Hertfordshire Sage Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Sage products and/or services in IT contracts within the Hertfordshire region with a comparison to our Vendors category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Sage over the 3 months to 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Basingstoke Berkshire Birmingham Brentwood Bromley Cambridgeshire Crawley Denbighshire Derbyshire East Midlands East of England England Essex Hampshire Herefordshire Hertfordshire Kent London Midlands North Wales Oxfordshire Rhyl Scotland South East South West Thames Valley UK Wales West Midlands West Sussex Worcestershire	3 months to 2 Dec 2008	Same period last year
Rank	65	-
Rank change on same period last year	-
Matching contract IT job ads	6	0
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.010 %	0.000 %
As % of the category below	1.139 %	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	£300	£382
% change on same period last year	-21.47 %
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	£17.00	£15.00
% change on same period last year	+13.33 %
Vendors Hertfordshire
Matching contract IT job ads	527	713
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.847 %	0.766 %
Daily rates quoted	164	247
Average minimum daily rate	£331	£333
Average daily rate	£349	£356
% change on same period last year	-1.94 %
Average maximum daily rate	£367	£378
UK excluding London average daily rate	£357	£349
% change on same period last year	+2.53 %
Hourly rates quoted	41	93
Average minimum hourly rate	£21.90	£25.08
Average hourly rate	£23.35	£26.36
% change on same period last year	-11.43 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£24.79	£27.64
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.78	£24.08
% change on same period last year	-1.22 %
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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 Sage Group PLC.

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Demand Trend

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

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

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Top 8 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire region citing Sage 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 Sage.

1 6 (85.71 %) MS Exchange 1 6 (85.71 %) Health 2 4 (57.14 %) Manufacturing 2 4 (57.14 %) SQL 3 2 (28.57 %) SQL Server 4 1 (14.29 %) Business Analysis 4 1 (14.29 %) Line 500 4 1 (14.29 %) Finance

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire region citing Sage 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 Sage. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms 1 6 (85.71 %) MS Exchange	Business Applications 1 1 (14.29 %) Line 500
Database & Business Intelligence 1 2 (28.57 %) SQL Server	General 1 6 (85.71 %) Health 2 4 (57.14 %) Manufacturing 3 1 (14.29 %) Finance
Job Titles 1 6 (85.71 %) DBA 1 6 (85.71 %) Administrator 2 2 (28.57 %) Network Administrator 3 1 (14.29 %) Financial Analyst 3 1 (14.29 %) Data Analyst 3 1 (14.29 %) Analyst	Processes & Methodologies 1 1 (14.29 %) Business Analysis
Programming Languages 1 4 (57.14 %) SQL