Gloucestershire Finite Element Analysis Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for Finite Element Analysis (FEA) skills within the Gloucestershire region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Finite Element Analysis over the 3 months to 4 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Finite Element Analysis (FEA)
Location Coventry East Midlands England Fife Gloucester Gloucestershire Hampshire Portsmouth Scotland South East South West Swindon UK West Midlands Wiltshire Worcester Worcestershire	3 months to 4 Dec 2008	Same period last year
Rank	50	-
Rank change on same period last year	-
Matching contract IT job ads	1	0
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.002 %	0.000 %
As % of the category below	0.229 %	0.000 %
Daily rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum daily rate	-	-
Average daily rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	-	-
UK excluding London average daily rate	£263	-
% change on same period last year	-
Hourly rates quoted	1	0
Average minimum hourly rate	£20.00	-
Average hourly rate	£23.00	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	£26.00	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£30.81	£33.92
% change on same period last year	-9.16 %
Processes & Methodologies Gloucestershire
Matching contract IT job ads	437	371
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.709 %	0.405 %
Daily rates quoted	124	137
Average minimum daily rate	£381	£414
Average daily rate	£391	£455
% change on same period last year	-14.00 %
Average maximum daily rate	£401	£495
UK excluding London average daily rate	£381	£373
% change on same period last year	+2.16 %
Hourly rates quoted	38	59
Average minimum hourly rate	£27.75	£33.30
Average hourly rate	£30.90	£33.65
% change on same period last year	-8.16 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£34.04	£33.99
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£28.22	£29.56
% change on same period last year	-4.53 %
Finite Element Analysis South West

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.

Finite Element Analysis
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Finite Element Analysis across the Gloucestershire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Finite Element Analysis
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Finite Element Analysis across the Gloucestershire region.

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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 Finite Element Analysis within the Gloucestershire region over the 3 months to 4 December 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
Gloucester	-	1	-	-

Finite Element Analysis South West