East of England V-Model Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for V-Model 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 V-Model over the 3 months to 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Basingstoke Berkshire Birmingham Bristol Buckinghamshire Cheltenham Cheshire Chester City of London Derby Derbyshire Docklands, London East Midlands East of England Edinburgh England Gloucestershire Hampshire Hertfordshire Leeds Liverpool London Merseyside Middlesex Milton Keynes Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport North East North West Nottingham Nottinghamshire Reading Scotland Shropshire Solihull South East South Wales South West Telford Thames Valley Tyne and Wear UK Wales Watford West Midlands West Yorkshire Yorkshire	3 months to 21 Nov 2008	Same period last year
Rank	118	-
Rank change on same period last year	-
Matching contract IT job ads	5	0
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.008 %	0.000 %
As % of the category below	0.295 %	0.000 %
Daily rates quoted	3	0
Average minimum daily rate	£333	-
Average daily rate	£375	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	£417	-
UK excluding London average daily rate	£328	£361
% change on same period last year	-9.16 %
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	£50.00	£55.00
% change on same period last year	-9.09 %
Processes & Methodologies East of England
Matching contract IT job ads	1693	2178
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	2.667 %	2.334 %
Daily rates quoted	514	761
Average minimum daily rate	£348	£347
Average daily rate	£371	£368
% change on same period last year	+0.85 %
Average maximum daily rate	£394	£388
UK excluding London average daily rate	£380	£370
% change on same period last year	+2.76 %
Hourly rates quoted	213	281
Average minimum hourly rate	£27.17	£31.95
Average hourly rate	£28.72	£33.39
% change on same period last year	-13.98 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£30.26	£34.83
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£28.17	£29.91
% change on same period last year	-5.80 %
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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 V-Model 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 V-Model 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 V-Model across the East of England region over the 3 months to 21 November 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 V-Model 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 V-Model within the East of England region over the 3 months to 21 November 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	-	5	£375	-

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Top 18 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region citing V-Model 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 V-Model.

1 7 (87.50 %) TestDirector 1 7 (87.50 %) LoadRunner 2 6 (75.00 %) PRINCE2 3 5 (62.50 %) SAP 3 5 (62.50 %) CRM 3 5 (62.50 %) SAP CRM 3 5 (62.50 %) eCATT 3 5 (62.50 %) Test Scripting 4 2 (25.00 %) Change Management 4 2 (25.00 %) QuickTest Pro 4 2 (25.00 %) UNIX 4 2 (25.00 %) Retail 5 1 (12.50 %) Linux 5 1 (12.50 %) SQL 5 1 (12.50 %) SAN

5 1 (12.50 %) Project Management 5 1 (12.50 %) VMware 5 1 (12.50 %) VMware ESX

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Business Applications 1 5 (62.50 %) SAP CRM	Communications & Networking 1 1 (12.50 %) SAN
Development Applications 1 7 (87.50 %) TestDirector 1 7 (87.50 %) LoadRunner 2 5 (62.50 %) eCATT 3 2 (25.00 %) QuickTest Pro	General 1 2 (25.00 %) Retail
Job Titles 1 5 (62.50 %) Analyst 1 5 (62.50 %) Test Analyst 2 3 (37.50 %) SAP Test Analyst 2 3 (37.50 %) SAP Analyst 3 1 (12.50 %) Tester 3 1 (12.50 %) SAP Tester 3 1 (12.50 %) Functional Tester	Operating Systems 1 2 (25.00 %) UNIX 2 1 (12.50 %) Linux
Processes & Methodologies 1 6 (75.00 %) PRINCE2 2 5 (62.50 %) CRM 2 5 (62.50 %) Test Scripting 3 2 (25.00 %) Change Management 4 1 (12.50 %) Project Management	Programming Languages 1 1 (12.50 %) SQL
System Software 1 1 (12.50 %) VMware ESX	Vendors 1 5 (62.50 %) SAP 2 1 (12.50 %) VMware