Hertfordshire Line 500 Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for Sage Line 500 skills within the Hertfordshire region with a comparison to our Business Applications category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Line 500 over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Sage Line 500
Location Bristol Derbyshire East Midlands East of England England Hertfordshire London South West UK	3 months to 10 Oct 2008	Same period last year
Rank	72	89
Rank change on same period last year	+17
Matching contract IT job ads	1	1
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.001 %	0.001 %
As % of the category below	2.500 %	1.754 %
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	-	£328
% change on same period last year	-
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	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Business Applications Hertfordshire
Matching contract IT job ads	40	57
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.056 %	0.058 %
Daily rates quoted	15	19
Average minimum daily rate	£380	£390
Average daily rate	£416	£429
% change on same period last year	-3.02 %
Average maximum daily rate	£451	£468
UK excluding London average daily rate	£443	£423
% change on same period last year	+4.89 %
Hourly rates quoted	1	3
Average minimum hourly rate	£35.00	£23.83
Average hourly rate	£36.00	£24.00
% change on same period last year	+50.00 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£37.00	£24.17
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£24.75	£28.14
% change on same period last year	-12.03 %
Line 500 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.

Line 500
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Line 500 across the Hertfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Business Applications category.

Line 500
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Line 500 across the Hertfordshire region.

Line 500
Top 3 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire region citing Line 500 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 Line 500.

1 1 (100.00 %) Sage 1 1 (100.00 %) Finance 1 1 (100.00 %) Business Analysis

Line 500
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire region citing Line 500 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 Line 500. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

General 1 1 (100.00 %) Finance	Job Titles 1 1 (100.00 %) Analyst 1 1 (100.00 %) Data Analyst 1 1 (100.00 %) Financial Analyst
Processes & Methodologies 1 1 (100.00 %) Business Analysis	Vendors 1 1 (100.00 %) Sage