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The table below looks at the demand for Sage Line 50 skills within the North West region with a comparison to our Business Applications category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Line 50 over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSage Line 50
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank126-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads10
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.000 %
As % of the category below0.323 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£375
% change on same period last year-13.33 %
Hourly rates quoted10
Average minimum hourly rate£10.00-
Average hourly rate£12.00-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£14.00-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£12.00-
% change on same period last year-
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
North West
Matching contract IT job ads310331
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.436 %0.334 %
Daily rates quoted6194
Average minimum daily rate£395£389
Average daily rate£425£410
% change on same period last year+3.69 %
Average maximum daily rate£455£431
UK excluding London average daily rate£443£423
% change on same period last year+4.89 %
Hourly rates quoted225
Average minimum hourly rate£28.46£29.40
Average hourly rate£29.48£32.10
% change on same period last year-8.16 %
Average maximum hourly rate£30.50£34.80
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.75£28.14
% change on same period last year-12.03 %
Line 50 EnglandLine 50
England

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.

Line 50
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Line 50 across the North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Business Applications category.

North West Line 50 Demand Trend

Line 50
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Line 50 across the North West region.

North West Line 50 Hourly Rate Trend

Line 50
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Line 50 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.

LocationRank 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
ManchesterNew entry-1--
Line 50 EnglandLine 50
England

Line 50
Top 19 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing Line 50 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 Line 50.

11 (100.00 %)SQL
11 (100.00 %)MS Office
11 (100.00 %)ASP
11 (100.00 %)Windows
11 (100.00 %)MS Exchange
11 (100.00 %)PBX
11 (100.00 %)DHCP
11 (100.00 %)TCP/IP
11 (100.00 %)DNS
11 (100.00 %)Microsoft
11 (100.00 %)Lucent
11 (100.00 %)Alcatel
11 (100.00 %)Sage
11 (100.00 %)Sophos
11 (100.00 %)Blackberry
11 (100.00 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
11 (100.00 %)Exchange Server 2000
11 (100.00 %)Windows Vista
11 (100.00 %)Windows 2000 Server

Line 50
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing Line 50 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 Line 50. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

North West IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (100.00 %)ASP
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (100.00 %)MS Exchange
11 (100.00 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
11 (100.00 %)Exchange Server 2000
North West IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (100.00 %)MS Office
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (100.00 %)PBX
11 (100.00 %)DHCP
11 (100.00 %)TCP/IP
11 (100.00 %)DNS
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11 (100.00 %)Analyst
11 (100.00 %)Network Analyst
North West IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (100.00 %)Blackberry
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (100.00 %)Windows
11 (100.00 %)Windows Vista
11 (100.00 %)Windows 2000 Server
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (100.00 %)SQL
North West IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (100.00 %)Microsoft
11 (100.00 %)Lucent
11 (100.00 %)Alcatel
11 (100.00 %)Sage
11 (100.00 %)Sophos