 %) QA 3 5 (71.43 %) Windows 3 5 (71.43 %) Oracle 4 4 (57.14 %) Oracle Reports 4 4 (57.14 %) Test Scripting 5 3 (42.86 %) MS Excel 5 3 (42.86 %) TOAD 6 2 (28.57 %) Electric 6 2 (28.57 %) QARun 7 1 (14.29 %) SQL Server 2005 7 1 (14.29 %) Citrix 7 1 (14.29 %) SQL Server 7 1 (14.29 %) MS Access

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Devon region citing Compuware 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 Compuware . Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications 1 3 (42.86 %) MS Excel	Database & Business Intelligence 1 4 (57.14 %) Oracle Reports 2 3 (42.86 %) TOAD 3 1 (14.29 %) SQL Server 2005 3 1 (14.29 %) MS Access 3 1 (14.29 %) SQL Server
Development Applications 1 7 (100.00 %) QALoad 2 2 (28.57 %) QARun	General 1 2 (28.57 %) Electric
Job Titles 1 5 (71.43 %) Analyst 1 5 (71.43 %) Test Analyst 1 5 (71.43 %) Performance Analyst 1 5 (71.43 %) Performance Test Analyst 2 2 (28.57 %) Tester 3 1 (14.29 %) Performance Tester	Operating Systems 1 5 (71.43 %) Windows
Processes & Methodologies 1 4 (57.14 %) Test Scripting	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 6 (85.71 %) QA
Vendors 1 5 (71.43 %) Oracle 2 1 (14.29 %) Citrix