Midlands iSOFT Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of iSOFT products and/or services in IT contracts within the Midlands region with a comparison to our Vendors category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited iSOFT over the 3 months to 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Birmingham Cheshire Coventry Cumbria East Midlands England Kendal Lancashire Lancaster London Middlesex Midlands North West Solihull South East UK Warrington West Midlands	3 months to 5 Sep 2008	Same period last year
Rank	64	74
Rank change on same period last year	+10
Matching contract IT job ads	2	4
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.003 %	0.004 %
As % of the category below	0.370 %	0.444 %
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	£175	£220
% change on same period last year	-20.45 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	1
Average minimum hourly rate	-	£15.00
Average hourly rate	-	£15.00
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	£15.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£25.00	£17.17
% change on same period last year	+45.63 %
Vendors Midlands
Matching contract IT job ads	541	900
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.731 %	0.888 %
Daily rates quoted	88	158
Average minimum daily rate	£343	£388
Average daily rate	£368	£413
% change on same period last year	-10.75 %
Average maximum daily rate	£394	£438
UK excluding London average daily rate	£361	£358
% change on same period last year	+0.59 %
Hourly rates quoted	13	56
Average minimum hourly rate	£25.35	£27.72
Average hourly rate	£26.91	£29.21
% change on same period last year	-7.85 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£28.47	£30.69
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£24.29	£24.78
% change on same period last year	-1.97 %
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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 iSOFT Group.

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Demand Trend

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

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Top 3 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Midlands region citing iSOFT 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 iSOFT.

1 2 (100.00 %) NHS 2 1 (50.00 %) Project Management 2 1 (50.00 %) SQL Server

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Midlands region citing iSOFT 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 iSOFT. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Database & Business Intelligence 1 1 (50.00 %) SQL Server	Job Titles 1 1 (50.00 %) Project Manager 1 1 (50.00 %) Analyst 1 1 (50.00 %) Information Analyst 1 1 (50.00 %) Performance Analyst 1 1 (50.00 %) NHS Project Manager
Miscellaneous 1 2 (100.00 %) NHS	Processes & Methodologies 1 1 (50.00 %) Project Management