England Spanish Language Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for Spanish Language skills within the England region with a comparison to our Miscellaneous category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Spanish Language over the 3 months to 7 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Berkshire Birmingham Bromley Buckinghamshire Canary Wharf Cheshire Chester City of London England Glasgow Horsham London Maidenhead Manchester Merseyside Milton Keynes North West Reading Redditch Scotland Slough South East Thames Valley UK West Midlands West Sussex Worcestershire	3 months to 7 Oct 2008	Same period last year
Rank	459	513
Rank change on same period last year	+54
Matching contract IT job ads	89	118
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.126 %	0.119 %
As % of the category below	0.629 %	0.592 %
Daily rates quoted	11	22
Average minimum daily rate	£325	£322
Average daily rate	£330	£336
% change on same period last year	-1.96 %
Average maximum daily rate	£335	£350
UK excluding London average daily rate	£321	£280
% change on same period last year	+14.79 %
Hourly rates quoted	27	36
Average minimum hourly rate	£13.52	£12.04
Average hourly rate	£15.39	£13.23
% change on same period last year	+16.32 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£17.26	£14.43
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£10.91	£11.93
% change on same period last year	-8.51 %
Miscellaneous England
Matching contract IT job ads	14156	19943
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	20.12 %	20.14 %
Daily rates quoted	5551	7141
Average minimum daily rate	£438	£467
Average daily rate	£471	£500
% change on same period last year	-5.88 %
Average maximum daily rate	£504	£534
UK excluding London average daily rate	£349	£345
% change on same period last year	+1.10 %
Hourly rates quoted	1125	1582
Average minimum hourly rate	£24.19	£24.20
Average hourly rate	£26.11	£26.08
% change on same period last year	+0.11 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£28.03	£27.95
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£24.85	£26.56
% change on same period last year	-6.42 %
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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 Spanish Language across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous 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 Spanish Language 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 Spanish Language across the England region over the 3 months to 7 October 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 Spanish Language across the England region.

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Hourly Rate Histogram

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

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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 Spanish Language 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.

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
London	+109	48	£344	-17.60 %
South East	+36	28	£312	+16.64 %
North West	-19	8	-	-
West Midlands	+14	4	£375	-

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 124 (48.82 %) French Language 2 103 (40.55 %) Italian Language 3 88 (34.65 %) German Language 4 64 (25.20 %) Finance 5 39 (15.35 %) Microsoft 5 39 (15.35 %) Telecoms 6 37 (14.57 %) MS Office 7 35 (13.78 %) Windows 7 35 (13.78 %) Danish Language 7 35 (13.78 %) Dutch Language 7 35 (13.78 %) Finnish Language 7 35 (13.78 %) Swedish Language 8 33 (12.99 %) Banking 9 32 (12.60 %) Norwegian Language 10 30 (11.81 %) Portuguese Language

10 30 (11.81 %) MS Excel 11 27 (10.63 %) Project Management 12 25 (9.843 %) Arabic Language 12 25 (9.843 %) Greek Language 13 22 (8.661 %) Migration 14 20 (7.874 %) LAN 14 20 (7.874 %) User Acceptance Testing 15 19 (7.480 %) SLA 16 17 (6.693 %) Windows 2000 17 16 (6.299 %) Remedy 18 15 (5.906 %) RDBMS 18 15 (5.906 %) MPLS 18 15 (5.906 %) Internet 18 15 (5.906 %) WAN 18 15 (5.906 %) Windows XP

