North West Comino Contracts

This section looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Comino 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 Comino over the 3 months to 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Bristol City of London East Midlands England Lancashire London Midlands North West Nottingham Nottinghamshire South West UK Yorkshire	3 months to 20 Aug 2008	Same period last year
Rank	134	141
Rank change on same period last year	+7
Matching contract IT job ads	1	1
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.001 %	0.001 %
As % of the category below	0.065 %	0.052 %
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	-	-
% 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	£27.00	-
% change on same period last year	-
Vendors North West
Matching contract IT job ads	1550	1935
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	2.045 %	1.927 %
Daily rates quoted	320	418
Average minimum daily rate	£343	£331
Average daily rate	£360	£348
% change on same period last year	+3.57 %
Average maximum daily rate	£378	£365
UK excluding London average daily rate	£358	£358
% change on same period last year	+0.06 %
Hourly rates quoted	191	183
Average minimum hourly rate	£20.43	£20.61
Average hourly rate	£22.76	£22.25
% change on same period last year	+2.28 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£25.08	£23.89
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 Comino Group plc.

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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Comino across the North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

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Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Comino across the North West 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 Comino within the North West 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
Lancashire	-	1	-	-

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Top 7 Related IT Skills

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

1 1 (100.00 %) Anite 1 1 (100.00 %) Northgate 1 1 (100.00 %) Civica 1 1 (100.00 %) Capita 1 1 (100.00 %) Academy Housing 1 1 (100.00 %) Orchard 1 1 (100.00 %) arcHouse

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Business Applications 1 1 (100.00 %) Academy Housing 1 1 (100.00 %) arcHouse	Job Titles 1 1 (100.00 %) Project Manager 1 1 (100.00 %) Implementation Manager 1 1 (100.00 %) Implementation Project Manager 1 1 (100.00 %) Business Project Manager 1 1 (100.00 %) Business Manager
Vendors 1 1 (100.00 %) Anite 1 1 (100.00 %) Northgate 1 1 (100.00 %) Civica 1 1 (100.00 %) Capita 1 1 (100.00 %) Orchard