North West iSOFT Contracts

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

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Location Birmingham Bolton Coventry East Midlands East of England England Essex Lancashire Leeds London Manchester Midlands North West Solihull UK West Midlands West Yorkshire Wigan Yorkshire	3 months to 10 Oct 2008	Same period last year
Rank	123	140
Rank change on same period last year	+17
Matching contract IT job ads	4	7
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.006 %	0.007 %
As % of the category below	0.264 %	0.365 %
Daily rates quoted	4	3
Average minimum daily rate	£168	£233
Average daily rate	£182	£257
% change on same period last year	-29.09 %
Average maximum daily rate	£196	£280
UK excluding London average daily rate	£214	£253
% change on same period last year	-15.34 %
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	-	£16.88
% change on same period last year	-
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 iSOFT Group.

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Demand Trend

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

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing iSOFT across the North West region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008.

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Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing iSOFT 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 iSOFT within the North West region over the 3 months to 10 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	-	3	£184	-
Lancashire	+6	1	£175	-5.40 %

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Top 16 Related IT Skills

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

1 7 (100.00 %) NHS 2 2 (28.57 %) HP 2 2 (28.57 %) Dell 2 2 (28.57 %) Health 3 1 (14.29 %) NPfIT 3 1 (14.29 %) Insurance 3 1 (14.29 %) Business Analysis 3 1 (14.29 %) Requirements Analysis 3 1 (14.29 %) Fujitsu 3 1 (14.29 %) Windows Server 2003 3 1 (14.29 %) Smartcard 3 1 (14.29 %) MS Office 3 1 (14.29 %) Windows 3 1 (14.29 %) MS Visio 3 1 (14.29 %) TCP/IP

3 1 (14.29 %) Microsoft

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

Applications 1 1 (14.29 %) MS Office 1 1 (14.29 %) MS Visio	Communications & Networking 1 1 (14.29 %) TCP/IP
General 1 2 (28.57 %) Health 2 1 (14.29 %) Insurance	Job Titles 1 2 (28.57 %) Analyst 1 2 (28.57 %) Systems Analyst 1 2 (28.57 %) Trainer 2 1 (14.29 %) Business Analyst 2 1 (14.29 %) Consultant 2 1 (14.29 %) Support Engineer 2 1 (14.29 %) Administrator 2 1 (14.29 %) IT Trainer 2 1 (14.29 %) Solutions Analyst 2 1 (14.29 %) Solutions Consultant
Miscellaneous 1 7 (100.00 %) NHS 2 1 (14.29 %) Smartcard 2 1 (14.29 %) NPfIT	Operating Systems 1 1 (14.29 %) Windows 1 1 (14.29 %) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies 1 1 (14.29 %) Business Analysis 1 1 (14.29 %) Requirements Analysis	Vendors 1 2 (28.57 %) HP 1 2 (28.57 %) Dell 2 1 (14.29 %) Fujitsu 2 1 (14.29 %) Microsoft