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The table below looks at the demand for Ascential ProfileStage skills within the England region with a comparison to our Business Applications category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited ProfileStage over the 3 months to 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkAscential ProfileStage
Location
3 months to
5 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank576-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads30
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.004 %0.000 %
As % of the category below0.064 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted10
Average minimum daily rate£350-
Average daily rate£400-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£450-
UK excluding London average daily rate£400-
% change on same period last year-
Hourly rates quoted00
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-
England IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
England
Matching contract IT job ads46616426
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled6.301 %6.337 %
Daily rates quoted12931873
Average minimum daily rate£435£433
Average daily rate£470£463
% change on same period last year+1.43 %
Average maximum daily rate£505£494
UK excluding London average daily rate£443£425
% change on same period last year+4.42 %
Hourly rates quoted150195
Average minimum hourly rate£29.56£25.18
Average hourly rate£33.11£27.57
% change on same period last year+20.11 %
Average maximum hourly rate£36.66£29.95
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.03£26.50
% change on same period last year+5.75 %
ProfileStage UKProfileStage
UK

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.

ProfileStage
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing ProfileStage across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Business Applications category.

England ProfileStage Demand Trend

ProfileStage
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing ProfileStage across the England region.

England ProfileStage Daily Rate Trend

ProfileStage
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing ProfileStage across the England region.

England ProfileStage Hourly Rate Trend

ProfileStage
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ProfileStage within the England region over the 3 months to 5 September 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.

LocationRank 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 WestNew entry-2£400-
LondonNew entry-1--
ProfileStage UKProfileStage
UK

ProfileStage
Top 12 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing ProfileStage 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 ProfileStage.

17 (100.00 %)QualityStage
24 (57.14 %)Ascential
24 (57.14 %)Data Analysis
33 (42.86 %)DataStage
42 (28.57 %)Datawarehouse
42 (28.57 %)ETL
42 (28.57 %)IBM
42 (28.57 %)Quality Management
42 (28.57 %)Mainframe
42 (28.57 %)Data Cleansing
42 (28.57 %)Data Management
51 (14.29 %)IIS

ProfileStage
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing ProfileStage 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 ProfileStage. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

England IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (14.29 %)IIS
England IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
17 (100.00 %)QualityStage
23 (42.86 %)DataStage
32 (28.57 %)Data Cleansing
32 (28.57 %)Datawarehouse
32 (28.57 %)ETL
England IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
14 (57.14 %)Analyst
14 (57.14 %)Data Analyst
22 (28.57 %)ETL Consultant
22 (28.57 %)Consultant
England IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (28.57 %)Mainframe
England IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
14 (57.14 %)Data Analysis
22 (28.57 %)Quality Management
22 (28.57 %)Data Management
England IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
14 (57.14 %)Ascential
22 (28.57 %)IBM