East of England Siemens Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Siemens 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 Siemens over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Aberdeen Berkshire Bristol Bromley City of London Devon Dorset East Midlands East of England England Gloucestershire Hampshire Hayes Hertfordshire Leeds Lincoln Lincolnshire London Manchester Midlands Motherwell Norfolk North East North Lanarkshire North West Norwich Plymouth Reading Scotland Shropshire Solihull South East South West South Yorkshire Swindon Telford UK West Midlands West Yorkshire Wiltshire Yorkshire	3 months to 10 Oct 2008	Same period last year
Rank	130	151
Rank change on same period last year	+21
Matching contract IT job ads	4	6
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.006 %	0.006 %
As % of the category below	0.275 %	0.313 %
Daily rates quoted	1	2
Average minimum daily rate	£650	£175
Average daily rate	£675	£190
% change on same period last year	+255.26 %
Average maximum daily rate	£700	£205
UK excluding London average daily rate	£334	£194
% change on same period last year	+72.26 %
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	£33.75	£25.80
% change on same period last year	+30.81 %
Vendors East of England
Matching contract IT job ads	1456	1917
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	2.050 %	1.937 %
Daily rates quoted	407	546
Average minimum daily rate	£319	£322
Average daily rate	£338	£344
% change on same period last year	-1.95 %
Average maximum daily rate	£356	£367
UK excluding London average daily rate	£359	£354
% change on same period last year	+1.33 %
Hourly rates quoted	212	336
Average minimum hourly rate	£22.48	£24.59
Average hourly rate	£24.19	£25.78
% change on same period last year	-6.17 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£25.90	£26.97
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£24.44	£24.37
% change on same period last year	+0.26 %
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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 Siemens AG.

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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Siemens 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 Siemens 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 Siemens 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 Siemens 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	+19	3	£675	-
Norfolk	-	1	-	-

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Top 23 Related IT Skills

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

1 6 (46.15 %) Cisco 2 4 (30.77 %) Telecoms 3 3 (23.08 %) C 4 2 (15.38 %) Windows 4 2 (15.38 %) Avaya 4 2 (15.38 %) Alcatel 4 2 (15.38 %) Ericsson 4 2 (15.38 %) Windows Server 2003 4 2 (15.38 %) H.323 4 2 (15.38 %) Nortel 4 2 (15.38 %) Erlang 4 2 (15.38 %) WAN 4 2 (15.38 %) IP Telephony 5 1 (7.692 %) Nortel Meridian 5 1 (7.692 %) Exchange Server 2003

5 1 (7.692 %) Citrix 5 1 (7.692 %) Microsoft Certification 5 1 (7.692 %) MS Exchange 5 1 (7.692 %) LAN 5 1 (7.692 %) VoIP 5 1 (7.692 %) Microsoft 5 1 (7.692 %) OpenView 5 1 (7.692 %) HP

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Platforms 1 1 (7.692 %) MS Exchange 1 1 (7.692 %) Exchange Server 2003	Communications & Networking 1 2 (15.38 %) WAN 1 2 (15.38 %) H.323 1 2 (15.38 %) IP Telephony 2 1 (7.692 %) Nortel Meridian 2 1 (7.692 %) LAN 2 1 (7.692 %) VoIP
General 1 4 (30.77 %) Telecoms	Job Titles 1 2 (15.38 %) Analyst 1 2 (15.38 %) Consultant 1 2 (15.38 %) Network Engineer 1 2 (15.38 %) Telecoms Engineer 1 2 (15.38 %) Voice Analyst 2 1 (7.692 %) Voice Engineer 2 1 (7.692 %) Architect 2 1 (7.692 %) Systems Engineer 2 1 (7.692 %) Administrator 2 1 (7.692 %) Infrastructure Engineer 2 1 (7.692 %) Cisco Engineer 2 1 (7.692 %) Systems Administrator 2 1 (7.692 %) Technical Architect
Operating Systems 1 2 (15.38 %) Windows 1 2 (15.38 %) Windows Server 2003	Programming Languages 1 3 (23.08 %) C 2 2 (15.38 %) Erlang
Qualifications 1 1 (7.692 %) Microsoft Certification	Systems Management 1 1 (7.692 %) OpenView
Vendors 1 6 (46.15 %) Cisco 2 2 (15.38 %) Nortel 2 2 (15.38 %) Avaya 2 2 (15.38 %) Alcatel 2 2 (15.38 %) Ericsson 3 1 (7.692 %) Citrix 3 1 (7.692 %) Microsoft 3 1 (7.692 %) HP