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The table below looks at the demand for Tandem 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 Tandem over the 3 months to 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkTandem
Location
3 months to
21 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank8692
Rank change on same period last yearUp+6
Matching contract IT job ads12
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.002 %0.002 %
As % of the category below0.344 %0.601 %
Daily rates quoted01
Average minimum daily rate-£500
Average daily rate-£600
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£700
UK excluding London average daily rate£497£477
% change on same period last year+4.14 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.13£46.60
% change on same period last year-41.79 %
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
East Midlands
Matching contract IT job ads291333
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.458 %0.357 %
Daily rates quoted4846
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 quoted4065
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 %
Tandem EnglandTandem
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.

Tandem
Demand Trend

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

East Midlands Tandem Demand Trend

Tandem
Daily Rate Trend

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

East Midlands Tandem Daily Rate Trend

Tandem
Hourly Rate Trend

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

East Midlands Tandem Hourly Rate Trend

Tandem
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Tandem within the East Midlands region over the 3 months to 21 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.

LocationRank 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
NorthamptonshireNew entry-1--
Tandem EnglandTandem
England

Tandem
Top 25 Related IT Skills

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

13 (42.86 %)Windows
13 (42.86 %)Finance
22 (28.57 %)BASE24
22 (28.57 %)Supplier Management
22 (28.57 %)UNIX
22 (28.57 %)IBM Mainframe
22 (28.57 %)TCP/IP
22 (28.57 %)IBM
22 (28.57 %)RDF
22 (28.57 %)HP
22 (28.57 %)Mainframe
22 (28.57 %)Service Management
22 (28.57 %)Financial Institution
31 (14.29 %)Microsoft Certification
31 (14.29 %)SQL Server 2000
31 (14.29 %)Microsoft
31 (14.29 %)C#
31 (14.29 %).NET
31 (14.29 %)SQL Server
31 (14.29 %)MCP
31 (14.29 %)MCAD
31 (14.29 %)MCSD
31 (14.29 %)SQL Server 2005
31 (14.29 %)WPF
31 (14.29 %)WinForms

Tandem
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (14.29 %).NET
11 (14.29 %)WinForms
11 (14.29 %)WPF
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
12 (28.57 %)BASE24
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (28.57 %)TCP/IP
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (14.29 %)SQL Server
11 (14.29 %)SQL Server 2000
11 (14.29 %)SQL Server 2005
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
13 (42.86 %)Finance
22 (28.57 %)Financial Institution
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11 (14.29 %)Programme Manager
11 (14.29 %)Developer
11 (14.29 %)C# Developer
11 (14.29 %)WinForms Developer
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (28.57 %)Mainframe
12 (28.57 %)IBM Mainframe
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
13 (42.86 %)Windows
22 (28.57 %)UNIX
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (28.57 %)RDF
12 (28.57 %)Service Management
12 (28.57 %)Supplier Management
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (14.29 %)C#
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (14.29 %)MCP
11 (14.29 %)MCAD
11 (14.29 %)MCSD
11 (14.29 %)Microsoft Certification
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (28.57 %)IBM
12 (28.57 %)HP
21 (14.29 %)Microsoft