North West BT Contracts

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

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Location Aberdeen Basingstoke Berkshire Birmingham City of London East Midlands England Hampshire Kingston Upon Thames Leeds Liverpool London Luton Manchester Merseyside North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Scotland Slough South East South West Surbiton Thames Valley UK West Midlands West Yorkshire Yorkshire	3 months to 2 Dec 2008	Same period last year
Rank	124	141
Rank change on same period last year	+17
Matching contract IT job ads	3	2
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.005 %	0.002 %
As % of the category below	0.224 %	0.114 %
Daily rates quoted	1	0
Average minimum daily rate	£250	-
Average daily rate	£300	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	£350	-
UK excluding London average daily rate	£321	£332
% change on same period last year	-3.35 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	1
Average minimum hourly rate	-	£15.00
Average hourly rate	-	£15.50
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	£16.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£14.27	£25.21
% change on same period last year	-43.42 %
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 BT Group plc.

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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing BT 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 BT 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 BT 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 BT 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
Merseyside	-2	2	£300	-
Manchester	-	1	-	-

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Top 24 Related IT Skills

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

1 3 (42.86 %) Cisco 1 3 (42.86 %) Finance 1 3 (42.86 %) Government 2 2 (28.57 %) Fujitsu 2 2 (28.57 %) Oracle 2 2 (28.57 %) PRINCE 3 1 (14.29 %) Internet 3 1 (14.29 %) Primavera 3 1 (14.29 %) Citrix 3 1 (14.29 %) Nokia 3 1 (14.29 %) CheckPoint 3 1 (14.29 %) Health 3 1 (14.29 %) Blue Coat 3 1 (14.29 %) Project Planning 3 1 (14.29 %) LAN

3 1 (14.29 %) WAN 3 1 (14.29 %) CA Clarity 3 1 (14.29 %) Cisco PIX 3 1 (14.29 %) Video Conferencing 3 1 (14.29 %) SC Cleared 3 1 (14.29 %) Security Cleared 3 1 (14.29 %) Firewall 3 1 (14.29 %) Telecoms 3 1 (14.29 %) Workflow

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

Applications 1 1 (14.29 %) CA Clarity	Communications & Networking 1 1 (14.29 %) LAN 1 1 (14.29 %) WAN 1 1 (14.29 %) Internet 1 1 (14.29 %) Firewall 1 1 (14.29 %) Cisco PIX
General 1 3 (42.86 %) Finance 1 3 (42.86 %) Government 2 1 (14.29 %) Health 2 1 (14.29 %) Telecoms	Job Titles 1 3 (42.86 %) Project Manager 2 1 (14.29 %) Consultant 2 1 (14.29 %) Network Engineer 2 1 (14.29 %) Service Manager 2 1 (14.29 %) Infrastructure Architect 2 1 (14.29 %) Security Engineer 2 1 (14.29 %) Contracts Manager 2 1 (14.29 %) Call Centre Manager 2 1 (14.29 %) Architect
Miscellaneous 1 1 (14.29 %) Video Conferencing	Processes & Methodologies 1 2 (28.57 %) PRINCE 2 1 (14.29 %) Workflow 2 1 (14.29 %) Project Planning 2 1 (14.29 %) SC Cleared 2 1 (14.29 %) Security Cleared
Vendors 1 3 (42.86 %) Cisco 2 2 (28.57 %) Oracle 2 2 (28.57 %) Fujitsu 3 1 (14.29 %) Citrix 3 1 (14.29 %) Nokia 3 1 (14.29 %) CheckPoint 3 1 (14.29 %) Primavera 3 1 (14.29 %) Blue Coat