Essex Matrix Management Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Matrix Management skills within the Essex region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Matrix Management over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Basingstoke Berkshire Bicester Bournemouth Bristol Burgess Hill Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cheshire Chester City of London Crawley Croydon Docklands, London Dorset East Midlands East of England Edinburgh England Essex Glasgow Guildford Hampshire Hertfordshire Knutsford Lancashire Leeds Leicestershire Liverpool London Lytham St Annes M4 Corridor Manchester Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Newbury Norfolk North West North Yorkshire Norwich Oxford Oxfordshire Poole Reading Scotland Shropshire Slough South East South West Southend-on-Sea Staines Stevenage Stockport Surrey Swindon Telford UK West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Wiltshire Windsor York Yorkshire	3 months to 25 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	49	54
Rank change on same period last year	+5
Matching contract IT job ads	7	6
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.009 %	0.006 %
As % of the category below	1.867 %	1.630 %
Daily rates quoted	4	4
Average minimum daily rate	£421	£496
Average daily rate	£429	£508
% change on same period last year	-15.51 %
Average maximum daily rate	£438	£521
UK excluding London average daily rate	£424	£415
% change on same period last year	+2.16 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum hourly rate	-	-
Average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£29.50	£36.00
% change on same period last year	-18.05 %
Processes & Methodologies Essex
Matching contract IT job ads	375	368
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.500 %	0.372 %
Daily rates quoted	149	129
Average minimum daily rate	£387	£389
Average daily rate	£404	£412
% change on same period last year	-2.01 %
Average maximum daily rate	£421	£436
UK excluding London average daily rate	£380	£376
% change on same period last year	+1.21 %
Hourly rates quoted	43	69
Average minimum hourly rate	£34.36	£33.11
Average hourly rate	£35.78	£33.52
% change on same period last year	+6.75 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£37.20	£33.92
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£29.33	£30.16
% change on same period last year	-2.72 %
Matrix Management East of England

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 Matrix Management across the Essex region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies 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 Matrix Management across the Essex region.

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Matrix Management across the Essex region over the 3 months to 25 July 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 Matrix Management across the Essex region.

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Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Matrix Management within the Essex region over the 3 months to 25 July 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
Southend-on-Sea	-	5	£539	-

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Top 18 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Essex region citing Matrix Management 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 Matrix Management.

1 8 (72.73 %) E-Commerce 1 8 (72.73 %) Internet 2 6 (54.55 %) Government 2 6 (54.55 %) Client/Server 2 6 (54.55 %) DSDM 2 6 (54.55 %) Java 2 6 (54.55 %) Oracle 3 4 (36.36 %) Enterprise Architecture 4 2 (18.18 %) Service Delivery 4 2 (18.18 %) Oracle 8/8i 5 1 (9.091 %) ITIL Certification 5 1 (9.091 %) ITIL 5 1 (9.091 %) PRINCE2 5 1 (9.091 %) Stakeholder Management 5 1 (9.091 %) Project Planning

5 1 (9.091 %) Degree 5 1 (9.091 %) SC Cleared 5 1 (9.091 %) Security Cleared

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Essex region citing Matrix Management 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 Matrix Management. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking 1 8 (72.73 %) Internet	Database & Business Intelligence 1 2 (18.18 %) Oracle 8/8i
General 1 6 (54.55 %) Government	Job Titles 1 6 (54.55 %) Project Manager 2 4 (36.36 %) Technical Manager 2 4 (36.36 %) Technical Project Manager 3 3 (27.27 %) Delivery Manager 4 1 (9.091 %) Analyst 4 1 (9.091 %) Support Analyst 4 1 (9.091 %) Helpdesk Analyst 4 1 (9.091 %) Services Delivery Manager 4 1 (9.091 %) Service Manager 4 1 (9.091 %) Helpdesk Support 4 1 (9.091 %) Helpdesk Support Analyst
Miscellaneous 1 6 (54.55 %) Client/Server	Processes & Methodologies 1 8 (72.73 %) E-Commerce 2 6 (54.55 %) DSDM 3 4 (36.36 %) Enterprise Architecture 4 2 (18.18 %) Service Delivery 5 1 (9.091 %) Stakeholder Management 5 1 (9.091 %) ITIL 5 1 (9.091 %) PRINCE2 5 1 (9.091 %) Project Planning 5 1 (9.091 %) SC Cleared 5 1 (9.091 %) Security Cleared
Programming Languages 1 6 (54.55 %) Java	Qualifications 1 1 (9.091 %) ITIL Certification 1 1 (9.091 %) Degree
Vendors 1 6 (54.55 %) Oracle