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The table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Progress products and/or services in IT contracts within the Northampton region with a comparison to our Vendors category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Progress over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkProgress
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank-26
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads01
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.000 %0.001 %
As % of the category below0.000 %0.909 %
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£260£285
% change on same period last year-8.68 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£31.00£32.71
% change on same period last year-5.22 %
Northampton IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
Northampton
Matching contract IT job ads65110
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.092 %0.111 %
Daily rates quoted2723
Average minimum daily rate£345£302
Average daily rate£364£321
% change on same period last year+13.64 %
Average maximum daily rate£384£339
UK excluding London average daily rate£359£354
% change on same period last year+1.33 %
Hourly rates quoted1226
Average minimum hourly rate£12.48£20.14
Average hourly rate£12.96£20.21
% change on same period last year-35.89 %
Average maximum hourly rate£13.43£20.28
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.44£24.37
% change on same period last year+0.26 %
Progress NorthamptonshireProgress
Northamptonshire

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 Progress Software Corporation.

Progress
Demand Trend

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

Northampton Progress Demand Trend

Progress
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Progress across the Northampton region.

Northampton Progress Daily Rate Trend

Progress
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Progress across the Northampton region.

Northampton Progress Hourly Rate Trend

Progress
Top 10 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Northampton region citing Progress 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 Progress.

11 (50.00 %)Change Management
11 (50.00 %)Management Information System
11 (50.00 %)Validation
11 (50.00 %)Incident Management
11 (50.00 %)SQL
11 (50.00 %)UNIX
11 (50.00 %)Windows
11 (50.00 %)Solaris
11 (50.00 %)MS Excel
11 (50.00 %)Microsoft

Progress
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Northampton IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (50.00 %)MS Excel
Northampton IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
12 (100.00 %)Analyst
21 (50.00 %)Support Analyst
21 (50.00 %)Applications Support
21 (50.00 %)Senior Analyst
21 (50.00 %)Data Analyst
21 (50.00 %)Applications Support Analyst
21 (50.00 %)Senior Data Analyst
Northampton IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (50.00 %)Management Information System
Northampton IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (50.00 %)UNIX
11 (50.00 %)Windows
11 (50.00 %)Solaris
Northampton IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (50.00 %)Change Management
11 (50.00 %)Validation
11 (50.00 %)Incident Management
Northampton IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (50.00 %)SQL
Northampton IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (50.00 %)Microsoft