M4 Corridor Niku Contracts

This section looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Niku products and/or services in IT contracts within the M4 Corridor region with a comparison to our Vendors category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited Niku over the 3 months to 8 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Avon Birmingham Bristol Canary Wharf City of London Docklands, London East Midlands England Gloucestershire London M4 Corridor North West Northampton Northamptonshire South East South West Surrey Sussex Swindon UK Walton-on-Thames West Midlands West Sussex Wiltshire	3 months to 8 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	15	28
Rank change on same period last year	+13
Matching contract IT job ads	2	2
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.003 %	0.002 %
As % of the category below	3.704 %	2.151 %
Daily rates quoted	0	1
Average minimum daily rate	-	£585
Average daily rate	-	£585
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	-	£585
UK excluding London average daily rate	£354	£409
% change on same period last year	-13.50 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	1
Average minimum hourly rate	-	£50.00
Average hourly rate	-	£57.50
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	£65.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£19.25	£53.75
% change on same period last year	-64.18 %
Vendors M4 Corridor
Matching contract IT job ads	54	93
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.071 %	0.097 %
Daily rates quoted	12	15
Average minimum daily rate	£477	£426
Average daily rate	£481	£432
% change on same period last year	+11.21 %
Average maximum daily rate	£484	£439
UK excluding London average daily rate	£361	£357
% change on same period last year	+1.10 %
Hourly rates quoted	1	1
Average minimum hourly rate	£35.00	£50.00
Average hourly rate	£35.00	£57.50
% change on same period last year	-39.13 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£35.00	£65.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.01	£25.11
% change on same period last year	-8.37 %
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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 the Niku Corporation.

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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Niku across the M4 Corridor 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 Niku across the M4 Corridor 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 Niku across the M4 Corridor region.

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Top 5 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 8 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the M4 Corridor region citing Niku 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 Niku.

1 2 (100.00 %) MS Project 1 2 (100.00 %) CA Clarity 2 1 (50.00 %) Finance 2 1 (50.00 %) Stakeholder Management 2 1 (50.00 %) Pensions

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 8 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the M4 Corridor region citing Niku 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 Niku. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications 1 2 (100.00 %) MS Project 1 2 (100.00 %) CA Clarity	General 1 1 (50.00 %) Finance 1 1 (50.00 %) Pensions
Job Titles 1 2 (100.00 %) Consultant 1 2 (100.00 %) PMO Consultant	Processes & Methodologies 1 1 (50.00 %) Stakeholder Management