East of England Open Workbench Contracts

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

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Location Bournemouth City of London Dorset East of England England Hampshire Ipswich London Shropshire South Coast South East South West Southampton Suffolk Swindon Telford UK West Midlands Wiltshire	3 months to 29 Aug 2008	Same period last year
Rank	137	-
Rank change on same period last year	-
Matching contract IT job ads	2	0
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.003 %	0.000 %
As % of the category below	0.363 %	0.000 %
Daily rates quoted	2	0
Average minimum daily rate	£288	-
Average daily rate	£288	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	£288	-
UK excluding London average daily rate	£362	£412
% change on same period last year	-11.94 %
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	-
Applications East of England
Matching contract IT job ads	551	698
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.734 %	0.696 %
Daily rates quoted	160	216
Average minimum daily rate	£235	£299
Average daily rate	£249	£312
% change on same period last year	-20.14 %
Average maximum daily rate	£263	£325
UK excluding London average daily rate	£296	£289
% change on same period last year	+2.50 %
Hourly rates quoted	131	147
Average minimum hourly rate	£18.17	£19.14
Average hourly rate	£19.47	£20.09
% change on same period last year	-3.13 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£20.76	£21.05
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£18.61	£19.51
% change on same period last year	-4.60 %
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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.

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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Open Workbench across the East of England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Applications 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 Open Workbench 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 Open Workbench 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
Suffolk	-	2	£288	-

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Top 3 Related IT Skills

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

1 2 (66.67 %) Insurance 2 1 (33.33 %) Finance 2 1 (33.33 %) Stakeholder 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 Open Workbench 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 Open Workbench. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

General 1 2 (66.67 %) Insurance 2 1 (33.33 %) Finance	Job Titles 1 2 (66.67 %) Analyst 1 2 (66.67 %) Programme Office Analyst 2 1 (33.33 %) Project Manager
Processes & Methodologies 1 1 (33.33 %) Stakeholder Management