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The table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Sony 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 Sony over the 3 months to 7 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSony
Location
3 months to
7 Oct 2008		Same period last year
Rank537618
Rank change on same period last yearUp+81
Matching contract IT job ads1113
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.016 %0.013 %
As % of the category below0.039 %0.032 %
Daily rates quoted45
Average minimum daily rate£206£400
Average daily rate£234£447
% change on same period last year-47.55 %
Average maximum daily rate£263£494
UK excluding London average daily rate£181£447
% change on same period last year-59.44 %
Hourly rates quoted40
Average minimum hourly rate£23.25-
Average hourly rate£23.25-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£23.25-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£33.00-
% change on same period last year-
England IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
England
Matching contract IT job ads2790040452
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled39.65 %40.85 %
Daily rates quoted850811952
Average minimum daily rate£374£390
Average daily rate£398£413
% change on same period last year-3.65 %
Average maximum daily rate£423£437
UK excluding London average daily rate£359£355
% change on same period last year+1.00 %
Hourly rates quoted25903802
Average minimum hourly rate£23.05£23.33
Average hourly rate£24.56£24.78
% change on same period last year-0.88 %
Average maximum hourly rate£26.07£26.24
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.38£24.36
% change on same period last year+0.06 %
Sony UKSony
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.

These figures represent the IT job market and are NOT representative of employment within the Sony Corporation.

Sony
Demand Trend

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

England Sony Demand Trend

Sony
Daily Rate Trend

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

England Sony Daily Rate Trend

Sony
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Sony across the England region over the 3 months to 7 October 2008.

England Sony Daily Rate Histogram

Sony
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England Sony Hourly Rate Trend

Sony
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Sony across the England region over the 3 months to 7 October 2008.

England Sony Hourly Rate Histogram

Sony
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Sony within the England region over the 3 months to 7 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.

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
LondonUp+937£288-
YorkshireNew entry-2£188-
North WestNew entry-1--
East of EnglandUp+271£175-65.78 %
Sony UKSony
UK

Sony
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing Sony 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 Sony.

19 (37.50 %)XML
27 (29.17 %)Flash
27 (29.17 %)Apple
27 (29.17 %)PHP
36 (25.00 %)ActionScript
36 (25.00 %)Motorola
45 (20.83 %)SQL Server
45 (20.83 %)SQL
54 (16.67 %)Microsoft
54 (16.67 %)Datawarehouse
54 (16.67 %)Finance
54 (16.67 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
54 (16.67 %)SQL Server Integration Services
63 (12.50 %)Marketing
63 (12.50 %)Video Editing
63 (12.50 %)MySQL
63 (12.50 %)Photoshop
63 (12.50 %)CSS
72 (8.333 %)Windows
72 (8.333 %)OLAP
72 (8.333 %)HTML
72 (8.333 %)XHTML
72 (8.333 %)MS Excel
72 (8.333 %)Software Testing
72 (8.333 %)Multimedia
72 (8.333 %)Advertising
72 (8.333 %)Games
72 (8.333 %)Project Management
81 (4.167 %)Firewall
81 (4.167 %)Back Office

Sony
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing Sony 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 Sony. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

England IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
19 (37.50 %)XML
23 (12.50 %)CSS
32 (8.333 %)XHTML
32 (8.333 %)HTML
41 (4.167 %)AWT
41 (4.167 %)XML Schema
41 (4.167 %)MVC
41 (4.167 %)AJAX
41 (4.167 %)SOAP
41 (4.167 %)WebServices
41 (4.167 %)Swing
England IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (4.167 %)ColdFusion MX
11 (4.167 %)ColdFusion
England IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
13 (12.50 %)Photoshop
22 (8.333 %)MS Excel
31 (4.167 %)Quicktime
England IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (4.167 %)Internet
11 (4.167 %)Firewall
England IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
15 (20.83 %)SQL Server
24 (16.67 %)Datawarehouse
24 (16.67 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
24 (16.67 %)SQL Server Integration Services
33 (12.50 %)MySQL
42 (8.333 %)OLAP
51 (4.167 %)RDBMS
England IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
17 (29.17 %)Flash
England IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
14 (16.67 %)Finance
23 (12.50 %)Marketing
23 (12.50 %)Video Editing
32 (8.333 %)Advertising
32 (8.333 %)Games
32 (8.333 %)Multimedia
41 (4.167 %)Government
41 (4.167 %)Back Office
England IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
112 (50.00 %)Developer
24 (16.67 %)SQL Developer
24 (16.67 %)Flash Developer
24 (16.67 %)ActionScript Developer
33 (12.50 %)SQL Server Developer
33 (12.50 %)PHP Developer
42 (8.333 %)Programmer
42 (8.333 %)Tester
51 (4.167 %)Games Tester
51 (4.167 %)C++ Programmer
51 (4.167 %)Senior Systems Administrator
51 (4.167 %)Java Programmer
51 (4.167 %)Administrator
51 (4.167 %)Web Designer
51 (4.167 %)Systems Administrator
51 (4.167 %)Applications Developer
51 (4.167 %)ColdFusion Developer
England IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (4.167 %)Device Driver
11 (4.167 %)Streaming Video
England IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12 (8.333 %)Windows
21 (4.167 %)Linux
21 (4.167 %)SUSE
21 (4.167 %)Debian
21 (4.167 %)CentOS
21 (4.167 %)Red Hat Linux
21 (4.167 %)UNIX
England IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (8.333 %)Project Management
12 (8.333 %)Software Testing
21 (4.167 %)Data Migration
21 (4.167 %)Migration
21 (4.167 %)Software Engineering
21 (4.167 %)OOP
21 (4.167 %)SSADM
21 (4.167 %)E-Commerce
21 (4.167 %)PRINCE
England IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
17 (29.17 %)PHP
26 (25.00 %)ActionScript
35 (20.83 %)SQL
41 (4.167 %)Transact-SQL
41 (4.167 %)C++
41 (4.167 %)Java
41 (4.167 %)JavaScript
41 (4.167 %)PHP5
England IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (4.167 %)ISEB
11 (4.167 %)Degree
England IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (4.167 %)ISO9001
11 (4.167 %)QA
England IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
17 (29.17 %)Apple
26 (25.00 %)Motorola
34 (16.67 %)Microsoft
41 (4.167 %)Ericsson
41 (4.167 %)Nokia
41 (4.167 %)Red Hat
41 (4.167 %)Google
41 (4.167 %)Oracle
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