North West Compuware Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Compuware 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 Compuware over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Berkshire Bournemouth Bracknell Bristol City of London Devon Dorset East Sussex Edinburgh England Hampshire Hove Leeds London Newcastle Upon Tyne North East North West Plymouth Reading Scotland South East South West Surrey Thames Valley Tyne and Wear UK Warwick Warwickshire West Midlands West Yorkshire Yorkshire	3 months to 10 Oct 2008	Same period last year
Rank	-	146
Rank change on same period last year	-
Matching contract IT job ads	0	1
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.000 %	0.001 %
As % of the category below	0.000 %	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	£354	£316
% change on same period last year	+12.10 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	1
Average minimum hourly rate	-	£30.00
Average hourly rate	-	£32.50
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	£35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£35.46	£33.75
% change on same period last year	+5.07 %
Vendors North West
Matching contract IT job ads	1514	1918
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	2.132 %	1.938 %
Daily rates quoted	322	413
Average minimum daily rate	£331	£320
Average daily rate	£348	£338
% change on same period last year	+2.77 %
Average maximum daily rate	£364	£357
UK excluding London average daily rate	£359	£354
% change on same period last year	+1.33 %
Hourly rates quoted	213	198
Average minimum hourly rate	£21.53	£20.16
Average hourly rate	£22.90	£21.73
% change on same period last year	+5.37 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£24.27	£23.31
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£24.44	£24.37
% change on same period last year	+0.26 %
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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 Compuware Corporation.

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Demand Trend

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

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Top 4 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing Compuware 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 Compuware .

1 2 (100.00 %) CA 1 2 (100.00 %) zOS 1 2 (100.00 %) MVS 1 2 (100.00 %) Mainframe

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing Compuware 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 Compuware . Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Job Titles 1 1 (50.00 %) Analyst 1 1 (50.00 %) Systems Analyst 1 1 (50.00 %) Consultant 1 1 (50.00 %) Programmer 1 1 (50.00 %) Systems Programmer	Miscellaneous 1 2 (100.00 %) Mainframe
Operating Systems 1 2 (100.00 %) zOS 1 2 (100.00 %) MVS	Vendors 1 2 (100.00 %) CA