North West Ascential Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Ascential 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 Ascential over the 3 months to 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Andover Birmingham Edinburgh England Hampshire North West Scotland South East Southampton UK West Midlands	3 months to 2 Dec 2008	Same period last year
Rank	-	140
Rank change on same period last year	-
Matching contract IT job ads	0	3
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.000 %	0.003 %
As % of the category below	0.000 %	0.170 %
Daily rates quoted	0	2
Average minimum daily rate	-	£195
Average daily rate	-	£195
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	-	£195
UK excluding London average daily rate	£500	£239
% change on same period last year	+109.58 %
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 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 the Ascential Software Corporation.

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Demand Trend

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

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Top 8 Related IT Skills

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

1 1 (50.00 %) Oracle 1 1 (50.00 %) Cognos 1 1 (50.00 %) DataStage 1 1 (50.00 %) ProfileStage 1 1 (50.00 %) QualityStage 1 1 (50.00 %) Health 1 1 (50.00 %) Data Analysis 1 1 (50.00 %) Cognos Planning

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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 Ascential 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 Ascential. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Business Applications 1 1 (50.00 %) ProfileStage 1 1 (50.00 %) Cognos Planning	Database & Business Intelligence 1 1 (50.00 %) DataStage 1 1 (50.00 %) QualityStage
General 1 1 (50.00 %) Health	Job Titles 1 1 (50.00 %) Analyst 1 1 (50.00 %) DBA 1 1 (50.00 %) Data Analyst 1 1 (50.00 %) Oracle DBA
Processes & Methodologies 1 1 (50.00 %) Data Analysis	Vendors 1 1 (50.00 %) Oracle 1 1 (50.00 %) Cognos