East of England BMC Contracts

This section looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of BMC products and/or services in IT contracts within the East of England region with a comparison to our Vendors category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited BMC over the 3 months to 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Berkshire Bexleyheath Birmingham Brentford Buckinghamshire Canary Wharf Cheshire Chester City of London Crawley Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London East Midlands East of England Edinburgh England Feltham Glasgow Halifax Hampshire Hertfordshire Knutsford Leeds Leicester Leicestershire London M4 Corridor Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes North West Plymouth Pudsey Rickmansworth Scotland Sheffield South East South West South Yorkshire Sunbury-on-Thames Surrey Sussex Swindon UK Uxbridge Wales West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Wiltshire Yorkshire	3 months to 29 Aug 2008	Same period last year
Rank	130	139
Rank change on same period last year	+9
Matching contract IT job ads	9	14
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.012 %	0.014 %
As % of the category below	0.569 %	0.760 %
Daily rates quoted	2	1
Average minimum daily rate	£450	£400
Average daily rate	£475	£500
% change on same period last year	-5.00 %
Average maximum daily rate	£500	£600
UK excluding London average daily rate	£359	£420
% change on same period last year	-14.54 %
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	£30.96	£28.97
% change on same period last year	+6.86 %
Vendors East of England
Matching contract IT job ads	1582	1843
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	2.109 %	1.839 %
Daily rates quoted	451	535
Average minimum daily rate	£340	£328
Average daily rate	£361	£348
% change on same period last year	+3.82 %
Average maximum daily rate	£381	£367
UK excluding London average daily rate	£360	£359
% change on same period last year	+0.33 %
Hourly rates quoted	194	292
Average minimum hourly rate	£24.31	£24.21
Average hourly rate	£25.39	£25.51
% change on same period last year	-0.46 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£26.47	£26.81
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£24.10	£24.81
% change on same period last year	-2.85 %
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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 BMC Software, Inc.

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Demand Trend

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

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing BMC across the East of England region over the 3 months to 29 August 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 BMC across the East of England 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 jobs citing BMC within the East of England region over the 3 months to 29 August 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
Hertfordshire	+13	9	£475	-

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Top 14 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region citing BMC 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 BMC.

1 9 (100.00 %) HP 1 9 (100.00 %) Configuration Management 1 9 (100.00 %) Project Management 1 9 (100.00 %) CMDB 2 8 (88.89 %) Finance 3 7 (77.78 %) Banking 3 7 (77.78 %) PRINCE2 4 5 (55.56 %) Supplier Management 4 5 (55.56 %) Time Management 5 4 (44.44 %) MS Project 5 4 (44.44 %) Solaris 6 3 (33.33 %) MS Excel 6 3 (33.33 %) Service Delivery 6 3 (33.33 %) Change Management

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region citing BMC 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 BMC. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications 1 4 (44.44 %) MS Project 2 3 (33.33 %) MS Excel	General 1 8 (88.89 %) Finance 2 7 (77.78 %) Banking
Job Titles 1 9 (100.00 %) Project Manager 2 2 (22.22 %) Infrastructure Project Manager 2 2 (22.22 %) Infrastructure Manager	Miscellaneous 1 9 (100.00 %) CMDB
Operating Systems 1 4 (44.44 %) Solaris	Processes & Methodologies 1 9 (100.00 %) Configuration Management 1 9 (100.00 %) Project Management 2 7 (77.78 %) PRINCE2 3 5 (55.56 %) Supplier Management 3 5 (55.56 %) Time Management 4 3 (33.33 %) Service Delivery 4 3 (33.33 %) Change Management
Vendors 1 9 (100.00 %) HP