North West Anite Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Anite products and/or services in IT contracts within the North West region with a comparison to our Vendors category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Anite over the 3 months to 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Chelmsford Cheshire Chester City of London East Midlands East of England England Essex Hampshire Hounslow Kent Lincolnshire London Maidstone Manchester North West South East South West UK Wales West Midlands Worcester Worcestershire	3 months to 2 Dec 2008	Same period last year
Rank	124	139
Rank change on same period last year	+15
Matching contract IT job ads	3	4
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.005 %	0.004 %
As % of the category below	0.224 %	0.227 %
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	£180	£284
% change on same period last year	-36.68 %
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	£23.50	-
% change on same period last year	-
Vendors North West
Matching contract IT job ads	1339	1761
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	2.151 %	1.891 %
Daily rates quoted	268	350
Average minimum daily rate	£325	£318
Average daily rate	£342	£334
% change on same period last year	+2.28 %
Average maximum daily rate	£359	£351
UK excluding London average daily rate	£357	£349
% change on same period last year	+2.53 %
Hourly rates quoted	190	183
Average minimum hourly rate	£20.63	£18.72
Average hourly rate	£21.69	£20.28
% change on same period last year	+6.94 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£22.74	£21.83
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.78	£24.08
% change on same period last year	-1.22 %
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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 Anite Group PLC.

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Demand Trend

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

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Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Anite within the North West region over the 3 months to 2 December 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
Cheshire	-	1	-	-
Manchester	-	1	-	-

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Top 26 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing Anite 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 Anite.

1 3 (37.50 %) Northgate 1 3 (37.50 %) Orchard 2 2 (25.00 %) .NET Framework 2 2 (25.00 %) QA 2 2 (25.00 %) Civica 2 2 (25.00 %) Comino 2 2 (25.00 %) Capita 2 2 (25.00 %) Academy Housing 2 2 (25.00 %) N-Tier 2 2 (25.00 %) C# 2 2 (25.00 %) .NET 2 2 (25.00 %) Oracle 2 2 (25.00 %) SQL Server 2 2 (25.00 %) EDRMS 3 1 (12.50 %) Oracle EBS

3 1 (12.50 %) Migration 3 1 (12.50 %) CMS 3 1 (12.50 %) Business Objects 3 1 (12.50 %) PRINCE2 3 1 (12.50 %) Windows 3 1 (12.50 %) Asset Management 3 1 (12.50 %) General Ledger 3 1 (12.50 %) Lagan 3 1 (12.50 %) BusinessObjects 3 1 (12.50 %) Internet 3 1 (12.50 %) arcHouse

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing Anite 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 Anite. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 2 (25.00 %) .NET 1 2 (25.00 %) .NET Framework	Application Platforms 1 1 (12.50 %) CMS
Business Applications 1 2 (25.00 %) Academy Housing 2 1 (12.50 %) arcHouse 2 1 (12.50 %) Oracle EBS	Communications & Networking 1 1 (12.50 %) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence 1 2 (25.00 %) SQL Server 1 2 (25.00 %) EDRMS 2 1 (12.50 %) BusinessObjects	General 1 1 (12.50 %) General Ledger
Job Titles 1 3 (37.50 %) Analyst 2 2 (25.00 %) Architect 2 2 (25.00 %) Project Manager 2 2 (25.00 %) .NET Designer 2 2 (25.00 %) .NET Architect 2 2 (25.00 %) Software Architect 2 2 (25.00 %) Software Designer 3 1 (12.50 %) Support Analyst 3 1 (12.50 %) Applications Support 3 1 (12.50 %) Senior Business Analyst 3 1 (12.50 %) Senior Analyst 3 1 (12.50 %) Applications Support Analyst 3 1 (12.50 %) IT Support Analyst 3 1 (12.50 %) Implementation Manager 3 1 (12.50 %) Implementation Project Manager 3 1 (12.50 %) Business Project Manager 3 1 (12.50 %) Business Manager 3 1 (12.50 %) IT Business Analyst 3 1 (12.50 %) Business Analyst 3 1 (12.50 %) Consultant	Miscellaneous 1 2 (25.00 %) N-Tier
Operating Systems 1 1 (12.50 %) Windows	Processes & Methodologies 1 1 (12.50 %) PRINCE2 1 1 (12.50 %) Migration 1 1 (12.50 %) Asset Management
Programming Languages 1 2 (25.00 %) C#	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 2 (25.00 %) QA
Vendors 1 3 (37.50 %) Northgate 1 3 (37.50 %) Orchard 2 2 (25.00 %) Oracle 2 2 (25.00 %) Civica 2 2 (25.00 %) Comino 2 2 (25.00 %) Capita 3 1 (12.50 %) Business Objects 3 1 (12.50 %) Lagan