North West Cramer Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Cramer 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 Cramer over the 3 months to 6 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Basingstoke Bath Berkshire Birmingham Bracknell Cheshire Coventry East of England England Glasgow Hampshire Hayes Hertfordshire Ipswich London Maidenhead Manchester Midlands Newbury North West Rugby Scotland Somerset South East South West Suffolk Surrey UK Warrington Warwickshire West Midlands	3 months to 6 Oct 2008	Same period last year
Rank	121	144
Rank change on same period last year	+23
Matching contract IT job ads	9	1
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.013 %	0.001 %
As % of the category below	0.586 %	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	£323	£395
% change on same period last year	-18.20 %
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	£11.00	-
% change on same period last year	-
Vendors North West
Matching contract IT job ads	1535	1914
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	2.144 %	1.923 %
Daily rates quoted	326	428
Average minimum daily rate	£331	£321
Average daily rate	£348	£339
% change on same period last year	+2.86 %
Average maximum daily rate	£365	£357
UK excluding London average daily rate	£360	£354
% change on same period last year	+1.60 %
Hourly rates quoted	215	198
Average minimum hourly rate	£21.20	£20.08
Average hourly rate	£22.66	£21.65
% change on same period last year	+4.64 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£24.11	£23.23
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£24.36	£24.43
% change on same period last year	-0.31 %
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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 Cramer Systems.

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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Cramer 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 Cramer 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 Cramer within the North West region over the 3 months to 6 October 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
Manchester	-	5	-	-
Cheshire	-	1	-	-

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Top 20 Related IT Skills

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

1 33 (89.19 %) Telecoms 2 24 (64.86 %) Nokia 3 23 (62.16 %) UMTS 4 16 (43.24 %) Mapinfo 5 9 (24.32 %) BusinessObjects 5 9 (24.32 %) Business Objects 6 6 (16.22 %) 3G 6 6 (16.22 %) Network Planning 7 4 (10.81 %) Data Management 7 4 (10.81 %) ATM 7 4 (10.81 %) SDH 8 3 (8.108 %) HNC 8 3 (8.108 %) Project Planning 9 1 (2.703 %) Fault Management 9 1 (2.703 %) Nortel

9 1 (2.703 %) SLA 9 1 (2.703 %) Network Design 9 1 (2.703 %) Siemens 9 1 (2.703 %) UTRAN 9 1 (2.703 %) NEC

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Communications & Networking 1 23 (62.16 %) UMTS 2 6 (16.22 %) 3G 3 4 (10.81 %) ATM 3 4 (10.81 %) SDH 4 1 (2.703 %) UTRAN	Database & Business Intelligence 1 9 (24.32 %) BusinessObjects
General 1 33 (89.19 %) Telecoms	Job Titles 1 2 (5.405 %) Radio Access Network Engineer 2 1 (2.703 %) Network Engineer
Processes & Methodologies 1 6 (16.22 %) Network Planning 2 4 (10.81 %) Data Management 3 3 (8.108 %) Project Planning 4 1 (2.703 %) Fault Management 4 1 (2.703 %) Network Design	Qualifications 1 3 (8.108 %) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 1 (2.703 %) SLA	Vendors 1 24 (64.86 %) Nokia 2 16 (43.24 %) Mapinfo 3 9 (24.32 %) Business Objects 4 1 (2.703 %) Nortel 4 1 (2.703 %) Siemens 4 1 (2.703 %) NEC