England Applix Contracts

This section looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Applix products and/or services in IT contracts within the England region with a comparison to our Vendors category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Applix over the 3 months to 21 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Berkshire Durham Edinburgh England Newcastle Upon Tyne North East Reading Scotland South East Tyne and Wear UK	3 months to 21 Aug 2008	Same period last year
Rank	548	639
Rank change on same period last year	+91
Matching contract IT job ads	17	5
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.022 %	0.005 %
As % of the category below	0.057 %	0.012 %
Daily rates quoted	7	0
Average minimum daily rate	£424	-
Average daily rate	£424	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	£424	-
UK excluding London average daily rate	£412	-
% 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	-	£14.72
% change on same period last year	-
Vendors England
Matching contract IT job ads	29940	40458
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	39.51 %	40.29 %
Daily rates quoted	9268	11991
Average minimum daily rate	£381	£387
Average daily rate	£406	£411
% change on same period last year	-1.29 %
Average maximum daily rate	£431	£435
UK excluding London average daily rate	£358	£358
% change on same period last year	+0.11 %
Hourly rates quoted	2710	3611
Average minimum hourly rate	£22.44	£24.04
Average hourly rate	£24.00	£25.59
% change on same period last year	-6.22 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£25.56	£27.15
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.70	£24.82
% change on same period last year	-4.50 %
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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 Applix, Inc.

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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Applix across the 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 Applix across the England region.

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Applix across the England region over the 3 months to 21 August 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 Applix across the 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 Applix within the 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
North East	-	12	£424	-
South East	+49	5	-	-

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Top 28 Related IT Skills

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

1 12 (63.16 %) PVCS 1 12 (63.16 %) Configuration Management 2 11 (57.89 %) UNIX 2 11 (57.89 %) Oracle 2 11 (57.89 %) VME 3 10 (52.63 %) Release Management 4 7 (36.84 %) Applix TM1 4 7 (36.84 %) ClearCase 5 6 (31.58 %) ICL 5 6 (31.58 %) Staffware 6 5 (26.32 %) TPMS 6 5 (26.32 %) MS Office 7 4 (21.05 %) JavaScript 7 4 (21.05 %) VBScript 7 4 (21.05 %) VBA

7 4 (21.05 %) .NET 7 4 (21.05 %) Cognos 7 4 (21.05 %) MS Excel 7 4 (21.05 %) Microsoft 7 4 (21.05 %) ASP.NET 7 4 (21.05 %) MDX 8 3 (15.79 %) HTML 8 3 (15.79 %) MS Project 9 2 (10.53 %) Construction 9 2 (10.53 %) PL/SQL 9 2 (10.53 %) SQL 9 2 (10.53 %) Oracle 9i 9 2 (10.53 %) ISO9001

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development 1 4 (21.05 %) .NET 1 4 (21.05 %) ASP.NET 1 4 (21.05 %) MDX 2 3 (15.79 %) HTML	Application Platforms 1 5 (26.32 %) TPMS
Applications 1 5 (26.32 %) MS Office 2 4 (21.05 %) MS Excel 3 3 (15.79 %) MS Project	Business Applications 1 7 (36.84 %) Applix TM1 2 6 (31.58 %) Staffware
Database & Business Intelligence 1 2 (10.53 %) Oracle 9i	Development Applications 1 12 (63.16 %) PVCS 2 7 (36.84 %) ClearCase
General 1 2 (10.53 %) Construction	Job Titles 1 7 (36.84 %) Release Manager 2 6 (31.58 %) Analyst 3 5 (26.32 %) Analyst Programmer 3 5 (26.32 %) Programmer 4 3 (15.79 %) Configuration Manager 5 2 (10.53 %) Administrator 6 1 (5.263 %) Developer 6 1 (5.263 %) Oracle Analyst 6 1 (5.263 %) Oracle Developer 6 1 (5.263 %) SQL Developer 6 1 (5.263 %) PL/SQL Developer
Operating Systems 1 11 (57.89 %) UNIX 1 11 (57.89 %) VME	Processes & Methodologies 1 12 (63.16 %) Configuration Management 2 10 (52.63 %) Release Management
Programming Languages 1 4 (21.05 %) JavaScript 1 4 (21.05 %) VBScript 1 4 (21.05 %) VBA 2 2 (10.53 %) PL/SQL 2 2 (10.53 %) SQL	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 2 (10.53 %) ISO9001
Vendors 1 11 (57.89 %) Oracle 2 6 (31.58 %) ICL 3 4 (21.05 %) Cognos 3 4 (21.05 %) Microsoft