Midlands Line 500 Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for Sage Line 500 skills within the Midlands 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 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Sage Line 500
Location Bristol East of England England Hertfordshire London Midlands Scotland South West UK	3 months to 5 Sep 2008	Same period last year
Rank	-	-
Rank change on same period last year	-
Matching contract IT job ads	0	0
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.000 %	0.000 %
As % of the category below	0.000 %	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	-	£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 Midlands
Matching contract IT job ads	144	261
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.195 %	0.257 %
Daily rates quoted	11	52
Average minimum daily rate	£488	£444
Average daily rate	£562	£470
% change on same period last year	+19.52 %
Average maximum daily rate	£636	£496
UK excluding London average daily rate	£443	£425
% change on same period last year	+4.42 %
Hourly rates quoted	1	11
Average minimum hourly rate	£17.50	£17.64
Average hourly rate	£17.50	£21.41
% change on same period last year	-18.25 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£17.50	£25.18
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£28.03	£26.50
% change on same period last year	+5.75 %
Line 500 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 Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Business Applications category.