East of England ICL Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of ICL 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 ICL over the 3 months to 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Basingstoke Berkshire Birmingham Buckinghamshire Cardiff Cheshire East Midlands East of England England Glasgow Hampshire Hertfordshire Midlands Milton Keynes North West Northampton Northamptonshire Oxfordshire Reading Scotland South East South Wales Stevenage UK Wales West Midlands	3 months to 21 Nov 2008	Same period last year
Rank	122	-
Rank change on same period last year	-
Matching contract IT job ads	1	0
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.002 %	0.000 %
As % of the category below	0.074 %	0.000 %
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	£456	£365
% change on same period last year	+25.00 %
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	£40.00	£40.00
% change on same period last year	+0.01 %
Vendors East of England
Matching contract IT job ads	1358	1867
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	2.139 %	2.001 %
Daily rates quoted	376	539
Average minimum daily rate	£321	£316
Average daily rate	£337	£338
% change on same period last year	-0.13 %
Average maximum daily rate	£353	£360
UK excluding London average daily rate	£358	£348
% change on same period last year	+2.84 %
Hourly rates quoted	189	310
Average minimum hourly rate	£21.62	£24.86
Average hourly rate	£23.82	£26.03
% change on same period last year	-8.49 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£26.01	£27.20
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£24.26	£24.41
% change on same period last year	-0.60 %
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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 International Computers Ltd (ICL).

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Demand Trend

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

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	-	1	-	-

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Top 13 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region citing ICL 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 ICL.

1 3 (100.00 %) COBOL 1 3 (100.00 %) SQL Server 1 3 (100.00 %) Micro Focus 1 3 (100.00 %) Migration 1 3 (100.00 %) VME 2 2 (66.67 %) IDMS 2 2 (66.67 %) TPMS 2 2 (66.67 %) Mainframe 2 2 (66.67 %) Windows 2 2 (66.67 %) Perl 3 1 (33.33 %) Microsoft 3 1 (33.33 %) Regression Testing 3 1 (33.33 %) Data Migration

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Platforms 1 2 (66.67 %) TPMS	Database & Business Intelligence 1 3 (100.00 %) SQL Server 2 2 (66.67 %) IDMS
Job Titles 1 2 (66.67 %) Consultant 2 1 (33.33 %) Applications Developer 2 1 (33.33 %) Analyst Programmer 2 1 (33.33 %) Programmer 2 1 (33.33 %) Migration Consultant 2 1 (33.33 %) Analyst Developer 2 1 (33.33 %) Developer 2 1 (33.33 %) Analyst	Miscellaneous 1 2 (66.67 %) Mainframe
Operating Systems 1 3 (100.00 %) VME 2 2 (66.67 %) Windows	Processes & Methodologies 1 3 (100.00 %) Migration 2 1 (33.33 %) Data Migration 2 1 (33.33 %) Regression Testing
Programming Languages 1 3 (100.00 %) COBOL 2 2 (66.67 %) Perl	Vendors 1 3 (100.00 %) Micro Focus 2 1 (33.33 %) Microsoft