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The table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of thinkFolio 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 thinkFolio over the 3 months to 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkthinkFolio
Location
3 months to
21 Nov 2008		Same period last year
Rank488596
Rank change on same period last yearUp+108
Matching contract IT job ads3129
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.049 %0.031 %
As % of the category below0.124 %0.076 %
Daily rates quoted1016
Average minimum daily rate£381£534
Average daily rate£436£577
% change on same period last year-24.46 %
Average maximum daily rate£491£619
UK excluding London average daily rate--
% 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, VendorsVendors
England
Matching contract IT job ads2495438142
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled39.31 %40.87 %
Daily rates quoted757911167
Average minimum daily rate£363£389
Average daily rate£387£412
% change on same period last year-6.15 %
Average maximum daily rate£410£435
UK excluding London average daily rate£358£348
% change on same period last year+2.84 %
Hourly rates quoted24293528
Average minimum hourly rate£23.01£23.18
Average hourly rate£24.41£24.75
% change on same period last year-1.36 %
Average maximum hourly rate£25.81£26.32
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.26£24.41
% change on same period last year-0.60 %
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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 thinkFolio Limited.

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Demand Trend

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

England thinkFolio Demand Trend

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Daily Rate Trend

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

England thinkFolio Daily Rate Trend

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing thinkFolio across the England region over the 3 months to 21 November 2008.

England thinkFolio Daily Rate Histogram

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

England thinkFolio Hourly Rate Trend

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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 thinkFolio within the 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.

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+9431£436-24.46 %
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UK

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

147 (66.20 %)Fixed Income
244 (61.97 %)Front Office
340 (56.34 %)Asset Management
424 (33.80 %)Investment Management
520 (28.17 %)SQL
618 (25.35 %)Finance
717 (23.94 %)LatentZero
816 (22.54 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
913 (18.31 %)Banking
1011 (15.49 %)Charles River
1011 (15.49 %)Fund Management
1110 (14.08 %)User Acceptance Testing
129 (12.68 %)QA
129 (12.68 %)Minerva
138 (11.27 %)Investment Banking
138 (11.27 %)Project Management
147 (9.859 %)Back Office
147 (9.859 %)Equities
156 (8.451 %)Sophis
156 (8.451 %)Business Analysis
156 (8.451 %)Capstone
156 (8.451 %)Tesseract
156 (8.451 %)Derivative
156 (8.451 %)Bloomberg
156 (8.451 %)BizTalk Server
156 (8.451 %)Test Scripting
165 (7.042 %)ISEB
165 (7.042 %)Lotus
165 (7.042 %)Sybase
165 (7.042 %)Crystal Reports

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

England IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
14 (5.634 %).NET
22 (2.817 %)Middleware
England IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
16 (8.451 %)BizTalk Server
25 (7.042 %)Lotus Notes
England IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
12 (2.817 %)Spreadsheet
England IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
19 (12.68 %)Minerva
26 (8.451 %)Capstone
26 (8.451 %)Tesseract
33 (4.225 %)LongView
33 (4.225 %)Thomson PORTIA
42 (2.817 %)SimCorp Dimension
42 (2.817 %)HiInvest
42 (2.817 %)HiPerformance
42 (2.817 %)HiPortfolio
51 (1.408 %)Sentinel
England IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
15 (7.042 %)Crystal Reports
23 (4.225 %)SQL Server
England IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
13 (4.225 %)PowerBuilder
England IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
144 (61.97 %)Front Office
218 (25.35 %)Finance
313 (18.31 %)Banking
48 (11.27 %)Investment Banking
57 (9.859 %)Back Office
64 (5.634 %)Financial Institution
72 (2.817 %)Pensions
England IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
154 (76.06 %)Analyst
225 (35.21 %)Business Analyst
314 (19.72 %)Test Analyst
314 (19.72 %)Support Analyst
48 (11.27 %)Project Manager
54 (5.634 %)Applications Support
54 (5.634 %)Tester
63 (4.225 %)Desktop Support
63 (4.225 %)Desktop Analyst
63 (4.225 %)Desktop Support Analyst
72 (2.817 %)Applications Support Analyst
72 (2.817 %)IT Support Analyst
72 (2.817 %)Head Of IT
72 (2.817 %)1st Line Support
81 (1.408 %)Systems Manager
81 (1.408 %)DBA
81 (1.408 %)SQL DBA
81 (1.408 %)Project Analyst
81 (1.408 %)Systems Tester
England IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
147 (66.20 %)Fixed Income
216 (22.54 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
37 (9.859 %)Equities
46 (8.451 %)Derivative
England IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
140 (56.34 %)Asset Management
224 (33.80 %)Investment Management
311 (15.49 %)Fund Management
410 (14.08 %)User Acceptance Testing
58 (11.27 %)Project Management
66 (8.451 %)Business Analysis
66 (8.451 %)Test Scripting
75 (7.042 %)Incident Management
84 (5.634 %)Integration Testing
93 (4.225 %)Regression Testing
93 (4.225 %)Configuration Management
93 (4.225 %)System Testing
102 (2.817 %)Workflow
102 (2.817 %)Service Delivery
102 (2.817 %)Requirements Analysis
102 (2.817 %)Problem Management
111 (1.408 %)GAP Analysis
111 (1.408 %)Manual Testing
111 (1.408 %)RUP
111 (1.408 %)QMS
England IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
120 (28.17 %)SQL
21 (1.408 %)Java
England IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
15 (7.042 %)ISEB
England IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
19 (12.68 %)QA
England IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
117 (23.94 %)LatentZero
211 (15.49 %)Charles River
36 (8.451 %)Sophis
36 (8.451 %)Bloomberg
45 (7.042 %)Lotus
45 (7.042 %)Reuters
45 (7.042 %)Sybase
53 (4.225 %)Axiom
62 (2.817 %)SimCorp
71 (1.408 %)Murex
71 (1.408 %)Calypso
71 (1.408 %)Fidessa
71 (1.408 %)SunGard
71 (1.408 %)Linedata
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