North West Baan Contracts

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

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Location Berkshire England Lancashire North West Reading South East Surrey UK	3 months to 2 Dec 2008	Same period last year
Rank	125	141
Rank change on same period last year	+16
Matching contract IT job ads	2	2
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.003 %	0.002 %
As % of the category below	0.149 %	0.114 %
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	-	£396
% 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	-	£23.40
% 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 SSA Baan.

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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Baan 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 Baan 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 Baan 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
Lancashire	+9	2	-	-

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Top 16 Related IT Skills

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

1 2 (100.00 %) C# 1 2 (100.00 %) .NET 1 2 (100.00 %) Oracle 1 2 (100.00 %) SAP 1 2 (100.00 %) CRM 1 2 (100.00 %) SharePoint 1 2 (100.00 %) ERP 1 2 (100.00 %) Microsoft 1 2 (100.00 %) Microsoft CRM 1 2 (100.00 %) Axapta 1 2 (100.00 %) JD Edwards 1 2 (100.00 %) BizTalk Server 1 2 (100.00 %) Dynamics CRM 1 2 (100.00 %) Dynamics AX 1 2 (100.00 %) X++

1 2 (100.00 %) SharePoint Server 2007

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

Application Development 1 2 (100.00 %) .NET	Application Platforms 1 2 (100.00 %) SharePoint 1 2 (100.00 %) BizTalk Server 1 2 (100.00 %) SharePoint Server 2007
Business Applications 1 2 (100.00 %) Microsoft CRM 1 2 (100.00 %) Axapta 1 2 (100.00 %) Dynamics CRM 1 2 (100.00 %) Dynamics AX	Processes & Methodologies 1 2 (100.00 %) CRM 1 2 (100.00 %) ERP
Programming Languages 1 2 (100.00 %) C# 1 2 (100.00 %) X++	Vendors 1 2 (100.00 %) Oracle 1 2 (100.00 %) SAP 1 2 (100.00 %) Microsoft 1 2 (100.00 %) JD Edwards