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development 1 4 (1.575 %) .NET 2 2 (0.787 %) HTML 2 2 (0.787 %) SAP XI 3 1 (0.394 %) EDI 3 1 (0.394 %) BAPI	Application Platforms 1 13 (5.118 %) MS Exchange 2 5 (1.969 %) CICS 3 1 (0.394 %) Exchange Server 2003
Applications 1 37 (14.57 %) MS Office 2 30 (11.81 %) MS Excel 3 13 (5.118 %) MS PowerPoint 4 6 (2.362 %) CATIA 4 6 (2.362 %) MS Project 5 5 (1.969 %) CA Clarity 6 1 (0.394 %) Spreadsheet	Business Applications 1 4 (1.575 %) SAP HR 2 2 (0.787 %) SAP SD 2 2 (0.787 %) SAP FI 2 2 (0.787 %) SAP FI/CO 2 2 (0.787 %) SAP CO 3 1 (0.394 %) Oracle Financials 3 1 (0.394 %) Oracle EBS 3 1 (0.394 %) Oracle Applications
Communications & Networking 1 20 (7.874 %) LAN 2 15 (5.906 %) WAN 2 15 (5.906 %) Internet 2 15 (5.906 %) MPLS 3 12 (4.724 %) Extranet 3 12 (4.724 %) SMTP 3 12 (4.724 %) VPN 3 12 (4.724 %) ATM 3 12 (4.724 %) Frame Relay 4 9 (3.543 %) DNS 5 3 (1.181 %) Wireless 6 2 (0.787 %) ISDN 6 2 (0.787 %) CTI 6 2 (0.787 %) TCP/IP 7 1 (0.394 %) SAN 7 1 (0.394 %) GPRS 7 1 (0.394 %) GSM 7 1 (0.394 %) UMTS 7 1 (0.394 %) VoIP 7 1 (0.394 %) Intranet	Database & Business Intelligence 1 15 (5.906 %) RDBMS 2 4 (1.575 %) SQL Server 3 3 (1.181 %) DB2 3 3 (1.181 %) Crystal Reports 3 3 (1.181 %) BusinessObjects 3 3 (1.181 %) PowerCenter 3 3 (1.181 %) SQL Server Reporting Services 3 3 (1.181 %) SQL Server 2005 3 3 (1.181 %) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications 1 3 (1.181 %) Flash	General 1 64 (25.20 %) Finance 2 39 (15.35 %) Telecoms 3 33 (12.99 %) Banking 4 7 (2.756 %) Retail 4 7 (2.756 %) Legal 5 6 (2.362 %) Aerospace 5 6 (2.362 %) Electric 6 5 (1.969 %) Financial Institution 7 4 (1.575 %) Manufacturing 8 3 (1.181 %) Education 9 2 (0.787 %) Pharmaceutical 9 2 (0.787 %) Advertising 9 2 (0.787 %) Retail Banking 9 2 (0.787 %) International Banking 9 2 (0.787 %) Marketing 9 2 (0.787 %) Investment Banking 10 1 (0.394 %) Insurance 10 1 (0.394 %) Auditing 10 1 (0.394 %) Billing 10 1 (0.394 %) Front Office
Job Titles 1 96 (37.80 %) Analyst 2 49 (19.29 %) Helpdesk Analyst 3 34 (13.39 %) Project Manager 4 24 (9.449 %) Author 4 24 (9.449 %) Technical Author 5 23 (9.055 %) Helpdesk Support 6 22 (8.661 %) Support Analyst 7 20 (7.874 %) Business Analyst 8 18 (7.087 %) Systems Analyst 8 18 (7.087 %) Service Analyst 8 18 (7.087 %) Service Desk Analyst 9 17 (6.693 %) Helpdesk Support Analyst 10 16 (6.299 %) Consultant 11 13 (5.118 %) Business Systems Analyst 12 6 (2.362 %) Administrator 12 6 (2.362 %) Trainer 12 6 (2.362 %) SAP Trainer 12 6 (2.362 %) Telecoms Project Manager 13 5 (1.969 %) Coordinator 13 5 (1.969 %) Programme Manager	Miscellaneous 1 124 (48.82 %) French Language 2 103 (40.55 %) Italian Language 3 88 (34.65 %) German Language 4 35 (13.78 %) Danish Language 4 35 (13.78 %) Dutch Language 4 35 (13.78 %) Finnish Language 4 35 (13.78 %) Swedish Language 5 32 (12.60 %) Norwegian Language 6 30 (11.81 %) Portuguese Language 7 25 (9.843 %) Arabic Language 7 25 (9.843 %) Greek Language 8 12 (4.724 %) PMI 9 8 (3.150 %) Russian Language 10 6 (2.362 %) Mainframe 11 4 (1.575 %) Japanese Language 11 4 (1.575 %) Polish Language 12 3 (1.181 %) IBM Mainframe 12 3 (1.181 %) Bulgarian Language 12 3 (1.181 %) Blackberry 13 2 (0.787 %) Czech Language
Operating Systems 1 35 (13.78 %) Windows 2 17 (6.693 %) Windows 2000 3 15 (5.906 %) Windows XP 4 12 (4.724 %) UNIX 5 9 (3.543 %) Linux 6 1 (0.394 %) Windows Server 2003 6 1 (0.394 %) Windows Vista	Processes & Methodologies 1 27 (10.63 %) Project Management 2 22 (8.661 %) Migration 3 20 (7.874 %) User Acceptance Testing 4 11 (4.331 %) Business Intelligence 5 9 (3.543 %) Change Management 6 8 (3.150 %) Project Planning 7 6 (2.362 %) ERP 7 6 (2.362 %) Time Management 8 5 (1.969 %) PRINCE2 9 4 (1.575 %) Fault Management 9 4 (1.575 %) Incident Management 10 3 (1.181 %) Data Migration 10 3 (1.181 %) PRINCE 10 3 (1.181 %) Six Sigma 10 3 (1.181 %) E-Commerce 10 3 (1.181 %) Stakeholder Management 10 3 (1.181 %) Data Management 11 2 (0.787 %) Programme Management 11 2 (0.787 %) Workflow 11 2 (0.787 %) ITIL
Programming Languages 1 10 (3.937 %) SQL 2 6 (2.362 %) C++ 3 5 (1.969 %) COBOL 3 5 (1.969 %) JCL 4 4 (1.575 %) C# 4 4 (1.575 %) ABAP 5 3 (1.181 %) C 5 3 (1.181 %) JavaScript 5 3 (1.181 %) VB.NET 6 2 (0.787 %) SAPscript 6 2 (0.787 %) Transact-SQL	Qualifications 1 9 (3.543 %) Microsoft Certification 2 8 (3.150 %) PMI Certification 3 4 (1.575 %) Degree 3 4 (1.575 %) MCSE 4 3 (1.181 %) MCSA 5 1 (0.394 %) ISEB 5 1 (0.394 %) SAP Certification 5 1 (0.394 %) PMP 5 1 (0.394 %) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 19 (7.480 %) SLA 2 3 (1.181 %) Sarbanes-Oxley 3 1 (0.394 %) COBIT	System Software 1 6 (2.362 %) Active Directory 1 6 (2.362 %) Terminal Server 2 1 (0.394 %) NetBackup 2 1 (0.394 %) NDS
Systems Management 1 2 (0.787 %) OpenView 1 2 (0.787 %) Netcool 1 2 (0.787 %) Netcool/OMNIbus 1 2 (0.787 %) BMC PATROL 2 1 (0.394 %) Legato 2 1 (0.394 %) Systems Management Server (SMS)	Vendors 1 39 (15.35 %) Microsoft 2 16 (6.299 %) Remedy 3 13 (5.118 %) SAP 4 9 (3.543 %) Citrix 5 7 (2.756 %) BMC 6 6 (2.362 %) Cisco 7 5 (1.969 %) Oracle 8 4 (1.575 %) IBM 9 3 (1.181 %) Business Objects 9 3 (1.181 %) Peregrine 10 2 (0.787 %) Infovista 10 2 (0.787 %) Dell 11 1 (0.394 %) JD Edwards 11 1 (0.394 %) Actuate 11 1 (0.394 %) Murex