East of England Information Management Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for Information Management skills within the East of England region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Information Management over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Aberdeen Andover Avon Basingstoke Belfast Berkshire Blackpool Bournemouth Bristol Buckinghamshire Cambridgeshire Cheshire Chester City of London County Antrim Coventry Docklands, London Dorset East Midlands East of England East Sussex Edinburgh Enfield England Farnborough Glasgow Hackney Hampshire Hertfordshire High Wycombe Home Counties Huntingdon Huntingdonshire Lancashire Leeds London Macclesfield Manchester Middlesex Midlands Newcastle Norfolk North East North West Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Oxfordshire Reading Salisbury Scotland Somerset South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Stafford Staffordshire Surrey Tyne and Wear UK Wales Warrington Warwickshire West Midlands West Yorkshire Wiltshire Winchester Yorkshire	3 months to 10 Oct 2008	Same period last year
Rank	124	140
Rank change on same period last year	+16
Matching contract IT job ads	10	17
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.014 %	0.017 %
As % of the category below	0.532 %	0.715 %
Daily rates quoted	8	6
Average minimum daily rate	£348	£338
Average daily rate	£371	£358
% change on same period last year	+3.60 %
Average maximum daily rate	£395	£378
UK excluding London average daily rate	£389	£342
% change on same period last year	+14.00 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	1
Average minimum hourly rate	-	£30.00
Average hourly rate	-	£30.00
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	£30.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£22.38	£21.11
% change on same period last year	+5.98 %
Processes & Methodologies East of England
Matching contract IT job ads	1880	2377
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	2.647 %	2.402 %
Daily rates quoted	597	800
Average minimum daily rate	£359	£353
Average daily rate	£385	£373
% change on same period last year	+3.16 %
Average maximum daily rate	£410	£392
UK excluding London average daily rate	£377	£370
% change on same period last year	+1.87 %
Hourly rates quoted	216	307
Average minimum hourly rate	£27.85	£31.86
Average hourly rate	£29.30	£33.38
% change on same period last year	-12.21 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£30.76	£34.90
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£29.44	£30.00
% change on same period last year	-1.89 %
Information Management 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.

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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Information Management across the East of England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies 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 Information Management 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 Information Management across the East of England region over the 3 months to 10 October 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 Information Management 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 Information Management within the East of England region over the 3 months to 10 October 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	+18	4	£370	-3.47 %
Cambridgeshire	+15	1	-	-
Norfolk	-	1	£440	-

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region citing Information Management 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 Information Management.

1 15 (68.18 %) NHS 2 5 (22.73 %) MS Excel 2 5 (22.73 %) MS Access 2 5 (22.73 %) SQL Server 2 5 (22.73 %) NPfIT 3 4 (18.18 %) Management Information System 3 4 (18.18 %) Workflow 3 4 (18.18 %) Finance 3 4 (18.18 %) Project Management 3 4 (18.18 %) Informatics 4 3 (13.64 %) Retail 4 3 (13.64 %) Performance Management 4 3 (13.64 %) Health 4 3 (13.64 %) E-business 4 3 (13.64 %) PRINCE2

5 2 (9.091 %) SQL 5 2 (9.091 %) Cognos 5 2 (9.091 %) PRINCE 5 2 (9.091 %) Data Analysis 6 1 (4.545 %) Freedom of Information 6 1 (4.545 %) AJAX 6 1 (4.545 %) Local Government 6 1 (4.545 %) Web 2.0 6 1 (4.545 %) Pensions 6 1 (4.545 %) Web Development 6 1 (4.545 %) Degree 6 1 (4.545 %) WAI 6 1 (4.545 %) SharePoint Server 2007 6 1 (4.545 %) CA Clarity 6 1 (4.545 %) Computer Science

Information Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region citing Information Management 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 Information Management. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 1 (4.545 %) AJAX	Application Platforms 1 1 (4.545 %) SharePoint 1 1 (4.545 %) SharePoint Server 2007
Applications 1 5 (22.73 %) MS Excel 2 1 (4.545 %) CA Clarity 2 1 (4.545 %) Photoshop 2 1 (4.545 %) MS Office	Communications & Networking 1 1 (4.545 %) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence 1 5 (22.73 %) SQL Server 1 5 (22.73 %) MS Access 2 1 (4.545 %) Datawarehouse 2 1 (4.545 %) EDRMS 2 1 (4.545 %) PerformancePoint	Development Applications 1 1 (4.545 %) Visual Studio 1 1 (4.545 %) Flash
General 1 4 (18.18 %) Finance 2 3 (13.64 %) Health 2 3 (13.64 %) Retail 3 1 (4.545 %) Local Government 3 1 (4.545 %) Pensions 3 1 (4.545 %) Government 3 1 (4.545 %) Telecoms	Job Titles 1 4 (18.18 %) Project Manager 1 4 (18.18 %) Analyst 1 4 (18.18 %) Senior Manager 1 4 (18.18 %) Change Manager 2 3 (13.64 %) Trainer 2 3 (13.64 %) Information Manager 2 3 (13.64 %) Information Analyst 2 3 (13.64 %) NHS Project Manager 3 2 (9.091 %) Senior Information Analyst 3 2 (9.091 %) Senior Analyst 4 1 (4.545 %) Data Manager 4 1 (4.545 %) SharePoint Consultant 4 1 (4.545 %) Business Intelligence Developer 4 1 (4.545 %) SharePoint Developer 4 1 (4.545 %) Database Manager 4 1 (4.545 %) Developer 4 1 (4.545 %) Consultant 4 1 (4.545 %) Web Designer 4 1 (4.545 %) Programmer
Miscellaneous 1 15 (68.18 %) NHS 2 5 (22.73 %) NPfIT 3 4 (18.18 %) Management Information System 3 4 (18.18 %) Informatics 4 1 (4.545 %) Computer Science 4 1 (4.545 %) Freedom of Information 4 1 (4.545 %) Web 2.0	Processes & Methodologies 1 4 (18.18 %) Project Management 1 4 (18.18 %) Workflow 2 3 (13.64 %) E-business 2 3 (13.64 %) PRINCE2 2 3 (13.64 %) Performance Management 3 2 (9.091 %) PRINCE 3 2 (9.091 %) Data Analysis 4 1 (4.545 %) Web Development 4 1 (4.545 %) Time Management 4 1 (4.545 %) Web Design 4 1 (4.545 %) Business Intelligence 4 1 (4.545 %) SEO
Programming Languages 1 2 (9.091 %) SQL 2 1 (4.545 %) Transact-SQL	Qualifications 1 1 (4.545 %) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 1 (4.545 %) WAI	Vendors 1 2 (9.091 %) Cognos 2 1 (4.545 %) Microsoft