East Midlands Progress Contracts

This section looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Progress products and/or services in IT contracts within the East Midlands region with a comparison to our Vendors category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited Progress over the 3 months to 4 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Basingstoke Berkshire Bournemouth Bristol Cardiff City of London Dorset East Midlands East of England England Glasgow Hampshire Home Counties Kent London Maidstone Midlands Newbury Northampton Northamptonshire Oxfordshire Reading Scotland Solihull South East South Wales South West Suffolk Surrey Thame UK Wales West Midlands Wiltshire	3 months to 4 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	90	88
Rank change on same period last year	-2
Matching contract IT job ads	1	1
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.001 %	0.001 %
As % of the category below	0.128 %	0.135 %
Daily rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum daily rate	-	-
Average daily rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	-	-
UK excluding London average daily rate	£353	£358
% change on same period last year	-1.47 %
Hourly rates quoted	1	0
Average minimum hourly rate	£21.00	-
Average hourly rate	£22.00	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	£23.00	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£32.14	£36.00
% change on same period last year	-10.71 %
Vendors East Midlands
Matching contract IT job ads	780	740
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	1.029 %	0.785 %
Daily rates quoted	185	143
Average minimum daily rate	£304	£310
Average daily rate	£317	£328
% change on same period last year	-3.26 %
Average maximum daily rate	£330	£345
UK excluding London average daily rate	£360	£356
% change on same period last year	+1.15 %
Hourly rates quoted	64	115
Average minimum hourly rate	£17.02	£21.12
Average hourly rate	£18.74	£22.13
% change on same period last year	-15.31 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£20.46	£23.14
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£22.91	£25.10
% change on same period last year	-8.72 %
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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 Progress Software Corporation.

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Demand Trend

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

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Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Progress across the East Midlands region.

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Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT job ads citing Progress within the East Midlands region over the 3 months to 4 July 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
Northamptonshire	-	1	-	-

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Top 4 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands region citing Progress 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 Progress.

1 3 (75.00 %) Project Management 1 3 (75.00 %) Stakeholder Management 1 3 (75.00 %) Logistics 2 1 (25.00 %) Validation

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands region citing Progress 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 Progress. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Job Titles 1 3 (75.00 %) Project Support Officer 1 3 (75.00 %) Project Officer 2 1 (25.00 %) Senior Data Analyst 2 1 (25.00 %) Analyst 2 1 (25.00 %) Senior Analyst 2 1 (25.00 %) Data Analyst

Processes & Methodologies 1 3 (75.00 %) Project Management 1 3 (75.00 %) Stakeholder Management 1 3 (75.00 %) Logistics 2 1 (25.00 %) Validation