Newcastle Mercator Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Mercator products and/or services in IT contracts within the Newcastle region with a comparison to our Vendors category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Mercator over the 3 months to 4 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Coventry England Hampshire Leeds London Midlands Newcastle Northern Ireland South East South West Sussex UK West Midlands West Yorkshire Yorkshire	3 months to 4 Dec 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	£327	£520
% change on same period last year	-37.17 %
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	-
Vendors Newcastle
Matching contract IT job ads	36	98
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.058 %	0.107 %
Daily rates quoted	11	30
Average minimum daily rate	£218	£362
Average daily rate	£235	£363
% change on same period last year	-35.40 %
Average maximum daily rate	£252	£365
UK excluding London average daily rate	£357	£348
% change on same period last year	+2.54 %
Hourly rates quoted	7	8
Average minimum hourly rate	£21.00	£38.04
Average hourly rate	£21.00	£40.23
% change on same period last year	-47.79 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£21.00	£42.42
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.89	£24.00
% change on same period last year	-0.42 %
Mercator Tyne and Wear

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 Mercator Software, Inc.

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Demand Trend

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

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Top 3 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Newcastle region citing Mercator 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 Mercator.

1 2 (100.00 %) BEA 1 2 (100.00 %) WebLogic Portal 1 2 (100.00 %) AquaLogic

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Newcastle region citing Mercator 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 Mercator. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms 1 2 (100.00 %) WebLogic Portal	Job Titles 1 2 (100.00 %) Consultant
System Software 1 2 (100.00 %) AquaLogic	Vendors 1 2 (100.00 %) BEA