East of England RequisitePro Contracts

This section looks at the demand for IBM Rational RequisitePro skills within the East of England region with a comparison to our Development Applications category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited RequisitePro over the 3 months to 21 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Canary Wharf Cardiff City of London Docklands, London East Midlands East of England England Guildford Hammersmith Hampshire Hertfordshire London Manchester North West Sheffield South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Surrey Swansea UK Wales West Wales Wiltshire Yorkshire	3 months to 21 Aug 2008	Same period last year
Rank	136	158
Rank change on same period last year	+22
Matching contract IT job ads	2	3
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.003 %	0.003 %
As % of the category below	0.573 %	0.534 %
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	£367	£410
% change on same period last year	-10.41 %
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	-
Development Applications East of England
Matching contract IT job ads	349	562
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.461 %	0.560 %
Daily rates quoted	110	157
Average minimum daily rate	£305	£340
Average daily rate	£327	£358
% change on same period last year	-8.73 %
Average maximum daily rate	£349	£376
UK excluding London average daily rate	£326	£334
% change on same period last year	-2.26 %
Hourly rates quoted	49	63
Average minimum hourly rate	£33.06	£32.53
Average hourly rate	£34.12	£33.82
% change on same period last year	+0.89 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£35.18	£35.11
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£33.38	£33.52
% change on same period last year	-0.41 %
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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 RequisitePro across the East of England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Development 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 RequisitePro across the East of England region.

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Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing RequisitePro 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 RequisitePro within the East of England region over the 3 months to 21 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	+12	2	-	-

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Top 25 Related IT Skills

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

1 17 (70.83 %) UML 1 17 (70.83 %) RUP 1 17 (70.83 %) ClearCase 1 17 (70.83 %) ClearQuest 2 16 (66.67 %) Systems Analysis 2 16 (66.67 %) Use Case 3 14 (58.33 %) XML Schema 3 14 (58.33 %) XML 4 13 (54.17 %) Unified Process 5 12 (50.00 %) Finance 6 11 (45.83 %) Degree 7 7 (29.17 %) Financial Institution 7 7 (29.17 %) Project Management 8 4 (16.67 %) Business Analysis 9 2 (8.333 %) German Language

9 2 (8.333 %) CaliberRM 9 2 (8.333 %) Pensions 9 2 (8.333 %) Migration 9 2 (8.333 %) Change Management 10 1 (4.167 %) EFT 10 1 (4.167 %) Rational Rose 10 1 (4.167 %) ATM 10 1 (4.167 %) Banking 10 1 (4.167 %) Insurance 10 1 (4.167 %) Supplier Management

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development 1 14 (58.33 %) XML Schema 1 14 (58.33 %) XML	Communications & Networking 1 1 (4.167 %) ATM
Development Applications 1 17 (70.83 %) ClearCase 1 17 (70.83 %) ClearQuest 2 2 (8.333 %) CaliberRM 3 1 (4.167 %) Rational Rose	General 1 12 (50.00 %) Finance 2 7 (29.17 %) Financial Institution 3 2 (8.333 %) Pensions 4 1 (4.167 %) Banking 4 1 (4.167 %) Insurance
Job Titles 1 19 (79.17 %) Analyst 2 17 (70.83 %) Systems Analyst 3 6 (25.00 %) Business Analyst 3 6 (25.00 %) Business Systems Analyst 4 5 (20.83 %) Project Manager 5 2 (8.333 %) UML Business Analyst 5 2 (8.333 %) Team Leader 5 2 (8.333 %) Implementation Manager 5 2 (8.333 %) Implementation Project Manager	Miscellaneous 1 2 (8.333 %) German Language 2 1 (4.167 %) EFT
Processes & Methodologies 1 17 (70.83 %) UML 1 17 (70.83 %) RUP 2 16 (66.67 %) Systems Analysis 2 16 (66.67 %) Use Case 3 13 (54.17 %) Unified Process 4 7 (29.17 %) Project Management 5 4 (16.67 %) Business Analysis 6 2 (8.333 %) Migration 6 2 (8.333 %) Change Management 7 1 (4.167 %) Supplier Management	Qualifications 1 11 (45.83 %) Degree