East of England Line 500 Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Sage Line 500 skills within the East of England region with a comparison to our Business Applications category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Line 500 over the 3 months to 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Sage Line 500
Location Bristol East of England England Hertfordshire London Scotland South West UK	3 months to 29 Aug 2008	Same period last year
Rank	138	149
Rank change on same period last year	+11
Matching contract IT job ads	1	4
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.001 %	0.004 %
As % of the category below	0.704 %	2.062 %
Daily rates quoted	0	1
Average minimum daily rate	-	£280
Average daily rate	-	£280
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	-	£280
UK excluding London average daily rate	-	£328
% change on same period last year	-
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	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Business Applications East of England
Matching contract IT job ads	142	194
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.189 %	0.194 %
Daily rates quoted	38	50
Average minimum daily rate	£365	£322
Average daily rate	£390	£335
% change on same period last year	+16.43 %
Average maximum daily rate	£416	£349
UK excluding London average daily rate	£443	£422
% change on same period last year	+4.84 %
Hourly rates quoted	2	11
Average minimum hourly rate	£25.00	£27.25
Average hourly rate	£28.67	£27.53
% change on same period last year	+4.14 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£32.33	£27.80
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£27.81	£25.55
% change on same period last year	+8.81 %
Line 500 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.

Line 500
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Line 500 across the East of England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Business Applications category.

Line 500
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Line 500 across the East of England region.

Line 500
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Line 500 across the East of England region.

Line 500
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Line 500 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	+16	1	-	-

Line 500 England

Line 500
Top 3 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region citing Line 500 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 Line 500.

1 1 (100.00 %) Sage 1 1 (100.00 %) Finance 1 1 (100.00 %) Business Analysis

Line 500
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region citing Line 500 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 Line 500. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

General 1 1 (100.00 %) Finance	Job Titles 1 1 (100.00 %) Analyst 1 1 (100.00 %) Data Analyst 1 1 (100.00 %) Financial Analyst
Processes & Methodologies 1 1 (100.00 %) Business Analysis	Vendors 1 1 (100.00 %) Sage