East Midlands APACS Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for Association for Payment Clearing Services (APACS) skills within the East Midlands region with a comparison to our Miscellaneous category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited APACS over the 3 months to 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Association for Payment Clearing Services (APACS)
Location Berkshire East Midlands England London Reading South East UK	3 months to 21 Nov 2008	Same period last year
Rank	-	91
Rank change on same period last year	-
Matching contract IT job ads	0	3
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.000 %	0.003 %
As % of the category below	0.000 %	0.901 %
Daily rates quoted	0	3
Average minimum daily rate	-	£400
Average daily rate	-	£425
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	-	£450
UK excluding London average daily rate	-	£376
% change on same period last year	-
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	-	£26.50
% change on same period last year	-
Miscellaneous East Midlands
Matching contract IT job ads	291	333
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.458 %	0.357 %
Daily rates quoted	48	46
Average minimum daily rate	£285	£336
Average daily rate	£305	£352
% change on same period last year	-13.35 %
Average maximum daily rate	£325	£368
UK excluding London average daily rate	£344	£343
% change on same period last year	+0.33 %
Hourly rates quoted	40	65
Average minimum hourly rate	£20.65	£13.63
Average hourly rate	£22.65	£16.63
% change on same period last year	+36.23 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£24.66	£19.62
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£25.46	£25.58
% change on same period last year	-0.46 %
APACS England

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.

APACS
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing APACS across the East Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

APACS
Daily Rate Trend

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

APACS
Top 2 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands region citing APACS 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 APACS.

1 1 (100.00 %) C 1 1 (100.00 %) Siemens

APACS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands region citing APACS 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 APACS. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Programming Languages 1 1 (100.00 %) C

Vendors 1 1 (100.00 %) Siemens