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

LinkTandem
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank-6
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads023
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.000 %0.023 %
As % of the category below0.000 %57.50 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£517£373
% change on same period last year+38.64 %
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£23.25£40.17
% change on same period last year-42.11 %
Leicester IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
Leicester
Matching contract IT job ads1540
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.021 %0.040 %
Daily rates quoted45
Average minimum daily rate£286£450
Average daily rate£329£550
% change on same period last year-40.27 %
Average maximum daily rate£371£650
UK excluding London average daily rate£349£345
% change on same period last year+1.19 %
Hourly rates quoted34
Average minimum hourly rate£21.67£13.00
Average hourly rate£23.00£14.10
% change on same period last year+63.11 %
Average maximum hourly rate£24.33£15.21
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.99£26.29
% change on same period last year-4.93 %
Tandem LeicestershireTandem
Leicestershire

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 Tandem across the Leicester region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

Leicester Tandem Demand 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 Tandem across the Leicester region.

Leicester Tandem Hourly Rate Trend

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Top 5 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Leicester region citing Tandem 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 Tandem.

11 (100.00 %)TCP/IP
11 (100.00 %)RDF
11 (100.00 %)HP
11 (100.00 %)Finance
11 (100.00 %)BASE24

Tandem
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Leicester IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (100.00 %)BASE24
Leicester IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (100.00 %)TCP/IP
Leicester IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (100.00 %)Finance
Leicester IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (100.00 %)RDF
Leicester IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (100.00 %)HP