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The table below looks at the demand for Thomson PORTIA 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 Thomson PORTIA over the 3 months to 15 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkThomson PORTIA
Location
3 months to
15 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank533610
Rank change on same period last yearUp+77
Matching contract IT job ads1024
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.014 %0.025 %
As % of the category below0.221 %0.384 %
Daily rates quoted014
Average minimum daily rate-£475
Average daily rate-£494
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£513
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, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
England
Matching contract IT job ads45286243
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled6.453 %6.456 %
Daily rates quoted12761846
Average minimum daily rate£426£439
Average daily rate£461£471
% change on same period last year-2.25 %
Average maximum daily rate£496£503
UK excluding London average daily rate£444£426
% change on same period last year+4.34 %
Hourly rates quoted133199
Average minimum hourly rate£30.84£25.91
Average hourly rate£33.56£27.98
% change on same period last year+19.94 %
Average maximum hourly rate£36.27£30.04
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.02£27.53
% change on same period last year-9.13 %
Thomson PORTIA UKThomson PORTIA
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.

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Demand Trend

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

England Thomson PORTIA 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 Thomson PORTIA across the England region.

England Thomson PORTIA Daily Rate Trend

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

England Thomson PORTIA 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 Thomson PORTIA within the England region over the 3 months to 15 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+6010--
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UK

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 15 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing Thomson PORTIA 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 Thomson PORTIA.

19 (64.29 %)Asset Management
28 (57.14 %)Finance
37 (50.00 %)SQL
37 (50.00 %)Decalog
44 (28.57 %)Migration
44 (28.57 %)Back Office
53 (21.43 %)HiPortfolio
53 (21.43 %)Financial Institution
53 (21.43 %)LatentZero
53 (21.43 %)Charles River
53 (21.43 %)SimCorp
53 (21.43 %)SimCorp Dimension
53 (21.43 %)thinkFolio
53 (21.43 %)Investment Management
62 (14.29 %)Data Conversion
62 (14.29 %)Front Office
62 (14.29 %)Fund Management
62 (14.29 %)Incident Management
62 (14.29 %)Service Delivery
62 (14.29 %)Middleware
62 (14.29 %)HiInvest
62 (14.29 %)HiPerformance
71 (7.143 %)GAP Analysis
71 (7.143 %)Workflow
71 (7.143 %)Fixed Income
71 (7.143 %)Tesseract
71 (7.143 %)Minerva
71 (7.143 %)Project Management
71 (7.143 %)SQL Server
71 (7.143 %)Sybase

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 15 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing Thomson PORTIA 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 Thomson PORTIA. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

England IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
12 (14.29 %)Middleware
England IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (7.143 %)MS Project
11 (7.143 %)MS Excel
11 (7.143 %)Spreadsheet
England IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
17 (50.00 %)Decalog
23 (21.43 %)SimCorp Dimension
23 (21.43 %)HiPortfolio
32 (14.29 %)HiInvest
32 (14.29 %)HiPerformance
41 (7.143 %)Tesseract
41 (7.143 %)Minerva
41 (7.143 %)InvestOne
England IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (7.143 %)LAN
England IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (7.143 %)SQL Server
England IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
18 (57.14 %)Finance
24 (28.57 %)Back Office
33 (21.43 %)Financial Institution
42 (14.29 %)Front Office
England IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
16 (42.86 %)Team Leader
16 (42.86 %)Technical Team Leader
23 (21.43 %)Analyst
23 (21.43 %)Consultant
32 (14.29 %)Technical Support
32 (14.29 %)Applications Support
32 (14.29 %)Support Team Leader
32 (14.29 %)Technical Support Team Leader
32 (14.29 %)Head Of IT
32 (14.29 %)Business Analyst
41 (7.143 %)Financial Analyst
41 (7.143 %)Product Consultant
England IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (14.29 %)Data Conversion
21 (7.143 %)Client/Server
21 (7.143 %)Fixed Income
England IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (7.143 %)Windows
England IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
19 (64.29 %)Asset Management
24 (28.57 %)Migration
33 (21.43 %)Investment Management
42 (14.29 %)Incident Management
42 (14.29 %)Fund Management
42 (14.29 %)Service Delivery
51 (7.143 %)GAP Analysis
51 (7.143 %)Workflow
51 (7.143 %)Project Management
England IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
17 (50.00 %)SQL
England IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
13 (21.43 %)Charles River
13 (21.43 %)LatentZero
13 (21.43 %)SimCorp
13 (21.43 %)thinkFolio
21 (7.143 %)Sybase
21 (7.143 %)SunGard