North East Sybase Contracts

This section looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Sybase products and/or services in IT contracts within the North East region with a comparison to our Vendors category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Sybase over the 3 months to 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Aberdeen Aberdeenshire Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Bournemouth Bristol Buckinghamshire Camberley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf City of London County Antrim Docklands, London Dorking Dorset East Midlands East of England Edinburgh England Feltham Glasgow Hertfordshire Linlithgow Liverpool London Luton Merseyside Milton Keynes New Malden Newcastle Upon Tyne Norfolk North East North West Northern Ireland Norwich Oxford Oxfordshire Scotland Shropshire Somerset South East South West Street Surrey Telford Tyne and Wear UK Watford Wembley West Lothian West Midlands Yorkshire	3 months to 20 Aug 2008	Same period last year
Rank	52	29
Rank change on same period last year	-23
Matching contract IT job ads	1	35
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.001 %	0.035 %
As % of the category below	0.282 %	7.609 %
Daily rates quoted	1	8
Average minimum daily rate	£250	£369
Average daily rate	£250	£391
% change on same period last year	-36.00 %
Average maximum daily rate	£250	£413
UK excluding London average daily rate	£345	£373
% change on same period last year	-7.66 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	11
Average minimum hourly rate	-	£38.73
Average hourly rate	-	£42.36
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	£46.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate	-	£31.03
% change on same period last year	-
Vendors North East
Matching contract IT job ads	354	460
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.467 %	0.458 %
Daily rates quoted	66	88
Average minimum daily rate	£333	£353
Average daily rate	£343	£369
% change on same period last year	-6.83 %
Average maximum daily rate	£353	£384
UK excluding London average daily rate	£358	£358
% change on same period last year	+0.06 %
Hourly rates quoted	56	37
Average minimum hourly rate	£23.99	£22.56
Average hourly rate	£24.89	£24.34
% change on same period last year	+2.25 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£25.80	£26.13
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.79	£24.82
% change on same period last year	-4.13 %
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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 Sybase, Inc.

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Demand Trend

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

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Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Sybase within the North East region over the 3 months to 20 August 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
Tyne and Wear	-11	1	£250	-36.00 %

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Top 6 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North East region citing Sybase 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 Sybase.

1 2 (100.00 %) SQL 1 2 (100.00 %) UNIX 1 2 (100.00 %) Test Scripting 2 1 (50.00 %) ISEB 2 1 (50.00 %) Shell Script 2 1 (50.00 %) Government

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North East region citing Sybase 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 Sybase. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

General 1 1 (50.00 %) Government	Job Titles 1 1 (50.00 %) Tester 1 1 (50.00 %) Analyst 1 1 (50.00 %) Test Analyst 1 1 (50.00 %) Functional Analyst 1 1 (50.00 %) Functional Test Analyst 1 1 (50.00 %) Functional Tester
Operating Systems 1 2 (100.00 %) UNIX	Processes & Methodologies 1 2 (100.00 %) Test Scripting
Programming Languages 1 2 (100.00 %) SQL 2 1 (50.00 %) Shell Script	Qualifications 1 1 (50.00 %) ISEB